2017 Belgian Grand Prix

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.

BackgroundEdit

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 listEdit

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 OverviewEdit

FP1Edit

FP2Edit

FP3Edit

Practice ResultsEdit

No	Driver	Team	FP1		FP2		FP3
			Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos
2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Honda	1:47.865	10	1:47.303	14	1:46.300	14
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:46.352	5	1:46.072	6	1:45.286	6
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:45.647	3	1:45.235	5	1:44.113	2
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:45.502	1	1:45.015	2	1:43.916	1
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:48.626	17	1:47.285	13	1:46.196	13
9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:50.160	18	1:49.214	18	1:48.300	20
11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	1:48.452	14	1:46.984	12	1:45.857	8
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	1:48.252	13	1:46.743	11	1:46.060	10
18	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1:48.541	15	1:47.861	17	1:46.620	15
19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	No Time	20	No Time	20	1:46.667	16
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:48.615	16	1:47.556	16	1:46.690	17
26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:47.851	9	1:47.450	15	1:47.903	18
27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:48.037	12	1:46.441	7	1:46.064	11
30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:47.930	11	1:46.670	10	1:45.491	7
31	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1:47.670	8	1:46.473	8	1:46.179	12
33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:46.302	4	1:45.225	4	1:45.034	4
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:45.555	2	1:44.753	1	1:44.114	3
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Toro Rosso	1:47.446	7	1:46.561	9	1:45.942	9
77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:46.424	6	1:45.180	3	1:45.230	5
94	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber-Ferrari	1:51.263	19	1:49.725	19	1:48.296	19
Source: [6][7][8]

QualifyingEdit

Q1Edit

Q2Edit

Q3Edit

Qualifying ResultsEdit

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team		Q1			Q2			Q3		Grid
					Pos	Time		Pos	Time		Pos	Time
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes		1	1:44.184		1	1:42.927		1	1:42.553	1
2	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari		2	1:44.275		5	1:43.987		2	1:42.795	2
3	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes		5	1:44.773		2	1:43.249		3	1:43.094	3
4	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari		4	1:44.729		3	1:43.700		4	1:43.270	4
5	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer		3	1:44.535		4	1:43.940		5	1:43.380	5
6	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer		6	1:45.114		6	1:44.224		6	1:43.863	6
7	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault		8	1:45.280		9	1:44.988		7	1:44.982	7
8	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes		13	1:45.591		8	1:44.894		8	1:45.244	8
9	31	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes		7	1:45.277		10	1:45.006		9	1:45.369	9
10	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault		11	1:45.447		7	1:44.685		10	no time	15*
11	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda		14	1:45.668		11	1:45.090				10
12	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari		15	1:45.728		12	1:45.133				11
13	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari		12	1:45.535		13	1:45.400				12
14	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Toro Rosso		9	1:45.374		14	1:45.439				13
15	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Honda		10	1:45.441		15	no time				20†
16	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes		16	1:45.823							16‡
17	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso		17	1:46.028							19§
18	18	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes		18	1:46.915							14
19	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari		19	1:47.214							17*
20	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber-Ferrari		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]

GridEdit

RaceEdit

ReportEdit

ResultsEdit

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:24:42.820	1	25
2	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	44	+2.358	2	18
3	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	44	+10.791	6	15
4	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	44	+14.471	4	12
5	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	44	+16.456	3	10
6	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	44	+28.087	7	8
7	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	44	+31.553	11	6
8	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	44	+36.649	16	4
9	31	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	44	+38.154	9	2
10	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Toro Rosso	44	+39.447	13	1
11	18	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	44	+48.999	15
12	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	44	+49.940	19
13	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	44	+53.239	14
14	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Honda	44	+57.078	20
15	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	44	+1:07.262	12
16	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	44	+1:09.711	17
17	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	42	Suspension	8
Ret	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	25	Power unit	10
Ret	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	7	Cylinder	5
Ret	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber-Ferrari	2	Suspension	18
Source: [16]

MilestonesEdit

• 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 raceEdit

Drivers' World Championship Pos. Driver Pts +/- 1 Sebastian Vettel 220 — 2 Lewis Hamilton 213 — 3 Valtteri Bottas 179 — 4 Daniel Ricciardo 132 — 5 Kimi Räikkönen 128 — 6 Max Verstappen 67 — 7 Sergio Pérez 56 — 8 Esteban Ocon 47 — 9 Carlos Sainz, Jr. 36 — 10 Nico Hülkenberg 34 — 11 Romain Grosjean 24 ▲ 1 12 Felipe Massa 23 ▼ 1 13 Lance Stroll 18 ▼ 1 14 Kevin Magnussen 11 — 15 Fernando Alonso 10 ▲ 2 16 Pascal Wehrlein 5 ▼ 1 17 Daniil Kvyat 4 ▼ 1 18 Stoffel Vandoorne 1 — 19 Antonio Giovinazzi 0 ▼ 1 19 Jolyon Palmer 0 ▼ 1 19 Marcus Ericsson 0 ▼ 1 19 Jenson Button 0 ▼ 1 Source:[17]

Constructors' World Championship Pos. Team Pts +/- 1 Mercedes 392 — 2 Ferrari 348 — 3 Red Bull-TAG Heuer 199 — 4 Force India-Mercedes 103 — 5 Williams-Mercedes 41 — 6 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 40 — 7 Haas-Ferrari 35 — 8 Renault 34 — 9 McLaren-Honda 11 ▲ 1 10 Sauber-Ferrari 5 ▼ 1 Source:[17]

NotesEdit

1. ↑ "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.
2. ↑ "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.
3. ↑ "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.
4. ↑ "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.
5. ↑ "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.
6. ↑ "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.
7. ↑ "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.
8. ↑ "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.
9. ↑ "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.
10. ↑ "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. ↑ ^{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.
12. ↑ "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.
    • ^†
13. ↑ "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.
14. ↑ "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.
15. ↑ "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.
16. ↑ "Belgium Grand Prix 2017 Race Results". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 27 August 2017.
17. ↑ ^{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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