Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2017

 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2017

Racing data
20th of 20 races in the 2017 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	2017 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Date:	November 26, 2017
Place:	Yas Island
Course:	Yas Marina Circuit
Length:	305.355 km in 55 laps of 5.554 km
Pole position
Driver:	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
Time:	1: 36.231 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
Time:	1: 40.650 min (lap 52)
Podium
First:	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
Second:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Third:	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari

The Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi in 2017 (officially 2017 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix ) took place on 26 November at the Yas Marina Circuit on Yas Island instead and was the twentieth and last race of the Formula 1 World Championship in 2017 .

report

backgrounds

After the Brazilian Grand Prix , Lewis Hamilton led the drivers' championship with 43 points ahead of Sebastian Vettel and 65 points ahead of Valtteri Bottas . In the constructors' championship, Mercedes also led unassailable with 130 points ahead of Ferrari and 167 points ahead of Red Bull .

At the Abu Dhabi 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 Available.

Compared to the previous year, there were only minor changes to the route; additional TecPro barriers were erected in turn eight and turn 21 .

There were two DRS zones on the course that were unchanged from last year. The first zone began 390 meters after turn seven , the measuring point was 40 meters before the turn. The second measuring point was 50 meters after turn nine , the DRS zone began at the apex of turn ten .

Romain Grosjean , Kevin Magnussen (six each), Stoffel Vandoorne (five), Nico Hülkenberg (four), Kimi Räikkönen , Max Verstappen , Vettel (three each), Marcus Ericsson , Hamilton, Carlos Sainz jr. , Pascal Wehrlein (two each) and Lance Stroll (one) went into the race weekend with penalty points.

With Vettel, Hamilton (three times each) and Kimi Raikkonen (once), three former winners competed in this race.

Race stewards were Mahir Al Badri (ARE), Tim Mayer (USA), Emanuele Pirro (ITA) and Vincenzo Spano (VEN).

free training

In the first free practice, Vettel set the fastest time in 1: 39.006 minutes ahead of Hamilton and Verstappen.

In the second free practice, Hamilton was fastest with a lap time of 1: 37.877 minutes ahead of Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo .

Also in the third free practice session, Hamilton was fastest with a lap time of 1: 37.627 minutes ahead of Bottas and Raikkonen. During training, one is Virtual safety car phase proclaimed as the strong wind the parasol one Marshals had blown onto the track.

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. Bottas was the fastest. The Toro Rosso and Sauber drivers as well as Grosjean were eliminated.

The second section (Q2) lasted 15 minutes. The ten fastest pilots qualified for the third part of qualifying. Hamilton was fastest. Stroll, Magnussen, the McLaren drivers and Sainz were eliminated.

The last section (Q3) lasted twelve minutes, in which the first ten starting positions were assigned. With a lap time of 1: 36.231 minutes, Bottas set the fastest time ahead of Hamilton and Vettel. It was the fourth pole position for Bottas in the Formula 1 World Championship.

Brendon Hartley was relocated ten starting positions this season because of the use of the ninth MGU-H .

run

At the start, the positions at the top remained unchanged. Magnussen braked himself in the first corner and left the track. After pulling back onto the track, he drove next to Stroll and spun around on turn three . He fell back to the end of the field. Sergio Pérez overtook Hülkenberg on the first lap, who attacked Pérez again as he approached turn eleven . Pérez defended himself, Hülkenberg left the track, shortened the approach to turn 13 and thus passed Pérez. Since he did not let Pérez pass again afterwards, the race management imposed a five-second penalty on Hülkenberg. He also received two penalty points.

At the end of the first lap, Bottas was leading in front of Hamilton, Vettel, Ricciardo, Räikkönen, Verstappen, Hülkenberg, Pérez, Esteban Ocon and Felipe Massa .

In the following laps the field spread apart and there were no overtaking maneuvers. On lap 14, Verstappen was the first driver from the front half of the field to go to the pits to change tires and switch to Supersoft . Pérez followed two laps later.

Hulkenberg changed tires on the 18th lap and served his time penalty. Although there was a problem changing the right rear tire afterwards, he stayed ahead of Pérez, who he was more than seven seconds away from before the pit stops.

Vettel also switched to Supersoft in the 20th round . Ricciardo parked his Red Bull at the edge of the track with a hydraulic fault, after having touched the boundary of the track shortly before due to a sudden lack of power assistance from his steering. One lap later, Bottas and Fernando Alonso switched to Supersoft , and on lap 22 Massa too. Alonso passed Massa shortly afterwards.

Hamilton drove several fast laps in a row and switched to Supersoft on lap 24 , he came back on the track just behind Bottas and put him under pressure. However, he did not manage to get so close to Bottas in the following laps that he could launch an attack. On lap 31, Ocon and Sainz switched to Supersoft , and the left front wheel on Sainz was not properly attached. Sainz parked the vehicle on the edge of the track shortly after exiting the pit lane, so he retired. One lap later, Grosjean, the last driver to switch from Ultrasoft to Supersoft .

In the following lap there were no shifts in position, and the distances between the pilots also remained constant. Only in the lower midfield there were fights for position between Magnussen, Wehrlein and Hartley, but the order did not change.

