2017 Austrian Grand Prix

2017 Austrian Grand Prix
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Layout of the Red Bull Ring
Race details
Date	9 July 2017
Official name	Formula 1 Großer Preis von Österreich 2017[1][2][3]
Location	Red Bull Ring Spielberg, Styria, Austria
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.318 km (2.683 mi)
Distance	71 laps, 306.452 km (190.420 mi)
Weather	Partly cloudy
Attendance	145,000[4]
Pole position
Driver	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
Time	1:04.251
Fastest lap
Driver	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time	1:07.411 on lap 69
Podium
First	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
Second	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
Third	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer
Lap leaders

The 2017 Austrian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Großer Preis von Österreich 2017) was a Formula One motor race that took place on 9 July 2017 at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria. The race, which was contested over seventy-one laps, was the ninth round of the 2017 FIA Formula One World Championship, and marked the 31st running of the Austrian Grand Prix and the 30th time it had been held as a round of the Formula One World Championship since the series inception in 1950, every time at Spielberg using the current or former variations of this circuit.

Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel entered the round as the championship leader, with a 14-point advantage over Lewis Hamilton, and extended it to 20 points. Mercedes led Ferrari by 24 points in the Constructors' standings at the start of the round, and extended it to 33 points.

Qualifying[]

Pos.	Car no.	Driver	Constructor	Qualifying times			Final grid
				Q1	Q2	Q3
1	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:05.760	1:04.316	1:04.251	1
2	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:05.585	1:04.772	1:04.293	2
3	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:05.064	1:04.800	1:04.424	81
4	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:05.148	1:05.004	1:04.779	3
5	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	1:05.854	1:05.161	1:04.896	4
6	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	1:05.779	1:04.948	1:04.983	5
7	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:05.902	1:05.319	1:05.480	6
8	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	1:05.975	1:05.435	1:05.605	7
9	31	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1:06.033	1:05.550	1:05.674	9
10	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	1:05.675	1:05.544	1:05.726	10
11	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:06.174	1:05.597		11
12	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	1:06.158	1:05.602		12
13	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Honda	1:06.316	1:05.741		13
14	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:05.990	1:05.884		14
15	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:06.143	No time		15
16	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:06.345			16
17	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:06.534			17
18	18	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1:06.608			18
19	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:06.857			19
20	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber-Ferrari	1:07.011			PL2
107% time: 1:09.618
Source:[5]

Notes

• ^1 – Lewis Hamilton received a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.
• ^2 – Pascal Wehrlein was required to start from pit lane, as his car was modified while under Parc Fermé conditions.

Race[]

At the start Valtteri Bottas made a perfect get away to lead Sebastian Vettel into the first corner, behind them there was problems with Daniil Kvyat hitting Fernando Alonso who then in turn hit Max Verstappen, both Alonso and Verstappen retired, Kvyat was given a drive through penalty for causing the accident. Bottas came under investigation for a jump start but the stewards issued no penalty. The rest of the race had little action until towards the end Vettel applied pressure on Bottas for the lead but ultimately he failed to get passed Bottas who won the race. Daniel Ricciardo meanwhile held off Lewis Hamilton for the final podium spot allowing Vettel to extend his championship lead to 20 points.^[6]

Race classification[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	71	1:21:48.523	1	25
2	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	71	+0.658	2	18
3	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	71	+6.012	4	15
4	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	71	+7.430	8	12
5	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	71	+20.370	3	10
6	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	71	+1:13.160	6	8
7	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	70	+1 Lap	7	6
8	31	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	70	+1 Lap	9	4
9	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	70	+1 Lap	17	2
10	18	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	70	+1 Lap	18	1
11	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	70	+1 Lap	16
12	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Honda	70	+1 Lap	13
13	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	70	+1 Lap	11
14	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber-Ferrari	70	+1 Lap	PL
15	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	69	+2 Laps	19
16	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	68	+3 Laps	14
Ret	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	44	Engine	10
Ret	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	29	Hydraulics	15
Ret	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	1	Collision damage	12
Ret	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	0	Collision damage	5
Source:[7]

Championship standings after the race[]

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Sebastian Vettel 171 2 Lewis Hamilton 151 3 Valtteri Bottas 136 4 Daniel Ricciardo 107 5 Kimi Räikkönen 83 Source: [8]

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Mercedes 287 2 Ferrari 254 3 Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 152 4 Force India-Mercedes 89 5 Williams-Mercedes 40 Source: [8]

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References[]

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