2017 Australian Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 26 March 2017
Winner	Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
Pole position	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Fastest lap	Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari
Circuit	Melbourne, 57 laps
Round	1 of 20
Race numbers	The 2017 Australian Grand Prix was the: 957th World Championship race 33rd World Championship Australian Grand Prix 22nd World Championship race at Melbourne
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Previous race	2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+1	(DEU) Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	57	1hr 24m 11.672s	25
2	-1	(GBR) Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	57	+9.975s	18
3		(FIN) Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	57	+11.250s	15
4		(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	57	+22.393s	12
5		(NLD) Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	57	+28.827s	10
6	+1	(BRA) Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	57	+1m 23.386s	8
7	+3	(MEX) Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	56	+1 lap	6
8		(ESP) Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso-Renault	56	+1 lap	4
9		(RUS) Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Renault	56	+1 lap	2
10	+3	(FRA) Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	56	+1 lap	1
11		(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	56	+1 lap
12	+4	(ITA) Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber-Ferrari	55	+2 laps
13	+5	(BEL) Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Honda	55	+2 laps
R		(ESP) Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	50	DNF
R		(DNK) Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	46	DNF
R		(CAN) Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	40	DNF
R		(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	25	DNF
R		(SWE) Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	21	DNF
R		(GBR) Jolyon Palmer	Renault	15	DNF
R		(FRA) Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	13	DNF
Did not start
		(DEU) Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber-Ferrari

Notes

Pascal Wehrlein withdrew from the Grand Prix before Free Practice 3 due to an injury. Antonio Giovinazzi was his replacement.

Notes

Lance Stroll and Daniel Ricciardo received five-place grid penalties for gearbox changes.

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	(GBR) Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:22.188
2	(DEU) Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:22.456	0.268
3	(FIN) Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:22.481	0.293
4	(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:23.033	0.845
5	(NLD) Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:23.485	1.297
6	(FRA) Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:24.074	1.886
7	(BRA) Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:24.443	2.255
8	(ESP) Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso-Renault	1:24.487	2.299
9	(RUS) Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Renault	1:24.512	2.324
10	(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	–
Q2
11	(MEX) Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1:25.081
12	(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1:25.091
13	(ESP) Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	1:25.425
14	(FRA) Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1:25.568
15	(SWE) Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:26.465
Q1
16	(ITA) Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber-Ferrari	1:26.419
17	(DNK) Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:26.847
18	(BEL) Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Honda	1:26.858
19	(CAN) Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1:27.143
20	(GBR) Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:28.244

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Race debut: Antonio Giovinazzi (first Italian driver to start a race since 2011); Lance Stroll (first Canadian driver to start a race since 2006)
Wins: 43rd for Sebastian Vettel (first win since 2015); 225th for Ferrari
Podiums: 105th for Lewis Hamilton; 87th for Sebastian Vettel; 10th for Valtteri Bottas (74th driver to score ten podiums, 4th Finnish driver; first for Mercedes); 708th for Ferrari; 129th & 130th for Mercedes
Poles: 62nd for Lewis Hamilton; 74th for Mercedes
Fastest laps: 44th for Kimi Raikkonen; 238th for Ferrari
Front row starts: 106th for Lewis Hamilton; 71st for Sebastian Vettel (first since 2015)
Points finishes: 25th for Daniil Kvyat; 1st for Esteban Ocon (334th different point scorer, 36th French driver)