2017 Italian Grand Prix

2017 Italian Grand Prix
Race 13 of 20 in the 2017 Formula One World Championship
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Layout of the Monza circuit
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
Mercedes
Time 1:35.544
Fastest lap
Driver Australia Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer
Time 1:23.361 on lap 49
Podium
First
Mercedes
Second
Mercedes
Third
Ferrari
Lap leaders
Ferrari celebrated their 70th anniversary and both Vettel and Räikkönen ran with a special livery.

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]

  1. ^ a b "Monza". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. 2017. Archived from the original on 12 September 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "2017 Formula 1 World Championship Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  3. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Monza - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com. Archived from the original on 18 August 2004. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  4. ^ "F1 reveals overall rise in 2017 attendance". GPupdate.net. JHED Media BV. 8 December 2017. Archived from the original on 9 December 2017.
  5. ^ "How should Formula 1 change its grid penalty system". Sky Sports F1. 30 September 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2018.