2017 Japanese Grand Prix

2017 Japanese Grand Prix
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The 2005 layout of the Suzuka Circuit
Race Details
Date	October 8, 2017
Official Name	2017 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix
Location	Suzuka Circuit Suzuka, Mie Prefecture, Japan
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.807 km (3.608 mi)
Distance	53 laps, 307.771 km (191.240 mi)
Pole Position
Driver	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Time	1:27.319
Fastest Lap
Driver	Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
Time	1:33.144 on lap 50
Podium
First	Lewis Hamilton
Second	Max Verstappen
Third	Daniel Ricciardo
Lap Leaders

The 2017 Japanese Grand Prix (officially the 2017 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix) was the sixteenth race of the 2017 Formula One season, the 33rd time the Japanese Grand Prix was held on the Formula One calendar, and the 29th time it was held at the Suzuka Circuit. It was held between 6 October and 8 October 2017.

In qualifying, Lewis Hamilton took his second consecutive pole position, also his first pole at the Suzuka Circuit. His teammate Valtteri Bottas qualified second, but with a five-place grid penalty for changing his gearbox too early, he was pushed down to sixth on the grid, promoting Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo to second and third respectively.

In the race, Hamilton went into the first corner still keeping the lead over Vettel. However, Vettel's spark plug began to fail, and he was forced to retire after completing four laps. Hamilton took his sixty-first victory, putting him fifty-nine points ahead of Vettel in the championship. Max Verstappen, who got ahead of Ricciardo at the start, finished in second place while Ricciardo remained in third place.

Background

Weather Conditions
Practice 1	Cloudy
Practice 2	Rain
Practice 3	Partly Cloudy
Qualifying	Cloudy
Race	Partly Cloudy

Available Tyres
Softest	Supersoft
Mid	Soft
Hardest	Medium
Inters	Intermediate
Wets	Wet

Entry list

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
10	Pierre Gasly	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

Practice Results

No	Driver	Team	FP1		FP2		FP3
			Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos
2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Honda	1:31.202	10	No Time	14	1:30.770	12
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:29.541	3	No Time	–	1:30.018	5
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:29.166	1	No Time	10	1:29.379	3
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:29.638	4	No Time	6	1:33.962	20
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:31.032	9	No Time	–	1:31.459	17
9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:33.397	20	No Time	9	1:32.579	18
10	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:32.501	18	No Time	–	1:31.353	16
11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	1:31.530	13	1:51.345	3	1:30.563	9
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	1:31.235	12	No Time	11	1:30.424	8
18	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1:31.602	14	1:52.343	5	1:31.011	15
19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:31.912	16	1:52.146	4	1:30.764	11
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:31.216	11	No Time	–	1:30.982	14
27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:30.974	8	No Time	7	1:30.315	7
30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:31.757	15	No Time	8	1:30.764	10
31	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1:30.899	7	1:49.518	2	1:30.109	6
33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:30.762	6	No Time	–	1:29.910	4
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:29.377	2	1:48.719	1	1:29.069	2
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Toro Rosso	1:32.252	17	No Time	13	1:30.799	13
77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:30.151	5	No Time	–	1:29.055	1
94	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber-Ferrari	1:32.897	19	No Time	12	1:32.968	19
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Qualifying

Qualifying Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team		Q1			Q2			Q3		Grid
					Pos	Time		Pos	Time		Pos	Time
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes		1	1:29.047		1	1:27.819		1	1:27.319	1
2	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes		4	1:29.332		3	1:28.543		2	1:27.651	6*
3	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari		5	1:29.352		2	1:28.225		3	1:27.791	2
4	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer		6	1:29.475		5	1:28.935		4	1:28.306	3
5	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer		3	1:29.181		4	1:28.747		5	1:28.332	4
6	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari		2	1:29.163		6	1:29.079		6	1:28.498	10†
7	31	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes		8	1:30.115		7	1:29.199		7	1:29.111	5
8	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes		7	1:29.696		8	1:29.343		8	1:29.260	7
9	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes		10	1:30.352		9	1:29.687		9	1:29.480	8
10	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda		12	1:30.525		10	1:29.749		10	1:30.687	20‡
11	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Honda		14	1:30.654		11	1:29.778				9
12	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault		9	1:30.252		12	1:29.879				11
13	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari		15	1:30.774		13	1:29.972				12
14	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault		11	1:30.516		14	1:30.022				18§
15	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Toro Rosso		13	1:30.565		15	1:30.413				19**
16	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari		16	1:30.849							13
17	10	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso		17	1:31.317							14
18	18	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes		18	1:31.409							15
19	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari		19	1:31.597							16
20	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber-Ferrari		20	1:31.885							17
107% time: 1:35.280
Source:

• * Bottas was given a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.
• ^† Räikkönen was given a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.
• ^‡ Alonso was given a 35-place grid penalty for using his eighth internal combustion engine, tenth turbo, tenth MGU-H, eighth MGU-K, seventh battery store and sixth control electronics unit.
• ^§ Palmer was given a twenty-place grid penalty for using his fifth internal combustion engine, sixth turbocharger and sixth MGU-H.
• ** Sainz was given a twenty-place grid penalty for using his sixth MGU-H, fifth internal combustion engine and fifth turbo.

