2017 Monaco Grand Prix
| 2017 Monaco Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 6 of 20 in the 2017 Formula One World Championship | |||
 Layout of the Circuit de Monte Carlo, Monaco | |||
| Race details | |||
| Date | 28 May 2017 | ||
| Official name | Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2017 | ||
| Location |
Circuit de Monaco La Condamine and Monte Carlo, Monaco | ||
| Course | Street circuit | ||
| Course length | 3.337 km (2.074 miles) | ||
| Distance | 78 laps, 260.286 km (161.734 miles) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Ferrari | ||
| Time | 1:12.178 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Sergio Pérez | Force India-Mercedes | |
| Time | 1:14.820 on lap 76 (lap record) | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Ferrari | ||
| Second | Ferrari | ||
| Third | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | ||
|
Lap leaders | |||
The 2017 Monaco Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2017) was a Formula One motor race held on 28 May 2017 at the Circuit de Monaco, a street circuit that runs through the Principality of Monaco. It was the sixth round of the 2017 season, the seventy-fifth time that the Monaco Grand Prix has been held, and the sixty-fourth time it has been a round of the Formula One World Championship since the inception of the series in 1950.
Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel entered the round leading the World Drivers' Championship six points ahead of defending race winner Lewis Hamilton, with Valtteri Bottas in third. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes held an eight-point lead over Ferrari, with Red Bull Racing a further eighty-one points behind in third.
Kimi Räikkönen started the race from pole position, his first since the 2008 French Grand Prix. In doing so, he broke Giancarlo Fisichella's record for the most race starts between pole positions, with one hundred and twenty-nine starts since his last pole. Sebastian Vettel won the race, Ferrari's first win in Monaco since 2001. Räikkönen finished second and marks Ferrari's first 1-2 finish since 2010 German Grand Prix. Daniel Ricciardo finishing third. With the result, Vettel extended his championship lead over Lewis Hamilton, while in the World Constructors' Championship, Ferrari reclaimed the points lead from Mercedes.
Report
Background
McLaren driver Fernando Alonso missed the race in order to participate in the Indianapolis 500.[1] Alonso became the first active Formula One driver to race at the Indy 500 since Teo Fabi in 1984.[2] Jenson Button replaced Alonso for the race.
Prior to the national anthem, a minute's silence was observed on the grid before the race as a mark of respect to the victims of the Manchester Arena bombing earlier in the week.[3]
Free practice
Thursday morning's first practice ended with Mercedes's Lewis Hamilton setting the quickest lap with 1:13.425, approximately 0.2 seconds quicker than his championship rival Sebastian Vettel. Max Verstappen was third quickest and Toro Rosso's Daniil Kvyat was the fastest driver not in one of the top three teams, setting the sixth fastest time.[4] In second practice, Vettel was quickest with 1:12.720. Second through fourth were Daniel Ricciardo, Kimi Räikkönen, and Kvyat.[4] The Mercedes team had a disappointing second practice as they finished eighth and tenth, off the pace of their championship rivals Ferrari. The session was stopped part way through for ten minutes due to a crash by Lance Stroll.[5]
Saturday's Free Practice 3 ended with Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel setting the bar at 1:12.395, besting his own time set in FP2 by 0.3 seconds to set a new lap record, whilst nearest rival and team mate Kimi Raikkonen was 0.3 seconds behind with 1:12.740. [6] The session was interrupted 8 minutes in by yellow flags when Esteban Ocon of Force India crashed in the swimming pool section,[7] mimicking an incident Max Verstappen had during the 2016 qualifying session. Free practice eventually resumed with 4 minutes remaining. Daniel Ricciardo had a brake-by-wire failure and ended up retiring from the session, leaving him sixth with 1:13.392. McLaren driver Jenson Button ended the session in twelfth, but incurred a 15-place grid penalty for changing the MGU-H and turbocharger, which would be applied after qualifying.[7]
Classification
Qualifying
| Pos. | Car no. |
Driver | Constructor | Qualifying times | Final grid | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | |||||
| 1 | 7 |  Kimi Räikkönen
|
Ferrari | 1:13.117 | 1:12.231 | 1:12.178 | 1 |
| 2 | 5 |  Sebastian Vettel
|
Ferrari | 1:13.090 | 1:12.449 | 1:12.221 | 2 |
| 3 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas
|
Mercedes | 1:13.325 | 1:12.901 | 1:12.223 | 3 |
| 4 | 33 |  Max Verstappen
|
Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | 1:13.078 | 1:12.697 | 1:12.496 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 |  Daniel Ricciardo
|
Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | 1:13.219 | 1:13.011 | 1:12.998 | 5 |
| 6 | 55 |  Carlos Sainz Jr.
