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Home / Seasons / 2017 F1 World Championship Season / 2017 Australian Grand Prix

2017 Australian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 26 March 2017
Winner
  • Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
Fastest lap
  • Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
CircuitMelbourne, 57 laps
Round1 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
More 2017 season
More Australian Grands Prix
Previous race2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari571hr 24m 11.672s25
2-1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes57+9.975s18
3 Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasMercedes57+11.250s15
4 Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari57+22.393s12
5 Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer57+28.827s10
6+1Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes57+1m 23.386s8
7+3Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes56+1 lap6
8 Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Renault56+1 lap4
9 Russia flag lazyload Daniil KvyatToro Rosso-Renault56+1 lap2
10+3France flag lazyload Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes56+1 lap1
11 Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergRenault56+1 lap 
12+4Italy flag lazyload Antonio GiovinazziSauber-Ferrari55+2 laps 
13+5Belgium flag lazyload Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Honda55+2 laps 
R Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda50DNF 
R Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari46DNF 
R Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes40DNF 
R Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer25DNF 
R Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari21DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Jolyon PalmerRenault15DNF 
R France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari13DNF 
Did not start
  Germany flag lazyload Pascal WehrleinSauber-Ferrari   

Notes

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

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes
2 Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari
3 Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasMercedes
4 Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari
5 Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer
6 France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari
7 Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes
8 Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Renault
9 Russia flag lazyload Daniil KvyatToro Rosso-Renault
10 Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes
11 Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergRenault
12 Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda
13 France flag lazyload Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes
14 Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari
15   
16 Italy flag lazyload Antonio GiovinazziSauber-Ferrari
17 Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari
18 Belgium flag lazyload Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Honda
19 United Kingdom flag lazyload Jolyon PalmerRenault
20-5Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes
Started from the pit lane
 -5Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer

Notes

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:22.188 
2Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari1:22.4560.268
3Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasMercedes1:22.4810.293
4Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:23.0330.845
5Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:23.4851.297
6France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari1:24.0741.886
7Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes1:24.4432.255
8Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Renault1:24.4872.299
9Russia flag lazyload Daniil KvyatToro Rosso-Renault1:24.5122.324
10Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer– 
Q2
11Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes1:25.081 
12Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergRenault1:25.091 
13Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda1:25.425 
14France flag lazyload Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes1:25.568 
15Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari1:26.465 
Q1
16Italy flag lazyload Antonio GiovinazziSauber-Ferrari1:26.419 
17Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari1:26.847 
18Belgium flag lazyload Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Honda1:26.858 
19Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes1:27.143 
20United Kingdom flag lazyload Jolyon PalmerRenault1:28.244 

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-2017 Australian Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel25
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton18
3Finland flag lazyload Valtteri Bottas15
4Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen12
5Netherlands flag lazyload Max Verstappen10
6Brazil flag lazyload Felipe Massa8
7Mexico flag lazyload Sergio Perez6
8Spain flag lazyload Carlos Sainz4
9Russia flag lazyload Daniil Kvyat2
10France flag lazyload Esteban Ocon1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Italy flag lazyload Ferrari37
2Germany flag lazyload Mercedes33
3Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-TAG Heuer10
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Mercedes8
5India flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes7
6Italy flag lazyload Toro Rosso-Renault6

Statistics & milestones

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)

See also

  • Australian Grand Prix
  • Melbourne circuit
  • 2017 World Championship season

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