2017 Mexican Grand Prix

The 2017 Mexican Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Gran Premio de México 2017) was the eighteenth race of the 2017 Formula One season, and the seventeenth time the Mexican Grand Prix was held on the Formula One calendar. It was held between 27 October and 29 October 2017.
In qualifying, Sebastian Vettel set his 50th pole position, snatching pole from Max Verstappen at the last minute. Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton qualified second and third respectively.
In the race, Vettel, Hamilton and Verstappen fought for the lead at the first three corners, with Verstappen taking it after Vettel and Hamilton had to pit after making contact. Verstappen led every lap to take his third victory, ahead of Valtteri Bottas and Kimi Räikkönen. Vettel and Hamilton finished fourth and ninth respectively, resulting in Hamilton becoming the 2017 World Champion.
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==Background==
At the , Lewis Hamilton won the race ahead of Sebastian Vettel. The win put Hamilton on 331 points, sixty-six points ahead of Vettel. Valtteri Bottas, having only finished fifth, had his gap to Vettel extended to twenty-one points. With an engine failure midway through the race, Daniel Ricciardo remained on 192 points, while Kimi Räikkönen went up to 163 points. Hamilton's victory in America secured their fourth constructors' title, on 575 points compared to 's 428 points. With only Max Verstappen finishing fourth place after being rewarded a time penalty for passing Räikkönen off the track in Austin, were then on 315 points. Another double-points finish for put them on 159 points in the Constructors' Championship, whilst scored another two points to make 68 points.
With Hamilton and Vettel finishing the United States Grand Prix in first and second place respectively, Hamilton looked to secure his fourth drivers' title in Mexico. For him to win the championship, he had to finish in the top five, or Vettel had to finish outside the top two.
Having missed out the United States Grand Prix to compete in the last Super Formula race, which was later cancelled due to bad weather, Pierre Gasly returned to , while Brendon Hartley remained with the team, excluding Daniil Kvyat and later releasing him. However, Hartley raced with the car number #28 rather than #39. Franz Tost later admitted that Gasly and Hartley could be Toro Rosso's drivers for , describing them as "highly skilled drivers".
In response to the controversy of Hamilton, Nico Rosberg and Verstappen going wide at the first corner in the 2016 race, orange kerbs have been added at turns two, three, eight and eleven, with speed bumps and extra asphalt at turns two and three.
Throughout the week, the main focus of the United States Grand Prix was on Verstappen, as the stewards gave him a time penalty for passing Räikkönen while he was off the track, but the decision was criticised by Verstappen and many fans. Verstappen stated: "I think at one point he realised that I was trying to overtake him, so he tried to close the door, so you have avoid it. Then, of course, the Austin track gives a lot of possibility to run on the inside, like you could see the whole weekend. So, yeah, first was to try to avoid an accident and then to try and overtake him." However, FIA director Charlie Whiting dismissed the quote, saying: "The point here really is that the stewards felt he gained an advantage. He shortened the track and clearly he was off track and he passed another driver at the same time. So, for them the decision was quite simple technically, but emotionally it was not so easy because the decision had to be made quite quickly."
