The 2017 Mexican Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Gran Premio de México 2017)[1] was the eighteenth race of the 2017 Formula One season, and the seventeenth time the Mexican Grand Prix was held on the Formula One calendar. It was held between 27 October and 29 October 2017.
In qualifying, Sebastian Vettel set his 50th pole position, snatching pole from Max Verstappen at the last minute. Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton qualified second and third respectively.
In the race, Vettel, Hamilton and Verstappen fought for the lead at the first three corners, with Verstappen taking it after Vettel and Hamilton had to pit after making contact. Verstappen led every lap to take his third victory, ahead of Valtteri Bottas and Kimi Räikkönen. Vettel and Hamilton finished fourth and ninth respectively, resulting in Hamilton becoming the 2017 World Champion.
Background[]
At the United States Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton won the race ahead of Sebastian Vettel. The win put Hamilton on 331 points, sixty-six points ahead of Vettel. Valtteri Bottas, having only finished fifth, had his gap to Vettel extended to twenty-one points. With an engine failure midway through the race, Daniel Ricciardo remained on 192 points, while Kimi Räikkönen went up to 163 points.[2] Hamilton's victory in America secured Mercedes their fourth constructors' title, on 575 points compared to Ferrari's 428 points. With only Max Verstappen finishing fourth place after being rewarded a time penalty for passing Räikkönen off the track in Austin, Red Bull were then on 315 points. Another double-points finish for Force India put them on 159 points in the Constructors' Championship, whilst Williams scored another two points to make 68 points.[2]
With Hamilton and Vettel finishing the United States Grand Prix in first and second place respectively, Hamilton looked to secure his fourth drivers' title in Mexico. For him to win the championship, he had to finish in the top five, or Vettel had to finish outside the top two.[3]
Having missed out the United States Grand Prix to compete in the last Super Formula race, which was later cancelled due to bad weather, Pierre Gasly returned to Toro Rosso, while Brendon Hartley remained with the team, excluding Daniil Kvyat and later releasing him.[4][5] However, Hartley raced with the car number #28 rather than #39.[6] Franz Tost later admitted that Gasly and Hartley could be Toro Rosso's drivers for 2018, describing them as "highly skilled drivers".[7]
In response to the controversy of Hamilton, Nico Rosberg and Verstappen going wide at the first corner in the 2016 race, orange kerbs have been added at turns two, three, eight and eleven, with speed bumps and extra asphalt at turns two and three.[8]
Throughout the week, the main focus of the United States Grand Prix was on Verstappen, as the stewards gave him a time penalty for passing Räikkönen while he was off the track, but the decision was criticised by Verstappen and many fans. Verstappen stated: "I think at one point he realised that I was trying to overtake him, so he tried to close the door, so you have avoid it. Then, of course, the Austin track gives a lot of possibility to run on the inside, like you could see the whole weekend. So, yeah, first was to try to avoid an accident and then to try and overtake him." However, FIA director Charlie Whiting dismissed the quote, saying: "The point here really is that the stewards felt he gained an advantage. He shortened the track and clearly he was off track and he passed another driver at the same time. So, for them the decision was quite simple technically, but emotionally it was not so easy because the decision had to be made quite quickly."[9]
Entry list[]
Practice Overview[]
FP1[]
FP2[]
FP3[]
Practice Results[]
No | Driver | Team | |||||||||||
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Time | Pos | Time | Pos | Time | Pos | ||||||||
2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren-Honda | No Time | 20 | 1:19.844 | 15 | 1:20.030 | 19 | |||||
3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 1:18.421 | 4 | 1:17.801 | 1 | 1:17.361 | 5 | |||||
5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:18.586 | 5 | 1:18.051 | 4 | 1:17.230 | 3 | |||||
