2017 Bahrain Grand Prix

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Bahrain International Circuit

Race details

Date

April 16, 2017

Official Name

2017 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix

Location

Bahrain International Circuit
Sakhir, Bahrain

Course

Permanent racing facility
5.412km (3.364mi)

Distance

57 laps, 308.238km (191.571 miles)

Pole Position

Driver

Valtteri Bottas

Mercedes

Time

1:28.769

Fastest Lap

Driver

Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes

Time

1:32.798 on lap 46

Podium

Lap Leaders

The 2017 Bahrain Grand Prix (officially the 2017 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix)^[1] is the third round of the 2017 Formula One Season. It was held over the weekend of 14–16 April 2017 at the Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir. It was the 13th running of the event, and 4th time to be run at night.

In qualifying, Valtteri Bottas took his maiden pole position, while Lewis Hamilton qualified second, marking Mercedes' first front row lockout of 2017. Sebastian Vettel was third fastest behind the two Mercedes drivers.

Background[edit | edit source]

Entry list[edit | edit source]

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	W08 EQ Power+	Mercedes	M08 EQ Power+	P
77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	W08 EQ Power+	Mercedes	M08 EQ Power+	P
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB13	TAG Heuer	TAG Heuer	P
33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB13	TAG Heuer	TAG Heuer	P
5	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	SF70H	Ferrari	062	P
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	SF70H	Ferrari	062	P
11	Sergio Pérez	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India	VJM10	Mercedes	M08 EQ Power+	P
31	Esteban Ocon	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India	VJM10	Mercedes	M08 EQ Power+	P
19	Felipe Massa	Williams Martini Racing	Williams	FW40	Mercedes	M08 EQ Power+	P
18	Lance Stroll	Williams Martini Racing	Williams	FW40	Mercedes	M08 EQ Power+	P
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	McLaren	MCL32	Honda	RA617H	P
2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren Honda	McLaren	MCL32	Honda	RA617H	P
27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault Sport F1 Team	Renault	R.S.17	Renault	R.E.17	P
30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault Sport F1 Team	Renault	R.S.17	Renault	R.E.17	P
26	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso	STR12	Renault	R.E.17	P
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso	STR12	Renault	R.E.17	P
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	Haas	VF-17	Ferrari	062	P
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	Haas	VF-17	Ferrari	062	P
9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber F1 Team	Sauber	C36	Ferrari	061	P
94	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber F1 Team	Sauber	C36	Ferrari	061	P
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Practice Overview[edit | edit source]

FP1[edit | edit source]

FP2[edit | edit source]

FP3[edit | edit source]

Practice Results[edit | edit source]

No	Driver	Team	FP1		FP2		FP3
No	Driver	Team	Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos
2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Honda	1:34.997	13	1:34.230	20	1:34.027	15
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:33.097	2	1:31.376	3	1:32.809	7
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:32.697	1	1:31.310	1	1:32.750	3
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:42.333	20	1:31.478	4	1:32.785	5
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:34.564	9	1:32.505	9	1:34.205	18
9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:35.888	17	1:33.944	17	1:34.268	19
11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	1:34.095	4	1:33.319	15	1:33.916	11
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	1:34.372	8	1:32.897	14	1:33.922	12
18	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1:34.322	6	1:33.361	16	1:33.965	14
19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:34.246	5	1:32.079	7	1:32.801	6
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:35.579	16	1:32.854	11	1:34.198	17
26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:34.838	11	1:32.707	10	1:33.744	10
27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:34.927	12	1:31.883	6	1:32.933	8
30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:35.068	15	1:32.876	13	1:34.417	20
31	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1:34.332	7	1:32.875	12	1:34.064	16
33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:33.566	3	1:32.245	8	1:32.194	1
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:34.636	10	1:31.594	5	1:32.304	2
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Toro Rosso	1:36.079	19	1:34.072	18	1:33.604	9
77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:35.002	14	1:31.351	2	1:32.754	4
94	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber-Ferrari	1:35.959	18	1:34.117	19	1:33.947	13
Source: ^[2]^[3]^[4]

Qualifying[edit | edit source]

Q1[edit | edit source]

