The 2017 Belgian Grand Prix (officially the 2017 Formula 1 Pirelli Belgian Grand Prix)[1] was the twelfth race of the 2017 Formula One season, and the sixty-first time the Belgian Grand Prix was held on the Formula One calendar. It was held between 25 August and 27 August 2017.
In qualifying, Lewis Hamilton scored his 68th pole position, also equalling Michael Schumacher's record of most poles. Sebastian Vettel joined Hamilton on the front row, once again qualifying ahead of Valtteri Bottas.
Background[]
Before the Grand Prix weekend, several teams confirmed one driver staying at each team for the 2018 season: Ferrari confirmed that Kimi Räikkönen would race for them for another year,[2] while McLaren decided to keep Stoffel Vandoorne.[3]
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Michael Schumacher's first Grand Prix victory at the 1992 Belgian Grand Prix, his son Mick drove the Benetton B194 at the circuit.[4]
After he missed the Hungarian Grand Prix because of an illness, Felipe Massa was passed fit to compete in the Belgian Grand Prix.[5]
Entry list[]
Practice Overview[]
FP1[]
FP2[]
FP3[]
Practice Results[]
No | Driver | Team | |||||||||||
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Time | Pos | Time | Pos | Time | Pos | ||||||||
2 | 1:47.865 | 10 | 1:47.303 | 14 | 1:46.300 | 14 | |||||||
3 | 1:46.352 | 5 | 1:46.072 | 6 | 1:45.286 | 6 | |||||||
5 | 1:45.647 | 3 | 1:45.235 | 5 | 1:44.113 | 2 | |||||||
7 | 1:45.502 | 1 | 1:45.015 | 2 | 1:43.916 | 1 | |||||||
8 | 1:48.626 | 17 | 1:47.285 | 13 | 1:46.196 | 13 | |||||||
9 | 1:50.160 | 18 | 1:49.214 | 18 | 1:48.300 | 20 | |||||||
11 | 1:48.452 | 14 | 1:46.984 | 12 | 1:45.857 | 8 | |||||||
14 | 1:48.252 | 13 | 1:46.743 | 11 | 1:46.060 | 10 | |||||||
18 | 1:48.541 | 15 | 1:47.861 | 17 | 1:46.620 | 15 | |||||||
19 | No Time | 20 | No Time | 20 | 1:46.667 | 16 | |||||||
20 | 1:48.615 | 16 | 1:47.556 | 16 | 1:46.690 | 17 | |||||||
26 | 1:47.851 | 9 | 1:47.450 | 15 | 1:47.903 | 18 | |||||||
27 | 1:48.037 | 12 | 1:46.441 | 7 | 1:46.064 | 11 | |||||||
30 | 1:47.930 | 11 | 1:46.670 | 10 | 1:45.491 | 7 | |||||||
31 | 1:47.670 | 8 | 1:46.473 | 8 | 1:46.179 | 12 | |||||||
33 | 1:46.302 | 4 | 1:45.225 | 4 | 1:45.034 | 4 | |||||||
44 | 1:45.555 | 2 | 1:44.753 | 1 | 1:44.114 | 3 | |||||||
55 | 1:47.446 | 7 | 1:46.561 | 9 | 1:45.942 | 9 | |||||||
77 | 1:46.424 | 6 | 1:45.180 | 3 | 1:45.230 | 5 | |||||||
94 | 1:51.263 | 19 | 1:49.725 | 19 | 1:48.296 | 19 | |||||||
Source: [6][7][8] |
Qualifying[]
Q1[]
Q2[]
Q3[]
Qualifying Results[]
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Grid | ||||||
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Pos | Time | Pos | Time | Pos | Time | ||||||||
1 | 44 | 1 | 1:44.184 | 1 | 1:42.927 | 1 | 1:42.553 | 1 | |||||
2 | 5 | 2 | 1:44.275 | 5 | 1:43.987 | 2 | 1:42.795 | 2 | |||||
3 | 77 | 5 | 1:44.773 | 2 | 1:43.249 | 3 | 1:43.094 | 3 | |||||
4 | 7 | 4 | 1:44.729 | 3 | 1:43.700 | 4 | 1:43.270 | 4 | |||||
5 | 33 | 3 | 1:44.535 | 4 | 1:43.940 | 5 | 1:43.380 | 5 | |||||
6 | 3 | 6 | 1:45.114 | 6 | 1:44.224 | 6 | 1:43.863 | 6 | |||||
7 | 27 | 8 | 1:45.280 | 9 | 1:44.988 | 7 | 1:44.982 | 7 | |||||
