Belgian Grand Prix 2017

 Belgian Grand Prix 2017

Racing data
12th of 20 races of the 2017 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	2017 Formula 1 Pirelli Belgian Grand Prix
Date:	27th August 2017
Place:	spa
Course:	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Length:	308.052 km in 44 laps of 7.004 km
Pole position
Driver:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time:	1: 42.553 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
Time:	1: 46.577 min (lap 41)
Podium
First:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Second:	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
Third:	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault

The Belgian Grand Prix in 2017 (officially 2017 Formula 1 Pirelli Belgian Grand Prix ) took place on 27 August at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Spa place and was the twelfth race of the Formula 1 World Championship in 2017 .

report

backgrounds

After the Hungarian Grand Prix , Sebastian Vettel led the drivers' standings with 14 points ahead of Lewis Hamilton and 33 points ahead of Valtteri Bottas . In the constructors' championship, Mercedes led Ferrari with 39 points and Red Bull Racing with 173 points .

At the Belgian 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 .

Compared to the previous year, there were several changes to the route, the main purpose of which was to increase safety. The guardrail on the right in front of the Malmedy was replaced by a concrete wall, and additional stacks of tires were set up in Eau Rouge and every curve from Malmedy to Stavelot . The curbs on the inside of turn 15 have been lengthened and an additional drainage opening has been added there.

The DRS zones remained unchanged compared to the previous year. The first zone was on the Kemmel Straight and began 310 meters after the Raidillon . The measuring point was 240 meters before the entrance to the Eau Rouge curve . The measuring point for the second zone was 160 meters before the bus stop chicane , on the start-finish straight, 30 meters after the last bend, the DRS zone began.

At this race, Mercedes used a new version of the Mercedes-AMG F1 M08 EQ Power + for the first time . Also Haas sat in this race for the first time an advanced version of the Ferrari 062 a.

Hamilton contested his 200th Grand Prix in the Formula 1 World Championship on the race weekend.

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

With Kimi Räikkönen (four times), Vettel, Hamilton (twice each), Massa and Daniel Ricciardo (once each), five former winners competed in this Grand Prix.

Race stewards were Yves Bacquelaine (BEL), Gerd Ennser (DEU), Baham Lekhal (MRT) and Mika Salo (FIN).

free training

In the first free practice, Raikkonen set the fastest time in 1: 45.502 minutes ahead of Hamilton and Vettel. The training was interrupted by Massa after an accident.

Hamilton was fastest in the second free practice with a lap time of 1: 44.753 minutes ahead of Raikkonen and Bottas. Since the monocoque had to be changed in Massa's vehicle after the accident in the first free practice session , he was not allowed to participate in the training session.

In the third free practice, Raikkonen set the fastest time in 1: 43.916 minutes ahead of Vettel and Hamilton. Massa ignored double waved yellow flags and was therefore penalized with a five places back on the starting line-up and three penalty points.

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. Lance Stroll broke the rear wing due to vibrations from the rear tires deforming when accelerating and could only do one fast lap. The Mercedes and Ferrari drivers drove their time on the Supersoft mix, all the other drivers on Ultrasoft . Hamilton was fastest. The Sauber and Williams pilots and Kwjat were eliminated.

The second section (Q2) lasted 15 minutes. The ten fastest pilots qualified for the third part of qualifying. Vandoorne, who received a starting place penalty, did not set a lap time, instead he tried to give his team-mate Fernando Alonso an advantage on the approach to Les Combes through a slipstream . Hamilton was again fastest. The McLaren drivers, Sainz and the Haas drivers were eliminated.

The last section (Q3) lasted twelve minutes, in which the first ten starting positions were assigned. Palmer parked his vehicle on the side of the track with a gearbox defect and therefore did not set any time. Hamilton set the fastest time with a lap time of 1: 42.553 minutes, ahead of Vettel, who gained an advantage on his fast lap in front of Bus Stop through a slipstream of Raikkonen, and Bottas. It was the 68th pole position for Hamilton in the Formula 1 World Championship, so he drew level with the record holder Michael Schumacher .

