2017 Bahrain Grand Prix
| 2017 Bahrain Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 3 of 20 in the 2017 Formula One World Championship
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| Race details[1] | |||||
| Date | 16 April 2017 | ||||
| Official name | 2017 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix[2][3] | ||||
| Location |
Bahrain International Circuit Sakhir, Bahrain | ||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
| Course length | 5.412 km (3.362 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 57 laps, 308.238 km (191.530 miles) | ||||
| Weather | Clear | ||||
| Attendance | 93,000 (weekend) 33,000 (Race Day) [4] | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Mercedes | ||||
| Time | 1:28.769 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |
 Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | |||
| Time | 1:32.798 on lap 46 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Ferrari | ||||
| Second | Mercedes | ||||
| Third | Mercedes | ||||
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Lap leaders
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The 2017 Bahrain Grand Prix (formally known as the 2017 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race that took place on 16 April 2017 at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain. The race was the third round of the 2017 FIA Formula One World Championship and marked the thirteenth time that the Bahrain Grand Prix has been run as a round of the Formula One World Championship. The winner of the previous Bahrain Grand Prix, Nico Rosberg, did not compete as he had retired after the 2016 season. Sebastian Vettel entered the race as the championship leader, equal on points with Lewis Hamilton but recognised as leader on a count-back. Mercedes led the Constructors' Championship by one point over Ferrari.
Background
[edit | edit source]Driver changes
[edit | edit source]After missing the opening two rounds of the season due to injury, Pascal Wehrlein returned to competition with Sauber.[5] Antonio Giovinazzi, who replaced Wehrlein in the Australian and Chinese Grands Prix, resumed testing and reserve driver duties for Ferrari.[citation needed]
Qualifying
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During the first qualifying session, Carlos Sainz, driving for Toro Rosso, experienced power loss to his car, leaving him in 16th position. Several other drivers were affected by flags waved for Sainz's stoppage, resulting in early exits from the session.[6]
During Q2, McLaren driver, Fernando Alonso, was left in 15th position after a broken power unit prevented him from setting a time. Front-end problems stopped Williams driver, Lance Stroll, from leaving the garage until late in the session, where he was eventually pushed down into 12th position. [6]
During the final qualifying session, Hamilton broke his previous pole time while attempting to receive his 55th pole position. However, Valtteri Bottas managed to improve on his teammate's time, winning his maiden pole position by two-hundredths of a second.[6]
Qualifying classification
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Driver | Constructor | Qualifying times | Final grid | ||
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| 1 | 77 | Finland Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:31.041 | 1:29.555 | 1:28.769 | 1 |
| 2 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton
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Mercedes | 1:30.814 | 1:29.535 | 1:28.792 | 2 |
| 3 | 5 |  Sebastian Vettel
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Ferrari | 1:31.037 | 1:29.596 | 1:29.247 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 |  Daniel Ricciardo
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Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | 1:31.667 | 1:30.497 | 1:29.545 | 4 |
| 5 | 7 | Finland Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:30.988 | 1:29.843 | 1:29.567 | 5 |
| 6 | 33 |  Max Verstappen
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Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | 1:30.904 | 1:30.307 | 1:29.687 | 6 |
| 7 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg
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Renault | 1:31.057 | 1:30.169 | 1:29.842 | 7 |
| 8 | 19 |  Felipe Massa
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Williams-Mercedes | 1:31.373 | 1:30.677 | 1:30.074 | 8 |
| 9 | 8 |  Romain Grosjean
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Haas-Ferrari | 1:31.691 | 1:30.857 | 1:30.763 | 9 |
| 10 | 30 | Jolyon Palmer
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Renault | 1:31.458 | 1:30.899 | 1:31.074 | 10 |
| 11 | 26 | Russia Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:31.531 | 1:30.923 | 11 | |
| 12 | 18 |  Lance Stroll
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Williams-Mercedes | 1:31.748 | 1:31.168 | 12 | |
| 13 | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein
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Sauber-Ferrari | 1:31.995 | 1:31.414 | 13 | |
| 14 | 31 | Esteban Ocon
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Force India-Mercedes | 1:31.774 | 1:31.684 | 14 | |
| 15 | 14 |  Fernando Alonso
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McLaren-Honda | 1:32.054 | No time | 15 | |
| 16 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jr.
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Toro Rosso | 1:32.118 | 16 | ||
| 17 | 2 |  Stoffel Vandoorne
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McLaren-Honda | 1:32.313 | 17 | ||
| 18 | 11 |  Sergio Pérez
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Force India-Mercedes | 1:32.318 | 18 | ||
| 19 | 9 |  Marcus Ericsson
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Sauber-Ferrari | 1:32.543 | 19 | ||
| 20 | 20 |  Kevin Magnussen
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Haas-Ferrari | 1:32.900 | 20 | ||
| 107% time: 1:37.170 | |||||||
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Race
[edit | edit source]At the start, Bottas led away with Vettel in hot pursuit after he beat Hamilton into 2nd off the line, Vettel pitted early as did Verstappen, however Verstappen had a brake failure soon after and had to retire from the race. A collision between Stroll and Sainz occurred and with Stroll's car stuck on the track the safety car was deployed to clear it away. Hamilton then pitted but was penalised 5 seconds for holding up Ricciardo into the pits, he served his penalty at his second stop costing him a chance of winning the race. Alonso's frustration boiled over in a radio message saying he has never had so little power in his life before later retiring with engine problems. Vettel won from Hamilton who was let through into 2nd by Bottas with 10 laps to go.[8]
Race classification
[edit | edit source]- Notes
- ^1 – Fernando Alonso retired from the race, but was classified as he had completed 90% of the race distance.
- ^2 – Stoffel Vandoorne did not line up on the grid as a result of a power unit issue.[10]
Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also
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External links
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