Singapore Grand Prix 2017

 Singapore Grand Prix 2017

Racing data
14th of 20 races of the 2017 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	2017 Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix
Date:	17th September 2017
Place:	Singapore
Course:	Marina Bay Street Circuit
Length:	293.907 km in 58 laps of 5.065 km
Planned:	309.102 km in 61 laps of 5.065 km
Pole position
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
Time:	1: 39.491 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time:	1: 45.008 min (lap 55)
Podium
First:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Second:	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer
Third:	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes

The Singapore Grand Prix 2017 (officially 2017 Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix ) took place on 17 September at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Singapore instead and was the fourteenth race of the Formula 1 World Championship in 2017 .

report

backgrounds

After the Italian Grand Prix , Lewis Hamilton led the drivers' standings with three points ahead of Sebastian Vettel and with 41 points ahead of Valtteri Bottas . In the constructors' championship, Mercedes led with 62 points ahead of Ferrari and with 223 points ahead of Red Bull Racing .

At the Singapore 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 .

There have been some changes to the route compared to the previous year, mainly for safety reasons. The route in turn one , turn two , behind turn five , between turn twelve and turn 13 and partly between turn 15 and turn 17 was given a new asphalt surface. The pit lane was widened by 27.5 centimeters, for this purpose the pit wall was moved. In turn one , curve five , curve seven , curve eight , curve ten , curve 14 , curve 16 and curve 22 , new TecPro barriers were installed.

There were two DRS zones on the route that have not been changed compared to the previous year. The measuring point for the first zone was at the exit of turn four , the DRS zone began 48 meters after turn five . The second measuring point was 80 meters before turn 22 , the DRS zone was on the start-finish straight and began 45 meters after turn 23 .

Daniil Kwjat (ten), Kevin Magnussen , Vettel (seven each), Jolyon Palmer , Sergio Pérez (six each), Stoffel Vandoorne (five), Nico Hülkenberg , Esteban Ocon (four each), 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), Fernando Alonso and Hamilton (twice each), three former winners competed in this Grand Prix.

The race stewards were Silvia Bellot (ESP), Gerd Ennser (DEU), Emanuele Pirro (ITA) and Nish Shetty (SIN).

free training

In the first free practice, Daniel Ricciardo set the fastest time in 1: 42.489 minutes, ahead of Vettel and Verstappen.

In the second free practice session, Ricciardo was again fastest with a lap time of 1: 40.852 minutes ahead of Verstappen and Hamilton.

In the third free practice session, Verstappen set the fastest time ahead of Vettel and Hamilton with a lap time of 1: 41.829 minutes. The training was interrupted for a few minutes after an accident by Ericsson.

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 and Williams drivers and Magnussen were eliminated.

The second section (Q2) lasted 15 minutes. The ten fastest pilots qualified for the third part of qualifying. Verstappen was again fastest. Grosjean, the Force India pilots, Kwjat and Palmer were eliminated.

The last section (Q3) lasted twelve minutes, in which the first ten starting positions were assigned. With a lap time of 1: 39.491 minutes, Vettel set the fastest time ahead of Verstappen and Ricciardo. It was the 49th pole position for Vettel in the Formula 1 World Championship.

Ericsson was moved five starting positions down due to a premature gear change after his accident in the third free practice session.

run

Vettel, Verstappen and Raikkonen were eliminated due to a starting collision; Hamilton took the lead.

The race was flagged at the end of the 58th lap after reaching the two-hour time limit. It was the first race since the 2014 Singapore Grand Prix to be shortened due to the time limit.

Hamilton won the race ahead of Ricciardo and Bottas. It was the 60th victory for Hamilton in the Formula 1 World Championship, the seventh of which this season. For Ricciardo it was the seventh and for Bottas the tenth podium finish of the season. The remaining points were placed by Sainz, Pérez, Palmer, Vandoorne, Stroll, Grosjean and Ocon. For Sainz, Palmer and Vandoorne it was the best placement at a Grand Prix so far.

Hamilton extended his lead over Vettel and Bottas in the overall standings. Mercedes also increased its lead over Ferrari and Red Bull in the constructors' championship.

The race stewards analyzed the start collision and assessed it as a racing accident; no sanctions were imposed on any of the parties involved.

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.
	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
	30th	Jolyon Palmer
Sauber F1 Team	09	Marcus Ericsson	Clean C36	Ferrari 061	P
	94	Pascal Wehrlein

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} The Toro Rosso with the starting number 38 was used in the first free practice for Gelael. Sainz took over the car for the remainder of the race weekend with his number 55.
2. ↑ ^{a b} The Haas with the start number 50 was used in the first free practice for Giovinazzi. Magnussen took over the vehicle for the remainder of the race weekend with its starting number 20.

