The 2017 Chinese Grand Prix (officially the 2017 Formula 1 Heineken Chinese Grand Prix)[1] was the second race of the 2017 Formula One season, and the 14th Chinese Grand Prix overall. It was held between 7 April and 9 April 2017.
In qualifying, Lewis Hamilton took his sixth pole position at the Shanghai International Circuit, with Sebastian Vettel joining him on the front row for the second time in a row. Hamilton's Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas was third, with Vettel's Ferrari teammate Kimi Räikkönen fourth.
In the race, Hamilton made a good start, and stayed comfortably ahead of the field for the entire race, always able to put on an extra burst of speed when necessary. Vettel survived a badly-timed pit stop, and was able to pull within 10 seconds of Hamilton, but never seriously threatened the lead. Red Bull driver Max Verstappen just held off teammate Daniel Ricciardo for the final spot on the podium.
Background[]
Previously in Australia, Sebastian Vettel took his first ever victory for Ferrari since the 2015 Singapore Grand Prix, putting him at the top of the Drivers' Championship on 25 points, the first time a Ferrari driver leads the championship since the 2012 Japanese Grand Prix. The Australian Grand Prix polesitter Lewis Hamilton finished second ahead of teammate Valtteri Bottas, and Kimi Räikkönen and Max Verstappen filled out the top five.[2] Vettel's win and Räikkönen's fourth-place finish were enough to put Ferrari in the lead of the Constructors' Championship, with 37 points, four points ahead of Mercedes. Because Daniel Ricciardo did not finish the race, Red Bull only got ten points thanks to Verstappen's fifth-place finish, putting them third in the championship. Coincidentally, only Felipe Massa finished in the points for Williams; his sixth-place finish put them fourth in the standings, with eight points. Force India took fifth place in the standings, with seven points.[2]
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| Mercedes | Hamilton | 7 | 4 | 2 | Bottas | 7 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Red Bull | Ricciardo | 7 | 4 | 2 | Verstappen | 7 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Ferrari | Vettel | 7 | 4 | 2 | Räikkönen | 7 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Force India | Pérez | 7 | 4 | 2 | Ocon | 7 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Williams | Massa | 7 | 4 | 2 | Stroll | 7 | 4 | 2 | ||
| McLaren | Alonso | 7 | 4 | 2 | Vandoorne | 7 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Renault | Hülkenberg | 7 | 4 | 2 | Palmer | 7 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Toro Rosso | Kvyat | 7 | 4 | 2 | Sainz | 7 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Haas | Grosjean | 7 | 4 | 2 | Magnussen | 7 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Sauber | Ericsson | 7 | 4 | 2 | Giovinazzi | 7 | 4 | 2 |
Like the race in 2016, supersoft, soft and medium tyres were confirmed for the 2017 race. As with the Australian Grand Prix, Pirelli declared that every driver must have seven sets of supersofts, four sets of softs, and two sets of mediums, since the drivers did not make their decisions before pre-season testing.[3]
With Vettel's win, there were predictions that Ferrari could become a title challenger alongside Mercedes. Vettel responded: "...we've also made a leap forward in terms of engine power, so we don't need to hide. Yes, Mercedes has a very strong package - you see that in qualifying where I believe that they are still a bit ahead. But a race is always a different matter. I would say that we've been slightly faster - and maybe you can make a difference as well."[4]
Despite Sauber's confidence that Pascal Wehrlein would compete after he withdrew from the first race due to not enough training,[5] they later determined that he will not participate at the Chinese Grand Prix, with Antonio Giovinazzi taking his place again.[6]
Entry list[]
Practice Overview[]
FP1[]
FP2[]
The second practice session was cancelled, due to the misty weather, meaning there was no way the medical helicopter could land at the hospital.[7]
FP3[]
Practice Results[]
| No | Driver | Team | |||||||||||
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| Time | Pos | Time | Pos | Time | Pos | ||||||||
| 2 |  Stoffel Vandoorne
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 McLaren-Honda
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1:57.445 | 12 | No Time | – | 1:36.221 | 19 | |||||
| 3 |  Daniel Ricciardo
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 Red Bull-TAG Heuer
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1:54.038 | 8 | No Time | – | 1:35.092 | 7 | |||||
| 5 |  Sebastian Vettel
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 Ferrari
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No Time | 16 | No Time | – | 1:33.336 | 1 | |||||
| 7 |  Kimi Räikkönen
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Ferrari
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No Time | 17 | No Time | – | 1:33.389 | 2 | |||||
| 8 |  Romain Grosjean
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 Haas-Ferrari
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1:53.039 | 5 | No Time | – | 1:35.680 | 14 | |||||
