2017 Mexican Grand Prix

 2017 Mexican Grand Prix

Racing data
18th of 20 races in the 2017 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Formula 1 Gran Premio de México 2017
Date:	October 29, 2017
Place:	Mexico city
Course:	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
Length:	305.584 km in 71 laps of 4.304 km
Spectator:	~ 135,857
Pole position
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
Time:	1: 16.488 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
Time:	1: 18.785 min (lap 68)
Podium
First:	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer
Second:	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
Third:	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari

The 2017 Mexican Grand Prix (officially Formula 1 Gran Premio de México 2017 ) took place on October 29 at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City and was the eighteenth race of the 2017 Formula 1 World Championship .

report

backgrounds

After the US Grand Prix , Lewis Hamilton led the drivers' standings with 66 points ahead of Sebastian Vettel and 87 points ahead of Valtteri Bottas . In the constructors' championship, Mercedes was clearly ahead of Ferrari with 147 points and Red Bull Racing with 260 points .

At the Mexican 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 minor changes to the route, which mainly served to increase safety. Additional TecPro barriers were erected in turns one , curve seven , curve ten , curve twelve and curve 16 . On the outside of turn one , new, 50 mm high curb stones were installed, and the grass strip on the edge of the road between turn two and turn three was paved. At these points, a further 50 mm high curb was added one meter next to the line boundary. In turn four , the boundary was set back by 20 meters in order to create a larger run-off zone . Additional curb stones were installed at the apexes of turn eight and turn eleven to prevent drivers from leaving the track.

There were two DRS zones that remained unchanged compared to the previous year. The first zone was on the start-finish straight and began exactly 425 meters behind the last corner. The second DRS zone began 120 meters after turn three . There was only one measuring point for both DRS zones, where the distance to the vehicle in front was determined; it was at the exit of turn 15 . In the event of a successful overtaking maneuver on the start-finish straight, the driver in front was allowed to use the DRS again in the second zone.

There was a driver change before this Grand Prix. Pierre Gasly , who skipped the US Grand Prix due to a scheduling conflict with the Super Formula , returned to Toro Rosso , replacing Daniil Kwjat .

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

With Hamilton (once) a former winner competed in this race.

The race commissioners were Hans-Gerd Ennser (DEU), Felipe Giaffone (BRA), Tom Kristensen (DEN) and Jorge Rodríguez (MEX).

free training

In the first free practice, Bottas set the fastest time in 1: 17.824 minutes ahead of Hamilton and Verstappen. At the beginning of the training there were a lot of brakes . Almost all drivers got off the track at least once, and various pilots complained about the slippery track. After an accident by Alfonso Celis jr. There was also a virtual safety car phase after Brendon Hartley had to park his vehicle at the edge of the track. Vandoorne only drove three installation laps due to a technical problem on his vehicle.

In the second free practice, Daniel Ricciardo was fastest in 1: 17.801 minutes ahead of Hamilton and Verstappen. Training had to be interrupted after just a few minutes after Grosjean suffered a tire damage to the right rear, spun and then lost parts of his front wing on the start-finish straight. Because his underbody was damaged in the process, his training was over.

In the third free practice session, Verstappen set the fastest time in 1: 17.113 minutes ahead of Hamilton and Vettel.

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. Raikkonen, Ricciardo, Vettel and Verstappen used the Supersoft mixture, all other drivers drove Ultrasoft . Gasly did not take part in qualifying because of an engine change and therefore did not qualify for the Grand Prix. Next to him, the Haas and Sauber drivers retired.

The second section (Q2) lasted 15 minutes. The ten fastest pilots qualified for the third part of qualifying. Verstappen was fastest. Alonso and Vandoorne did not drive in this segment because of the relocations pronounced against them. Hartley parked his vehicle on the side of the track with a defective turbocharger and did not drive a timed lap. In addition to these three drivers, both Williams drivers retired.

The last section (Q3) lasted twelve minutes, in which the first ten starting positions were assigned. With a lap time of 1: 16.488 minutes, Vettel set the best time ahead of Verstappen and Hamilton. It was the 50th pole position for Vettel in the Formula 1 World Championship.