==Entry list==
No. 	Driver 	Entrant 	Constructor 	Chassis 	Engine 	Model 	Tyre
44 	Lewis Hamilton 	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	 	W08 EQ Power+ 	 	M08 EQ Power+ 	
77 	Valtteri Bottas 	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	 	W08 EQ Power+ 	 	M08 EQ Power+ 	
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	Red Bull Racing 	 	RB13 	 	TAG Heuer 	
33 	Max Verstappen 	Red Bull Racing 	 	RB13 	 	TAG Heuer 	
5 	Sebastian Vettel 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	SF70H 	 	062 	
7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	SF70H 	 	062 	
11 	Sergio Pérez 	Sahara Force India F1 Team 	 	VJM10 	 	M08 EQ Power+ 	
31 	Esteban Ocon 	Sahara Force India F1 Team 	 	VJM10 	 	M08 EQ Power+ 	
19 	Felipe Massa 	Williams Martini Racing 	 	FW40 	 	M08 EQ Power+ 	
18 	Lance Stroll 	Williams Martini Racing 	 	FW40 	 	M08 EQ Power+ 	
14 	Fernando Alonso 	McLaren Honda 	 	MCL32 	 	RA617H 	
2 	Stoffel Vandoorne 	McLaren Honda 	 	MCL32 	 	RA617H 	
27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	Renault Sport F1 Team 	 	R.S.17 	 	R.E.17 	
55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	Renault Sport F1 Team 	 	R.S.17 	 	R.E.17 	
28 	Brendon Hartley 	Scuderia Toro Rosso 	 	STR12 	 	R.E.17 	
10 	Pierre Gasly 	Scuderia Toro Rosso 	 	STR12 	 	R.E.17 	
8 	Romain Grosjean 	Haas F1 Team 	 	VF-17 	 	062 	
20 	Kevin Magnussen 	Haas F1 Team 	 	VF-17 	 	062 	
9 	Marcus Ericsson 	Sauber F1 Team 	 	C36 	 	061 	
94 	Pascal Wehrlein 	Sauber F1 Team 	 	C36 	 	061 	
Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only 	Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only
34 	Alfonso Celis, Jr. 	Sahara Force India F1 Team 	 	VJM10 	 	M08 EQ Power+ 	
37 	Charles Leclerc 	Sauber F1 Team 	 	C36 	 	061 	
38 	Sean Gelael 	Scuderia Toro Rosso 	 	STR12 	 	R.E.17 	
50 	Antonio Giovinazzi 	Haas F1 Team 	 	VF-17 	 	062 	
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==Practice Overview==
===FP1===
===FP2===
===FP3===
===Practice Results===
No 	Driver 	Team 	FP1 	 	FP2 	 	FP3 	 	 	 	 	 	
No 	Driver 	Team 	Time 	Pos 	Time 	Pos 	Time 	Pos 	 	 	 	 	
2 	Stoffel Vandoorne 	 	No Time 	20 	1:19.844	15 	1:20.030	19 	 	 	 	 	
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	1:18.421	4 	1:17.801	1 	1:17.361	5 	 	 	 	 	
5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	1:18.586	5 	1:18.051	4 	1:17.230	3 	 	 	 	 	
7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	1:19.008	6 	1:18.142	5 	1:17.517	6 	 	 	 	 	
8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	 	1:25.526	20 	1:19.586	17 	 	 	 	 	 	
9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	 	1:20.362	18 	1:19.331	15 	 	 	 	 	 	
10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	 	1:21.745	19 	No Time 	20 	 	 	 	 	 	
11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	1:19.240	7 	1:18.728	8 	1:18.040	7 	 	 	 	 	
14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	1:19.346	8 	1:18.508	7 	1:19.565	16 	 	 	 	 	
18 	Lance Stroll 	 	1:19.772	12 	1:19.524	14 	1:19.066	13 	 	 	 	 	
19 	Felipe Massa 	 	1:19.443	9 	1:19.206	12 	1:18.690	12 	 	 	 	 	
20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	1:20.644	13 	1:20.318	17 	1:19.205	14 	 	 	 	 	
27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	1:19.552	10 	1:18.775	9 	1:18.380	10 	 	 	 	 	
28 	Brendon Hartley 	 	1:21.747	18 	1:19.423	13 	1:18.602	11 	 	 	 	 	
31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	 	1:18.822	10 	1:18.165	8 	 	 	 	 	 	
33 	Max Verstappen 	 	1:18.395	3 	1:17.964	3 	1:17.113	1 	 	 	 	 	