| 9 |  Marcus Ericsson
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 Sauber-Ferrari
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2:15.138 | 13 | No Time | – | 1:36.063 | 18 | |||||
| 11 |  Sergio Pérez
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 Force India-Mercedes
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No Time | 19 | No Time | – | 1:35.626 | 13 | |||||
| 14 |  Fernando Alonso
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McLaren-Honda
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1:53.520 | 7 | No Time | – | 1:35.912 | 17 | |||||
| 18 |  Lance Stroll
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Williams-Mercedes
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1:52.507 | 3 | No Time | – | 1:35.182 | 8 | |||||
| 19 |  Felipe Massa
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Williams-Mercedes
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1:52.086 | 2 | No Time | – | 1:34.773 | 5 | |||||
| 20 |  Kevin Magnussen
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Haas-Ferrari
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1:55.104 | 10 | No Time | – | 1:35.521 | 12 | |||||
| 26 |  Daniil Kvyat
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Toro Rosso
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1:53.314 | 6 | No Time | – | 1:35.804 | 15 | |||||
| 27 | Nico Hülkenberg
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Renault
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1:55.608 | 11 | No Time | – | 1:35.449 | 11 | |||||
| 30 | Jolyon Palmer
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Renault
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No Time | 15 | No Time | – | 1:35.192 | 9 | |||||
| 31 | Esteban Ocon
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Force India-Mercedes
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No Time | 18 | No Time | – | 1:35.811 | 16 | |||||
| 33 |  Max Verstappen
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Red Bull-TAG Heuer
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1:50.491 | 1 | No Time | – | 1:34.946 | 6 | |||||
| 36 | Antonio Giovinazzi
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Sauber-Ferrari
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2:15.281 | 14 | No Time | – | 1:36.705 | 20 | |||||
| 44 | Lewis Hamilton
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Mercedes
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No Time | 20 | No Time | – | 1:33.879 | 4 | |||||
| 55 | Carlos Sainz, Jr.
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Toro Rosso
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1:52.840 | 4 | No Time | – | 1:35.223 | 10 | |||||
| 77 | Valtteri Bottas
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Mercedes
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1:54.664 | 9 | No Time | – | 1:33.707 | 3 | |||||
| Source: [8][9] | |||||||||||||
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 | Lewis Hamilton
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Mercedes
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2 | 1:33.333 | 3 | 1:32.406 | 1 | 1:31.678 | 1 | |||
| 2 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel
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Ferrari
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1 | 1:33.078 | 2 | 1:32.391 | 2 | 1:31.864 | 2 | |||
| 3 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas
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Mercedes
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4 | 1:33.684 | 4 | 1:32.552 | 3 | 1:31.865 | 3 | |||
| 4 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen
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Ferrari
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3 | 1:33.341 | 1 | 1:32.181 | 4 | 1:32.140 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo
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Red Bull-TAG Heuer
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6 | 1:34.041 | 5 | 1:33.546 | 5 | 1:33.033 | 5 | |||
| 6 | 19 | Felipe Massa
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Williams-Mercedes
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7 | 1:34.205 | 7 | 1:33.759 | 6 | 1:33.507 | 6 | |||
| 7 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg
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Renault
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9 | 1:34.453 | 6 | 1:33.636 | 7 | 1:33.580 | 7 | |||
| 8 | 11 | Sergio Pérez
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Force India-Mercedes
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12 | 1:34.657 | 8 | 1:33.920 | 8 | 1:33.706 | 8 | |||
| 9 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat
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Toro Rosso
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8 | 1:34.440 | 9 | 1:34.034 | 9 | 1:33.719 | 9 | |||
| 10 | 18 | Lance Stroll
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Williams-Mercedes
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5 | 1:33.986 | 10 | 1:34.090 | 10 | 1:34.220 | 10 | |||
| 11 | 55 | Carlos Sainz, Jr.