Alonso was moved back 20 starting positions this season due to the use of the eleventh copy of the MGU-H and turbocharger and the ninth copy of the combustion engine. Vandoorne was moved 35 starting places down this season due to the use of the twelfth copy of the MGU-H and turbocharger, the tenth copy of the combustion engine, the ninth copy of the MGU-K and the seventh copy of the energy storage and control electronics. Gasly was moved back 20 starting places this season because of the use of the seventh MGU-H, the sixth turbocharger and the fifth control electronics. Shortly before the race, there were two further penalty transfers. Hartley has been relegated to 20 starting positions this season due to the use of the seventh MGU-H, the seventh internal combustion engine and the sixth turbocharger. Ricciardo was also moved back 20 starting positions this season because of the use of the seventh MGU-H, the sixth combustion engine and the sixth turbocharger.

run

Verstappen passed Vettel before the first corner, and the vehicles came into slight contact. Hamilton tried to take advantage of this and overtook Vettel. At the exit of turn three , Vettel touched Hamilton's right rear tire with his already damaged front wing. Vettel lost other parts of his wing and Hamilton suffered a tire damage, and the diffuser on his Mercedes was damaged. Hamilton had to pits slowly and fell back to the bottom of the field. Vettel only had to let Bottas pass, but at the end of the lap he also drove into the pits and, like Hamilton, switched to soft , he also had the defective front wing replaced. At the end of the first lap, Verstappen was leading ahead of Bottas, Ocon, Hülkenberg, Sainz, Pérez, Massa, Raikkonen, Stroll and Ricciardo.

On the second lap, Sainz spun and fell back to 18th place, at the end of the lap he also switched to soft and came back on the track a few seconds before Hamilton. Ricciardo overtook Stroll on the third lap and was already in seventh place, as Massa also switched to soft due to a loss of air on one of his tires . Ricciardo then parked his vehicle in the pits at the end of the fifth lap with a technical defect.

In the following laps, Vettel overtook several competitors in the back of the field, while Hamilton could not get past Sainz and continued to drive more than a lap behind in last place. Grosjean received a five-second time penalty for leaving the track in a duel with Alonso and thus gaining an advantage. In addition, he received one penalty point.

In the 18th lap, Pérez switched to soft , and Hülkenberg and Ocon did the same one lap later. Ocon came back on the track ahead of Magnussen, Hülkenberg and Pérez behind Magnussen.

On the 26th lap, Hülkenberg parked his vehicle on the edge of the track. Ericsson, who was in eighth place, came to the pits to change tires and fell back to 15th place. Shortly afterwards, Pérez overtook Magnussen, who had not yet pitted. In addition, Vettel passed Alonso and was now in eighth place.

On the 32nd lap, Hartley had to park his Toro Rosso with a fire in the area of ​​the rear end at the edge of the track, the race management announced a virtual safety car phase . Magnussen and Vandoorne used these for their only tire changes, one lap later Verstappen, Bottas, Raikkonen, Stroll, Vettel, Alonso and Hamilton also changed tires. Vettel pursued an aggressive strategy with the renewed switch to Ultrasoft , all other pilots switched to Supersoft , Raikkonen even to Soft .

The race was released again on lap 34. Vettel drove the fastest lap times in the field and thus shortened the gap to Pérez by up to two seconds per lap. After he had passed Pérez on lap 50, he switched back to Ultrasoft . However, he had so much lead over the Magnussen behind him that he stayed in seventh place. Vettel shortened the gap to the pilots in front of him and overtook Stroll and Ocon in the next laps, both of whom were significantly slower and did not offer any resistance. Vettel's deficit on Raikkonen was more than 20 seconds.

Ericsson gave up the race after a fire on his vehicle in the pits. Hamilton had meanwhile passed several competitors and was now in tenth place. Sainz gave up the race with a defective steering in the pits. In the following laps, Hamilton ran into Magnussen and Alonso, who fought with each other. In the 68th lap, Hamilton then passed Alonso.

