2017 Japanese Grand Prix

 2017 Japanese Grand Prix

Racing data
16th of 20 races in the 2017 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	2017 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix
Date:	October 8, 2017
Place:	Suzuka
Course:	Suzuka International Racing Course
Length:	307.471 km in 53 laps of 5.807 km
Pole position
Driver:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time:	1: 27.319 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
Time:	1: 33.144 min (lap 50)
Podium
First:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Second:	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer
Third:	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer

The Japanese Grand Prix in 2017 (officially 2017 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix ) took place on 8 October at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka place and was the sixteenth race of the Formula 1 World Championship in 2017 .

report

backgrounds

After the Malaysian Grand Prix , Lewis Hamilton led the drivers' standings with 34 points ahead of Sebastian Vettel and 59 points ahead of Valtteri Bottas . In the constructors' championship, Mercedes led Ferrari with 118 points and Red Bull Racing with 233 points .

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

Compared to the previous year, several small changes were made to the route to increase safety. At the exit of the ridge and turn two , further curbs were installed behind the existing curbs , and the artificial turf was replaced there by an asphalt strip. Additional tire stacks were also installed in both corners, just like in turn four , the Gyaku Bank , the Dunlop , turn nine , the hairpin and the spoon .

As in the previous year, there was only one DRS zone on the start-finish straight , the measuring point was 50 meters in front of the Casio Triangle .

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

With Vettel (four times), Hamilton (three times), Fernando Alonso (twice) and Räikkönen (once) four former winners competed in this Grand Prix. Alonso and Hamilton each won the Japanese Grand Prix once when the race was held at Fuji Speedway in 2007 and 2008 .

Race stewards were Tom Kristensen (DEN), Tim Mayer (USA), Takashi Mitarashi (JAP) and Nish Shetty (SIN).

free training

In the first free practice Vettel was fastest with a lap time of 1: 29.166 minutes ahead of Hamilton and Daniel Ricciardo . The training had to be interrupted after an accident by Sainz.

In the second free practice session, which, unlike the first, took place in the rain, Hamilton set the fastest time in 1: 48.719 minutes, ahead of Esteban Ocon and Sergio Pérez . Because of the bad weather conditions, the training session was shortened to 45 minutes, and only five pilots drove a timed lap.

Bottas drove the fastest time in the third free practice with a lap time of 1: 29.055 minutes ahead of Hamilton and Vettel. The training was interrupted twice after accidents by Bottas and Räikkönen.

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. The segment was canceled about a minute before the end after an accident by Grosjean. Hamilton was fastest but, like Vettel, used the soft mixture. All the other drivers drove supersoft . The Sauber drivers, Lance Stroll , Pierre Gasly and Grosjean were eliminated.

The second section (Q2) lasted 15 minutes. The ten fastest pilots qualified for the third part of qualifying. Hamilton was again fastest. In contrast to the other pilots, Bottas and Raikkonen spent their time on the soft mix. Sainz, the Renault drivers, Magnussen and Vandoorne 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: 27.319 minutes ahead of Bottas and Vettel. It was Hamilton's 71st pole position in the Formula 1 World Championship and his first in Suzuka. As a result, Hamilton achieved at least one pole position on all racetracks on the 2017 racing calendar.

Bottas was moved five positions back due to a premature gear change. Sainz was moved back 20 starting positions this season to use the sixth MGU-H as well as the fifth combustion engine and turbocharger . Alonso was relocated by a total of 35 starting places this season for the use of the tenth MGU-H and turbocharger, the eighth MGU-K and combustion engine, the seventh energy storage device and the sixth control electronics. Palmer has been moved down 20 positions this season to use the sixth MGU-H and turbocharger and fifth internal combustion engine. After his accident in the third free practice session, the gearbox had to be changed at Raikkonen too, so he was also postponed by five starting positions.

run

Hamilton won the race ahead of Verstappen and Ricciardo. It was the 61st victory for Hamilton in the Formula 1 World Championship, including the eighth this season. Verstappen took the third and Ricciardo the ninth podium this season. Thus, for the first time in the 2017 Formula 1 World Championship, the same drivers were on the podium at two consecutive Grand Prix races. The remaining points were placed by Bottas, Raikkonen, Ocon, Pérez, Magnussen, Grosjean and Massa.

Hamilton thus increased his lead in the overall standings on Vettel to 59 points, Bottas caught up on Vettel. With only 100 points left to be awarded, none of the other drivers had a chance of winning the title. Mercedes increased its lead over Ferrari in the constructors' championship. Red Bull caught up with Ferrari, but now had no mathematical chance to catch up with Mercedes.

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	10	Pierre Gasly	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: 29.047	1: 27.819	1: 27.319	01
02	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1: 29.332	1: 28.543	1: 27.651	06th
03	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1: 29.352	1: 28.225	1: 27.791	02
04th	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1: 29.475	1: 28.935	1: 28.306	03
05	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1: 29.181	1: 28.747	1: 28.332	04th
06th	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1: 29.163	1: 29.079	1: 28.498	10
07th	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1: 30.115	1: 29.199	1: 29.111	05
08th	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1: 29.696	1: 29.343	1: 29.260	07th
09	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1: 30.352	1: 29.687	1: 29.480	08th
10	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	1: 30.525	1: 29.749	1: 30.687	20th
11	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren Honda	1: 30.654	1: 29.778	-	09
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1: 30.252	1: 29.879	-	11
13	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1: 30.774	1: 29.972	-	12
14th	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1: 30.516	1: 30.022	-	18th
15th	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Renault	1: 30.565	1: 30.413	-	19th
16	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1: 30.849	-	-	13
17th	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso-Renault	1: 31.317	-	-	14th
18th	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1: 31.409	-	-	15th
19th	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	1: 31.597	-	-	16
20th	Pascal Wehrlein	Clean Ferrari	1: 31.885	-	-	17th
107 percent time : 1: 35.280 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 29.047 min)