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Toro Rosso
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11 | 1:34.567 | 11 | 1:34.150 | 11 | |||||
| 12 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen
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Haas-Ferrari
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14 | 1:34.942 | 12 | 1:34.164 | 12 | |||||
| 13 | 14 | Fernando Alonso
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McLaren-Honda
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10 | 1:34.499 | 13 | 1:34.372 | 13 | |||||
| 14 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson
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Sauber-Ferrari
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13 | 1:34.892 | 14 | 1:35.046 | 14 | |||||
| 15 | 36 | Antonio Giovinazzi
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Sauber-Ferrari
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15 | 1:34.963 | 15 | no time | 18* | |||||
| 16 | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne
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McLaren-Honda
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16 | 1:35.023 | 15 | |||||||
| 17 | 8 | Romain Grosjean
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Haas-Ferrari
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17 | 1:35.223 | 19† | |||||||
| 18 | 30 | Jolyon Palmer
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Renault
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18 | 1:35.279 | 20† | |||||||
| 19 | 33 | Max Verstappen
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Red Bull-TAG Heuer
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19 | 1:35.433 | 16 | |||||||
| 20 | 31 | Esteban Ocon
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Force India-Mercedes
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20 | 1:35.496 | 17 | |||||||
| 107% time: 1:39.593 | |||||||||||||
| Source: [10] | |||||||||||||
- * Giovinazzi was given a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.[11]
- † Grosjean and Palmer were each given five-place grid penalties for not slowing down enough under double-waved yellow flags in Q1.[12]
Grid[]
| Pos. | Pos. | |
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| Driver | Driver | |
| ______________ | ||
| Row 1 | 1 | ______________ |
| Lewis Hamilton | 2 | |
| ______________ | Sebastian Vettel | |
| Row 2 | 3 | ______________ |
| Valtteri Bottas | 4 | |
| ______________ | Kimi Räikkönen | |
| Row 3 | 5 | ______________ |
| Daniel Ricciardo | 6 | |
| ______________ | Felipe Massa | |
| Row 4 | 7 | ______________ |
| Nico Hülkenberg | 8 | |
| ______________ | Sergio Pérez | |
| Row 5 | 9 | ______________ |
| Daniil Kvyat | 10 | |
| ______________ | Lance Stroll | |
| Row 6 | 11 | ______________ |
| Carlos Sainz, Jr. | 12 | |
| ______________ | Kevin Magnussen | |
| Row 7 | 13 | ______________ |
| Fernando Alonso | 14 | |
| ______________ | Marcus Ericsson | |
| Row 8 | 15 | ______________ |
| Stoffel Vandoorne | 16 | |
| ______________ | Max Verstappen | |
| Row 9 | 17 | ______________ |
| Esteban Ocon | 18 | |
| ______________ | Antonio Giovinazzi* | |
| Row 10 | 19 | ______________ |
| Romain Grosjean† | 20 | |
| ______________ | Jolyon Palmer† |
Race[]
Report[]
Results[]
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton
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Mercedes
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56 | 1:37:36.158 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel
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Ferrari
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56 | +6.250 | 2 | 18 |
| 3 | 33 | Max Verstappen
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Red Bull-TAG Heuer
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56 | +45.192 | 16 | 15 |
| 4 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo
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Red Bull-TAG Heuer
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56 | +46.035 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen
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Ferrari
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56 | +48.076 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas
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Mercedes
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56 | +48.808 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | 55 | Carlos Sainz, Jr.