Verstappen won the race ahead of Bottas and Raikkonen. It was Verstappen's third win in the Formula 1 World Championship, the second of which this season. For Bottas it was the tenth and for Raikkonen the sixth podium finish of the season. The remaining points were placed by Vettel, Ocon, Stroll, Pérez, Magnussen, Hamilton and Alonso.

Ninth place was enough for Hamilton to win his fourth drivers' world championship, Bottas shortened the gap to second-placed Vettel. In the constructors' championship, the first four places were now firmly assigned to Mercedes, Ferrari, Red Bull and Force India.

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	10	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso STR12	Renault RE17	P
	28	Brendon Hartley
	38	Sean Gelael
Haas F1 team	08th	Romain Grosjean	Haas VF-17	Ferrari 062	P
	20th	Kevin Magnussen
	50	Antonio Giovinazzi
Renault Sport 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
	37	Charles Leclerc

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} The Force India with the start number 34 was used in the first free practice for Celis. Ocon took over the vehicle with its starting number 31 for the rest of the race weekend.
2. ↑ ^{a b} The Toro Rosso with the starting number 38 was used in the first free practice for Gelael. Gasly took over the vehicle for the remainder of the race weekend with its starting number 10.
3. ↑ ^{a b} The Haas with the start number 50 was used in the first free practice for Giovinazzi. Grosjean took over the vehicle for the remainder of the race weekend with his number 8.
4. ↑ ^{a b} The Sauber with start number 37 was used in the first free practice for Leclerc. Ericsson took over the vehicle with its number 9 for the rest of the race weekend.

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1: 17.665	1: 16.870	1: 16.488	01
02	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1: 17.630	1: 16.524	1: 16.574	02
03	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 17.518	1: 17.035	1: 16.934	03
04th	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1: 17.578	1: 17.161	1: 16,958	04th
05	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1: 18.148	1: 17.534	1: 17.238	05
06th	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1: 18.336	1: 17.827	1: 17.437	06th
07th	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1: 18.208	1: 17.631	1: 17.447	16
08th	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1: 18.322	1: 17.792	1: 17.466	07th
09	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	1: 18.405	1: 17.753	1: 17.794	08th
10	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1: 18.020	1: 17.868	1: 17.807	09
11	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1: 18.570	1: 18.099	-	10
12	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1: 18.902	1: 19.159	-	11
13	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	1: 17.710	no time	-	18th
14th	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren Honda	1: 18.578	no time	-	19th
15th	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso-Renault	1: 18.683	no time	-	17th
16	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	1: 19.176	-	-	12
17th	Pascal Wehrlein	Clean Ferrari	1: 19.333	-	-	13
18th	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1: 19.443	-	-	14th
19th	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1: 19.473	-	-	15th
107 percent time : 1: 22.944 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 17.518 min)
-	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso-Renault	no time	-	-	20th