34 	Alfonso Celis, Jr.	 	1:22.342	19 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
37 	Charles Leclerc 	 	1:21.446	16 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
38 	Sean Gelael 	 	1:21.639	17 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	1:18.290	2 	1:17.932	2 	1:17.188	2 	 	 	 	 	
50 	Antonio Giovinazzi	 	1:21.269	15 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	1:19.554	11 	1:19.060	11 	1:18.208	9 	 	 	 	 	
77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	1:17.824	1 	1:18.299	6 	1:17.283	4 	 	 	 	 	
94 	Pascal Wehrlein 	 	1:20.971	14 	1:20.306	16 	1:19.826	18 	 	 	 	 	
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==Qualifying==
===Q1===
===Q2===
===Q3===
===Qualifying Results===
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	 	Q1 	Q1 	 	Q2 	Q2 	 	Q3 	Q3 	Grid
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	 	Pos 	Time 	 	Pos 	Time 	 	Pos 	Time 	Grid
1 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	 	4 	1:17.665 	 	2 	1:16.870 	 	1 	1:16.488 	1
2 	33 	Max Verstappen 	 	 	3 	1:17.630 	 	1 	1:16.524 	 	2 	1:16.574 	2
3 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	 	1 	1:17.518 	 	3 	1:17.035 	 	3 	1:16.934 	3
4 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	 	2 	1:17.578 	 	4 	1:17.161 	 	4 	1:16.958 	4
5 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	 	7 	1:18.148 	 	5 	1:17.534 	 	5 	1:17.238 	5
6 	31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	 	10 	1:18.336 	 	9 	1:17.827 	 	6 	1:17.437 	6
7 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	 	8 	1:18.208 	 	6 	1:17.631 	 	7 	1:17.447 	16*
8 	27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	 	9 	1:18.322 	 	8 	1:17.792 	 	8 	1:17.466 	7
9 	55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	 	11 	1:18.405 	 	7 	1:17.753 	 	9 	1:17.794 	8
10 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	 	6 	1:18.020 	 	10 	1:17.868 	 	10 	1:17.807 	9
11 	19 	Felipe Massa 	 	 	12 	1:18.570 	 	11 	1:18.099 	 	 	 	10
12 	18 	Lance Stroll 	 	 	15 	1:18.902 	 	12 	1:19.159 	 	 	 	11
13 	28 	Brendon Hartley 	 	 	14 	1:18.683 	 	13 	no time 	 	 	 	17†
14 	14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	 	5 	1:17.710 	 	14 	no time 	 	 	 	18‡
15 	2 	Stoffel Vandoorne 	 	 	13 	1:18.578 	 	15 	no time 	 	 	 	19§
16 	9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	 	16 	1:19.176 	 	 	 	 	 	 	12
17 	94 	Pascal Wehrlein 	 	 	17 	1:19.333 	 	 	 	 	 	 	13
18 	20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	 	18 	1:19.443 	 	 	 	 	 	 	14
19 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	 	19 	1:19.473 	 	 	 	 	 	 	15
107% time: 1:22.944	107% time: 1:22.944	107% time: 1:22.944	107% time: 1:22.944	107% time: 1:22.944	107% time: 1:22.944	107% time: 1:22.944	107% time: 1:22.944	107% time: 1:22.944	107% time: 1:22.944	107% time: 1:22.944	107% time: 1:22.944	107% time: 1:22.944	107% time: 1:22.944
NC 	10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	 	20 	no time 	 	 	 	 	 	 	20**
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** Ricciardo was given a twenty-place grid penalty for using his sixth internal combustion engine, sixth turbo and seventh MGU-H.
*† Hartley was given a twenty-place grid penalty for using his sixth internal combustion engine, sixth turbo and seventh MGU-H.
*‡ Alonso was given a twenty-place grid penalty for using his eleventh TC, eleventh MGU-H and ninth ICE.
*§ Vandoorne was given a 35-place grid penalty for using his twelfth TC, twelfth MGU-H, tenth ICE, ninth MGU-K, seventh ES and seventh CE.
