2017 Chinese Grand Prix

 2017 Chinese Grand Prix

Racing data
2nd of 20 races in the 2017 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	2017 Formula 1 Heineken Chinese Grand Prix
Date:	April 9, 2017
Place:	Shanghai
Course:	Shanghai International Circuit
Length:	305.066 km in 56 laps of 5.451 km
Pole position
Driver:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time:	1: 31.678 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time:	1: 35.378 min (lap 44)
Podium
First:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Second:	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Ferrari
Third:	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing

The Chinese Grand Prix 2017 (officially 2017 Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix Heineken ) took place on 9 April at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai instead and was the second race of the Formula 1 World Championship in 2017 .

report

backgrounds

After the Australian Grand Prix , Sebastian Vettel led the drivers' standings with seven points ahead of Lewis Hamilton and ten points ahead of Valtteri Bottas . In the constructors' championship, Ferrari was four points ahead of Mercedes and 27 points ahead of Red Bull .

At the Chinese Grand Prix, Pirelli provided the drivers with the tire compounds P Zero Medium (white), P Zero Soft (yellow) and P Zero Supersoft (red) as well as Cinturato Intermediates (green) and Cinturato Full Wets (blue) for wet conditions . Since the order for the tires of each compound available to each driver had to be placed before the test drives before the season, the FIA determined in advance that each driver would receive seven sets of super soft , four sets of soft and two sets of medium .

Compared to the previous year, there were several small changes to the track, in turn one and turn eight additional tire stacks were installed in 2017 due to the higher cornering speeds of the vehicles. In turn two , a new strip of grass pavers was laid between the racetrack and the asphalt run-off zone , which is intended to prevent drivers from leaving the track. In addition, there, as well as in curve three and curve twelve , further curbs five centimeters higher were inserted behind the existing curbs , three meters long and about one meter wide. In addition, the route was re-paved in the area of ​​the start-finish straight .

The DRS zones remained unchanged compared to the previous year, the measuring point for the first zone was 35 meters before turn 16 , the zone itself was on the start-finish straight and began 98 meters after the last curve. The measuring point for the second DRS zone was in turn twelve , the DRS was then allowed to be activated 752 meters before turn 14 .

After skipping the race in Australia, Pascal Wehrlein was also replaced by Antonio Giovinazzi at the Chinese Grand Prix .

Daniil Kwjat (eight), Vettel (six), Carlos Sainz jr. (five), Kevin Magnussen , Esteban Ocon , Jolyon Palmer (four each), Sergio Pérez (three each), Bottas, Marcus Ericsson , Nico Hülkenberg , Felipe Massa , Kimi Räikkönen (two each) and Max Verstappen (one) went with penalty points into the race weekend.

With Hamilton (four times), Fernando Alonso (twice), Raikkonen and Vettel (once each), four former winners competed in this Grand Prix.

The race stewards were Paul Gutjahr (CHE), Zheng Honghai (CHN), Mika Salo (FIN) and Vincenzo Spano (VEN).

free training

In the first free practice session, Verstappen set the fastest time with a lap time of 1: 50.491 minutes ahead of Massa and Lance Stroll . Due to rain and smog , the training was interrupted twice for long periods of time for safety reasons, as the rescue helicopter could not have landed in the area of ​​the responsible hospital due to the poor visibility . In the remaining 22 minutes, only 14 drivers drove a timed lap.

The second free practice session was canceled for the same reasons.

In the third free practice session, Vettel set the fastest lap time in 1: 33.336 minutes ahead of Räikkönen 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. Vettel was fastest. The Ferrari drivers achieved their time on soft tires, everyone else drove Supersoft . Verstappen complained about a problem with his engine over the pit radio. Grosjean and Giovinazzi spun out of turn 16 on their timed laps , Giovinazzi hit the lane and seriously damaged his car. Since this happened just before the end of the section, most of the other riders failed to improve. Grosjean and Palmer improved nonetheless, which is why the race stewards started investigations against them. Ocon, Verstappen, Palmer, Grosjean and Vandoorne were eliminated.

The second section (Q2) lasted 15 minutes and started ten minutes late due to the Giovinazzi accident. The ten fastest pilots qualified for the third part of qualifying. Raikkonen was fastest. Giovinazzi, who did not set any time after his accident, Ericsson, Alonso, Magnussen and Sainz were eliminated.

The last section (Q3) lasted twelve minutes, in which the first ten starting positions were assigned. Hamilton set the fastest time with a lap time of 1: 31.678 minutes ahead of Vettel and Bottas. It was Hamilton's 63rd pole position and the fastest lap time ever on this track. Hamilton also achieved his sixth pole position at the Chinese Grand Prix.

