page_title: 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix
section_title: Race
hierarchical_section_title: 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix / Classification / Race
caption_attribution_description: English: Formula One 2017 Rd.15 Malaysian GP: From left to right, Lewis Hamilton (runner-up, Mercedes, Max Verstappen (winner, Red Bull), and Daniel Ricciardo (3rd place, Red Bull).)
context_page_description: The 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race that was held on 1 October 2017 at the Sepang International Circuit in Selangor, Malaysia. The race marked the 37th running of the Malaysian Grand Prix, and the 19th time that the race had been run as a World Championship event since the championship's inception in 1950, all World Championship events having been held at the Sepang International Circuit. This was also the last Malaysian Grand Prix, as the race had not been contracted for the 2018 season and beyond.
  Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton entered the round with a 28-point lead over Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel in the World Drivers' Championship. Hamilton's teammate Valtteri Bottas was third, a further 23 points behind. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes held a lead of 102 points over Ferrari, with Red Bull Racing a further 143 points behind in third place.
context_section_description: Notes
  – Kimi Räikkönen did not line up on the grid as a result of a power unit issue.
caption: Podium (L-R) Hamilton, Verstappen and Ricciardo
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