Exit round (Bottas, Hamilton, Vettel)

Bottas made a driving error on lap 49, so that Hamilton caught up again. However, there was no attack, and Bottas set the fastest lap of the race several times, increasing the lead over Hamilton to five seconds. Vettel was already 20 seconds behind Hamilton, Raikkonen was another 20 seconds behind. Verstappen followed, only two seconds behind, but never got into a position that would have allowed him to attack Raikkonen.

Bottas won the race ahead of Hamilton and Vettel. It was the third victory for Bottas this season and in the Formula 1 World Championship at all. Hamilton and Vettel achieved their 13th podium finish each season. Hamilton was also the only driver on the grid to finish in the top ten in each of the 20 grands prix this season. The remaining points were taken by Raikkonen, Verstappen, Hülkenberg, Pérez, Ocon, Alonso and Massa.

In the drivers' standings, Raikkonen overtook Ricciardo with his fourth place and was fourth in the overall standings. In the constructors' championship overtook Renault nor Toro Rosso and thus finished sixth.

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
	35	George Russell
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	28	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso STR12	Renault RE17	P
	10	Pierre Gasly
Haas F1 team	08th	Romain Grosjean	Haas VF-17	Ferrari 062	P
	20th	Kevin Magnussen
	50	Antonio Giovinazzi
Renault F1 Team	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault RS17	Renault RE17	P
	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.
Sauber F1 Team	09	Marcus Ericsson	Clean C36	Ferrari 061	P
	94	Pascal Wehrlein

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} The Force India with starting number 35 was used in the first free practice for Russell. Ocon took over the vehicle with its starting number 31 for the rest of the race weekend.
2. ↑ ^{a b} The Haas with the starting number 50 was used in the second free practice for Giovinazzi. Magnussen drove the first free practice as well as the rest of the race weekend with this vehicle with its starting number 20.

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1: 37.356	1: 36.822	1: 36.231	01
02	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 37.391	1: 36.742	1: 36.403	02
03	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1: 37.817	1: 37.023	1: 36.777	03
04th	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1: 38.016	1: 37.583	1: 36.959	04th
05	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1: 37.453	1: 37.302	1: 36.985	05
06th	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1: 38.021	1: 37.777	1: 37.328	06th
07th	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1: 38.781	1: 38.138	1: 38.282	07th
08th	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1: 38.601	1: 38.359	1: 38.374	08th
09	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1: 38.892	1: 38.392	1: 38.397	09
10	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1: 38.629	1: 38.565	1: 38.550	10
11	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	1: 38.820	1: 38.636	-	11
12	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	1: 38.810	1: 38.725	-	12
13	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren Honda	1: 38.777	1: 38.808	-	13
14th	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1: 39.395	1: 39.298	-	14th
15th	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1: 39.503	1: 39.646	-	15th
16	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1: 39.516	-	-	16
17th	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso-Renault	1: 39.724	-	-	17th
18th	Pascal Wehrlein	Clean Ferrari	1: 39.930	-	-	18th
19th	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	1: 39.994	-	-	19th
20th	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso-Renault	1: 40.471	-	-	20th
107 percent time : 1: 44.171 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 37.356 min)

Remarks

1. ↑ Hartley was moved ten starting positions back because of the use of the ninth MGU-H this season.

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  Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 363 02  Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 317 03  Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 305 04th  Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 205 05  Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-TAG Heuer 200 06th  Max Verstappen Red Bull-TAG Heuer 168 07th  Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 100 08th  Esteban Ocon Force India-Mercedes 87 09  Carlos Sainz Jr. Toro Rosso-Renault Renault 54 10  Nico Hulkenberg Renault 43 11  Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 43 12  Lance Stroll Williams-Mercedes 40

Item driver constructor Points 13  Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 28 14th  Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 19th 15th  Fernando Alonso McLaren Honda 17th 16  Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren Honda 13 17th  Jolyon Palmer Renault 8th 18th  Pascal Wehrlein Clean Ferrari 5 19th  Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso-Renault 5 20th  Marcus Ericsson Clean Ferrari 0 21st  Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso-Renault 0 22nd  Antonio Giovinazzi Clean Ferrari 0 23  Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso-Renault 0 -  Jenson Button McLaren Honda 0 -  Paul di Resta Williams-Mercedes 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 1  Mercedes 668 2  Ferrari 522 3  Red Bull-TAG Heuer 368 4th  Force India-Mercedes 187 5  Williams-Mercedes 83

Item constructor Points 06th  Renault 57 07th  Toro Rosso-Renault 53 08th  Haas-Ferrari 47 09  McLaren Honda 30th 10  Clean Ferrari 5

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sven Haidinger: Race preview Abu Dhabi: Mercedes threatens hot dance. Motorsport-Total.com, November 22, 2017, accessed November 22, 2017 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Abu Dhabi facts: Everything you need to know! Motorsport-Total.com, November 23, 2017, accessed November 23, 2017 . 
3. ^ GP Abu Dhabu in Abu Dhabi / 1st free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, November 24, 2017, accessed November 24, 2017 . 
4. ^ GP Abu Dhabu in Abu Dhabi / 2nd free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, November 24, 2017, accessed November 24, 2017 . 
5. ^ GP Abu Dhabu in Abu Dhabi / 3rd free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, November 25, 2017, accessed November 25, 2017 . 
6. ^ Christian Nimmervoll: Formula 1 Abu Dhabi: Strong Hamilton now pole favorite. Motorsport-Total.com, November 25, 2017, accessed November 25, 2017 .