Remarks

1. ↑ Ricciardo was moved back 20 starting places this season because of the use of the seventh MGU-H , the sixth turbocharger and the sixth combustion engine.
2. ↑ Alonso was moved back 20 starting places this season because of the use of the eleventh MGU-H , the eleventh turbocharger and the ninth combustion engine.
3. ↑ Vandoorne was moved 35 starting places down this season due to the use of the twelfth MGU-H , the twelfth turbocharger , the tenth combustion engine, the ninth MGU-K , the seventh energy storage device and the seventh control electronics.
4. ↑ Hartley was moved back 20 starting places this season because of the use of the seventh MGU-H , the seventh combustion engine and the sixth turbocharger .
5. ↑ Gasly was moved down 20 starting places this season because of the use of the seventh MGU-H , the sixth turbocharger and the fifth control electronics.
6. ↑ Although he did not qualify, Gasly was allowed to start because he was fast enough in free practice.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	71	1	1: 36: 26.552	02	1: 18.892 (65th)
02	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	71	1	+ 19.678	04th	1: 19.374 (70th)
03	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	71	1	+ 54.007	05	1: 20.054 (59th)
04th	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	71	2	+1: 10.078	01	1: 18.785 (39.)
05	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	70	1	+ 1 lap	06th	1: 20.946 (54th)
06th	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	70	1	+ 1 lap	11	1: 21.062 (53rd)
07th	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	70	2	+ 1 lap	09	1: 19.929 (54th)
08th	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	70	1	+ 1 lap	14th	1: 21,214 (68.)
09	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	70	2	+ 1 lap	03	1: 19.945 (69.)
10	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	70	1	+ 1 lap	18th	1: 21.014 (50th)
11	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	70	1	+ 1 lap	10	1: 21.136 (55.)
12	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren Honda	70	1	+ 1 lap	19th	1: 20.972 (66.)
13	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso-Renault	70	1	+ 1 lap	20th	1: 20.859 (70th)
14th	Pascal Wehrlein	Clean Ferrari	69	1	+ 2 rounds	13	1: 21.638 (56th)
15th	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	69	2	+ 2 rounds	15th	1: 20.345 (64th)
-	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	59	2	DNF	08th	1: 21,360 (34th)
-	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	55	1	DNF	12	1: 21.686 (54th)
-	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso-Renault	30th	0	DNF	17th	1: 22.572 (28th)
-	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	24	1	DNF	07th	1: 21.691 (18.)
-	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	05	0	DNF	16	1: 22.789 ( 04th)

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 333 02  Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 277 03  Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 262 04th  Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-TAG Heuer 192 05  Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 178 06th  Max Verstappen Red Bull-TAG Heuer 148 07th  Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 92 08th  Esteban Ocon Force India-Mercedes 83 09  Carlos Sainz Jr. Toro Rosso-Renault Renault 54 10  Lance Stroll Williams-Mercedes 40 11  Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 36 12  Nico Hulkenberg Renault 34

Item driver constructor Points 13  Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 28 14th  Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 19th 15th  Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren Honda 13 16  Fernando Alonso McLaren Honda 11 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  Antonio Giovinazzi Clean Ferrari 0 22nd  Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso-Renault 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 595 2  Ferrari 455 3  Red Bull-TAG Heuer 340 4th  Force India-Mercedes 175 5  Williams-Mercedes 76

Item constructor Points 06th  Toro Rosso-Renault 53 07th  Renault 48 08th  Haas-Ferrari 47 09  McLaren Honda 24 10  Clean Ferrari 5

Web links

Commons : Mexican Grand Prix 2017  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Norman Fischer, Jonathan Noble: Full hut in Mexico: Organizer wants to continue Fiesta in October. Motorsport-Total.com, October 30, 2017, accessed October 30, 2017 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Christian Nimmervoll: Mexico Facts: Everything you need to know. Motorsport-Total.com, October 26, 2017, accessed October 26, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Norman Fischer, Dieter Rencken: Formula 1 Mexico: Toro Rosso drives with Gasly and Hartley. Motorsport-Total.com, October 23, 2017, accessed October 26, 2017 . 
4. ^ GP Mexico in Mexico City / 1st free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, October 27, 2017, accessed October 27, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: Formula 1 Mexico 2017: Double best time for Mercedes. Motorsport-Total.com, October 27, 2017, accessed October 27, 2017 . 
6. ^ GP Mexico in Mexico City / 2nd free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, October 27, 2017, accessed October 28, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: Formula 1 Mexico 2017: Head-to-head races of the top teams. Motorsport-Total.com, October 27, 2017, accessed October 28, 2017 . 
8. ^ GP Mexico in Mexico City / 3rd free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, October 28, 2017, accessed October 28, 2017 . 
9. ↑ Stefan Ehlen, Dieter Rencken: Defects again and again: Toro Rosso puzzles over series of breakdowns. Motorsport-Total.com, October 29, 2017, accessed October 29, 2017 . 
10. ↑ Marko Knab: Williams: Points gift for birthday boy Stroll. Motorsport-Total.com, October 30, 2017, accessed October 30, 2017 .