2017 Malaysian Grand Prix

2017 Malaysian Grand Prix
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Sepang International Circuit
Race Details
Date	October 1, 2017
Official Name	2017 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix
Location	Sepang International Circuit Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.543 km (3.444 mi)
Distance	56 laps, 310.408 km (192.879 mi)
Pole Position
Driver	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Time	1:30.076
Fastest Lap
Driver	Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
Time	1:34.080 on lap 41
Podium
First	Max Verstappen
Second	Lewis Hamilton
Third	Daniel Ricciardo
Lap Leaders

The 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix (officially the 2017 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix) was the fifteenth race of the 2017 Formula One season, and the nineteenth and final Malaysian Grand Prix on the Formula One calendar. It was held between 29 September and 1 October 2017. This was the final Malaysian Grand Prix held for the foreseeable future.

Lewis Hamilton qualified his Mercedes on pole, 0.045 seconds ahead of Ferrari's Kimi Räikkönen. Hamilton's chief rival for the championship, Sebastian Vettel, suffered mechanical problems in qualifying, and started the race in 20th and last place.

Räikkönen failed to start the race due to a turbo issue, while Hamilton kept the lead of the race until lap 4, when Max Verstappen overtook him at the first corner and pulled out a gap in front before taking his second victory, just one day after his twentieth birthday. Hamilton finished in second place, while Daniel Ricciardo finished third after managing to defend against Vettel long enough in the closing stages. Vettel came home in fourth, although he later collided with Lance Stroll on the cool-down lap.

Background

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

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

In the Singapore Grand Prix, Sebastian Vettel caused a crash with Kimi Räikkönen and Max Verstappen, and all three retired from the race while Lewis Hamilton won it. As a result, Hamilton extended his championship lead over Vettel to twenty-eight points in the Drivers' Championship, having 263 points in the standings. Because he failed to score any points, Vettel remained on 235 points, but remained second ahead of Valtteri Bottas, who had 212 points following his third-place finish in Singapore. Daniel Ricciardo scored another eighteen points after finishing second, being fifty points behind Bottas, while Räikkönen remained fifth with 138 points. With Ferrari failing to score any points in the Singapore Grand Prix, Mercedes extended their lead in the Constructors' Championship to 475 points, 102 points ahead of Ferrari. Red Bull went to 230 points with Ricciardo's podium finish, though they remained third, while Force India and Williams remained fourth and fifth respectively. Force India had 124 points while Williams had fifty-nine.

In April 2017, officials confirmed that their contract for the Malaysian Grand Prix was terminated early, declaring that the 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix would be the last after not having enough attendance and television viewers.

On 26 September, following twelve races where Daniil Kvyat failed to score points, Toro Rosso announced that his car would be driven by Red Bull's test driver Pierre Gasly for the remaining races of the season, although they did not confirm who would compete at the United States Grand Prix due to Gasly competing in a Japanese Super Formula Championship race occurring on the same weekend.

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
Free Practice 1 only
37	Charles Leclerc	Sauber F1 Team	Sauber	C36	Ferrari	061	P
38	Sean Gelael	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso	STR12	Renault	R.E.17	P
46	Sergey Sirotkin	Renault Sport F1 Team	Renault	R.S.17	Renault	R.E.17	P
50	Antonio Giovinazzi	Haas F1 Team	Haas	VF-17	Ferrari	062	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	1:53.771	12	1:33.673	13	1:33.321	10
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:49.719	2	1:32.099	3	1:32.091	3
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:51.009	5	1:31.261	1	1:32.042	2
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:50.734	4	1:31.865	2	1:31.880	1
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:56.211	18	1:34.118	17	1:34.914	18
9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	DNP	21 !	1:35.697	20	1:34.936	19
10	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:52.380	9	1:34.043	15	1:34.206	16
11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	1:54.669	15	1:32.862	8	1:33.209	7
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	1:50.597	3	1:32.564	5	1:33.530	11
18	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1:52.295	8	1:33.818	14	1:33.538	12
19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	No Time	20	1:33.394	12	1:33.240	8
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	DNP	22 !	1:34.343	18	1:33.787	13
27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	DNP	23 !	1:33.060	9	1:33.871	14
30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:53.625	11	1:33.381	11	1:34.475	17
31	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1:53.896	13	1:33.096	10	1:33.290	9
33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:48.962	1	1:32.109	4	1:32.579	6
37	Charles Leclerc	Sauber-Ferrari	1:55.280	16	DNP	24 !	DNP	24 !
38	Sean Gelael	Toro Rosso	1:54.610	14	DNP	25 !	DNP	25 !
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:51.518	6	1:32.677	6	1:32.539	5
46	Sergey Sirotkin	Renault	1:53.521	10	DNP	26 !	DNP	26 !
50	Antonio Giovinazzi	Haas-Ferrari	1:56.339	19	DNP	27 !	DNP	27 !
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Toro Rosso	DNP	28 !	1:34.104	16	1:33.924	15
77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:52.007	7	1:32.770	7	1:32.329	4
94	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber-Ferrari	1:55.652	17	1:35.246	19	1:35.045	20
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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	1:31.605		4	1:30.977		1	1:30.076	1
2	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari		4	1:32.259		2	1:30.926		2	1:30.121	2
3	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer		2	1:31.920		3	1:30.931		3	1:30.541	3
4	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer		6	1:32.416		5	1:31.061		4	1:30.595	4
5	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes		3	1:32.254		1	1:30.803		5	1:30.758	5
6	31	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes		7	1:32.527		7	1:31.651		6	1:31.478	6
7	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Honda		13	1:32.838		9	1:31.848		7	1:31.582	7
8	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault		10	1:32.586		8	1:31.778		8	1:31.607	8
9	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes		12	1:32.768		6	1:31.484		9	1:31.658	9
10	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda		15	1:33.049		10	1:32.010		10	1:31.704	10
11	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes		5	1:32.267		11	1:32.034				11
12	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault		9	1:32.576		12	1:32.100				12
13	18	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes		14	1:33.000		13	1:32.307				13
14	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Toro Rosso		11	1:32.650		14	1:32.402				14
15	10	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso		8	1:32.547		15	1:32.558				15
16	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari		16	1:33.308							16
17	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari		17	1:33.434							17
18	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber-Ferrari		18	1:33.483							18
19	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari		19	1:33.970							19
107% time: 1:38.017
—	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari		20	no time							20*
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• * Vettel failed to set a time within the 107% rule, but was given permission from the stewards to race. He was also given a twenty-place grid penalty for using his fifth ICE, fifth TC and fifth MGU-H.

