Monaco Grand Prix 2017

 Monaco Grand Prix 2017

Racing data
6th of 20 races in the 2017 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2017
Date:	May 28, 2017
Place:	Monte Carlo
Course:	Circuit de Monaco
Length:	260.286 km in 78 laps of 3.337 km
Pole position
Driver:	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari
Time:	1: 12.178 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes
Time:	1: 14.820 min (lap 76)
Podium
First:	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
Second:	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari
Third:	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer

The 2017 Monaco Grand Prix (officially Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2017 ) took place on May 28 at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo and was the sixth race of the 2017 Formula 1 World Championship .

report

backgrounds

After the Spanish Grand Prix , Sebastian Vettel led the drivers' standings with six points ahead of Lewis Hamilton and 41 points ahead of Valtteri Bottas . In the constructors' championship, Mercedes led Ferrari with eight points and Red Bull with 89 points .

At the Monaco 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 .

In contrast to the other racetracks in the racing calendar, there was only one DRS zone in Monaco, which was on the start-finish straight and remained unchanged compared to the previous year. It started 18 meters after the last curve, the measuring point was 80 meters behind the piscine .

Fernando Alonso did not contest the race because of participating in the Indianapolis 500 . Jenson Button drove for him at McLaren-Honda , it was his first race since the 2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix .

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

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

Race stewards were José Abed (MEX), Eric Barrabino (MON), Tim Mayer (USA), Derek Warwick (GBR).

free training

In the first free practice, Hamilton set the fastest time in 1: 13.425 minutes ahead of Vettel and Verstappen.

In the second free practice Vettel was fastest in 1: 12.720 minutes ahead of Daniel Ricciardo and Raikkonen. The training was interrupted by Lance Stroll after an accident .

In the third free practice session, Vettel set the fastest time in 1: 12.395 minutes ahead of Raikkonen and Bottas. A few minutes before the end of the training session, Ocon hit the lane after a driving error, so the training session was over for him.

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. Verstappen was fastest. The Sauber pilots, Stroll, Palmer and Ocon, who after his accident in the third free practice session could only intervene in qualifying shortly before the end of the segment, retired.

The second section (Q2) lasted 15 minutes. The ten fastest pilots qualified for the third part of qualifying. Raikkonen was fastest. Vandoorne hit the barriers a few seconds before the end of the section, so no improvement was possible for the other drivers. Massa, Hamilton, Magnussen, Hulkenberg and Kwjat were eliminated.

The final section (Q3) lasted twelve minutes, during which the first ten starting positions were awarded. Räikkönen drove the best time with a lap time of 1: 12.178 minutes ahead of Vettel and Bottas. It was the 17th pole position for Raikkonen in the Formula 1 World Championship and the first since the 2008 French Grand Prix .

Button, who not only took over Alonso's vehicle for the race, but also the number of engine components used so far, was moved back fifteen starting positions after qualifying for the use of the fifth MGU-H and the fifth turbocharger this season. Since the underbody was also changed, Button had to start from the pit lane. Vandoorne has been relegated three places on the grid for causing a collision at the Spanish Grand Prix. Ericsson was moved five places down due to a gearbox change.

run

At the start the order remained largely unchanged. At the end of the first lap, Wehrlein and Button drove to the pits to change tires. Wehrlein was sent back into fast lane immediately before Button , so Button had to brake to avoid a collision. Wehrlein therefore received a five-second time penalty.

Räikkönen meanwhile led before Vettel, Bottas, Verstappen, Ricciardo, Sainz, Pérez, Grosjean, Magnussen and Hülkenberg. The field drew apart relatively quickly, so that the drivers in the leading group were not within immediate striking distance of each other.

On the 16th lap, Hulkenberg retired with a gearbox damage. On the same lap, Pérez changed his tires and his front wing, which he had damaged on the first lap, was also replaced.

In lap 27 Raikkonen ran on the Button and Wehrlein waiting to be lapped. Vettel and Bottas used this to significantly reduce the gap.