Due to the use of the eighth unit of the turbocharger and MGU-H , the sixth unit of the energy storage unit and the control electronics, as well as the fifth unit of the combustion engine and MGU-K, Vandoorne was moved a total of 35 starting positions this season. Since his gearbox was also changed, the penalty increased by five places. Since an engine change was carried out again after the free practice session, he was moved a further 25 starting positions back because of the use of the ninth copy of the turbocharger and MGU-H, as well as the sixth copy of the combustion engine and MGU-K, so the penalty added up now on 65 starting places. Ericsson and Wehrlein were also moved five starting positions down due to a premature gearbox change. Massa received the same penalty for ignoring double-waving yellow flags in free practice. Kvjat was moved 20 positions back because of the use of the fifth copy of the internal combustion engine, turbocharger and MGU-H. Since Palmer's car also had to be changed after qualifying, he too was given a five-place penalty as a penalty.

run

At the start, the positions at the top remained unchanged. Hulkenberg got off to a bad start, so that Alonso and both Force India pilots passed him. In La Source , Hülkenberg then overtook Ocon again on the inside. Pérez had activated the wrong engine mode so that he was slower than the following drivers when approaching La Source . Hülkenberg overtook him on the left side of the lane, Pérez dodged to the right, where he touched the Ocon, who was also driving next to him. In addition to Hülkenberg and Ocon, Magnussen also passed Pérez. At the end of the first lap, Hülkenberg then overtook Alonso when approaching the bus stop .

At the end of the first lap, Hamilton was leading ahead of Vettel, Bottas, Raikkonen, Verstappen, Ricciardo, Hülkenberg, Alonso, Ocon and Magnussen. On the second lap, Alonso overtook Hülkenberg, who passed Alonso again one lap later, while Pérez overtook Magnussen on the same lap. Wehrlein gave up the race at the end of the second lap due to a technical defect in the rear suspension.

Alonso's McLaren was significantly slower on the Kemmel Straight than the vehicles behind him, so Ocon, Pérez and Grosjean passed one after the other. On lap eight, Verstappen initially slowed down, had to let several drivers pass and then parked his vehicle at the edge of the track. The Marshals therefore showed yellow flags, Raikkonen drove past this point one lap later without slowing down. The race stewards investigated the incident and pronounced a ten-second time penalty against Raikkonen, and he received three penalty points.

In the tenth lap, Ocon, Grosjean and Alonso, the first drivers in the top ten, drove to change tires, one lap later Hülkenberg and Massa changed tires. On the twelfth lap, Hamilton changed tires and dropped to fourth place. Pérez also changed the tires, in contrast to the other pilots from the front field, the Force India pilots drove with Supersoft instead of Soft . Another lap later, Bottas changed tires, then Vettel and Ricciardo, who were in charge at the time, pitted to change tires.

Hamilton overtook Raikkonen, who was now in the lead and also pitted at the end of the lap. Pérez received a five-second time penalty and a penalty point for leaving the track after overtaking Grosjean and thus gaining an advantage.

In the 17th lap, Raikkonen took his ten-second time penalty and dropped back to seventh place. In the following laps, Raikkonen overtook Ocon and Hülkenberg.

Pérez drove to the pits for the second tire change on lap 25 and served his sentence there, then drove again Supersoft . Alonso gave up the race in the pits. Two laps later, Ocon stopped and also switched to Supersoft , Pérez set the fastest lap of the race to date. Ocon came back on the track in twelfth place just behind Pérez and subsequently reduced the gap. On lap 29 he attacked Pérez in front of the Eau Rouge , who however defended himself. The vehicles touched, Ocon lost part of his front wing, Pérez suffered a tire damage on the right rear.

In order to recover the debris lying on the track, the race management sent the safety car out onto the track. All drivers used the safety car phase to change tires again, while Ocon had his front wing changed. Hamilton and Bottas switched to Soft , Ricciardo to Supersoft and the other pilots to Ultrasoft . Hamilton led before Vettel, Bottas, Ricciardo, Räikkönen, Hülkenberg, Grosjean, Massa, Magnussen and Ocon.