|
Toro Rosso-Renault | 1:13.526 | 1:13.397 | 1:13.162 | 6 |
| 7 | 11 | Sergio Pérez
|
Force India-Mercedes | 1:13.530 | 1:13.430 | 1:13.329 | 7 |
| 8 | 8 |  Romain Grosjean
|
Haas-Ferrari | 1:13.786 | 1:13.203 | 1:13.349 | 8 |
| 9 | 22 |  Jenson Button
|
McLaren-Honda | 1:13.723 | 1:13.453 | 1:13.613 | PL1 |
| 10 | 2 |  Stoffel Vandoorne
|
McLaren-Honda | 1:13.476 | 1:13.249 | no time | 122 |
| 11 | 26 |  Daniil Kvyat
|
Toro Rosso-Renault | 1:13.899 | 1:13.516 | 9 | |
| 12 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg
|
Renault | 1:13.787 | 1:13.628 | 10 | |
| 13 | 20 |  Kevin Magnussen
|
Haas-Ferrari | 1:13.531 | 1:13.959 | 11 | |
| 14 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton
|
Mercedes | 1:13.640 | 1:14.106 | 13 | |
| 15 | 19 |  Felipe Massa
|
Williams-Mercedes | 1:13.796 | 1:20.529 | 14 | |
| 16 | 31 | Esteban Ocon
|
Force India-Mercedes | 1:14.101 | 15 | ||
| 17 | 30 | Jolyon Palmer
|
Renault | 1:14.696 | 16 | ||
| 18 | 18 |  Lance Stroll
|
Williams-Mercedes | 1:14.893 | 17 | ||
| 19 | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein
|
Sauber-Ferrari | 1:15.159 | 18 | ||
| 20 | 9 |  Marcus Ericsson
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Sauber-Ferrari | 1:15.276 | 19 | ||
| 107% time: 1:18.193 | |||||||
| Source:[8] | |||||||
- Notes
- ^1 — Jenson Button received a fifteen-place grid penalty for exceeding the maximum quota of engine components.[N 1]
- ^2 — Stoffel Vandoorne received a three-place grid penalty for causing an avoidable accident with Felipe Massa in the previous race.
Race
- Notes
- ^1 — Sergio Pérez received a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision.
- ^2 — Driver retired from the race, but was classified as he had completed 90% of the winner's race distance.
- ^3 — Jenson Button started the race from pit lane.
- ^4 — Pascal Wehrlein received a five-second time penalty for an unsafe release.
Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
Notes
- ^ Although Jenson Button replaced Fernando Alonso for the race, he was considered to be driving Alonso's car and thus using Alonso's engine components rather than his own.
References
- ^ "Fernando Alonso to race at Indy 500 with McLaren, Honda and Andretti Autosport". mclaren.com. McLaren. 12 April 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
- ^ SportsCentre. 28 May 2017. TSN.
- ^ "F1 plans Monaco tribute to Manchester victims". Reuters. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ a b "Practice – Results – Monaco Grand Prix – 2017 – Formula 1". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Sebastian Vettel quickest, Lewis Hamilton eighth in Monaco". BBC Sport. 25 May 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2017 – Practice 3". Formula 1 Official Website. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
- ^ a b "FP3 – Ferrari 1–2 as Mercedes and Red Bull give chase". Formula 1 Official Website. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
- ^ "Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2017 – Qualifying". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Ltd. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
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