2017 Italian Grand Prix
The 2017 Italian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Gran Premio Heineken d'Italia 2017) 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.
| 2017 Italian Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 13 of 20 in the 2017 Formula One World Championship
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Layout of the Monza circuit | |||||
| Race details | |||||
| Date | 3 September 2017 | ||||
| Official name | Formula 1 Gran Premio Heineken d'Italia 2017 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
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| Mercedes | |||
| Time | 1:35.544 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | |||
| Time | 1:23.361 on lap 49 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First |
| Mercedes | |||
| Second | Mercedes | ||||
| Third | Ferrari | ||||
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Lap leaders | |||||
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.