7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:19.008 | 6 | 1:18.142 | 5 | 1:17.517 | 6 | |||||
8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | 1:25.526 | 20 | 1:19.586 | 17 | |||||||
9 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:20.362 | 18 | 1:19.331 | 15 | |||||||
10 | Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:21.745 | 19 | No Time | 20 | |||||||
11 | Sergio Pérez | Force India-Mercedes | 1:19.240 | 7 | 1:18.728 | 8 | 1:18.040 | 7 | |||||
14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Honda | 1:19.346 | 8 | 1:18.508 | 7 | 1:19.565 | 16 | |||||
18 | Lance Stroll | Williams-Mercedes | 1:19.772 | 12 | 1:19.524 | 14 | 1:19.066 | 13 | |||||
19 | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 1:19.443 | 9 | 1:19.206 | 12 | 1:18.690 | 12 | |||||
20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 1:20.644 | 13 | 1:20.318 | 17 | 1:19.205 | 14 | |||||
27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 1:19.552 | 10 | 1:18.775 | 9 | 1:18.380 | 10 | |||||
28 | Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 1:21.747 | 18 | 1:19.423 | 13 | 1:18.602 | 11 | |||||
31 | Esteban Ocon | Force India-Mercedes | 1:18.822 | 10 | 1:18.165 | 8 | |||||||
33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 1:18.395 | 3 | 1:17.964 | 3 | 1:17.113 | 1 | |||||
34 | Alfonso Celis, Jr. | Force India-Mercedes | 1:22.342 | 19 | |||||||||
37 | Charles Leclerc | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:21.446 | 16 | |||||||||
38 | Sean Gelael | Toro Rosso | 1:21.639 | 17 | |||||||||
44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:18.290 | 2 | 1:17.932 | 2 | 1:17.188 | 2 | |||||
50 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Haas-Ferrari | 1:21.269 | 15 | |||||||||
55 | Carlos Sainz, Jr. | Renault | 1:19.554 | 11 | 1:19.060 | 11 | 1:18.208 | 9 | |||||
77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:17.824 | 1 | 1:18.299 | 6 | 1:17.283 | 4 | |||||
94 | Pascal Wehrlein | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:20.971 | 14 | 1:20.306 | 16 | 1:19.826 | 18 | |||||
Source: [10][11][12] |
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 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 4 | 1:17.665 | 2 | 1:16.870 | 1 | 1:16.488 | 1 | |||
2 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 3 | 1:17.630 | 1 | 1:16.524 | 2 | 1:16.574 | 2 | |||
3 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1 | 1:17.518 | 3 | 1:17.035 | 3 | 1:16.934 | 3 | |||
4 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 2 | 1:17.578 | 4 | 1:17.161 | 4 | 1:16.958 | 4 | |||
5 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 7 | 1:18.148 | 5 | 1:17.534 | 5 | 1:17.238 | 5 | |||
6 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Force India-Mercedes | 10 | 1:18.336 | 9 | 1:17.827 | 6 | 1:17.437 | 6 | |||
7 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 8 | 1:18.208 | 6 | 1:17.631 | 7 | 1:17.447 | 16* | |||
8 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 9 | 1:18.322 | 8 | 1:17.792 | 8 | 1:17.466 | 7 | |||
9 | 55 | Carlos Sainz, Jr. | Renault | 11 | 1:18.405 | 7 | 1:17.753 | 9 | 1:17.794 | 8 | |||
10 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Force India-Mercedes | 6 | 1:18.020 | 10 | 1:17.868 | 10 | 1:17.807 | 9 | |||
11 | 19 | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 12 | 1:18.570 | 11 | 1:18.099 | 10 | |||||
12 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Williams-Mercedes | 15 | 1:18.902 | 12 | 1:19.159 | 11 | |||||
13 | 28 | Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 14 | 1:18.683 | 13 | no time | 17† | |||||
14 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Honda | 5 | 1:17.710 | 14 | no time | 18‡ | |||||
15 | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren-Honda | 13 | 1:18.578 | 15 | no time | 19§ | |||||
16 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber-Ferrari | 16 | 1:19.176 | 12 | |||||||
17 | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein | Sauber-Ferrari | 17 | 1:19.333 | 13 | |||||||
18 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 18 | 1:19.443 | 14 | |||||||
19 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | 19 | 1:19.473 | 15 | |||||||
107% time: 1:22.944 | |||||||||||||
NC | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 20 | no time | 20** | |||||||
Source: [13] |