The first driver to the top flight changed Verstappen in round 32 Super Soft , Bottas moved one lap later also on Super soft and stopped in front of Verstappen. Another lap later, Raikkonen came to the pits, and he also switched to Supersoft . On laps 34 to 36 Ricciardo drove the fastest laps of the race to date, he switched to Supersoft on lap 38 and stayed ahead of Bottas and Verstappen.

Vettel was now also driving significantly faster than before, on lap 37 he achieved the fastest lap of the race to date. After his pit stop on lap 39, he came back on track in front of Raikkonen.

Ocon suffered a tire damage on lap 39 and had to pit to have another tire change. The cause of the tire damage was the asphalt in the Sainte Devote , which came off at the high track temperature of up to 55 ° Celsius and the strain from the vehicles. Hamilton was the last driver to switch to Supersoft on lap 47 ; he was in seventh place after his pit stop.

On lap 60, Button collided with Wehrlein in the porter while attempting to overtake. Wehrleins Sauber was levered out by touching the buttons on the left front wheel on the right rear wheel and hit the side, with the engine cover first, in the TecPro barrier there. Wehrlein could neither move nor leave the car, which was now upright, and the race management immediately sent the safety car onto the track. Thereupon the sports officials managed to put Wehrlein’s vehicle back on its wheels so that Wehrlein could get out. In addition, Button's suspension broke in the collision and he parked the vehicle in the Nouvelle Chicane run-off zone . Button received a starting place penalty of three places for his next race of the season and two penalty points for causing this collision.

Verstappen, Ocon, Massa and Pérez used the safety car phase to change tires again. On lap 65, Ericsson crashed into the barrier in the Sainte Devote , although the safety car was still on the track , so he was eliminated.

At the end of lap 66 the race was reopened. Pérez overtook Vandoorne in Sainte Devote , who crashed into the lane and was eliminated. Ricciardo had already touched the barriers there before, but he continued and had to defend himself against Bottas, who did not get past.

On lap 72, Pérez attacked in the Rascasse Kwjat, and the vehicles collided. Both continued initially, but Kwjat parked his Toro Rosso a lap later and was eliminated. Pérez suffered a puncture and had to pit. He also received a ten-second time penalty and two penalty points.

Vettel won the race ahead of Raikkonen and Ricciardo. It was Vettel's 45th victory in the Formula 1 World Championship and the first one-two for Ferrari since the 2010 German Grand Prix . In addition, for the first time since the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix, there was no Mercedes driver on the podium. The remaining points were placed by Bottas, Verstappen, Sainz, Hamilton, Grosjean, Massa and Magnussen. Thus, Force India remained without points for the first time in the 2017 season, after both drivers had always scored points in the first five races of the season.

In the drivers 'championship, the top three positions remained unchanged; in the constructors' championship, Ferrari took the lead from Mercedes 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	22nd	Jenson Button	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	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1: 13.177	1: 12.231	1: 12.178	01
02	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1: 13.090	1: 12.449	1: 12.221	02
03	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1: 13.325	1: 12.901	1: 12.223	03
04th	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1: 13.078	1: 12.697	1: 12.496	04th
05	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1: 13.219	1: 13.011	1: 12.998	05
06th	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Renault	1: 13.526	1: 13.397	1: 13.162	06th
07th	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1: 13.530	1: 13.430	1: 13.329	07th
08th	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1: 13.786	1: 13.203	1: 13.349	08th
09	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	1: 13.723	1: 13.453	1: 13.613	box
10	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren Honda	1: 13.476	1: 13.249	no time	12
11	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Renault	1: 13.899	1: 13.516	-	09
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1: 13.787	1: 13.628	-	10
13	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1: 13.531	1: 13,959	-	11
14th	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 13.640	1: 14.106	-	13
15th	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1: 13.796	1: 20.529	-	14th
16	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1: 14.101	-	-	15th
17th	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1: 14.696	-	-	16
18th	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1: 14.893	-	-	17th
19th	Pascal Wehrlein	Clean Ferrari	1: 15.159	-	-	18th
20th	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	1: 15.276	-	-	19th
107 percent time : 1: 18.193 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 13.078 min)

