Grand Prix of Austria 2017

 Grand Prix of Austria 2017

Racing data
9th of 20 races of the 2017 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Formula 1 Grand Prix of Austria 2017
Date:	July 9, 2017
Place:	Spielberg
Course:	Red Bull Ring
Length:	307.02 km in 71 laps of 4.326 km
Pole position
Driver:	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
Time:	1: 04.251 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time:	1: 07.411 min (lap 69)
Podium
First:	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
Second:	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
Third:	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer

The Austrian Grand Prix 2017 (officially Formula 1 Grand Prix of Austria 2017 ) took place on July 9th at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg and was the ninth race of the 2017 Formula 1 World Championship .

report

backgrounds

After the Azerbaijan Grand Prix , Sebastian Vettel led the drivers' standings with 14 points ahead of Lewis Hamilton and 42 points ahead of Valtteri Bottas . In the constructors' championship, Mercedes led Ferrari with 24 points and Red Bull Racing with 113 points .

At the Austrian Grand Prix, Pirelli provided the drivers with the tire compounds P Zero Soft (yellow), P Zero Supersoft (red), P Zero Ultrasoft (purple), as well as Cinturato Intermediates (green) and Cinturato Full Wets (blue) for wet conditions .

In the curves Schlossgold , Würth and curve eight , the number of tire stacks was increased due to the higher vehicle speeds due to the rule changes for the 2017 season. At the pit entrance there were now TecPro barriers in front of the guard rail . The additional curb stones introduced in the previous year with a height of 100 mm were now only at the exit of the Rauch , Rindt and Red Bull Mobile curves and were 3.20 meters apart. Further drainage systems were built in order to achieve better drainage of the rainwater when it rains. In addition, new, very flat curb stones were installed in several places. However, this measure had no relation to Formula 1, but this change was made for motorcycle races.

There were two DRS zones that remained unchanged compared to the previous year. The first zone began exactly 85 meters after the Remus , the measuring point was 360 meters before this curve. The second zone was on the start-finish straight and began 110 meters after the Red Bull Mobile , the distance between the vehicles was measured ten meters after the Rindt .

At this race, Ferrari made a new engine update available that was only used by the Haas team. The Ferrari works team still used the old specification during the race.

Vettel (nine), Daniil Kwjat , Kevin Magnussen , Jolyon Palmer , Sergio Pérez , Carlos Sainz jr. (five each), Nico Hülkenberg , Esteban Ocon (four each), Romain Grosjean , Stoffel Vandoorne (three each), Hamilton, Felipe Massa , Pascal Wehrlein (two each) and Max Verstappen (one) went into the race weekend with penalty points.

Following the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, the FIA announced an incident between Hamilton and Vettel, in which Vettel first ran into Hamilton during a safety car phase , then drove next to Hamilton and rammed him sideways, despite the from to re-examine the ten-second penalty given to the race stewards in the week before the Austrian Grand Prix. Vettel had already become conspicuous at the 2016 Mexican Grand Prix when he berated race director Charlie Whiting on the radio. At the time, the FIA ​​refrained from punishing after a public apology, but threatened to bring the case to the FIA's international tribunal if the case persisted. Again, the FIA ​​refrained from punishing if Vettel publicly apologized for his behavior. In addition, he must do youth work in the FIA Formula 2 championship , the European Formula 3 championship and a Formula 4 championship to be determined and attend a seminar with the FIA ​​commissioners.

With Lewis Hamilton (once) a former winner took part in this Grand Prix.

Race stewards were Walter Jobst (AUT), Tim Mayer (USA), Andrew Mallalieu (BRB) and Mika Salo (FIN).

free training

In the first free practice, Hamilton set the fastest time with a lap time of 1: 05.975 minutes, ahead of Verstappen and Bottas.

In the second free practice, Hamilton was again fastest with a lap time of 1: 05.483 minutes, ahead of Vettel and Bottas.

Vettel set the best time in the third free practice in 1: 05.092 minutes ahead of Hamilton and Bottas.

Qualifying

The qualifying consisted of three parts with a net running time of 45 minutes. In the first qualifying segment (Q1), the drivers had 18 minutes to qualify for the race. All drivers who achieved a time in the first section that was a maximum of 107 percent of the fastest lap time qualified for the Grand Prix. The best 15 drivers reached the next part. Hamilton was fastest. The Sauber and Williams pilots and Palmer were eliminated.

