2017 Russian Grand Prix

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Race Details

Date

April 30, 2017

Official Name

2017 Formula 1 VTB Russian Grand Prix

Location

Sochi Autodrom
Sochi, Russia

Distance

53 laps, 309.944 km (192.590 mi)

Pole Position

Driver

Sebastian Vettel

Ferrari

Time

1:33.194

Fastest Lap

Driver

Kimi Räikkönen

Ferrari

Time

1:36.844 on lap 49

Podium

First	Second	Third
Valtteri Bottas	Sebastian Vettel	Kimi Räikkönen

Lap Leaders

The 2017 Russian Grand Prix (officially the 2017 Formula 1 VTB Russian Grand Prix)^[1] will be the fourth race of the 2017 Formula One season, and the fourth Russian Grand Prix to be held on the Formula One calendar. It will be held between 28 April and 30 April 2017.

In qualifying, Sebastian Vettel took his first pole position of 2017, also his and Ferrari's first pole since the 2015 Singapore Grand Prix. He was joined on the front row by the other Ferrari of Kimi Räikkönen, marking the first time both of Ferrari's cars qualified on the front row since the 2008 French Grand Prix, while Mercedes drivers Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton qualified on the second row.

Background[]

Weather Conditions
Practice 1	Practice 2	Practice 3
Sunny	Sunny	Sunny

Qualifying
Sunny

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
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
Free Practice 1 only
46	Sergey Sirotkin	Renault Sport F1 Team	Renault	R.S.17	Renault	R.E.17	P
source

Practice Overview[]

FP1[]

FP2[]

FP3[]

Practice Results[]

No	Driver	Team	FP1		FP2		FP3
No	Driver	Team	Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos
2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Honda	1:39.541	17	1:37.125	16	1:37.182	17
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:37.290	6	1:35.910	6	1:35.830	8
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:37.230	5	1:34.120	1	1:34.001	1
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:36.074	1	1:34.383	2	1:34.338	2
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:39.533	16	1:37.039	14	1:37.164	16
9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:40.079	19	1:37.819	20	1:37.503	18
11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	1:37.457	7	1:36.600	10	1:36.962	15
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	1:38.813	13	1:36.765	12	1:36.869	14
18	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1:37.944	9	1:37.747	19	1:36.649	11
19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:37.900	8	1:36.261	7	1:35.471	6
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:38.747	12	1:36.506	9	1:36.556	10
26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:38.496	11	1:37.300	17	1:36.846	13
27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	DNP	21 !	1:36.329	8	1:35.662	7
30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:39.158	15	1:36.771	13	No Time	20
31	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1:38.065	10	1:36.654	11	1:36.676	12
33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:37.174	4	1:35.540	5	1:35.452	5
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:36.681	3	1:34.829	4	1:34.542	4
46	Sergey Sirotkin	Renault	No Time	20	DNP	22 !	DNP	22 !
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Toro Rosso	1:38.976	14	1:37.083	15	1:36.164	9
77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:36.119	2	1:34.790	3	1:34.364	3
94	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber-Ferrari	1:39.731	18	1:37.441	18	1:37.657	19
Source: ^[2]^[3]^[4]

Qualifying[]

Q1[]

Q2[]

Q3[]

Qualifying Results[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Grid
Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Q1		Q2		Q3		Grid
1	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	3	1:34.493	4	1:34.038	1	1:33.194	1
2	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	4	1:34.953	2	1:33.663	2	1:33.253	2
3	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1	1:34.041	1	1:33.264	3	1:33.289	3
4	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2	1:34.409	3	1:33.760	4	1:33.767	4
5	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	8	1:35.560	8	1:35.483	5	1:34.905	5
6	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	10	1:35.828	5	1:35.049	6	1:35.110	6
7	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	5	1:35.301	6	1:35.221	7	1:35.161	7
8	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	7	1:35.507	7	1:35.328	8	1:35.285	8
9	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	12	1:36.185	9	1:35.513	9	1:35.337	9
10	31	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	6	1:35.372	10	1:35.729	10	1:35.430	10
11	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Toro Rosso	9	1:35.827	11	1:35.948			14*
12	18	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	13	1:36.279	12	1:35.964			11
13	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	11	1:35.984	13	1:35.968			12
14	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	15	1:36.408	14	1:36.017			13
15	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	14	1:36.353	15	1:36.660			15
16	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	16	1:36.462					16
17	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Honda	17	1:37.070					20^†
18	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber-Ferrari	18	1:37.332					17
19	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	19	1:37.507					18
20	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	20	1:37.620					19
107% time: 1:40.623
Source: ^[5]

