| 2017 Monaco Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 6 of 20 in the2017 Formula One World Championship
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 Layout of the Circuit de Monte Carlo, Monaco | |||||
| Race details | |||||
| Date | 28 May 2017 | ||||
| Official name | Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2017[1][2] | ||||
| Location | Circuit de Monaco La Condamine andMonte Carlo,Monaco | ||||
| Course | Street circuit | ||||
| Course length | 3.337 km (2.074 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 78 laps, 260.286 km (161.734 miles) | ||||
| Weather | Sunny | ||||
| Attendance | 200,000[3] | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Ferrari | ||||
| Time | 1:12.178 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |  Sergio Pérez | Force India-Mercedes | |||
| Time | 1:14.820 on lap 76 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Ferrari | ||||
| Second | Ferrari | ||||
| Third | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | ||||
Lap leaders | |||||
The2017 Monaco Grand Prix (formally known as theFormula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2017) was aFormula One motor race held on 28 May 2017 at theCircuit de Monaco, astreet circuit that runs through thePrincipality of Monaco. It was the sixth round of the2017 FIA Formula One World Championship, the seventy-fifth time that theMonaco Grand Prix has been held, and the sixty-fourth time it has been a round of the Formula One World Championship since the inception of the series in1950.
Ferrari driverSebastian Vettel entered the round holding a six-point lead overLewis Hamilton in the World Drivers' Championship, withValtteri Bottas being third. In the World Constructors' Championship,Mercedes held an eight-point lead over Ferrari, withRed Bull Racing a further eighty-one points behind in third.
Kimi Räikkönen started the race frompole position, his first since the2008 French Grand Prix. In doing so, he brokeGiancarlo Fisichella's record for the most race starts between pole positions, with one hundred and twenty-nine starts since his last pole.Sebastian Vettel won the race, Ferrari's first win in Monaco since2001. Räikkönen finished second as this was Ferrari's first 1–2 finish since2010 German Grand Prix.Daniel Ricciardo finished third. With the result, Vettel extended his Drivers' Championship lead overLewis Hamilton, while in the World Constructors' Championship, Ferrari reclaimed the points lead from Mercedes.
This was also the 306th and final Grand Prix start for2009 World ChampionJenson Button, who substituted forFernando Alonso atMcLaren while Alonso competed in theIndianapolis 500 that same day. Button retired from the race after a crash withSauber'sPascal Wehrlein.
McLaren driverFernando Alonso missed the race in order to participate in theIndianapolis 500.[4] Alonso became the first active Formula One driver to race at the Indy 500 sinceTeo Fabi in1984.[5]Jenson Button replaced Alonso for the race.
Prior to the national anthem, a minute's silence was observed on the grid before the race as a mark of respect to the victims of theManchester Arena bombing earlier in the week.[6]
Thursday morning's first practice ended withMercedes'Lewis Hamilton setting the quickest lap with 1:13.425, approximately 0.2 seconds quicker than his championship rivalSebastian Vettel.Max Verstappen was third quickest andToro Rosso'sDaniil Kvyat was the fastest driver not in one of the top three teams, setting the sixth fastest time.[7] In second practice, Vettel was quickest with 1:12.720. Second through fourth wereDaniel Ricciardo,Kimi Räikkönen, and Kvyat.[7] The Mercedes team had a disappointing second practice as they finished eighth and tenth, off the pace of their championship rivalsFerrari. The session was stopped part way through for ten minutes due to a crash byLance Stroll.[8]
Saturday's Free Practice 3 ended withFerrari's Sebastian Vettel setting the bar at 1:12.395, besting his own time set in FP2 by 0.3 seconds to set a new lap record, whilst nearest rival and teammateKimi Räikkönen was 0.3 seconds behind with 1:12.740.[9] The session was interrupted 8 minutes in by yellow flags whenEsteban Ocon ofForce India crashed in the swimming pool section,[10] mimicking an incident Max Verstappen had during the 2016 qualifying session. Free practice eventually resumed with 4 minutes remaining.Daniel Ricciardo had a brake-by-wire failure and ended up retiring from the session, leaving him sixth with 1:13.392.McLaren driverJenson Button ended the session in twelfth, but incurred a 15-place grid penalty for changing theMGU-H andturbocharger, which would be applied after qualifying.[10]
