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2017 Mexican Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitMexico City, 71 laps
Round18 of 20
Race numbers

The 2017 Mexican Grand Prix was the:

  • 974th World Championship race
  • 18th World Championship Mexican Grand Prix
  • 18th World Championship race at Mexico City
  • 2017 Drivers’ title decider
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer711hr 36m 26.552s25
2+2(FIN) Valtteri BottasMercedes71+19.678s18
3+2(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari71+54.007s15
4-3(DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari71+1m 10.078s12
5+1(FRA) Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes70+1 lap10
6+5(CAN) Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes70+1 lap8
7+2(MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes70+1 lap6
8+6(DNK) Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari70+1 lap4
9-6(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes70+1 lap2
10+8(ESP) Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda70+1 lap1
11-1(BRA) Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes70+1 lap 
12+7(BEL) Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Honda70+1 lap 
13+7(FRA) Pierre GaslyToro Rosso-Renault70+1 lap 
14-1(DEU) Pascal WehrleinSauber-Ferrari69+2 laps 
15 (FRA) Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari69+2 laps 
R (ESP) Carlos SainzRenault59DNF 
R (SWE) Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari55DNF 
R (NZL) Brendon HartleyToro Rosso-Renault30DNF 
R (DEU) Nico HulkenbergRenault24DNF 
R (AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer5DNF 

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 (DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari
2 (NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer
3 (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes
4 (FIN) Valtteri BottasMercedes
5 (FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari
6 (FRA) Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes
7 (DEU) Nico HulkenbergRenault
8 (ESP) Carlos SainzRenault
9 (MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes
10 (BRA) Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes
11 (CAN) Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes
12 (SWE) Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari
13 (DEU) Pascal WehrleinSauber-Ferrari
14 (DNK) Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari
15 (FRA) Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari
16-20(AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer
17-20(NZL) Brendon HartleyToro Rosso-Renault
18-20(ESP) Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda
19-35(BEL) Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Honda
20-20(FRA) Pierre GaslyToro Rosso-Renault

Notes

  • Daniel Ricciardo, Brendon Hartley, Fernando Alonso, and Pierre Gasly received 20-place grid penalties for use of additional power unit elements.
  • Stoffel Vandoorne received a 35-place grid penalty for use of additional power unit elements.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari1:16.488 
2(NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:16.5740.086
3(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:16.9340.446
4(FIN) Valtteri BottasMercedes1:16.9580.470
5(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:17.2380.750
6(FRA) Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes1:17.4370.949
7(AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:17.4470.959
8(DEU) Nico HulkenbergRenault1:17.4660.978
9(ESP) Carlos SainzRenault1:17.7941.306
10(MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes1:17.8071.319
Q2
11(BRA) Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes1:18.099 
12(CAN) Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes1:19.159 
13(NZL) Brendon HartleyToro Rosso-Renault– 
14(ESP) Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda– 
15(BEL) Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Honda– 
Q1
16(SWE) Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari1:19.176 
17(DEU) Pascal WehrleinSauber-Ferrari1:19.333 
18(DNK) Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari1:19.443 
19(FRA) Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari1:19.473 
20(FRA) Pierre GaslyToro Rosso-Renault– 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
(MEX) Alfonso CelisForce India-Mercedes
(IDN) Sean GelaelToro Rosso-Renault
(ITA) Antonio GiovinazziHaas-Ferrari
(MCO) Charles LeclercSauber-Ferrari

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Lewis Hamilton333
2(DEU) Sebastian Vettel277
3(FIN) Valtteri Bottas262
4(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo192
5(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen178
6(NLD) Max Verstappen148
7(MEX) Sergio Perez92
8(FRA) Esteban Ocon83
9(ESP) Carlos Sainz54
10(CAN) Lance Stroll40
11(BRA) Felipe Massa36
12(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg34
13(FRA) Romain Grosjean28
14(DNK) Kevin Magnussen19
15(BEL) Stoffel Vandoorne13
16(ESP) Fernando Alonso11
17(GBR) Jolyon Palmer8
18(DEU) Pascal Wehrlein5
19(RUS) Daniil Kvyat5

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Mercedes595
2Ferrari455
3Red Bull-TAG Heuer340
4Force India-Mercedes175
5Williams-Mercedes76
6Toro Rosso-Renault53
7Renault48
8Haas-Ferrari47
9McLaren-Honda24
10Sauber-Ferrari5

Stats & milestones

Milestone race start
700th for Williams (3rd constructor to start 700 races)
350th for Sauber (7th constructor to start 350 races)
World Champion
4th title for Lewis Hamilton (5th driver to win four championships, 1st British driver)
Wins
3rd for Max Verstappen
55th for Red Bull
Podiums
90th for Kimi Raikkonen (6th driver to score 90 podiums, 1st Finnish driver)
20th for Valtteri Bottas (48th driver to score 20 podiums, 3rd Finnish driver)
11th for Max Verstappen
724th for Ferrari
151st for Mercedes
148th for Red Bull
Poles
50th for Sebastian Vettel (4th driver to take 50 pole positions, 2nd German driver)
213th for Ferrari
Fastest laps
33rd for Sebastian Vettel
244th for Ferrari
Front row starts
83rd for Sebastian Vettel
3rd for Max Verstappen