2017 Malaysian Grand Prix

Fact File

Date:	Sunday, 1 October 2017
Winner:	Max Verstappen Red Bull-TAG Heuer
Pole position:	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Fastest lap:	Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
Circuit:	Sepang, 56 laps
Round:	15 of 20

Race Result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	56	1hr 30m 01.290s	25
2	-1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	56	+12.770s	18
3	+1	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	56	+22.519s	15
4	+16	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	56	+37.362s	12
5		Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	56	+56.021s	10
6	+3	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	56	+1m 18.630s	8
7		Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Honda	55	+1 lap	6
8	+5	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	55	+1 lap	4
9	+2	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	55	+1 lap	2
10	-4	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	55	+1 lap	1
11	-1	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	55	+1 lap
12	+5	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	55	+1 lap
13	+3	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	55	+1 lap
14	+1	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso-Renault	55	+1 lap
15	-3	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	55	+1 lap
16	-8	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	55	+1 lap
17	+1	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber-Ferrari	55	+1 lap
18	+1	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	54	+2 laps
R		Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso-Renault	29	DNF
Did not start
		Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari

Starting Grid

• Highlight: race winner
• Highlight: second place
• Highlight: third place

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Time
1		Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:30.076
2
3		Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:30.541
4		Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:30.595
5		Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:30.758
6		Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1:31.478
7		Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Honda	1:31.582
8		Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1:31.607
9		Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1:31.658
10		Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	1:31.704
11		Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:32.034
12		Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:32.100
13		Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1:32.307
14		Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso-Renault	1:32.402
15		Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso-Renault	1:32.558
16		Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:33.308
17		Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:33.434
18		Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber-Ferrari	1:33.483
19		Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:33.970
20	-20	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	–

Qualifying Result

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:30.076
2	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:30.121	0.045
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:30.541	0.465
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:30.595	0.519
5	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:30.758	0.682
6	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1:31.478	1.402
7	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Honda	1:31.582	1.506
8	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1:31.607	1.531
9	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1:31.658	1.582
10	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	1:31.704	1.628
Q2
11	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:32.034
12	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:32.100
13	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1:32.307
14	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso-Renault	1:32.402
15	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso-Renault	1:32.558
Q1
16	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:33.308
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:33.434
18	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber-Ferrari	1:33.483
19	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:33.970
20	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	–

Free Practice Appearances

Driver	Constructor
Sean Gelael	Toro Rosso-Renault
Antonio Giovinazzi	Haas-Ferrari
Charles Leclerc	Sauber-Ferrari
Sergey Sirotkin	Renault

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	281
2	Sebastian Vettel	247
3	Valtteri Bottas	222
4	Daniel Ricciardo	177
5	Kimi Raikkonen	138
6	Max Verstappen	93
7	Sergio Perez	76
8	Esteban Ocon	57
9	Carlos Sainz	48
10	Nico Hulkenberg	34
11	Felipe Massa	33
12	Lance Stroll	32
13	Romain Grosjean	26
14	Stoffel Vandoorne	13
15	Kevin Magnussen	11
16	Fernando Alonso	10
17	Jolyon Palmer	8
18	Pascal Wehrlein	5
19	Daniil Kvyat	4

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Mercedes	503
2	Ferrari	385
3	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	270
4	Force India-Mercedes	133
5	Williams-Mercedes	65
6	Toro Rosso-Renault	52
7	Renault	42
8	Haas-Ferrari	37
9	McLaren-Honda	23
10	Sauber-Ferrari	5

Statistics & Milestones

Race debut

Driver: Pierre Gasly

Wins

Driver: 2nd for Max Verstappen

Constructor: 54th for Red Bull

Podiums

Driver: 114th for Lewis Hamilton, 26th for Daniel Ricciardo, 9th for Max Verstappen

Constructor: 148th for Mercedes, 144th & 145th for Red Bull

Poles

Driver: 70th for Lewis Hamilton

Constructor: 84th for Mercedes

Fastest laps

Driver: 31st for Sebastian Vettel

Constructor: 242nd for Ferrari

Front row starts

Driver: 115th for Lewis Hamilton NEW RECORD

Points finishes

Driver: 75th for Sergio Perez

See also

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