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1: 43.336	1: 40.529	1: 39.491	01
02	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1: 42.010	1: 40.332	1: 39.814	02
03	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1: 42.063	1: 40.385	1: 39.840	03
04th	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1: 43.328	1: 40.525	1: 40.069	04th
05	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 42.455	1: 40.577	1: 40.126	05
06th	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1: 43.137	1: 41.409	1: 40.810	06th
07th	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1: 42.586	1: 41.277	1: 41.013	07th
08th	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	1: 42.086	1: 41.442	1: 41.179	08th
09	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren Honda	1: 42.222	1: 41.227	1: 41.398	09
10	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Renault	1: 42.176	1: 41.826	1: 42.056	10
11	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1: 42.472	1: 42.107	-	11
12	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1: 43.594	1: 42.246	-	12
13	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Renault	1: 42.544	1: 42.338	-	13
14th	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1: 43.626	1: 42.760	-	14th
15th	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1: 43.627	1: 43.883	-	15th
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1: 43.756	-	-	16
17th	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1: 44.014	-	-	17th
18th	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1: 44.728	-	-	18th
19th	Pascal Wehrlein	Clean Ferrari	1: 45.059	-	-	19th
20th	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	1: 45.570	-	-	20th
107 percent time : 1: 49.150 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 42.010 min)

Remarks

1. ↑ Ericsson was moved five positions back due to a premature gear change

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	58	4th	2: 03: 23.544	05	1: 45.008 (55.)
02	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	58	5	+ 4.507	03	1: 45,301 (57.)
03	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	58	4th	+ 8,800	06th	1: 45,405 (54.)
04th	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Renault	58	4th	+ 22.822	10	1: 46.537 (52nd)
05	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	58	5	+ 25.359	12	1: 46.731 (52nd)
06th	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	58	5	+ 27.259	11	1: 46.722 (52nd)
07th	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren Honda	58	5	+ 30.388	09	1: 46.722 (57.)
08th	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	58	4th	+ 41.696	18th	1: 47,512 (55.)
09	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	58	4th	+ 43.282	15th	1: 47.637 (54th)
10	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	58	6th	+ 44.795	14th	1: 47.677 (52nd)
11	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	58	6th	+ 46.536	17th	1: 47.055 (58th)
12	Pascal Wehrlein	Clean Ferrari	56	6th	+ 2 rounds	19th	1: 49.061 (56.)
-	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	50	6th	DNF	16	1: 47.585 (44.)
-	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	48	6th	DNF	07th	1: 48.011 (37.)
-	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	35	6th	DNF	20th	1: 52.496 (35th)
-	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Renault	10	3	DNF	13	2: 10.512 (10.)
-	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	08th	3	DNF	08th	2: 13,579 ( 06th)
-	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	00	0	DNF	01	-
-	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	00	0	DNF	02	-
-	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	00	0	DNF	04th	-

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q} The entire field was led through the pit lane three times during the first safety car phase. The FIA ​​counts each of these passages as a pit stop, regardless of whether the driver stopped at the pit or not.

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 263 02  Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 235 03  Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 212 04th  Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-TAG Heuer 162 05  Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 138 06th  Max Verstappen Red Bull-TAG Heuer 68 07th  Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 68 08th  Esteban Ocon Force India-Mercedes 56 09  Carlos Sainz Jr. Toro Rosso-Renault 48 10  Nico Hulkenberg Renault 34 11  Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 31 12  Lance Stroll Williams-Mercedes 28

Item driver constructor Points 13  Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 26th 14th  Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 11 15th  Fernando Alonso McLaren Honda 10 16  Jolyon Palmer Renault 8th 17th  Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren Honda 7th 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 -  Jenson Button McLaren Honda 0 -  Paul di Resta Williams-Mercedes 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 1  Mercedes 475 2  Ferrari 373 3  Red Bull-TAG Heuer 230 4th  Force India-Mercedes 124 5  Williams-Mercedes 59

Item constructor Points 06th  Toro Rosso-Renault 52 07th  Renault 42 08th  Haas-Ferrari 37 09  McLaren Honda 17th 10  Clean Ferrari 5

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Christian Nimmervoll: Singapore Facts: Everything you need to know! Motorsport-Total.com, September 13, 2017, accessed on September 13, 2017 . 
2. ^ GP Singapore in Singapore / 1st free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, September 15, 2017, accessed September 15, 2017 . 
3. ↑ GP Singapore in Singapore / 2nd free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, September 15, 2017, accessed September 15, 2017 . 
4. ^ GP Singapore in Singapore / 3rd free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, September 16, 2017, accessed September 16, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Fabian Hust, Christian Nimmervoll: Formula 1 Singapore 2017: McLaren surprised in training. September 16, 2017. Retrieved September 16, 2017 . 
6. ↑ Norman Fischer: FIA ruling after the F1 crash in Singapore 2017 is, the question of guilt remains. motorsport.com, September 17, 2017, accessed February 9, 2018 .