2017 Malaysian Grand Prix
Qualifying
Notes – Sebastian Vettel failed to set a time within the 107% requirement, but received permission from the stewards to start the race; he also received a 20-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of power unit components.

2017 Malaysian Grand Prix

Section Title: Qualifying
Table Section Text: Notes – Sebastian Vettel failed to set a time within the 107% requirement, but received permission from the stewards to start the race; he also received a 20-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of power unit components.

Pos.	Car no.	Driver	Constructor	Qualifying times	Final grid

Q1	Q2	Q3

1	44	United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:31.605	1:30.977	1:30.076	1

2	7	Finland Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:32.259	1:30.926	1:30.121	2

3	33	Netherlands Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	1:31.920	1:30.931	1:30.541	3

4	3	Australia Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	1:32.416	1:31.061	1:30.595	4

5	77	Finland Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:32.254	1:30.803	1:30.758	5

6	31	France Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1:32.527	1:31.651	1:31.478	6

7	2	Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Honda	1:32.838	1:31.848	1:31.582	7

8	27	Germany Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:32.586	1:31.778	1:31.607	8

9	11	Mexico Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	1:32.768	1:31.484	1:31.658	9

10	14	Spain Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	1:33.049	1:32.010	1:31.704	10

11	19	Brazil Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:32.267	1:32.034	11

12	30	United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:32.576	1:32.100	12

13	18	Canada Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1:33.000	1:32.307	13

14	55	Spain Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	1:32.650	1:32.402	14

15	10	France Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:32.547	1:32.558	15

16	8	France Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:33.308	16

17	20	Denmark Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:33.434	17

18	94	Germany Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber-Ferrari	1:33.483	18

19	9	Sweden Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:33.970	19

107% time: 1:38.017

—	5	Germany Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	No time	20

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As the championship leader of 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton took pole position with a time of 1:30.076, ahead of Kimi Raikkonen and Max Verstappen.

final_sentence: As the championship leader of 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton took pole position with a time of 1:30.076, ahead of Kimi Raikkonen and Max Verstappen.