The race was reopened on lap 34. Magnussen braked at the restart and fell back to the end of the field. Vettel attacked Hamilton, who defended himself and stayed in the lead. Behind them Ricciardo and Raikkonen overtook Bottas, who did not get his soft tires to the required temperature.

Vettel drove the fastest lap of the race shortly before the end of the race, but was no longer within striking distance of Hamilton, and there were no changes in position behind either. Pérez gave up the race in the pits with two laps to go.

Hamilton won the race ahead of Vettel and Ricciardo. It was Hamilton's 58th victory in the Formula 1 World Championship, the fifth of which this season. Vettel achieved the ninth and Ricciardo the sixth podium finish of the season. The remaining points were placed by Raikkonen, Bottas, Hülkenberg, Grosjean, Massa, Ocon and Sainz.

In the overall standings, Hamilton shortened the gap to Vettel, Bottas remained third. In the constructors' championship, Mercedes increased its lead over Ferrari and Red Bull.

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
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
Sauber F1 Team	09	Marcus Ericsson	Clean C36	Ferrari 061	P
	94	Pascal Wehrlein

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 44.184	1: 42.927	1: 42.553	01
02	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1: 44.275	1: 43.987	1: 42.795	02
03	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1: 44.773	1: 43.249	1: 43.094	03
04th	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1: 44.729	1: 43.700	1: 43.270	04th
05	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1: 44.535	1: 43.940	1: 43.380	05
06th	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1: 45.114	1: 44.224	1: 43.863	06th
07th	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1: 45.280	1: 44.988	1: 44.982	07th
08th	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1: 45.591	1: 44.894	1: 45.244	08th
09	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1: 45.277	1: 45.006	1: 45.369	09
10	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1: 45.447	1: 44.685	no time	14th
11	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	1: 45.668	1: 45.090	-	10
12	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1: 45.728	1: 45.133	-	11
13	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1: 45.535	1: 45,400	-	12
14th	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Renault	1: 45.374	1: 45.439	-	13
15th	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren Honda	1: 45.441	no time	-	20th
16	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1: 45.823	-	-	15th
17th	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Renault	1: 46.028	-	-	19th
18th	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1: 46.915	-	-	15th
19th	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	1: 47.214	-	-	17th
20th	Pascal Wehrlein	Clean Ferrari	1: 47.679	-	-	18th
107 percent time : 1: 51.476 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 44.184 min)

Remarks

1. ↑ Palmer was moved five positions back due to a premature gear change
2. ↑ Vandoorne was due to the use of the eighth and ninth MGU-H , the eighth and ninth turbocharger , the fifth and sixth internal combustion engine, the fifth and sixth MGU-K , the sixth energy storage, the sixth control electronics this season and an early gear change by a total of Shifted 65 positions back
3. ↑ Massa was moved five positions back for ignoring double waved yellow flags in free practice
4. ↑ Kwjat was moved 20 positions back because of the use of the fifth internal combustion engine, the fifth turbocharger and the fifth MGU-H
5. ↑ Ericsson was moved five positions back due to a premature gear change
6. ↑ Wehrlein was moved five positions back due to a premature gear change

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	2	1: 24: 42.820	01	1: 46.603 (35.)
02	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	44	2	+ 2.358	02	1: 46,577 (41.)
03	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	44	2	+ 10.791	06th	1: 47,549 (44.)
04th	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	44	3	+ 14,471	04th	1: 47.730 (36th)
05	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	44	2	+ 16.456	03	1: 47.721 (37th)
06th	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	44	2	+ 28.087	07th	1: 48.922 (39.)
07th	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	44	2	+ 31,553	11	1: 49.087 (37th)
08th	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	44	2	+ 36.649	16	1: 49.637 (37th)
09	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	44	3	+ 38.154	09	1: 49.721 (37th)
10	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Renault	44	2	+ 39.447	13	1: 49.709 (39.)
11	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	44	2	+ 48.999	15th	1: 50,543 (41st)
12	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Renault	44	2	+ 49.940	19th	1: 49.708 (39.)
13	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	44	2	+ 53.239	14th	1: 49.283 (44.)
14th	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren Honda	44	2	+ 57.078	20th	1: 49.907 (44.)
15th	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	44	3	+1: 07.262	12	1: 49.126 (36.)
16	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	44	3	+1: 09.711	17th	1: 50.775 (25.)
17th	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	42	3	DNF	08th	1: 48,300 (27.)
-	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	25th	1	DNF	10	1: 51.720 (12.)
-	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	07th	0	DNF	05	1: 51.022 ( 05.)
-	Pascal Wehrlein	Clean Ferrari	02	0	DNF	18th	-