Grosjean and Palmer were moved back five take-off positions for ignoring the double-waved yellow flags; both received three penalty points. Giovinazzi was also moved five places back because his gearbox was changed.

run

Before the start, the track was wet, but no more rain fell. Sainz was the only driver to opt for dry tires, he started on Supersoft . All other pilots used intermediates . At the end of the warm-up lap, Palmer also switched to dry tires.

At the start, Vettel was at his starting position offset by about one meter. The race stewards investigated this later, but did not issue a penalty. Hamilton stayed ahead of Vettel and Bottas, Ricciardo overtook Raikkonen and was now fourth. In the back of the field, Verstappen overtook several pilots, and Pérez collided with Stroll. While Pérez drove on, Stroll retired with a broken suspension. At the end of the first lap, Hülkenberg switched to soft tires and fell back to last place behind Sainz, who had lost many positions on dry tires and had also spun. So that the vehicle could be recovered by Stroll, the race management announced a virtual safety car phase .

One lap later, Vettel, Kwjat, Alonso, Massa, Pérez, Magnussen, Ericsson, Ocon, Grosjean, Giovinazzi and Vandoorne switched to dry tires. Grosjean left the pit lane immediately before Hulkenberg, who overlooked this and overtook Grosjean. At the end of the lap the race was released again. On the still damp road, Giovinazzi lost control of his Sauber on the start-finish straight and hit the lane. Since various debris was lying on the track, the safety car was sent out and the field was led through the pit lane behind the safety car. At this point in time, Hulkenberg attacked the Ericsson driving in front of him and overtook him. All drivers who had still fitted intermediates use the safety car phase to change tires.

Hamilton was now in front of Ricciardo, Raikkonen, Verstappen, Bottas, Vettel, Sainz, Alonso, Kwjat and Massa. The race was reopened at the end of lap seven. Bottas spun while warming up the tires and dropped back to twelfth place. Pérez overtook Massa and Kwjat immediately after the race was open, while Verstappen passed Raikkonen.

Hülkenberg received a five-second time penalty for overtaking Grosjean, a ten-second time penalty for overtaking Ericsson and two penalty points for each offense. Hamilton and Bottas drove the fastest laps of the race, so Hamilton took the lead. Bottas overtook Magnussen on lap 18 and was now ninth.

Vettel overtook Raikkonen on lap 20 and Ricciardo two laps later, with the tires touching lightly. Bottas caught up with Alonso and overtook him on lap 25. Vettel caught up with Verstappen and put him under pressure. Verstappen, whose Supersoft tires were already badly worn, braked himself so that Vettel passed. Verstappen later switched to Supersoft again and fell back to sixth place. With the fresh tires he caught up with Bottas and overtook him on lap 33. At the end of the lap Ricciardo also switched to Supersoft again , he was now in sixth place. Vettel switched to soft on lap 34 , Raikkonen passed him. Alonso parked his vehicle with a technical defect. Another lap later, Bottas switched to soft and was now seventh, after which Hamilton switched to soft again , he remained in the lead. Then Raikkonen, the last driver in the top group, changed tires and drove Supersoft for the last stint .

Raikkonen caught up with Sainz and overtook him, and Bottas also passed Sainz on lap 44. Ocon overtook Massa and was now tenth, Magnussen overtook Pérez and was eighth. Massa and Pérez switched to Supersoft again on lap 49 .

Hamilton won the race ahead of Vettel and Verstappen. It was Hamilton's 54th victory in the Formula 1 World Championship. Since he started from pole position, led every lap of the race and drove the fastest race lap, he achieved a so-called Grand Slam . Verstappen took the first podium since the 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix . Ricciardo, Räikkönen, Bottas, Sainz, Magnussen, Pérez and Ocon achieved the remaining points. Magnussen scored his first points for the Haas team.

In the drivers 'standings, Hamilton and Vettel were now tied ahead of Verstappen, while Mercedes was ahead of Ferrari and Red Bull Racing in the constructors' standings.

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
	36	Antonio Giovinazzi

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 33.333	1: 32.406	1: 31.678	01
02	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1: 33.078	1: 32.391	1: 31.864	02
03	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1: 33.684	1: 32.552	1: 31.865	03
04th	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1: 33.341	1: 32.181	1: 32.140	04th
05	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1: 34.041	1: 33.546	1: 33.033	05
06th	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1: 34.205	1: 33.759	1: 33.507	06th
07th	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1: 34.453	1: 33.636	1: 33.580	07th
08th	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1: 34.657	1: 33.920	1: 33.706	08th
09	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Renault	1: 34.440	1: 34.034	1: 33.719	09
10	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1: 33.986	1: 34.090	1: 34.220	10
11	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Renault	1: 34.567	1: 34.150	-	11
12	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1: 34.942	1: 34.164	-	12
13	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	1: 34.499	1: 34.372	-	13
14th	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	1: 34.892	1: 35.046	-	14th
15th	Antonio Giovinazzi	Clean Ferrari	1: 34.963	no time	-	18th
16	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren Honda	1: 35.023	-	-	15th
17th	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1: 35.223	-	-	19th
18th	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1: 35.279	-	-	20th
19th	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1: 35.433	-	-	16
20th	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1: 35.496	-	-	17th
107 percent time : 1: 39.539 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 33.078 min)