Ferrari's Kimi Räikkönen qualified on pole position for the first time in 9 years; his last pole position came at the2008 French Grand Prix, also for Ferrari. His teammate and championship leaderSebastian Vettel qualified second, followed byValtteri Bottas andMax Verstappen. Vettel's closest rival, Lewis Hamilton, qualified in fourteenth; he struggled warming up the tyres and his final flying lap in Q2 was impeded byStoffel Vandoorne who had crashed towards the end of the session. Despite Vandoorne's accident, both McLarens had made it into Q3 for the first time in 2017; Jenson Button qualified in ninth place on his return, but due to his fifteen-place grid penalty would start from the back of the grid, and eventually opted to start from the pit lane.[11]
Räikkönen led from the start until he pitted on lap 33. His teammate Vettel stayed out longer and when he eventually pitted, he came out ahead of Räikkönen and went on to win his 3rd race of the season and extended his championship lead to 25 points over Hamilton, who finished in 7th in a recovery drive after his poor qualifying. This win gave Ferrari their first 1-2 finish since the controversial2010 German Grand Prix. Daniel Ricciardo finished in 3rd, despite lightly hitting the wall late in the race, jumping both Bottas and Verstappen by staying out longer on the ultra-softs in a strategy akin to Sebastian Vettel. Carlos Sainz had his best finish of the year so far with 6th for Toro Rosso. He was followed by Hamilton, Grosjean, Massa and Magnussen, who rounded off the points. It was the first time in Haas' history that they achieved a double points finish. It was also the first time in 2017 that both Force Indias finished out of the points with a late collision between Pérez and Kvyat, while running in the points, sent Pérez to last and Kvyat out of the race. Stoffel Vandoorne looked set to score McLaren's first points of the season before hitting the wall after being forced onto the breaking up asphalt by Sergio Pérez. Jenson Button, meanwhile, retired with suspension damage on his one-off return, much like his original retirement in the2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, after colliding with Sauber'sPascal Wehrlein, leaving Wehrlein perched up vertically on the wall. The other Sauber ofMarcus Ericsson retired after hitting the wall at turn 1 under the safety car. The Renault ofNico Hülkenberg retired early on with a gearbox failure, while running in 10th.Lance Stroll was another retiree.[12]
After the race Sergio Pérez and Jenson Button had two penalty points (each) added to theirSuper Licences, both for causing a collision.
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 5 |  Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 78 | 1:44:44.340 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 7 |  Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 78 | +3.145 | 1 | 18 |
| 3 | 3 |  Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | 78 | +3.745 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 78 | +5.517 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | 33 |  Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | 78 | +6.199 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | 55 |  Carlos Sainz Jr. | Toro Rosso | 78 | +12.038 | 6 | 8 |
| 7 | 44 |  Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 78 | +15.801 | 13 | 6 |
| 8 | 8 |  Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | 78 | +18.150 | 8 | 4 |
| 9 | 19 |  Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 78 | +19.445 | 14 | 2 |
| 10 | 20 |  Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 78 | +21.443 | 11 | 1 |
| 11 | 30 | Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 78 | +22.737 | 16 | |
| 12 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Force India-Mercedes | 78 | +23.725 | 15 | |
| 131 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Force India-Mercedes | 78 | +49.089 | 7 | |
| 142 | 26 |  Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 71 | Collision damage | 9 | |
| 152 | 18 |  Lance Stroll | Williams-Mercedes | 71 | Oil pressure | 17 | |
| Ret | 2 |  Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren-Honda | 66 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret | 9 |  Marcus Ericsson | Sauber-Ferrari | 63 | Accident | 19 | |
| Ret | 22 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Honda | 57 | Collision damage | PL | |
| Ret3 | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein | Sauber-Ferrari | 57 | Collision | 18 | |
| Ret | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 15 | Gearbox | 10 | |
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