Russian Grand Prix 2017

 Russian Grand Prix 2017

Racing data
4th of 20 races of the 2017 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	2017 Formula 1 VTB Russian Grand Prix
Date:	April 30, 2017
Place:	Sochi
Course:	Sochi Autodrome
Length:	303.897 km in 52 laps of 5.848 km
Planned:	309.745 km in 53 laps of 5.848 km
Pole position
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
Time:	1: 33.194 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari
Time:	1: 36.844 min (lap 49)
Podium
First:	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
Second:	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
Third:	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari

The Grand Prix of Russia in 2017 (officially 2017 Formula 1 VTB Russian Grand Prix ) took place on 30 April at the Sochi Autodrome in Sochi place and was the fourth race of the Formula 1 World Championship in 2017 .

report

backgrounds

After the Bahrain Grand Prix , Sebastian Vettel led the drivers' standings with seven points ahead of Lewis Hamilton and 30 points ahead of Valtteri Bottas . In the constructors' championship, Ferrari was three points ahead of Mercedes and 55 points ahead of Red Bull .

At the Russian 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 . 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 be given seven sets of Ultrasoft , four sets of Supersoft and two sets of Soft .

At the exit of turn two , so-called speed bumps were installed on both sides three meters from the edge of the track . These are 50 mm high, additional curb stones that are intended to prevent drivers from leaving the route. In addition, the TecPro barriers were reinforced in turn two , turn four and turn 13 .

The route had two DRS zones, which remained unchanged compared to the previous year. The first zone started at the apex of turn one , the measuring point was 138 meters before the turn. The second measuring point was 72 meters before turn ten , immediately afterwards on the back straight, 230 meters behind the curve the second DRS zone began.

After McLaren-Honda had problems with the drive unit in the first three races and finished last in the constructors' championship with just one finish, the team used a heavily revised MGU-H for the first time at this Grand Prix , which was used in the test drives the Bahrain International Circuit did not show any reliability problems.

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

With Hamilton (twice) a former winner competed at this Grand Prix.

Race stewards were Silvia Bellot (ESP), Paul Gutjahr (CHE), Mika Salo (FIN) and Wassili Skryl (RUS).

free training

In the first free practice, Raikkonen set the fastest lap in 1: 36.074 minutes ahead of Bottas and Hamilton. Training had to be interrupted after Ocon lost the engine cover on his vehicle on the track. At Stoffel Vandoorne , the drive unit had to be changed after the training. Since he had already used the fourth turbocharger and the fourth MGU-H this season, this means a move back from 15 places on the starting line-up.

In the second free practice session, Vettel was fastest with a lap time of 1: 34.120 minutes ahead of Raikkonen and Bottas.

In the third free practice session, too, Vettel was fastest with a lap time of 1: 34.001 minutes, ahead of Raikkonen 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. The Ferrari drivers were the only drivers to use Supersoft , all other drivers were using Ultrasoft . Bottas was the fastest. Palmer hit the bar just before the end of the segment, because of the yellow flags no improvement was possible for the other drivers. Grosjean, the Sauber pilots, Stoffel Vandoorne and Palmer were eliminated.

The second section (Q2) lasted 15 minutes. The ten fastest pilots qualified for the third part of qualifying. Bottas was again fastest. Alonso, Magnussen, the Toro Rosso drivers and Lance Stroll were eliminated.

The final section (Q3) lasted twelve minutes, during which the first ten starting positions were awarded. With a lap time of 1: 33.194 minutes, Vettel set the best time ahead of Raikkonen and Bottas. It was the 47th pole position for Vettel in the Formula 1 World Championship and the first since the 2015 Singapore Grand Prix . It was also the first time since the 2008 French Grand Prix that the drivers of the Ferrari team finished first and second in qualifying.

Sainz was relegated by three for causing a collision at the Bahrain Grand Prix, Vandoorne for using the fifth turbocharger and fifth MGU-H this season by fifteen places.

run

Vettel, Bottas and Räikkönen (from left) at the award ceremony

Bottas won the race ahead of Vettel and Raikkonen. It was Bottas' first victory in the Formula 1 World Championship and the fourth victory of a Mercedes driver in the fourth race at the Sochi Autodrom. Vettel achieved the fourth podium finish in the fourth race of the season, Raikkonen his first since the 2016 Austrian Grand Prix . The remaining points were placed by Hamilton, Verstappen, Pérez, Ocon, Hülkenberg, Massa and Sainz. Hamilton last crossed the finish line outside of the podium at the European Grand Prix in 2016 , while Ocon achieved his best result in the Formula 1 World Championship.

In the drivers' championship, Vettel extended the lead over Hamilton, Bottas caught up a few points on both of them. In the constructors' championship, Mercedes was now ahead of Ferrari, Red Bull remained third.

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

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} The Renault with starting number 46 was used in the first free practice for Sirotkin. Hülkenberg then took over the vehicle with its number 27 for the rest of the race weekend.

