2017 Chinese Grand Prix
Qualifying
Notes – Romain Grosjean and Jolyon Palmer received five-place grid penalties for ignoring yellow flags during qualifying. – Antonio Giovinazzi received a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.

2017 Chinese Grand Prix

Section Title: Qualifying
Table Section Text: Notes – Romain Grosjean and Jolyon Palmer received five-place grid penalties for ignoring yellow flags during qualifying. – Antonio Giovinazzi received a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.

Pos.	Car no.	Driver	Constructor	Qualifying times	Final grid

Q1	Q2	Q3

1	44	United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:33.333	1:32.406	1:31.678	1

2	5	Germany Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:33.078	1:32.391	1:31.864	2

3	77	Finland Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:33.684	1:32.552	1:31.865	3

4	7	Finland Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:33.341	1:32.181	1:32.140	4

5	3	Australia Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	1:34.041	1:33.546	1:33.033	5

6	19	Brazil Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:34.205	1:33.759	1:33.507	6

7	27	Germany Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:34.453	1:33.636	1:33.580	7

8	11	Mexico Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	1:34.657	1:33.920	1:33.706	8

9	26	Russia Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:34.440	1:34.034	1:33.719	9

10	18	Canada Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1:33.986	1:34.090	1:34.220	10

11	55	Spain Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	1:34.567	1:34.150	11

12	20	Denmark Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:34.942	1:34.164	12

13	14	Spain Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	1:34.499	1:34.372	13

14	9	Sweden Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:34.892	1:35.046	14

15	36	Italy Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber-Ferrari	1:34.963	No time	18

16	2	Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Honda	1:35.023	15

17	8	France Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:35.223	19

18	30	United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:35.279	20

19	33	Netherlands Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	1:35.433	16

20	31	France Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1:35.496	17

107% time: 1:39.593

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Sentence(s)

Hamilton's lap record time was 1:31.678 and Vettel's 1:31.864 was only one second ahead of Bottas, with Räikkönen at 1:32.140.

final_sentence: Hamilton's lap record time was 1:31.678 and Vettel's 1:31.864 was only one second ahead of Bottas, with Räikkönen at 1:32.140.