Q2[edit | edit source]

Q3[edit | edit source]

Qualifying Results[edit | edit source]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Grid
Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Q1		Q2		Q3		Grid
1	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	5	1:31.041	2	1:29.555	1	1:28.769	1
2	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	1:30.814	1	1:29.535	2	1:28.792	2
3	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	4	1:31.037	3	1:29.596	3	1:29.247	3
4	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	10	1:31.667	7	1:30.497	4	1:29.545	4
5	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	3	1:30.988	4	1:29.843	5	1:29.567	5
6	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	2	1:30.904	6	1:30.307	6	1:29.687	6
7	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	6	1:31.057	5	1:30.169	7	1:29.842	7
8	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	7	1:31.373	8	1:30.677	8	1:30.074	8
9	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	11	1:31.691	9	1:30.857	9	1:30.763	9
10	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	8	1:31.458	10	1:30.899	10	1:31.074	10
11	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	9	1:31.531	11	1:30.923			11
12	18	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	12	1:31.748	12	1:31.168			12
13	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber-Ferrari	14	1:31.995	13	1:31.414			13
14	31	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	13	1:31.774	14	1:31.684			14
15	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	15	1:32.054	15	no time			15
16	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Toro Rosso	16	1:32.118					16
17	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Honda	17	1:32.313					17
18	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	18	1:32.318					18
19	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	19	1:32.543					19
20	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	20	1:32.900					20
107% time: 1:37.170
Source: ^[5]

Grid[edit | edit source]

Race[edit | edit source]

Report[edit | edit source]

Results[edit | edit source]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	57	1:33:53.374	3	25
2	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	57	+6.660	2	18
3	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	57	+20.397	1	15
4	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	57	+22.475	5	12
5	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	57	+39.346	4	10
6	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	57	+54.326	8	8
7	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	57	+1:02.606	18	6
8	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	57	+1:14.865	9	4
9	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	57	+1:20.188	7	2
10	31	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	57	+1:35.711	14	1
11	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber-Ferrari	56	+1 Lap	13
12	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	55	+2 Laps	11
13	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	54	+3 Laps	10
14	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	53	Clutch	15
Ret	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	50	Exhaust	19
Ret	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Toro Rosso	12	Accident	16
Ret	18	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	12	Accident	12
Ret	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	11	Brakes/accident	6
Ret	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	8	KERS failure	20
DNS	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Honda	0	Transmission	17
Source: ^[6]

Milestones[edit | edit source]

Valtteri Bottas' first pole position.

Standings after race[edit | edit source]

Drivers' World Championship
Pos.	Driver	Pts	+/-
1	Sebastian Vettel	68	—
2	Lewis Hamilton	61	—
3	Valtteri Bottas	38	▲ 1
4	Kimi Räikkönen	34	▲ 1
5	Max Verstappen	25	▼ 2
6	Daniel Ricciardo	22	—
7	Felipe Massa	16	▲ 1
8	Sergio Pérez	14	▲ 1
9	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	10	▼ 2
10	Kevin Magnussen	4	—
10	Romain Grosjean	4	▲ 3
12	Esteban Ocon	3	—
13	Daniil Kvyat	2	▼ 2
13	Nico Hülkenberg	2	▼ 1
15	Antonio Giovinazzi	0	—
15	Stoffel Vandoorne	0	—
15	Jolyon Palmer	0	—
15	Marcus Ericsson	0	—
15	Fernando Alonso	0	—
Source:^[7]

Constructors' World Championship
Pos.	Team	Pts	+/-
1	Ferrari	102	▲ 1
2	Mercedes	99	▼ 1
3	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	47	—
4	Force India-Mercedes	17	▲ 1
5	Williams-Mercedes	16	▲ 1
6	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	12	▼ 2
7	Haas-Ferrari	8	—
8	Renault	2	▲ 1
9	Sauber-Ferrari	0	▼ 1
9	McLaren-Honda	0	▼ 1
Source:^[7]

Notes[edit | edit source]

