2017 Singapore Grand Prix

2017 Singapore Grand Prix
Race 14 of 20 in the 2017 Formula One World Championship
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Layout of the Marina Bay Street Circuit
Layout of the Marina Bay Street Circuit
Race details[1]
Date 17 September 2017
Official name 2017 Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix[2][3]
Location Marina Bay Street Circuit
Marina Bay, Singapore
Course Temporary street circuit
Course length 5.065 km (3.147 miles)
Distance 58 laps, 293.633 km (182.455 miles)
Scheduled distance 61 laps, 308.828 km (191.897 miles)
Weather Wet at start, then drying. Air temperature: 28°C (82°F)
Attendance 260,400[4]
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 1:39.491
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Time 1:45.008 on lap 55 (lap record)
Podium
First Mercedes
Second Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer
Third Mercedes
Lap leaders

The 2017 Singapore Grand Prix (formally known as the 2017 Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 17 September 2017 at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Marina Bay, Singapore. It was the fourteenth round of the 2017 FIA Formula One World Championship, and marked the eighteenth running of the Singapore Grand Prix, the tenth time the race had been held at Marina Bay.

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton entered the round with a three-point lead over Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel in the World Drivers' Championship, with Valtteri Bottas third. In the Constructors' standings, Mercedes led Ferrari by 62 points, while Red Bull Racing were third.

The race was won by Mercedes's Lewis Hamilton who took the lead on the first lap following a significant collision between Sebastian Vettel, Max Verstappen and Kimi Räikkönen. Daniel Ricciardo finished second with Valtteri Bottas taking third. This result increased Hamilton's lead in the Drivers' Championship to 28 points and increased Mercedes's lead in the Constructors' standings to 102 points.

  1. ^ "Singapore". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "2017 Formula 1 World Championship Programmes – The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  3. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Singapore (Marina Bay) – The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  4. ^ "F1 reveals overall rise in 2017 attendance". GPupdate.net. JHED Media BV. 8 December 2017. Archived from the original on 9 December 2017.