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.
| 2017 Austrian Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 9 of 20 in the 2017 Formula One World Championship
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 Layout of the Red Bull Ring | |||||
| Race details | |||||
| Date | 9 July 2017 | ||||
| Official name | Formula 1 FlyEmirates 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 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 71 laps, 306.452 km (190.420 miles) | ||||
| Weather | Partly cloudy | ||||
| Attendance | 145,000[4] | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Mercedes | ||||
| Time | 1:04.251 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |
 Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | |||
| Time | 1:07.411 on lap 69 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Mercedes | ||||
| Second | Ferrari | ||||
| Third | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | ||||
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Lap leaders | |||||
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
edit| Pos. | Car no. |
Driver | Constructor | Qualifying times | Final grid | ||
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| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | |||||
| 1 | 77 |  Valtteri Bottas
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Mercedes | 1:05.760 | 1:04.316 | 1:04.251 | 1 |
| 2 | 5 |  Sebastian Vettel
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Ferrari | 1:05.585 | 1:04.772 | 1:04.293 | 2 |
| 3 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton
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Mercedes | 1:05.064 | 1:04.800 | 1:04.424 | 81 |
| 4 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen
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Ferrari | 1:05.148 | 1:05.004 | 1:04.779 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 |  Daniel Ricciardo
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Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | 1:05.854 | 1:05.161 | 1:04.896 | 4 |
| 6 | 33 |  Max Verstappen
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Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | 1:05.779 | 1:04.948 | 1:04.983 | 5 |
| 7 | 8 |  Romain Grosjean
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Haas-Ferrari | 1:05.902 | 1:05.319 | 1:05.480 | 6 |
| 8 | 11 |  Sergio Pérez
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Force India-Mercedes | 1:05.975 | 1:05.435 | 1:05.605 | 7 |
| 9 | 31 | Esteban Ocon
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Force India-Mercedes | 1:06.033 | 1:05.550 | 1:05.674 | 9 |
| 10 | 55 |  Carlos Sainz Jr.
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Toro Rosso | 1:05.675 | 1:05.544 | 1:05.726 | 10 |
| 11 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg
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Renault | 1:06.174 | 1:05.597 | 11 | |
| 12 | 14 | Fernando Alonso
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McLaren-Honda | 1:06.158 | 1:05.602 | 12 | |
| 13 | 2 |  Stoffel Vandoorne
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McLaren-Honda | 1:06.316 | 1:05.741 | 13 | |
| 14 | 26 |  Daniil Kvyat
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Toro Rosso | 1:05.990 | 1:05.884 | 14 | |
| 15 | 20 |  Kevin Magnussen
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Haas-Ferrari | 1:06.143 | No time | 15 | |
| 16 | 30 | Jolyon Palmer
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Renault | 1:06.345 | 16 | ||
| 17 | 19 |  Felipe Massa
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Williams-Mercedes | 1:06.534 | 17 | ||
| 18 | 18 |  Lance Stroll
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Williams-Mercedes | 1:06.608 | 18 | ||
| 19 | 9 |  Marcus Ericsson
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Sauber-Ferrari | 1:06.857 | 19 | ||
| 20 | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein
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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
editAt 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 past 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
editChampionship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Austria". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "2017 Formula 1 World Championship Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Red Bull Ring - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
- ^ "F1 reveals overall rise in 2017 attendance". Gpupdate.net. 8 December 2017. Archived from the original on 9 December 2017.
- ^ "Formula 1 Grosser Preis von Österreich 2017 – Qualifying". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. 8 July 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
- ^ "Valtteri Bottas wins in Austria as Lewis Hamilton misses out on podium after grid-place penalty". The Telegraph. 9 July 2017. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ "Formula 1 Grosser Preis von Österreich 2017 – Race Result". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. 9 July 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- ^ a b "Austria 2017 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
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