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Toro Rosso
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56 | +1:12.893 | 11 | 6 |
| 8 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen
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Haas-Ferrari
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55 | +1 Lap | 12 | 4 |
| 9 | 11 | Sergio Pérez
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Force India-Mercedes
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55 | +1 Lap | 8 | 2 |
| 10 | 31 | Esteban Ocon
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Force India-Mercedes
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55 | +1 Lap | 17 | 1 |
| 11 | 8 | Romain Grosjean
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Haas-Ferrari
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55 | +1 Lap | 19 | |
| 12 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg
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Renault
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55 | +1 Lap | 7 | |
| 13 | 30 | Jolyon Palmer
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Renault
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55 | +1 Lap | 20 | |
| 14 | 19 | Felipe Massa
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Williams-Mercedes
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55 | +1 Lap | 6 | |
| 15 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson
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Sauber-Ferrari
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55 | +1 Lap | 14 | |
| Ret | 14 | Fernando Alonso
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McLaren-Honda
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33 | Driveshaft | 13 | |
| Ret | 26 | Daniil Kvyat
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Toro Rosso
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18 | Hydraulics | 9 | |
| Ret | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne
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McLaren-Honda
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17 | Fuel pressure | 15 | |
| Ret | 36 | Antonio Giovinazzi
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Sauber-Ferrari
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3 | Accident | 18 | |
| Ret | 18 | Lance Stroll
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Williams-Mercedes
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0 | Collision | 10 | |
| Source: [13] | |||||||
Milestones[]
- Fernando Alonso's 275th race start (276th entry).
- Lewis Hamilton's third career Grand Chelem. He has now won a race in each of his 11 seasons in F1.
Standings after race[]
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Notes[]
- ↑ "2017 Formula 1 Heineken Chinese Grand Prix". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. https://www.formula1.com/en/championship/races/2017/China.html. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Collantine, Keith (26 March 2017). "2017 Australian Grand Prix championship points". F1 Fanatic (Keith Collantine). http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2017/03/26/2017-australian-grand-prix-championship-points/. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ↑ "Tyres Allocation for first 5 races". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. 11 January 2017. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/headlines/2017/1/f1-pirelli-tyre-choices-bahrain-russia.html. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
- ↑ "Ferrari don't need to hide from Mercedes - Sebastian Vettel Q&A". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 6 April 2017. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/interviews/2017/4/f1-china-ferrari-mercedes-vettel-hide.html. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ↑ "Pascal Wehrlein not to start at the Australian Grand Prix". Sauber. 25 March 2017. http://www.sauberf1team.com/news/pascal-wehrlein-not-to-start-at-the-australian-grand-prix. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ↑ SauberF1 (3 April 2017). "Preview – 2017 Formula One Heineken Chinese Grand Prix & Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix". http://www.sauberf1team.com/news/preview-2017-formula-one-heineken-chinese-grand-prix-gulf-air-bahrain-grand-prix-2. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ↑ "Bad weather prevents any FP2 running in China". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 7 April 2017. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/headlines/2017/4/bad-weather-prevents-any-fp2-running-in-china.html. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- ↑ "2017 Chinese Grand Prix – Practice 1 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 7 April 2017. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2017/races/960/china/practice-1.html. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ↑ "2017 Chinese Grand Prix – Practice 3 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 8 April 2017. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2017/races/960/china/practice-3.html. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- ↑ "2017 Chinese Grand Prix – Qualifying results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 8 April 2017. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2017/races/960/china/qualifying.html. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- ↑ Cooper, Adam (9 April 2017). "Antonio Giovinazzi picks up F1 grid penalty for Chinese GP". Autosport. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/128874/giovinazzi-picks-up-china-grid-penalty. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ↑ Barretto, Lawrence (8 April 2017). "Grosjean, Palmer hit with grid penalties". motorsport.com (Motorsport Network). https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/grosjean-palmer-hit-with-grid-penalties-891115/. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ↑ "China Grand Prix 2017 Race Results". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 9 April 2017. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2017/races/960/china/race-result.html. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Collantine, Keith (9 April 2017). "2017 Chinese Grand Prix championship points". F1 Fanatic (Keith Collantine). http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2017/04/09/2017-chinese-grand-prix-championship-points/. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
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