2017 Chinese Grand Prix

2017 Chinese Grand Prix
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Race details
Date	9 April 2017 (2017-04-09)
Official name	2017 Formula 1 Heineken Chinese Grand Prix[1][2][3]
Location	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.451 km (3.387 miles)
Distance	56 laps, 305.066 km (189.559 miles)
Weather	Light rain at start, drying later.
Attendance	145,000[4]
Pole position
Driver	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time	1:31.678
Fastest lap
Driver	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time	1:35.378 on lap 44
Podium
First	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Second	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
Third	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer
Lap leaders

The 2017 Chinese Grand Prix (formally known as the 2017 Formula 1 Heineken Chinese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race that took place on 9 April 2017 at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China. The race was the second round of the 2017 FIA Formula One World Championship, and marked the fourteenth time that the Chinese Grand Prix has been run as a round of the Formula One World Championship.

The race was marked by difficulties in Friday practice sessions when weather in Shanghai prevented the medical helicopter from being available and only twenty minutes of running was possible. Lewis Hamilton took his sixth consecutive pole position at the Chinese Grand Prix, ahead of Sebastian Vettel and teammate Valtteri Bottas. The race began with a wet track but there was no rain during the race, and Hamilton led the race from start to finish and set the fastest lap. Vettel pitted to change from intermediate to slick tyres during a virtual safety car, dropping him to sixth position, but recovered to second place. Max Verstappen started 16th and went on to complete the podium, finishing third.