Remarks

1. ↑ Bottas was moved five starting positions back due to a premature gear change.
2. ↑ Raikkonen was moved five starting places back due to a premature gear change.
3. ↑ Alonso was moved 35 starting positions down this season because of the use of the tenth MGU-H , the tenth turbocharger , the eighth MGU-K , the eighth combustion engine, the seventh energy storage device and the sixth control electronics.
4. ↑ Palmer was moved back 20 starting places this season because of the use of the sixth MGU-H , the fifth combustion engine and the fifth turbocharger .
5. ↑ Sainz was moved back 20 starting places this season because of the use of the sixth MGU-H as well as the fifth combustion engine and the fifth turbocharger .

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	53	1	1: 27: 31.194	01	1: 33.780 (43rd)
02	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	53	1	+ 1.211	04th	1: 33.730 (51st)
03	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	53	1	+ 9.679	03	1: 33.694 (52nd)
04th	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	53	1	+ 10,580	06th	1: 33,144 (50.)
05	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	53	1	+ 32.622	10	1: 33.175 (50.)
06th	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	53	1	+1: 07.788	05	1: 34.843 (50.)
07th	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	53	1	+1: 11.424	07th	1: 34.744 (23)
08th	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	53	1	+1: 28.953	12	1: 35.338 (50th)
09	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	53	1	+1: 29.883	13	1: 35.347 (50.)
10	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	52	1	+ 1 lap	08th	1: 35.943 (50th)
11	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	52	1	+ 1 lap	20th	1: 35,111 (45.)
12	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	52	1	+ 1 lap	18th	1: 34.095 (50th)
13	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso-Renault	52	2	+ 1 lap	14th	1: 34,533 (45th)
14th	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren Honda	52	2	+ 1 lap	09	1: 33.724 (49.)
15th	Pascal Wehrlein	Clean Ferrari	51	3	+ 2 rounds	17th	1: 36.430 (27.)
-	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	45	2	DNF	15th	1: 34,548 (37th)
-	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	40	1	DNF	11	1: 35.883 (28th)
-	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	07th	1	DNF	16	1: 38.596 ( 07.)
-	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	04th	0	DNF	02	2: 06.457 ( 02nd)
-	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Renault	00	0	DNF	19th	-

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 306 02  Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 247 03  Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 234 04th  Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-TAG Heuer 192 05  Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 148 06th  Max Verstappen Red Bull-TAG Heuer 111 07th  Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 82 08th  Esteban Ocon Force India-Mercedes 65 09  Carlos Sainz Jr. Toro Rosso-Renault 48 10  Nico Hulkenberg Renault 34 11  Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 34 12  Lance Stroll Williams-Mercedes 32

Item driver constructor Points 13  Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 28 14th  Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 15th 15th  Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren Honda 13 16  Fernando Alonso McLaren Honda 10 17th  Jolyon Palmer Renault 8th 18th  Pascal Wehrlein Clean Ferrari 5 19th  Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso-Renault 4th 20th  Marcus Ericsson Clean Ferrari 0 21st  Antonio Giovinazzi Clean Ferrari 0 22nd  Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso-Renault 0 -  Jenson Button McLaren Honda 0 -  Paul di Resta Williams-Mercedes 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 1  Mercedes 540 2  Ferrari 395 3  Red Bull-TAG Heuer 303 4th  Force India-Mercedes 147 5  Williams-Mercedes 66

Item constructor Points 06th  Toro Rosso-Renault 52 07th  Haas-Ferrari 43 08th  Renault 42 09  McLaren Honda 23 10  Clean Ferrari 5

Individual evidence

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2. ↑ ^{a b c} Christian Nimmervoll: Suzuka-Facts: Everything you need to know! Motorsport-Total.com, October 5, 2017, accessed October 5, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Japanese GP in Suzuka / 1st free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, October 6, 2017, accessed October 6, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: Formula 1 Japan 2017: Long interruption due to the Sainz crash. Motorsport-Total.com, October 6, 2017, accessed October 6, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Japanese GP in Suzuka / 2nd free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, October 6, 2017, accessed October 6, 2017 . 
6. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: Formula 1 Suzuka 2017: Second training falls into the water. Motorsport-Total.com, October 6, 2017, accessed October 6, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Japanese GP in Suzuka / 3rd free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, October 7, 2017, accessed October 7, 2017 . 
8. ↑ Fabian Hust, Christian Nimmervoll: Formula 1 Suzuka 2017: Ferrari and Mercedes crash! Motorsport-Total.com, October 7, 2017, accessed October 7, 2017 . 
9. ↑ Stefan Ehlen: Gear change: Valtteri Bottas conceded penalty transfer. Motorsport-Total.com, October 6, 2017, accessed October 6, 2017 . 
10. ↑ Norman Fischer, Dieter Rencken: Accident and transfer of punishment: It's going to be sticky for Sainz. Motorsport-Total.com, October 6, 2017, accessed October 6, 2017 . 
11. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: Hydraulic leak: Grid penalty for Alonso at the Honda home game. Motorsport-Total.com, October 7, 2017, accessed October 7, 2017 . 
12. ↑ Stefan Ehlen: Gear change: starting place penalty against Kimi Räikkönen. Motorsport-Total.com, October 7, 2017, accessed October 7, 2017 .