8 | 11 | 13 | 1:45.591 | 8 | 1:44.894 | 8 | 1:45.244 | 8 | |||||
9 | 31 | 7 | 1:45.277 | 10 | 1:45.006 | 9 | 1:45.369 | 9 | |||||
10 | 30 | 11 | 1:45.447 | 7 | 1:44.685 | 10 | no time | 15* | |||||
11 | 14 | 14 | 1:45.668 | 11 | 1:45.090 | 10 | |||||||
12 | 8 | 15 | 1:45.728 | 12 | 1:45.133 | 11 | |||||||
13 | 20 | 12 | 1:45.535 | 13 | 1:45.400 | 12 | |||||||
14 | 55 | 9 | 1:45.374 | 14 | 1:45.439 | 13 | |||||||
15 | 2 | 10 | 1:45.441 | 15 | no time | 20† | |||||||
16 | 19 | 16 | 1:45.823 | 16‡ | |||||||||
17 | 26 | 17 | 1:46.028 | 19§ | |||||||||
18 | 18 | 18 | 1:46.915 | 14 | |||||||||
19 | 9 | 19 | 1:47.214 | 17* | |||||||||
20 | 94 | 20 | 1:47.679 | 18* | |||||||||
107% time: 1:51.476 | |||||||||||||
Source: [9] |
- * Palmer, Ericsson and Wehrlein were each given five-place grid penalties for scheduled gearbox changes.[10][11]
- † Vandoorne was given a 65-place grid penalty for using his eighth and ninth TC, eighth and ninth MGU-H, sixth ES, sixth CE, fifth and sixth ICE, and fifth and sixth MGU-K, and making an unscheduled gearbox change.[12][13][11]
- ‡ Massa was given a five-place grid penalty for failing to slow down under double yellow flags during FP3.[14]
- § Kvyat was given a twenty-place grid penalty for using his fifth ICE, fifth TC and fifth MGU-H.[15]
Grid[]
Pos. | Pos. | |
---|---|---|
Driver | Driver | |
______________ | ||
Row 1 | ______________ | 1 |
2 | Lewis Hamilton | |
Sebastian Vettel | ______________ | |
Row 2 | ______________ | 3 |
4 | Valtteri Bottas | |
Kimi Räikkönen | ______________ | |
Row 3 | ______________ | 5 |
6 | Max Verstappen | |
Daniel Ricciardo | ______________ | |
Row 4 | ______________ | 7 |
8 | Nico Hülkenberg | |
Sergio Pérez | ______________ | |
Row 5 | ______________ | 9 |
10 | Esteban Ocon | |
Fernando Alonso | ______________ | |
Row 6 | ______________ | 11 |
12 | Romain Grosjean | |
Kevin Magnussen | ______________ | |
Row 7 | ______________ | 13 |
14 | Carlos Sainz, Jr. | |
Lance Stroll | ______________ | |
Row 8 | ______________ | 15 |
16 | Jolyon Palmer | |
Felipe Massa | ______________ | |
Row 9 | ______________ | 17 |
18 | Marcus Ericsson | |
Pascal Wehrlein | ______________ | |
Row 10 | ______________ | 19 |
20 | Daniil Kvyat | |
Stoffel Vandoorne | ______________ |
Race[]
Report[]
Results[]
Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 44 | 44 | 1:24:42.820 | 1 | 25 | ||
2 | 5 | 44 | +2.358 | 2 | 18 | ||
3 | 3 | 44 | +10.791 | 6 | 15 | ||
4 | 7 | 44 | +14.471 | 4 | 12 | ||
5 | 77 | 44 | +16.456 | 3 | 10 | ||
6 | 27 | 44 | +28.087 | 7 | 8 | ||
7 | 8 | 44 | +31.553 | 11 | 6 | ||
8 | 19 | 44 | +36.649 | 16 | 4 | ||
9 | 31 | 44 | +38.154 | 9 | 2 | ||
10 | 55 | 44 | +39.447 | 13 | 1 | ||
11 | 18 | 44 | +48.999 | 15 | |||
12 | 26 | 44 | +49.940 | 19 | |||
13 | 30 | 44 | +53.239 | 14 | |||
14 | 2 | 44 | +57.078 | 20 | |||
15 | 20 | 44 | +1:07.262 | 12 | |||
16 | 9 | 44 | +1:09.711 | 17 | |||
17 | 11 | 42 | Suspension | 8 | |||
Ret | 14 | 25 | Power unit | 10 | |||
Ret | 33 | 7 | Cylinder | 5 | |||
Ret | 94 | 2 | Suspension | 18 | |||
Source: [16] |
Milestones[]
- Lewis Hamilton's 200th entry and start.