Remarks

1. ↑ Button was moved fifteen starting positions down this season because of the use of the fifth MGU-H and the fifth turbocharger .
2. ↑ Button had to start from the pit lane under parc fermé conditions because of the replacement of the underbody .
3. ↑ Vandoorne was moved three places back because of causing a collision at the Spanish Grand Prix.
4. ↑ Ericsson was moved five starting positions down due to a gearbox change.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	78	1	1: 44: 44,340	02	1: 15.238 (38th)
02	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	78	1	+ 3.145	01	1: 15,527 (39.)
03	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	78	1	+ 3.745	05	1: 15.756 (51st)
04th	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	78	1	+ 5.517	03	1: 16.439 (22.)
05	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	78	2	+ 6.199	04th	1: 16.329 (56.)
06th	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Renault	78	1	+ 12.038	06th	1: 16.649 (39.)
07th	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	78	1	+ 15.801	13	1: 15.825 (54th)
08th	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	78	1	+ 18,150	08th	1: 17,095 (45th)
09	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	78	2	+ 19.445	14th	1: 16,543 (50th)
10	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	78	2	+ 21,443	11	1: 16,313 (44th)
11	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	78	1	+ 22.737	16	1: 16.614 (55th)
12	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	78	3	+ 23.725	15th	1: 16,482 (52nd)
13	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	78	3	+ 39,089	07th	1: 14.820 (76.)
14th	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	71	2	DNF	17th	1: 16.075 (71.)
15th	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Renault	71	1	DNF	09	1: 16,539 (43rd)
-	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren Honda	66	1	DNF	12	1: 16.665 (45th)
-	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	63	1	DNF	19th	1: 16.829 (39.)
-	Pascal Wehrlein	Clean Ferrari	57	1	DNF	18th	1: 18.034 (25.)
-	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	57	2	DNF	20th	1: 16.912 (47th)
-	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	15th	0	DNF	10	1: 17.885 (13th)

Remarks

1. ↑ Pérez received a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision with Kvjat.

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 129 02  Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 104 03  Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 75 04th  Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 67 05  Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-TAG Heuer 52 06th  Max Verstappen Red Bull-TAG Heuer 45 07th  Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 34 08th  Carlos Sainz Jr. Toro Rosso-Renault 25th 09  Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 20th 10  Esteban Ocon Force India-Mercedes 19th 11  Nico Hulkenberg Renault 14th

Item driver constructor Points 12  Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 9 13  Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 5 14th  Pascal Wehrlein Clean Ferrari 4th 15th  Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso-Renault 4th 16  Jolyon Palmer Renault 0 17th  Lance Stroll Williams-Mercedes 0 18th  Marcus Ericsson Clean Ferrari 0 19th  Fernando Alonso McLaren Honda 0 20th  Antonio Giovinazzi Clean Ferrari 0 21st  Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren Honda 0 -  Jenson Button McLaren Honda 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 1  Ferrari 196 2  Mercedes 179 3  Red Bull-TAG Heuer 97 4th  Force India-Mercedes 53 5  Toro Rosso-Renault 29

Item constructor Points 06th  Williams-Mercedes 20th 07th  Renault 14th 08th  Haas-Ferrari 14th 09  Clean Ferrari 4th 10  McLaren Honda 0

Individual evidence

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2. ↑ ^{a b} Christian Nimmervoll: Monaco-Facts: Everything you need to know! In: Motorsport-Total.com. May 24, 2017. Retrieved May 24, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: Awesome: Fernando Alonso drives the Indy 500 2017! In: Motorsport-Total.com. April 12, 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: Officially: Jenson Button drives instead of Fernando Alonso in Monaco. In: Motorsport-Total.com. April 14, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2017 . 
5. ^ GP Monaco in Monte Carlo / 1st free practice. In: Motorsport-Total.com. May 25, 2017. Retrieved May 25, 2017 . 
6. ^ GP Monaco in Monte Carlo / 2nd free practice. In: Motorsport-Total.com. May 25, 2017. Retrieved May 25, 2017 . 
7. ^ GP Monaco in Monte Carlo / 3rd free practice. In: Motorsport-Total.com. May 27, 2017. Retrieved May 27, 2017 . 
8. ↑ Dominik Sharaf: Comeback from last place: Button has to go back 15 ranks. In: Motorsport-Total.com. May 27, 2017. Retrieved May 27, 2017 .