* Sainz was given a three-place grid penalty for colliding with Stroll in Bahrain.^[6]
^† Vandoorne was given a fifteen-place grid penalty for using his fifth MGU-H and turbocharger.^[7]

Grid[]

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

Source

* Sainz was given a three-place grid penalty for colliding with Stroll in Bahrain.^[6]
^† Vandoorne was given a fifteen-place grid penalty for using his fifth MGU-H and turbocharger.^[7]

Race[]

Report[]

Results[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	52	1:29:08.743	3	25
2	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	52	+0.617	1	18
3	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	52	+11.000	2	15
4	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	52	+36.230	4	12
5	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	52	+1:00.416	7	10
6	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	52	+1:26.788	9	8
7	31	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	52	+1:35.004	10	6
8	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	52	+1:36.188	8	4
9	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	51	+1 Lap	6	2
10	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Toro Rosso	51	+1 Lap	14	1
11	18	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	51	+1 Lap	11
12	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	51	+1 Lap	12
13	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	51	+1 Lap	13
14	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Honda	51	+1 Lap	20
15	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	51	+1 Lap	18
16	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber-Ferrari	50	+2 Laps	17
Ret	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	5	Brakes	5
Ret	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	0	Accident	16
Ret	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	0	Accident	19
DNS	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	0	Gearbox	15
Source: ^[8]

Milestones[]

Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari's first pole position since the 2015 Singapore Grand Prix.
First time neither Mercedes starts on the front row since the 2015 Singapore Grand Prix, and for the first time at the Sochi Autodrom.
First time Ferrari has a front row lockout since the 2008 French Grand Prix.
First time Kimi Räikkönen starts on the front row since the 2015 Italian Grand Prix.

Standings after race[]

Drivers' World Championship
Pos.	Driver	Pts	+/-
1	Sebastian Vettel	86	—
2	Lewis Hamilton	73	—
3	Valtteri Bottas	63	—
4	Kimi Räikkönen	49	—
5	Max Verstappen	35	—
6	Daniel Ricciardo	22	—
6	Sergio Pérez	22	▲ 2
8	Felipe Massa	18	▼ 1
9	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	11	—
10	Esteban Ocon	9	▲ 2
11	Nico Hülkenberg	6	▲ 2
12	Kevin Magnussen	4	▼ 2
12	Romain Grosjean	4	▼ 2
14	Daniil Kvyat	2	▼ 1
15	Antonio Giovinazzi	0	—
15	Stoffel Vandoorne	0	—
15	Jolyon Palmer	0	—
15	Marcus Ericsson	0	—
15	Fernando Alonso	0	—
15	Pascal Wehrlein	0	—
15	Lance Stroll	0	—
Source:^[9]

Constructors' World Championship
Pos.	Team	Pts	+/-
1	Mercedes	136	▲ 1
2	Ferrari	135	▼ 1
3	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	57	—
4	Force India-Mercedes	31	—
5	Williams-Mercedes	18	—
6	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	13	—
7	Haas-Ferrari	8	—
8	Renault	6	—
9	Sauber-Ferrari	0	—
9	McLaren-Honda	0	—
Source:^[9]

Notes[]

↑ "2017 Formula 1 VTB Russian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. https://www.formula1.com/en/championship/races/2017/Russia.html. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
↑ "2017 Russian Grand Prix – Practice 1 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 28 April 2017. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2017/races/962/russia/practice-1.html. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
↑ "2017 Russian Grand Prix – Practice 2 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 28 April 2017. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2017/races/962/russia/practice-2.html. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
↑ "2017 Russian Grand Prix – Practice 3 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 29 April 2017. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2017/races/962/russia/practice-3.html. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
↑ "2017 Russian Grand Prix – Qualifying results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 29 April 2017. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2017/races/962/russia/qualifying.html. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 "Carlos Sainz gets grid penalty for Lance Stroll clash". 16 April 2017. http://www.eurosport.com/formula-1/bahrain-grand-prix/2017/carlos-sainz-gets-grid-penalty-for-lance-stroll-clash_sto6132761/story.shtml. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 Anderson, Ben. "F1 Russian GP: Vandoorne gets McLaren's first 2017 grid penalty". autosport.com. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/129197/vandoorne-gets-russian-gp-grid-penalty. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
↑ "Russia Grand Prix 2017 Race Results". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 30 April 2017.
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 Collantine, Keith (30 April 2017). "2017 Russian Grand Prix championship points". F1 Fanatic (Keith Collantine). http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2017/04/30/2017-russian-grand-prix-championship-points/. Retrieved 14 June 2017.