Grid

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

Source

• * Räikkönen did not start due to turbocharger failure.
• ^† Vettel failed to set a time within the 107% rule, but was given permission from the stewards to race. He was also given a twenty-place grid penalty for using his fifth ICE, fifth TC and fifth MGU-H.

Race

Pre-race

While on a warmup lap, Räikkönen reported that his car felt like there was no power. The Ferrari mechanics tried to remedy the problem, but after working on the car on the grid, they had to wheel it away before the start. Eventually, it was retired with a broken turbocharger.

Report

Hamilton made a good start, with Bottas managing to get between Verstappen and Ricciardo. But Verstappen never let Hamilton get far ahead, and he ducked inside Hamilton at the first turn on lap 4, then proceeded to pull away. Vettel made a very strong start, and was quickly into 13th place. Ricciardo ducked inside of Bottas on lap 9. The cars traded positions and ran side-by-side, but Ricciardo finally pulled away in third.

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Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	56	1:30:01.290s	3	25
2	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	56	+12.770	1	18
3	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	56	+22.519	4	15
4	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	56	+37.362	20	12
5	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	56	+56.021	5	10
6	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	56	+1:18.630	9	8
7	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Honda	55	+1 Lap	7	6
8	18	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	55	+1 Lap	13	4
9	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	55	+1 Lap	11	2
10	31	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	55	+1 Lap	6	1
11	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	55	+1 Lap	10
12	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	55	+1 Lap	17
13	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	55	+1 Lap	16
14	10	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	55	+1 Lap	15
15	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	55	+1 Lap	12
16	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	55	+1 Lap	8
17	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber-Ferrari	55	+1 Lap	18
18	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	54	+2 Laps	19
Ret	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Toro Rosso	29	Engine	14
DNS	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	0	Turbocharger	2
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Milestones

• The last Malaysian Grand Prix to date.
• Pierre Gasly's first race.
• Lewis Hamilton's 70th career pole position and 115th front row start.
• Lance Stroll's 15th entry and start.
• Stoffel Vandoorne's 15th start (16th entry).
• Nico Hülkenberg's 130th start (132nd entry).
• Max Verstappen leads a lap for the 100th time (ended the race with 102 laps led).

Standings after race

Drivers' World Championship Pos. Driver Pts +/- 1 Lewis Hamilton 281 — 2 Sebastian Vettel 247 — 3 Valtteri Bottas 222 — 4 Daniel Ricciardo 177 — 5 Kimi Räikkönen 138 — 6 Max Verstappen 93 — 7 Sergio Pérez 76 ▼ 1 8 Esteban Ocon 57 — 9 Carlos Sainz, Jr. 48 — 10 Nico Hülkenberg 34 — 11 Felipe Massa 33 — 12 Lance Stroll 32 — 13 Romain Grosjean 26 ▼ 1 14 Stoffel Vandoorne 13 ▲ 3 15 Kevin Magnussen 11 ▼ 1 16 Fernando Alonso 10 ▼ 1 17 Jolyon Palmer 8 ▼ 1 18 Pascal Wehrlein 5 — 19 Daniil Kvyat 4 — 20 Antonio Giovinazzi 0 — 20 Marcus Ericsson 0 — 20 Jenson Button 0 — Source:

Constructors' World Championship Pos. Team Pts +/- 1 Mercedes 503 — 2 Ferrari 385 — 3 Red Bull-TAG Heuer 270 — 4 Force India-Mercedes 133 — 5 Williams-Mercedes 65 — 6 Toro Rosso 52 — 7 Renault 42 — 8 Haas-Ferrari 37 — 9 McLaren-Honda 23 — 10 Sauber-Ferrari 5 — Source:

Notes

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