Grid

	Pos.	Pos.
	Driver	Driver
	______________
Row 1	1	______________
	Lewis Hamilton	2
	______________	Sebastian Vettel
Row 2	3	______________
	Daniel Ricciardo	4
	______________	Max Verstappen
Row 3	5	______________
	Esteban Ocon	6
	______________	Valtteri Bottas*
Row 4	7	______________
	Sergio Pérez	8
	______________	Felipe Massa
Row 5	9	______________
	Stoffel Vandoorne	10
	______________	Kimi Räikkönen†
Row 6	11	______________
	Nico Hülkenberg	12
	______________	Kevin Magnussen
Row 7	13	______________
	Romain Grosjean	14
	______________	Pierre Gasly
Row 8	15	______________
	Lance Stroll	16
	______________	Marcus Ericsson
Row 9	17	______________
	Pascal Wehrlein	18
	______________	Jolyon Palmer‡
Row 10	19	______________
	Carlos Sainz, Jr.§	20
	______________	Fernando Alonso**

Source

• * Bottas was given a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.
• ^† Räikkönen was given a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.
• ^‡ Palmer was given a twenty-place grid penalty for using his fifth internal combustion engine, sixth turbocharger and sixth MGU-H.
• ^§ Sainz was given a twenty-place grid penalty for using his sixth MGU-H, fifth internal combustion engine and fifth turbo.
• ** Alonso was given a 35-place grid penalty for using his eighth internal combustion engine, tenth turbo, tenth MGU-H, eighth MGU-K, seventh battery store and sixth control electronics unit.

Race

Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	53	1h 27m 31.194s	1	25
2	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	53	+1.211	4	18
3	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	53	+9.679	3	15
4	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	53	+10.580	6	12
5	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	53	+32.622	10	10
6	31	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	53	+67.788	5	8
7	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	53	+71.424	7	6
8	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	53	+88.953	12	4
9	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	53	+89.883	13	2
10	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	52	+1 Lap	8	1
11	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	52	+1 Lap	20
12	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	52	+1 Lap	18
13	10	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	52	+1 Lap	14
14	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Honda	52	+1 Lap	9
15	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber-Ferrari	51	+2 Laps	17
Ret	18	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	45	Suspension	15
Ret	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	40	Rear wing	11
Ret	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	7	Accident	16
Ret	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	4	Spark plug	2
Ret	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Toro Rosso	0	Accident	19
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Milestones

• Lewis Hamilton won his 10th pole of the season and 71st of his career, extending his own record for career poles. It is also his first pole at the Suzuka Circuit.
• Carlos Sainz, Jr.'s last race for Toro Rosso, before he moved to Renault.
• Jolyon Palmer's last race.
• Daniel Ricciardo's 125th entry and start.
• Esteban Ocon's 25th entry and start.
• Max Verstappen's 10th podium.
• Hamilton's 115th podium.
• Kimi Räikkönen passed the 1500-point mark (ended the race on 1508 points).
• Sergio Pérez's 130th start (133rd entry).

Standings after race

Drivers' World Championship Pos. Driver Pts +/- 1 Lewis Hamilton 306 — 2 Sebastian Vettel 247 — 3 Valtteri Bottas 234 — 4 Daniel Ricciardo 192 — 5 Kimi Räikkönen 148 — 6 Max Verstappen 111 — 7 Sergio Pérez 82 — 8 Esteban Ocon 65 — 9 Carlos Sainz, Jr. 48 — 10 Nico Hülkenberg 34 — 11 Felipe Massa 34 — 12 Lance Stroll 32 — 13 Romain Grosjean 28 — 14 Kevin Magnussen 15 ▲ 1 15 Stoffel Vandoorne 13 ▼ 1 16 Fernando Alonso 10 — 17 Jolyon Palmer 8 — 18 Pascal Wehrlein 5 — 19 Daniil Kvyat 4 — 20 Marcus Ericsson 0 — 21 Antonio Giovinazzi 0 — 22 Pierre Gasly 0 — Source:

Constructors' World Championship Pos. Team Pts +/- 1 Mercedes 540 — 2 Ferrari 395 — 3 Red Bull-TAG Heuer 303 — 4 Force India-Mercedes 147 — 5 Williams-Mercedes 66 — 6 Toro Rosso 52 — 7 Haas-Ferrari 43 ▲ 1 8 Renault 42 ▼ 1 9 McLaren-Honda 23 — 10 Sauber-Ferrari 5 — Source:

Notes

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