The second section (Q2) lasted 15 minutes. The ten fastest pilots qualified for the third part of qualifying. Hamilton was the only driver to set his fastest lap on Supersoft . Bottas was the fastest. Magnussen, who did not drive time after a break in the suspension in Q1, Kwjat, the McLaren drivers and Hulkenberg were eliminated.

The last section (Q3) lasted twelve minutes, in which the first ten starting positions were assigned. Bottas drove the fastest time with a lap time of 1: 04.251 minutes ahead of Vettel and Hamilton. It was the second pole position for Bottas in the Formula 1 World Championship.

Hamilton was moved five starting positions down due to a premature gear change. Since the turbocharger in Wehrlein’s vehicle was replaced with a non-identical part due to a defect after qualifying , he had to start the race from the pit lane.

run

Bottas won the race ahead of Vettel and Ricciardo. It was Bottas' second victory in the Formula 1 World Championship, Vettel achieved the seventh and Ricciardo the fifth podium finish of the season. The remaining points were placed by Hamilton, Raikkonen, Grosjean, Pérez, Ocon, Massa and Lance Stroll .

The first three places in both the drivers 'and the constructors' standings remained unchanged.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes F1 W08 EQ Power +	Mercedes-AMG F1 M08 EQ Power +	P
	77	Valtteri Bottas
Red Bull Racing	03	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull RB13	Day, this year	P
	33	Max Verstappen
Scuderia Ferrari	05	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari SF70H	Ferrari 062	P
	07th	Kimi Raikkonen
Sahara Force India F1 Team	11	Sergio Perez	Force India VJM10	Mercedes-AMG F1 M08 EQ Power +	P
	31	Esteban Ocon
	34	Alfonso Celis Jr.
Williams Martini Racing	19th	Felipe Massa	Williams FW40	Mercedes-AMG F1 M08 EQ Power +	P
	18th	Lance Stroll
McLaren Honda	14th	Fernando Alonso	McLaren MCL32	Honda RA617H	P
	02	Stoffel Vandoorne
Scuderia Toro Rosso	26th	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso STR12	Renault RE17	P
	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.
Haas F1 team	08th	Romain Grosjean	Haas VF-17	Ferrari 062	P
	20th	Kevin Magnussen
Renault Sport F1 Team	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault RS17	Renault RE17	P
	30th	Jolyon Palmer
	46	Sergei Sirotkin
Sauber F1 Team	09	Marcus Ericsson	Clean C36	Ferrari 061	P
	94	Pascal Wehrlein

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} The Force India with the start number 34 was used in the first free practice for Celis. Pérez then took over the vehicle with his number 11 for the rest of the race weekend.
2. ↑ ^{a b} The Renault with starting number 46 was used in the first free practice for Sirotkin. Hülkenberg then took over the vehicle with its number 27 for the rest of the race weekend.

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1: 05.760	1: 04.316	1: 04.251	1
02	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1: 05.585	1: 04.772	1: 04.293	2
03	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 05.064	1: 04.800	1: 04.424	8th
04th	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1: 05.148	1: 05.004	1: 04.779	3
05	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1: 05.854	1: 05.161	1: 04.896	4th
06th	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1: 05.779	1: 04.948	1: 04.983	5
07th	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1: 05.902	1: 05.319	1: 05.480	6th
08th	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1: 05.975	1: 05.435	1: 05.605	7th
09	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1: 06.033	1: 05.550	1: 05.674	9
10	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Renault	1: 05.675	1: 05.544	1: 05.726	10
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1: 06.174	1: 05.597	-	11
12	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	1: 06.158	1: 05,602	-	12
13	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren Honda	1: 06.316	1: 05.741	-	13
14th	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Renault	1: 05.990	1: 05.884	-	14th
15th	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1: 06.143	no time	-	15th
16	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1: 06.345	-	-	16
17th	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1: 06.534	-	-	17th
18th	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1: 06,608	-	-	18th
19th	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	1: 06.857	-	-	19th
20th	Pascal Wehrlein	Clean Ferrari	1: 07.011	-	-	box
107 percent time : 1: 09.618 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 05.064 min)

