2017 Japanese Grand Prix
The 2017 Japanese Grand Prix (formally known as the 2017 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix)[1] was a Formula One motor race held on 8 October 2017 at the Suzuka International Racing Course in Suzuka in the Mie Prefecture, Japan. The race was the sixteenth round of the 2017 FIA Formula One World Championship and marked the forty-third running of the Japanese Grand Prix.[5] The 2017 event was the thirty-third time that the race has been run as a World Championship event since the inaugural season in 1950, and the twenty-ninth time that a World Championship round had been held at Suzuka. This would also prove to be the last Grand Prix for Jolyon Palmer, he was replaced by Carlos Sainz Jr for the rest of the 2017 season.
| 2017 Japanese Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 16 of 20 in the 2017 Formula One World Championship
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 Layout of the Suzuka International Racing Course | |||||
| Race details[1] | |||||
| Date | 8 October 2017 | ||||
| Official name | 2017 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix[2][3] | ||||
| Location | Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka, Mie Prefecture, Japan | ||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
| Course length | 5.807 km (3.608 mi) | ||||
| Distance | 53 laps, 307.471 km (191.054 mi) | ||||
| Weather | Sunny | ||||
| Attendance | 137,000[4] | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Mercedes | ||||
| Time | 1:27.319 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |
 | Mercedes | |||
| Time | 1:33.144 on lap 50 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Mercedes | ||||
| Second | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | ||||
| Third | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | ||||
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Lap leaders
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Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton entered the round with a thirty-four-point lead over Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel in the World Drivers' Championship. Hamilton's teammate Valtteri Bottas sat third, a further twenty-five points behind. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes held a lead of one hundred and eighteen points over Ferrari, with Red Bull Racing a further one hundred and fifteen points behind in third place.
Classification
Qualifying
| Pos. | Car no. |
Driver | Constructor | Qualifying times | Final grid | ||
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| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | |||||
| 1 | 44 |  |
Mercedes | 1:29.047 | 1:27.819 | 1:27.319 | 1 |
| 2 | 77 | |
Mercedes | 1:29.332 | 1:28.543 | 1:27.651 | 61 |
| 3 | 5 |  |
Ferrari | 1:29.352 | 1:28.225 | 1:27.791 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | 1:29.475 | 1:28.935 | 1:28.306 | 3 |
| 5 | 33 |  |
Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | 1:29.181 | 1:28.747 | 1:28.332 | 4 |
| 6 | 7 | |
Ferrari | 1:29.163 | 1:29.079 | 1:28.498 | 101 |
| 7 | 31 |  |
Force India-Mercedes | 1:30.115 | 1:29.199 | 1:29.111 | 5 |
| 8 | 11 |  |
Force India-Mercedes | 1:29.696 | 1:29.343 | 1:29.230 | 7 |
| 9 | 19 |  |
Williams-Mercedes | 1:30.352 | 1:29.687 | 1:29.480 | 8 |
| 10 | 14 |  |
McLaren-Honda | 1:30.525 | 1:29.749 | 1:30.687 | 202 |
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McLaren-Honda | 1:30.654 | 1:29.778 | 9 | |
| 12 | 27 | |
Renault | 1:30.252 | 1:29.879 | 11 | |
| 13 | 20 |  |
Haas-Ferrari | 1:30.774 | 1:29.972 | 12 | |
| 14 | 30 | |
Renault | 1:30.516 | 1:30.022 | 182 | |
| 15 | 55 | |
Toro Rosso | 1:30.565 | 1:30.413 | 192 | |
| 16 | 8 | |
Haas-Ferrari | 1:30.849 | 13 | ||
| 17 | 10 | |
Toro Rosso | 1:31.317 | 14 | ||
| 18 | 18 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
Williams-Mercedes | 1:31.409 | 15 | ||
| 19 | 9 |  |
Sauber-Ferrari | 1:31.597 | 16 | ||
| 20 | 94 | |
Sauber-Ferrari | 1:31.885 | 17 | ||
| 107% time: 1:35.280 | |||||||
| Source:[6] | |||||||
- Notes
- ^1 – Valtteri Bottas and Kimi Räikkönen received a 5-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.
- ^2 – Fernando Alonso received a 35-place grid penalty and both Jolyon Palmer and Carlos Sainz Jr. received a 20-place grid penalty, all for exceeding their respective quota of power unit components.
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Lewis Hamilton (pictured during free practice session in wet conditions) won the race.
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Sebastian Vettel suffered technical problems a few minutes before the race start and retired on the fourth lap.
Race
Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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References
- "Japan". formula1.com. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- Mitchell, Malcolm. "2017 Formula 1 World Championship Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- Mitchell, Malcolm. "Suzuka Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- "F1 reveals overall rise in 2017 attendance". GPupdate.net. JHED Media BV. 8 December 2017. Archived from the original on 9 December 2017.
- "FIA Announces World Motorsports Council decisions". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 30 November 2016. Archived from the original on 30 November 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- "2017 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix – Qualifying". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Ltd. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- "2017 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix – Race Result". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Ltd. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- "Japan 2017 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
| Previous race: 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix |
FIA Formula One World Championship 2017 season |
Next race: 2017 United States Grand Prix |
| Previous race: 2016 Japanese Grand Prix |
Japanese Grand Prix | Next race: 2018 Japanese Grand Prix |
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