- * Ricciardo was given a twenty-place grid penalty for using his sixth internal combustion engine, sixth turbo and seventh MGU-H.[14]
- † Hartley was given a twenty-place grid penalty for using his sixth internal combustion engine, sixth turbo and seventh MGU-H.[14]
- ‡ Alonso was given a twenty-place grid penalty for using his eleventh TC, eleventh MGU-H and ninth ICE.[15]
- § Vandoorne was given a 35-place grid penalty for using his twelfth TC, twelfth MGU-H, tenth ICE, ninth MGU-K, seventh ES and seventh CE.[16]
- ** Gasly was given a twenty-place grid penalty for using his fifth CE, seventh MGU-H and sixth turbocharger.[17][18][14] He also failed to set a time within the 107% rule, but was given permission from the stewards to participate.[13]
Grid[]
Pos. | Pos. | |
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Driver | Driver | |
______________ | ||
Row 1 | 1 | ______________ |
Sebastian Vettel | 2 | |
______________ | Max Verstappen | |
Row 2 | 3 | ______________ |
Lewis Hamilton | 4 | |
______________ | Valtteri Bottas | |
Row 3 | 5 | ______________ |
Kimi Räikkönen | 6 | |
______________ | Esteban Ocon | |
Row 4 | 7 | ______________ |
Nico Hülkenberg | 8 | |
______________ | Carlos Sainz, Jr. | |
Row 5 | 9 | ______________ |
Sergio Pérez | 10 | |
______________ | Felipe Massa | |
Row 6 | 11 | ______________ |
Lance Stroll | 12 | |
______________ | Marcus Ericsson | |
Row 7 | 13 | ______________ |
Pascal Wehrlein | 14 | |
______________ | Kevin Magnussen | |
Row 8 | 15 | ______________ |
Romain Grosjean | 16 | |
______________ | Daniel Ricciardo* | |
Row 9 | 17 | ______________ |
Brendon Hartley† | 18 | |
______________ | Fernando Alonso‡ | |
Row 10 | 19 | ______________ |
Stoffel Vandoorne§ | 20 | |
______________ | Pierre Gasly** |
- * Ricciardo was given a twenty-place grid penalty for using his sixth internal combustion engine, sixth turbo and seventh MGU-H.[14]
- † Hartley was given a twenty-place grid penalty for using his sixth internal combustion engine, sixth turbo and seventh MGU-H.[14]
- ‡ Alonso was given a twenty-place grid penalty for using his eleventh TC, eleventh MGU-H and ninth ICE.[15]
- § Vandoorne was given a 35-place grid penalty for using his twelfth TC, twelfth MGU-H, tenth ICE, ninth MGU-K, seventh ES and seventh CE.[16]
- ** Gasly was given a twenty-place grid penalty for using his fifth CE, seventh MGU-H and sixth turbocharger.[17][18][14] He also failed to set a time within the 107% rule, but was given permission from the stewards to participate.[13]
Race[]
Report[]
Results[]
Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 71 | 1:36:26.552s | 2 | 25 |
2 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 71 | + 19.678 | 4 | 18 |
3 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 71 | + 54.007 | 5 | 15 |
4 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 71 | + 1:10.078 | 1 | 12 |
5 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Force India-Mercedes | 70 | + 1 Lap | 6 | 10 |
6 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Williams-Mercedes | 70 | + 1 Lap | 11 | 8 |
7 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Force India-Mercedes | 70 | + 1 Lap | 9 | 6 |
8 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 70 | + 1 Lap | 14 | 4 |
9 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 70 | + 1 Lap | 3 | 2 |
10 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Honda | 70 | + 1 Lap | 18 | 1 |
11 | 19 | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 70 | + 1 Lap | 10 | |
12 | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren-Honda | 70 | + 1 Lap | 19 | |
13 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 70 | + 1 Lap | 20 | |
14 | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein | Sauber-Ferrari | 69 | + 2 Laps | 13 | |
15 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | 69 | + 2 Laps | 15 | |
Ret | 55 | Carlos Sainz, Jr. | Renault | 59 | Steering | 8 | |
Ret | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber-Ferrari | 55 | Engine | 12 | |
Ret | 28 | Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 30 | Engine | 17 | |
Ret | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 24 | Power unit | 7 | |
Ret | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 5 | Turbo | 16 | |
Source: [19] |
Milestones[]
- Sebastian Vettel's 50th pole position.