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 220 02  Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 213 03  Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 179 04th  Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-TAG Heuer 132 05  Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 128 06th  Max Verstappen Red Bull-TAG Heuer 67 07th  Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 56 08th  Esteban Ocon Force India-Mercedes 47 09  Carlos Sainz Jr. Toro Rosso-Renault 36 10  Nico Hulkenberg Renault 34 11  Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 27 12  Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 24

Item driver constructor Points 13  Lance Stroll Williams-Mercedes 18th 14th  Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 11 15th  Fernando Alonso McLaren Honda 10 16  Pascal Wehrlein Clean Ferrari 5 17th  Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso-Renault 4th 18th  Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren Honda 1 19th  Jolyon Palmer Renault 0 20th  Marcus Ericsson Clean Ferrari 0 21st  Antonio Giovinazzi Clean Ferrari 0 -  Jenson Button McLaren Honda 0 -  Paul di Resta Williams-Mercedes 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 1  Mercedes 392 2  Ferrari 348 3  Red Bull-TAG Heuer 199 4th  Force India-Mercedes 103 5  Williams-Mercedes 45

Item constructor Points 06th  Toro Rosso-Renault 40 07th  Haas-Ferrari 35 08th  Renault 34 09  McLaren Honda 11 10  Clean Ferrari 5

Individual evidence

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2. ↑ Jonathan Noble, Heiko Stritzke: Mercedes is also upgrading : New engine for high-speed routes . Motorsport-Total.com, August 25, 2017, accessed August 25, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Norman Fischer, Dieter Rencken: Romain Grosjean: Haas in Spa with previously best engine update. Motorsport-Total.com, August 26, 2017, accessed August 26, 2017 . 
4. ^ GP Belgium in Spa-Francorchamps / 1st free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, August 25, 2017, accessed August 25, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: Formula 1 Spa 2017: Kimi Räikkönen wafer-thin before Hamilton. Motorsport-Total.com, August 25, 2017, accessed August 25, 2017 . 
6. ^ GP Belgium in Spa-Francorchamps / 2nd free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, August 25, 2017, accessed August 25, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: Formula 1 Spa 2017: Lewis Hamilton fastest on Friday. Motorsport-Total.com, August 25, 2017, accessed August 25, 2017 . 
8. ^ GP Belgium in Spa-Francorchamps / 3rd free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, August 26, 2017, accessed August 26, 2017 . 
9. ↑ Sven Haidinger: Williams at a loss: "Standing waves" destroy Stroll's rear wing. Motorsport-Total.com, August 26, 2017, accessed on August 27, 2017 . 
10. ↑ Stefan Ehlen, Jonathan Noble: 35 places penalty in Spa for McLaren driver Vandoorne. Motorsport-Total.com, August 24, 2017, accessed August 24, 2017 . 
11. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: Spa: Force India War continues on social media. Motorsport-Total.com, August 28, 2017, accessed August 28, 2017 . 
12. ↑ Markus Lüttgens: Early end for Wehrlein: Clean in Spa on a losing streak. Motorsport-Total.com, August 27, 2017, accessed on August 28, 2017 . 
13. ↑ Norman Fischer, Sven Haidinger: Valtteri Bottas: Tire temperature costs possible podium. Motorsport-Total.com, August 28, 2017, accessed August 28, 2017 .