2017 Singapore Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 14 of 20 in the 2017 Formula One World Championship
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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 | 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.