↑ "2017 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. https://www.formula1.com/en/championship/races/2017/Bahrain.html. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
↑ "2017 Bahrain Grand Prix – Practice 1 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 14 April 2017. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2017/races/961/bahrain/practice-1.html. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
↑ "2017 Bahrain Grand Prix – Practice 2 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 14 April 2017. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2017/races/961/bahrain/practice-2.html. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
↑ "2017 Bahrain Grand Prix – Practice 3 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 15 April 2017. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2017/races/961/bahrain/practice-3.html. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
↑ "2017 Bahrain Grand Prix – Qualifying results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 15 April 2017. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2017/races/961/bahrain.html. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
↑ "Bahrain Grand Prix 2017 Race Results". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 16 April 2017.
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 Collantine, Keith (16 April 2017). "2017 Bahrain Grand Prix championship points". F1 Fanatic (Keith Collantine). http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2017/04/16/2017-bahrain-grand-prix-championship-points/. Retrieved 13 June 2017.

V T E	2017 Formula One Season
Teams	Ferrari • Force India • Haas • McLaren • Mercedes • Red Bull • Renault • Sauber • Toro Rosso • Williams
Engines	Ferrari • Honda • Mercedes • Renault • TAG Heuer
Drivers alphabetically	Alonso • Bottas • Button • di Resta • Ericsson • Gasly • Giovinazzi • Grosjean • Hamilton • Hartley • Hülkenberg • Kvyat • Magnussen • Massa • Ocon • Palmer • Pérez • Räikkönen • Ricciardo • Sainz • Stroll • Vandoorne • Verstappen • Vettel • Wehrlein
Drivers by number	2 Vandoorne • 3 Ricciardo • 5 Vettel • 7 Räikkönen • 8 Grosjean • 9 Ericsson • 10 Gasly • 11 Pérez • 14 Alonso • 18 Stroll • 19 Massa • 20 Magnussen • 22 Button • 26 Kvyat • 27 Hülkenberg • 30 Palmer • 31 Ocon • 33 Verstappen • 36 Giovinazzi • 39 Hartley • 40 di Resta • 44 Hamilton • 55 Sainz • 77 Bottas • 94 Wehrlein
Other Drivers	Calderon • Celis • Fong • Fuoco • Kari • Matsushita • Russell • Turvey
Cars	Ferrari SF70H • Force India VJM10 • Haas VF-17 • McLaren MCL32 • Mercedes AMG F1 W08 EQ Power+ • Red Bull RB13 • Renault R.S.17 • Sauber C36 • Toro Rosso STR12 • Williams FW40
Tyres	Pirelli
Races	Australia • China • Bahrain • Russia • Spain • Monaco • Canada • Azerbaijan • Austria • Britain • Hungary • Belgium • Italy • Singapore • Malaysia • Japan • United States • Mexico • Brazil • Abu Dhabi
Tests	Barcelona 1 • Barcelona 2
See also	2016 Formula One Season • 2018 Formula One Season • Category

V T E	Bahrain Grand Prix
Circuits	Bahrain International Circuit (2004–present)
Races	2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • ~~2011~~ • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019

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[1] "2017 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. https://www.formula1.com/en/championship/races/2017/Bahrain.html. Retrieved 16 April 2016.

[2] "2017 Bahrain Grand Prix – Practice 1 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 14 April 2017. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2017/races/961/bahrain/practice-1.html. Retrieved 16 April 2017.

[3] "2017 Bahrain Grand Prix – Practice 2 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 14 April 2017. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2017/races/961/bahrain/practice-2.html. Retrieved 16 April 2017.

[4] "2017 Bahrain Grand Prix – Practice 3 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 15 April 2017. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2017/races/961/bahrain/practice-3.html. Retrieved 16 April 2017.

[BHR_quali-5] "2017 Bahrain Grand Prix – Qualifying results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 15 April 2017. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2017/races/961/bahrain.html. Retrieved 16 April 2017.

[results-6] "Bahrain Grand Prix 2017 Race Results". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 16 April 2017.

[c.27ship-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Collantine, Keith (16 April 2017). "2017 Bahrain Grand Prix championship points". F1 Fanatic (Keith Collantine). http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2017/04/16/2017-bahrain-grand-prix-championship-points/. Retrieved 13 June 2017.

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