2017 Italian Grand Prix
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Layout of the Monza circuit
Race details[1]
Date	3 September 2017
Official name	Formula 1 Gran Premio Heineken 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	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time	1:35.544
Fastest lap
Driver	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer
Time	1:23.361 on lap 49
Podium
First	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Second	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
Third	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 2017 Italian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Gran Premio Heineken d'Italia 2017)^[1] was a Formula One motor race held on 3 September 2017 at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in Monza, Italy. It was the thirteenth round of the 2017 FIA Formula One World Championship, and marked the 87th running of the Italian Grand Prix and the 82nd time the race was held at Monza.

Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel entered the round with a seven-point lead over Lewis Hamilton in the World Drivers' Championship, with Valtteri Bottas forty-one points behind in third. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes led Ferrari by thirty-nine points with Red Bull Racing in third. Hamilton started the race from pole position, the sixty-ninth of his career. With this pole position, he broke Michael 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]

Report

Practice

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 driver Felipe Massa set the quickest time with a 1:40.660.^[8]

Qualifying

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 when Romain 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.

Race

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 and Kevin Magnussen).

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	Car no.	Driver	Constructor	Qualifying times			Final grid
				Q1	Q2	Q3
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:36.009	1:34.660	1:35.554	1
2	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	1:37.344	1:36.113	1:36.702	131
3	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	1:38.304	1:37.313	1:36.841	162
4	18	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1:37.653	1:37.002	1:37.032	2
5	31	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1:38.775	1:37.580	1:37.719	3
6	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:35.716	1:35.396	1:37.833	4
7	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:38.235	1:37.031	1:37.987	5
8	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:37.198	1:36.223	1:38.064	6
9	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:38.338	1:37.456	1:38.251	7
10	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Honda	1:38.767	1:37.471	1:39.157	183
11	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	1:38.511	1:37.582		104
12	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:39.242	1:38.059		145
13	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	1:39.134	1:38.202		196
14	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:39.183	1:38.245		8
15	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	1:39.788	1:38.526		157
16	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:40.489			9
17	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:40.646			178
18	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:41.732			11
19	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber-Ferrari	1:41.875			12
107% time: 1:42.416
—	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:43.355			209
Source:[11]

Notes

• ^1  – Max Verstappen received a 20-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of power unit components.
• ^2  – Daniel Ricciardo received a 25-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of power unit components and an unscheduled gearbox change.
• ^3  – Stoffel Vandoorne received a 25-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of power unit components.^[12]
• ^4  – Sergio Pérez received a 5-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.^[13]
• ^5  – Nico Hülkenberg received a 10-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of power unit components.
• ^6  – Fernando Alonso received a 35-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of power unit components.
• ^7  – Carlos Sainz Jr. received a 10-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of power unit components.
• ^8  – Jolyon Palmer received a 15-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of power unit components.
• ^9  – Romain Grosjean failed to set a time within the 107% requirement, but received permission from the stewards to start the race.^[14] He also received a 5-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.^[15]

Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
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
Source:[16]

Notes

• ^1 – Fernando Alonso and Marcus Ericsson retired from the race, but were classified as they had completed 90% of the race distance.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 1 Lewis Hamilton 238 1 2 Sebastian Vettel 235 3 Valtteri Bottas 197 4 Daniel Ricciardo 144 5 Kimi Räikkönen 138 Source: [17]

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Mercedes 435 2 Ferrari 373 3 Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 212 4 Force India-Mercedes 113 5 Williams-Mercedes 55 Source: [17]

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.