| 2017 Italian Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 13 of 20 in the2017 Formula One World Championship
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 Layout of the Monza circuit | |||||
| Race details[1] | |||||
| Date | 3 September 2017 | ||||
| Official name | Formula 1 Gran PremioHeineken d'Italia 2017[2][3] | ||||
| Location | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Monza,Italy | ||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
| Course length | 5.793 km (3.600 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 53 laps, 306.720 km (190.587 miles) | ||||
| Weather | Sunny | ||||
| Attendance | 185,000[4] | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Mercedes | ||||
| Time | 1:35.544 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |  Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | |||
| Time | 1:23.361 on lap 49 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Mercedes | ||||
| Second | Mercedes | ||||
| Third | Ferrari | ||||
Lap leaders | |||||
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The2017 Italian Grand Prix (formally known as theFormula 1 Gran Premio Heineken d'Italia 2017)[1] was aFormula One motor race held on 3 September 2017 at theAutodromo Nazionale di Monza inMonza, Italy. It was the thirteenth round of the2017 FIA Formula One World Championship, and marked the 87th running of theItalian Grand Prix and the 82nd time the race was held at Monza.
Ferrari driverSebastian Vettel entered the round with a seven-point lead overLewis Hamilton in the World Drivers' Championship, withValtteri Bottas forty-one points behind in third. In the World Constructors' Championship,Mercedes led Ferrari by thirty-nine points withRed Bull Racing in third. Hamilton started the race frompole position, the sixty-ninth of his career. With this pole position, he brokeMichael Schumacher's record for the most pole positions in a career.
The race concluded with Hamilton leading the championship by 3 points ahead of Vettel.
The grid order for the race was considered somewhat farcical, due to the number of grid penalties that were taken in the race equalling 150 and making the grid almost unrecognisable from the qualifying results. Only 4 drivers started in their qualifying positions, with only Hamilton of the four not having taken a penalty. Sergio Pérez, meanwhile, moved up 1 place on the grid despite having a 5-place grid penalty.[5]
Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas set the fastest times in first[6] and second[7] practice respectively, with times of 1:21.537 and 1:21.406.[8]
Third practice was disrupted by heavy rain on the circuit, and the green flag was only shown with 16 minutes remaining.[9] Williams driverFelipe Massa set the quickest time with a 1:40.660.[8]
The heavy rains that delayed the start of Free Practice 3 remained over the region, causing qualifying to be interrupted. The session started on time, but was red-flagged whenRomain Grosjean spun into the barriers. After almost two hours of waiting for the track to clear up, the session resumed with Lewis Hamilton taking pole ahead of the two Red Bulls. Due to grid penalties for both Red Bulls,Lance Stroll was promoted to second, becoming the youngest front row starter in a Formula One race.[10]Esteban Ocon was promoted to third ahead of Bottas, Räikkönen and Vettel.
The race was welcomed by clear sky with Hamilton on pole ahead of Stroll and Ocon. Hamilton got away well as Stroll was conservative into turn 1 and was passed by Ocon. Further behind there was contact between Massa and Perez. A few laps later, Verstappen moved to the outside at turn 1 but hit Massa which caused Verstappen to get a right front tyre puncture. The stewards took no further action. There were good battles further behind including Räikkönen, Ocon and Stroll. During the only round of pit stops (most drivers made only one stop in the race), all these drivers retained their positions. Further behind, Ricciardo was 5th but overtook Räikkönen into turn 1 and closed in on Vettel. In the end, Mercedes finished with a 1–2, with Lewis Hamilton winning ahead of the second-placed Valtteri Bottas. Vettel finished third ahead of a charging Ricciardo. On the final lap, Massa attacked Stroll but couldn't overtake him and finished 8th. Verstappen recovered from the early puncture to finish 10th after small incidents with the two Haas drivers (Romain Grosjean andKevin Magnussen).
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| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 44 |  Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 53 | 1:15:32.312 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 77 |  Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 53 | +4.471 | 4 | 18 |
| 3 | 5 |  Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 53 | +36.317 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | 53 | +40.335 | 16 | 12 |
| 5 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 53 | +1:00.082 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 31 |  Esteban Ocon | Force India-Mercedes | 53 | +1:11.528 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | 18 |  Lance Stroll | Williams-Mercedes | 53 | +1:14.156 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 19 |  Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 53 | +1:14.834 | 7 | 4 |
| 9 | 11 |  Sergio Pérez | Force India-Mercedes | 53 | +1:15.276 | 10 | 2 |
| 10 | 33 |  Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | 52 | +1 Lap | 13 | 1 |
| 11 | 20 |  Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 52 | +1 Lap | 9 | |
| 12 | 26 |  Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 52 | +1 Lap | 8 | |
| 13 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 52 | +1 Lap | 14 | |
| 14 | 55 |  Carlos Sainz Jr. | Toro Rosso | 52 | +1 Lap | 15 | |
| 15 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | 52 | +1 Lap | 20 | |
| 16 | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein | Sauber-Ferrari | 51 | +2 Laps | 12 | |
| 171 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Honda | 50 | Clutch | 19 | |
| 181 | 9 |  Marcus Ericsson | Sauber-Ferrari | 49 | Suspension | 11 | |
| Ret | 2 |  Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren-Honda | 33 | Electrical | 18 | |
| Ret | 30 | Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 29 | Transmission | 17 | |
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