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1: 34.493	1: 34.038	1: 33.194	01
02	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1: 34.953	1: 33.663	1: 33.253	02
03	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1: 34.041	1: 33.264	1: 33.289	03
04th	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 34.409	1: 33.760	1: 33.767	04th
05	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1: 35.560	1: 35.483	1: 34.905	05
06th	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1: 35.828	1: 35.049	1: 35.110	06th
07th	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1: 35.301	1: 35.221	1: 35.161	07th
08th	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1: 35.507	1: 35.328	1: 35.285	08th
09	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1: 36.185	1: 35.513	1: 35.337	09
10	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1: 35.372	1: 35.729	1: 35.430	10
11	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Renault	1: 35.827	1: 35.948	-	14th
12	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1: 36.279	1: 35.964	-	11
13	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Renault	1: 35.984	1: 35.968	-	12
14th	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1: 36.408	1: 36.017	-	13
15th	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	1: 36.353	1: 36.660	-	15th
16	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1: 36.462	-	-	16
17th	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren Honda	1: 37.070	-	-	20th
18th	Pascal Wehrlein	Clean Ferrari	1: 37.332	-	-	17th
19th	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	1: 37.507	-	-	18th
20th	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1: 37.620	-	-	19th
107 percent time : 1: 40.623 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 34.041 min)

Remarks

1. ↑ Sainz was moved three places down for causing a collision at the Bahrain Grand Prix.
2. ↑ Vandoorne has been moved fifteen starting positions down this season because of using the fifth turbocharger and fifth MGU-H.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	52	1	1: 28: 08.743	03	1: 37.367 (49.)
02	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	52	1	+ 0.617	01	1: 37.312 (49.)
03	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	52	1	+ 11,000	02	1: 36.844 (49.)
04th	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	52	1	+ 36,320	04th	1: 38.398 (18.)
05	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	52	1	+1: 00.416	07th	1: 38.429 (47th)
06th	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	52	1	+1: 26.788	09	1: 38.661 (51st)
07th	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	52	1	+1: 35.004	10	1: 38.745 (50th)
08th	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	52	1	+1: 36.188	08th	1: 38,418 (52nd)
09	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	51	2	+ 1 lap	06th	1: 38.232 (45.)
10	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Renault	51	1	+ 1 lap	14th	1: 38.858 (51st)
11	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	51	1	+ 1 lap	11	1: 38.870 (50.)
12	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Renault	51	1	+ 1 lap	12	1: 38,300 (50th)
13	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	51	1	+ 1 lap	13	1: 39,566 (40th)
14th	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren Honda	51	2	+ 1 lap	20th	1: 39.790 (47th)
15th	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	51	2	+ 1 lap	18th	1: 39.835 (48th)
16	Pascal Wehrlein	Clean Ferrari	50	2	+ 2 rounds	17th	1: 40.922 (37.)
-	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	05	0	DNF	05	1: 42.285 ( 04.)
-	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	00	0	DNF	16	-
-	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	00	0	DNF	19th	-
-	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	00	0	DNS	15th	-

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 86 02  Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 73 03  Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 63 04th  Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 49 05  Max Verstappen Red Bull-TAG Heuer 35 06th  Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-TAG Heuer 22nd 07th  Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 22nd 08th  Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 18th 09  Carlos Sainz Jr. Toro Rosso-Renault 11 10  Esteban Ocon Force India-Mercedes 9 11  Nico Hulkenberg Renault 6th

Item driver constructor Points 12  Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 4th 13  Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 4th 14th  Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso-Renault 2 15th  Pascal Wehrlein Clean Ferrari 0 16  Lance Stroll Williams-Mercedes 0 17th  Antonio Giovinazzi Clean Ferrari 0 18th  Jolyon Palmer Renault 0 19th  Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren Honda 0 20th  Fernando Alonso McLaren Honda 0 21st  Marcus Ericsson Clean Ferrari 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 1  Mercedes 136 2  Ferrari 135 3  Red Bull-TAG Heuer 57 4th  Force India-Mercedes 31 5  Williams-Mercedes 18th

Item constructor Points 06th  Toro Rosso-Renault 13 07th  Haas-Ferrari 8th 08th  Renault 6th 09  Clean Ferrari 0 10  McLaren Honda 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Roman Witte Meier: race preview Russia 2017: The last time being a duel? Motorsport-Total.com, April 26, 2017, accessed April 26, 2017 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Christian Nimmervoll: Russia Facts: Everything you need to know! Motorsport-Total.com, April 27, 2017, accessed April 28, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Sven Haidinger: "Very encouraging": Honda brings update already in Russia. Motorsport-Total.com, April 24, 2017, accessed April 26, 2017 . 
4. ^ GP Russia in Sochi / 1st free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, April 28, 2017, accessed April 28, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Fabian Hust: Formula 1 Russia 2017: Kimi Räikkönen at the beginning. Motorsport-Total.com, April 28, 2017, accessed April 28, 2017 . 
6. ↑ Dominik Sharaf: Drives in Sochi: Ferrari comes under pressure with the turbocharger. Motorsport-Total.com, April 28, 2017, accessed April 28, 2017 . 
7. ^ GP Russia in Sochi / 2nd free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, April 28, 2017, accessed April 28, 2017 . 
8. ^ GP Russia in Sochi / 3rd free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, April 29, 2017, accessed April 29, 2017 .