V T E	2017 Formula One Season
Teams	Ferrari • Force India • Haas • McLaren • Mercedes • Red Bull • Renault • Sauber • Toro Rosso • Williams
Engines	Ferrari • Honda • Mercedes • Renault • TAG Heuer
Drivers alphabetically	Alonso • Bottas • Button • di Resta • Ericsson • Gasly • Giovinazzi • Grosjean • Hamilton • Hartley • Hülkenberg • Kvyat • Magnussen • Massa • Ocon • Palmer • Pérez • Räikkönen • Ricciardo • Sainz • Stroll • Vandoorne • Verstappen • Vettel • Wehrlein
Drivers by number	2 Vandoorne • 3 Ricciardo • 5 Vettel • 7 Räikkönen • 8 Grosjean • 9 Ericsson • 10 Gasly • 11 Pérez • 14 Alonso • 18 Stroll • 19 Massa • 20 Magnussen • 22 Button • 26 Kvyat • 27 Hülkenberg • 30 Palmer • 31 Ocon • 33 Verstappen • 36 Giovinazzi • 39 Hartley • 40 di Resta • 44 Hamilton • 55 Sainz • 77 Bottas • 94 Wehrlein
Other Drivers	Caldéron • Celis • Fong • Fuoco • Kari • Matsushita • Russell • Turvey
Cars	Ferrari SF70H • Force India VJM10 • Haas VF-17 • McLaren MCL32 • Mercedes AMG F1 W08 EQ Power+ • Red Bull RB13 • Renault R.S.17 • Sauber C36 • Toro Rosso STR12 • Williams FW40
Tyres	Pirelli
Races	Australia • China • Bahrain • Russia • Spain • Monaco • Canada • Azerbaijan • Austria • Britain • Hungary • Belgium • Italy • Singapore • Malaysia • Japan • United States • Mexico • Brazil • Abu Dhabi
Tests	Barcelona 1 • Barcelona 2
See also	2016 Formula One Season • 2018 Formula One Season • Category

V T E	Russian Grand Prix
Circuits	Sochi Autodrom (2014-2021) • Igora Drive (2023 onwards)
Races	2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • ~~2022~~

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[1] "2017 Formula 1 VTB Russian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. https://www.formula1.com/en/championship/races/2017/Russia.html. Retrieved 30 April 2017.

[2] "2017 Russian Grand Prix – Practice 1 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 28 April 2017. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2017/races/962/russia/practice-1.html. Retrieved 28 April 2017.

[3] "2017 Russian Grand Prix – Practice 2 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 28 April 2017. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2017/races/962/russia/practice-2.html. Retrieved 28 April 2017.

[4] "2017 Russian Grand Prix – Practice 3 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 29 April 2017. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2017/races/962/russia/practice-3.html. Retrieved 29 April 2017.

[RUS_quali-5] "2017 Russian Grand Prix – Qualifying results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 29 April 2017. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2017/races/962/russia/qualifying.html. Retrieved 29 April 2017.

[Sainz_penalty-6] 6.0 ^6.1 "Carlos Sainz gets grid penalty for Lance Stroll clash". 16 April 2017. http://www.eurosport.com/formula-1/bahrain-grand-prix/2017/carlos-sainz-gets-grid-penalty-for-lance-stroll-clash_sto6132761/story.shtml. Retrieved 30 April 2017.

[Vandoorne_penalty-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Anderson, Ben. "F1 Russian GP: Vandoorne gets McLaren's first 2017 grid penalty". autosport.com. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/129197/vandoorne-gets-russian-gp-grid-penalty. Retrieved 30 April 2017.

[results-8] "Russia Grand Prix 2017 Race Results". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 30 April 2017.

[c'ship-9] 9.0 ^9.1 Collantine, Keith (30 April 2017). "2017 Russian Grand Prix championship points". F1 Fanatic (Keith Collantine). http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2017/04/30/2017-russian-grand-prix-championship-points/. Retrieved 14 June 2017.

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