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

2017 Malaysian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 1 October 2017
Winner
  • Netherlands flag lazyload Max Verstappen
  • Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-TAG Heuer
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
Fastest lap
  • Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
CircuitSepang, 56 laps
Round15 of 20
Race numbers

The 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix was the

  • 971st World Championship race
  • 19th and last World Championship Malaysian Grand Prix
  • 19th and last World Championship race at Sepang
More 2017 season
More Malaysian Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer561hr 30m 01.290s25
2-1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes56+12.770s18
3+1Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer56+22.519s15
4+16Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari56+37.362s12
5 Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasMercedes56+56.021s10
6+3Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes56+1m 18.630s8
7 Belgium flag lazyload Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Honda55+1 lap6
8+5Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes55+1 lap4
9+2Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes55+1 lap2
10-4France flag lazyload Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes55+1 lap1
11-1Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda55+1 lap 
12+5Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari55+1 lap 
13+3France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari55+1 lap 
14+1France flag lazyload Pierre GaslyToro Rosso-Renault55+1 lap 
15-3United Kingdom flag lazyload Jolyon PalmerRenault55+1 lap 
16-8Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergRenault55+1 lap 
17+1Germany flag lazyload Pascal WehrleinSauber-Ferrari55+1 lap 
18+1Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari54+2 laps 
R Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Renault29DNF 
Did not start
  Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari   

Starting grid

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

Notes

  • Sebastian Vettel received a 20-place grid penalty for use of additional power unit elements.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:30.076 
2Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:30.1210.045
3Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:30.5410.465
4Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:30.5950.519
5Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasMercedes1:30.7580.682
6France flag lazyload Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes1:31.4781.402
7Belgium flag lazyload Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Honda1:31.5821.506
8Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergRenault1:31.6071.531
9Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes1:31.6581.582
10Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda1:31.7041.628
Q2
11Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes1:32.034 
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Jolyon PalmerRenault1:32.100 
13Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes1:32.307 
14Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Renault1:32.402 
15France flag lazyload Pierre GaslyToro Rosso-Renault1:32.558 
Q1
16France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari1:33.308 
17Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari1:33.434 
18Germany flag lazyload Pascal WehrleinSauber-Ferrari1:33.483 
19Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari1:33.970 
20Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari– 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
Indonesia flag lazyload Sean GelaelItaly flag lazyload Toro Rosso-Renault
Italy flag lazyload Antonio GiovinazziUSA flag lazyload Haas-Ferrari
Monaco flag lazyload Charles LeclercSwitzerland flag Sauber-Ferrari
Russia flag lazyload Sergey SirotkinFrance flag lazyload Renault

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton281
2Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel247
3Finland flag lazyload Valtteri Bottas222
4Australia flag lazyload Daniel Ricciardo177
5Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen138
6Netherlands flag lazyload Max Verstappen93
7Mexico flag lazyload Sergio Perez76
8France flag lazyload Esteban Ocon57
9Spain flag lazyload Carlos Sainz48
10Germany flag lazyload Nico Hulkenberg34
11Brazil flag lazyload Felipe Massa33
12Canada flag lazyload Lance Stroll32
13France flag lazyload Romain Grosjean26
14Belgium flag lazyload Stoffel Vandoorne13
15Denmark flag lazyload Kevin Magnussen11
16Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso10
17United Kingdom flag lazyload Jolyon Palmer8
18Germany flag lazyload Pascal Wehrlein5
19Russia flag lazyload Daniil Kvyat4

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Germany flag lazyload Mercedes503
2Italy flag lazyload Ferrari385
3Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-TAG Heuer270
4India flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes133
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Mercedes65
6Italy flag lazyload Toro Rosso-Renault52
7France flag lazyload Renault42
8USA flag lazyload Haas-Ferrari37
9United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Honda23
10Switzerland flag Sauber-Ferrari5

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Pierre Gasly
Wins
2nd for Max Verstappen
54th for Red Bull
Podiums
114th for Lewis Hamilton, 26th for Daniel Ricciardo, 9th for Max Verstappen
148th for Mercedes, 144th & 145th for Red Bull
Poles
70th for Lewis Hamilton (1st driver to take 70 pole positions, 1st British driver)
84th for Mercedes
Fastest laps
31st for Sebastian Vettel
242nd for Ferrari
Front row starts
115th for Lewis Hamilton NEW RECORD
Points finishes
75th for Sergio Perez

See also

  • Malaysian Grand Prix
  • Sepang circuit
  • 2017 World Championship season

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