- Hamilton's 68th pole position, matching him with Michael Schumacher on the greatest number of poles scored.
Standings after race[]
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Notes[]
- ↑ "2017 Formula 1 Pirelli Belgian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/races/2017/Belgium.html. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- ↑ "Renewal of the agreement between Scuderia Ferrari and Kimi Raikkonen". Scuderia Ferrari. 22 August 2017. http://formula1.ferrari.com/en/2017-f1-renewal-of-the-agreement-between-scuderia-ferrari-and-kimi-raikkonen/. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- ↑ "McLaren Honda confirms Stoffel Vandoorne will race for the team in 2018 as planned". 23 August 2017. http://www.mclaren.com/formula1/team/stoffel-vandoorne/sv-team-2018-announcement-3165489/. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- ↑ "Schumacher's son to demonstrate '94 title-winning car at Spa". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 24 August 2017. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/headlines/2017/8/f1-schumacher-son-drive-1994-car-spa-belgium.html. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- ↑ "Massa cleared to race in Belgium". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 24 August 2017. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/headlines/2017/8/massa-cleared-to-race-in-belgium.html. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- ↑ "2017 Belgian Grand Prix – Practice 1 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 25 August 2017. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2017/races/970/belgium/practice-1.html. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- ↑ "2017 Belgian Grand Prix – Practice 2 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 25 August 2017. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2017/races/970/belgium/practice-2.html. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- ↑ "2017 Belgian Grand Prix – Practice 3 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 26 August 2017. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2017/races/970/belgium/practice-3.html. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
- ↑ "2017 Belgian Grand Prix – Qualifying results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 26 August 2017. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2017/races/970/belgium/qualifying.html. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
- ↑ "Palmer to take gearbox grid penalty". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 27 August 2017. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/headlines/2017/8/palmer-to-take-gearbox-grid-penalty.html. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Vandoorne, Ericsson and Wehrlein braced for grid penalties". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 25 August 2017. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/headlines/2017/8/f1-vandoorne-grid-penalty-spa-home-ericsson-wehrlein-gearbox.html. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ↑ "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 10". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 25 August 2017. http://www.fia.com/file/60715/download?token=ZomlQvzx. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
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- ↑ "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 30". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 26 August 2017. http://www.fia.com/file/60780/download?token=2xEx0GGh. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ↑ "Massa gets grid drop for ignoring yellow flags". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 26 August 2017. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/headlines/2017/8/massa-gets-grid-drop-for-ignoring-yellow-flags.html. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ↑ "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 35". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 26 August 2017. http://www.fia.com/file/60784/download?token=jcdgByGp. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ↑ "Belgium Grand Prix 2017 Race Results". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 27 August 2017.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Collantine, Keith (27 August 2017). "2017 Hungarian Grand Prix championship points". F1 Fanatic (Keith Collantine). http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2017/08/27/2017-belgian-grand-prix-championship-points/. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
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