Remarks

1. ↑ Hamilton was moved five starting positions back due to a premature gear change.
2. ↑ Wehrlein had to start from the pit lane because the turbocharger on his vehicle was replaced with a component that was not identical in construction after qualifying.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	71	1	1: 21: 48,523	01	1: 07.847 (51st)
02	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	71	1	+ 0.658	02	1: 07.496 (69th)
03	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	71	1	+ 6.012	04th	1: 07.442 (69th)
04th	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	71	1	+ 7.430	08th	1: 07.411 (69th)
05	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	71	1	+ 20,370	03	1: 07.486 (68.)
06th	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	71	1	+1: 13.160	06th	1: 08.590 (65th)
07th	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	70	1	+ 1 lap	07th	1: 08.659 (68.)
08th	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	70	1	+ 1 lap	09	1: 08.659 (68.)
09	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	70	1	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 08.419 (49.)
10	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	70	1	+ 1 lap	18th	1: 08.777 (67.)
11	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	70	1	+ 1 lap	16	1: 08.652 (64th)
12	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren Honda	70	2	+ 1 lap	13	1: 08.422 (67.)
13	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	70	1	+ 1 lap	11	1: 09.043 (64th)
14th	Pascal Wehrlein	Clean Ferrari	70	1	+ 1 lap	box	1: 09.241 (60th)
15th	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	69	1	+ 2 rounds	19th	1: 09.284 (56.)
16	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Renault	68	3	+ 3 rounds	14th	1: 08.061 (57.)
-	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Renault	44	1	DNF	10	1: 09,150 (42nd)
-	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	29	0	DNF	15th	1: 10.402 (23.)
-	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	01	0	DNF	12	-
-	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	00	0	DNF	05	-

World Cup stands after the race

The first ten of the race got 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 171 02  Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 151 03  Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 136 04th  Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-TAG Heuer 107 05  Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 83 06th  Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 50 07th  Max Verstappen Red Bull-TAG Heuer 45 08th  Esteban Ocon Force India-Mercedes 39 09  Carlos Sainz Jr. Toro Rosso-Renault 29 10  Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 22nd 11  Lance Stroll Williams-Mercedes 18th

Item driver constructor Points 12  Nico Hulkenberg Renault 18th 13  Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 18th 14th  Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 11 15th  Pascal Wehrlein Clean Ferrari 5 16  Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso-Renault 4th 17th  Fernando Alonso McLaren Honda 2 18th  Jolyon Palmer Renault 0 19th  Marcus Ericsson Clean Ferrari 0 20th  Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren Honda 0 21st  Antonio Giovinazzi Clean Ferrari 0 -  Jenson Button McLaren Honda 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 1  Mercedes 287 2  Ferrari 254 3  Red Bull-TAG Heuer 152 4th  Force India-Mercedes 89 5  Williams-Mercedes 40

Item constructor Points 06th  Toro Rosso-Renault 33 07th  Haas-Ferrari 29 08th  Renault 18th 09  Clean Ferrari 5 10  McLaren Honda 2

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Norman Fischer: Tire selection Austria: Hamilton and Vettel differ. Motorsport-Total.com, June 28, 2017, accessed June 29, 2017 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Christian Nimmervoll: Austria Facts: Everything you need to know! Motorsport-Total.com, July 6, 2017, accessed July 6, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Norman Fischer, Dieter Rencken, Maria Reyer: New engine helps Haas: The team with the golden highlight. Motorsport-Total.com, July 10, 2017, accessed July 10, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Heiko Stritzke, Ruben Zimmermann: No further punishment: Vettel gets away with a black eye. Motorsport-Total.com, July 3, 2017, accessed July 7, 2017 . 
5. ^ GP Austria in Spielberg / 1st free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, July 7, 2017, accessed July 7, 2017 . 
6. ^ GP Austria in Spielberg / 2nd free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, July 7, 2017, accessed July 7, 2017 . 
7. ^ GP Austria in Spielberg / 3rd free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, July 8, 2017, accessed July 8, 2017 . 
8. ↑ Rebecca Friese: Gear change: Punitive transfer for Lewis Hamilton! Motorsport-Total.com, July 7, 2017, accessed July 8, 2017 . 
9. ^ Albert Fabrega: La confirmación del cambio d turbo d Wehrlein. (JPG; 108 KB) Es d otra especificación y por lo tanto sale d pitlane. July 9, 2017, accessed July 9, 2017 (Spanish, English).