Remarks

1. ↑ Giovinazzi was moved five positions back due to a premature gear change.
2. ↑ Grosjean was moved five positions back in qualifying for ignoring double-waved yellow flags.
3. ↑ Palmer was moved five positions back for ignoring double-waved yellow flags in qualifying.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	56	4th	1: 37: 36,158	01	1: 35.378 (44th)
02	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	56	5	+ 6.250	02	1: 35.456 (40.)
03	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	56	4th	+ 45.192	16	1: 36.722 (31st)
04th	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	56	4th	+ 46.035	05	1: 36.791 (36th)
05	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	56	4th	+ 48.076	04th	1: 36.003 (42nd)
06th	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	56	4th	+ 48.808	03	1: 35.849 (41st)
07th	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Renault	56	4th	+1: 12.893	11	1: 37.398 (30.)
08th	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	55	5	+ 1 lap	12	1: 37.528 (35.)
09	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	55	6th	+ 1 lap	08th	1: 36,531 (55.)
10	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	55	5	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 37.036 (55.)
11	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	55	5	+ 1 lap	19th	1: 37,551 (50th)
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	55	5	+ 1 lap	07th	1: 38.015 (36th)
13	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	55	4th	+ 1 lap	20th	1: 38.181 (47.)
14th	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	55	6th	+ 1 lap	06th	1: 36,511 (50th)
15th	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	55	4th	+ 1 lap	14th	1: 39.735 (50th)
-	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	33	4th	DNF	13	1: 39.496 (31st)
-	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Renault	18th	4th	DNF	09	1: 40.090 (18.)
-	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren Honda	17th	4th	DNF	15th	1: 41.460 (15.)
-	Antonio Giovinazzi	Clean Ferrari	03	1	DNF	18th	-
-	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	00	0	DNF	10	-

Remarks

1. ↑ The laps in which the field was led through the pit during the safety car phase were statistically recorded by the FIA ​​as pit stops.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Since the laps behind the virtual safety car are not counted for the fastest race lap and a virtual safety car phase was declared in the first lap, Giovinazzi did not count any lap time even though he covered three laps in the race.

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 43 01  Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 43 03  Max Verstappen Red Bull-TAG Heuer 25th 04th  Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 23 05  Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 22nd 06th  Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-TAG Heuer 12 07th  Carlos Sainz Jr. Toro Rosso-Renault 10 08th  Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 8th 09  Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 8th 10  Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 4th

Item driver constructor Points 11  Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso-Renault 2 12  Esteban Ocon Force India-Mercedes 2 13  Nico Hulkenberg Renault 0 14th  Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 0 15th  Antonio Giovinazzi Clean Ferrari 0 16  Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren Honda 0 17th  Jolyon Palmer Renault 0 18th  Marcus Ericsson Clean Ferrari 0 -  Fernando Alonso McLaren Honda 0 -  Lance Stroll Williams-Mercedes 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 1  Mercedes 66 2  Ferrari 65 3  Red Bull-TAG Heuer 37 4th  Toro Rosso-Renault 12 5  Force India-Mercedes 10

Item constructor Points 06th  Williams-Mercedes 8th 07th  Haas-Ferrari 4th 08th  Renault 0 09  Clean Ferrari 0 -  McLaren Honda 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Markus Lüttgens: Formula 1 2017: Pirelli announces first tire compound. Motorsport-Total.com, December 22, 2016, accessed March 14, 2017 . 
2. ^ ^{A b c} Christian Nimmervoll: Shanghai Facts: Tires, Track, DRS, FIA Commissioners. Motorsport-Total.com, April 5, 2017, accessed April 5, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: Pascal Wehrlein is also absent from the Chinese Grand Prix. Motorsport-Total.com, April 3, 2017, accessed April 4, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: Formula 1 China 2017: Only 22 minutes driving time in training. Motorsport-Total.com, April 7, 2017, accessed April 7, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: Formula 1 China 2017: Second free practice is completely canceled. Motorsport-Total.com, April 7, 2017, accessed April 7, 2017 . 
6. ^ GP China in Shanghai / 3rd free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, April 8, 2017, accessed April 8, 2017 . 
7. ^ Christian Nimmervoll: Gear change: penalty for Antonio Giovinazzi in China. Motorsport-Total.com, April 9, 2017, accessed April 9, 2017 .