- Lewis Hamilton secured his fourth World Driver's Championship, equaling Sebastian Vettel and Alain Prost.
Standings after race[]
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Notes[]
- ↑ "Formula 1 Gran Premio de México 2017". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. https://www.formula1.com/en/championship/races/2017/Mexico.html. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Collantine, Keith (22 October 2017). "2017 United States Grand Prix championship points". F1 Fanatic (Keith Collantine). https://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2017/10/22/2017-united-states-grand-prix-championship-points/. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ↑ Collantine, Keith (26 October 2017). "How Hamilton can win the title in Mexico". F1 Fanatic (Keith Collantine). https://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2017/10/26/how-hamilton-can-win-the-title-in-mexico/. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ↑ "Hartley retained for Mexican Grand Prix". Speedcafe. 24 October 2017. https://www.speedcafe.com/2017/10/24/hartley-retained-mexican-grand-prix/. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ↑ "Daniil Kvyat no longer part of Red Bull or Toro Rosso in Formula 1". Autosport (Motorsport Network). 27 October 2017. https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/132687/kvyat-no-longer-part-of-red-bull-in-f1. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ↑ Collantine, Keith (26 October 2017). "Hartley to change number for second grand prix". F1 Fanatic (Keith Collantine). https://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2017/10/26/hartley-change-number-second-grand-prix/. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ↑ "Hartley and Gasly likely line-up for 2018 – Toro Rosso". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. 27 October 2017. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/headlines/2017/10/hartley-and-gasly-likely-line-up-for-2018--toro-rosso.html. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ↑ Collantine, Keith (26 October 2017). "Drivers given new rules on corner-cutting at Mexico's turn one after 2016 row". F1 Fanatic (Keith Collantine). https://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2017/10/26/drivers-given-new-rules-corner-cutting-mexicos-turn-one-2016-row/. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ↑ "Accusations of stewarding inconsistency 'without foundation' - FIA". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. 27 October 2017. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/headlines/2017/10/accusations-of-stewarding-inconsistency-without-foundation---fia.html. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ↑ "2017 Mexican Grand Prix – Practice 1 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 27 October 2017. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2017/races/976/mexico/practice-1.html. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
- ↑ "2017 Mexican Grand Prix – Practice 2 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 27 October 2017. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2017/races/976/mexico/practice-2.html. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
- ↑ "2017 Mexican Grand Prix – Practice 3 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 28 October 2017. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2017/races/976/mexico/practice-3.html. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 "2017 Mexican Grand Prix – Qualifying results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 28 October 2017. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2017/races/976/mexico/qualifying.html. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 "Engine change to drop Ricciardo down Mexico grid". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. 29 October 2017. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/headlines/2017/10/engine-change-to-drop-ricciardo-down-mexico-grid.html. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 9". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 27 October 2017. https://www.fia.com/file/62755/download?token=kWYzfVKF. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 11". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 27 October 2017. https://www.fia.com/file/62756/download?token=5GTp8M23. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 12". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 27 October 2017. https://www.fia.com/file/62757/download?token=u_cQCtjA. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 24". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 28 October 2017. https://www.fia.com/file/62805/download?token=JC0rBb65. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ↑ "Mexico Grand Prix 2017 Race Results". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 29 October 2017. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2017/races/976/mexico/race-result.html. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
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