*** Gasly was given a twenty-place grid penalty for using his fifth CE, seventh MGU-H and sixth turbocharger. He also failed to set a time within the 107% rule, but was given permission from the stewards to participate.
===Grid===
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** Ricciardo was given a twenty-place grid penalty for using his sixth internal combustion engine, sixth turbo and seventh MGU-H.
*† Hartley was given a twenty-place grid penalty for using his sixth internal combustion engine, sixth turbo and seventh MGU-H.
*‡ Alonso was given a twenty-place grid penalty for using his eleventh TC, eleventh MGU-H and ninth ICE.
*§ Vandoorne was given a 35-place grid penalty for using his twelfth TC, twelfth MGU-H, tenth ICE, ninth MGU-K, seventh ES and seventh CE.
*** Gasly was given a twenty-place grid penalty for using his fifth CE, seventh MGU-H and sixth turbocharger. He also failed to set a time within the 107% rule, but was given permission from the stewards to participate.
==Race==
===Report===
===Results===
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Constructor	Laps 	Time/Retired	Grid 	Points
1 	33 	Max Verstappen 	 	71 	1:36:26.552s	2 	25
2 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	71 	+ 19.678 	4 	18
3 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	71 	+ 54.007 	5 	15
4 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	71 	+ 1:10.078 	1 	12
5 	31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	70 	+ 1 Lap 	6 	10
6 	18 	Lance Stroll 	 	70 	+ 1 Lap 	11 	8
7 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	70 	+ 1 Lap 	9 	6
8 	20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	70 	+ 1 Lap 	14 	4
9 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	70 	+ 1 Lap 	3 	2
10 	14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	70 	+ 1 Lap 	18 	1
11 	19 	Felipe Massa 	 	70 	+ 1 Lap 	10 	
12 	2 	Stoffel Vandoorne	 	70 	+ 1 Lap 	19 	
13 	10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	70 	+ 1 Lap 	20 	
14 	94 	Pascal Wehrlein 	 	69 	+ 2 Laps 	13 	
15 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	69 	+ 2 Laps 	15 	
Ret 	55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	 	59 	Steering 	8 	
Ret 	9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	55 	Engine 	12 	
Ret 	28 	Brendon Hartley 	 	30 	Engine 	17 	
Ret 	27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	24 	Power unit 	7 	
Ret 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	5 	Turbo 	16 	
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==Milestones==
*Sebastian Vettel's 50th pole position.
*Lewis Hamilton secured his fourth World Driver's Championship, equaling Sebastian Vettel and Alain Prost.
==Standings after race==
Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts 	+/-
1 	Lewis Hamilton 	333 	
2 	Sebastian Vettel 	277 	
3 	Valtteri Bottas 	262 	
4 	Daniel Ricciardo 	192 	
5 	Kimi Räikkönen 	178 	
6 	Max Verstappen 	148 	
7 	Sergio Pérez 	92 	
8 	Esteban Ocon 	83 	
9 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	54 	
10 	Lance Stroll 	40 	2
11 	Felipe Massa 	36 	1
12 	Nico Hülkenberg 	34 	1
13 	Romain Grosjean 	28 	
14 	Kevin Magnussen 	19 	
15 	Stoffel Vandoorne 	13 	
16 	Fernando Alonso 	11 	
17 	Jolyon Palmer 	8 	
18 	Pascal Wehrlein 	5 	
19 	Daniil Kvyat 	4 	
20 	Marcus Ericsson 	0 	
21 	Pierre Gasly 	0 	
22 	Antonio Giovinazzi 	0 	
23 	Brendon Hartley 	0 	
Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship
Pos. 	Team 	Pts 	+/-
1 	 	595 	
2 	 	455 	
3 	 	340 	
4 	 	175 	
5 	 	76 	
6 	 	53 	
7 	 	48 	
8 	 	47 	
9 	 	24 	
10 	 	5 	
==Notes==
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