2017 Mexican Grand Prix
- Date
- 29 Oct 2017
- Circuit
- Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City, Mexico
- Round
- 18 of 20
- Winner
- Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
- Pole position
- Sebastian Vettel (1:16.488)
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Race classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | FL | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 33 | VERMax Verstappen | Red Bull | 2 | 71 | 1:36:26.552 | 25 | |
| 2 | 77 | BOTValtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 4 | 71 | +19.678 | 18 | |
| 3 | 7 | RAIKimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 5 | 71 | +54.007 | 15 | |
| 4 | 5 | VETSebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1 | 71 | +70.078 | 1:18.785 | 12 |
| 5 | 31 | OCOEsteban Ocon | Force India | 6 | 70 | +1 Lap | 10 | |
| 6 | 18 | STRLance Stroll | Williams | 11q12 | 70 | +1 Lap | 8 | |
| 7 | 11 | PERSergio Pérez | Force India | 9q10 | 70 | +1 Lap | 6 | |
| 8 | 20 | MAGKevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 14q18 | 70 | +1 Lap | 4 | |
| 9 | 44 | HAMLewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 3 | 70 | +1 Lap | 2 | |
| 10 | 14 | ALOFernando Alonso | McLaren | 18q14 | 70 | +1 Lap | 1 | |
| 11 | 19 | MASFelipe Massa | Williams | 10q11 | 70 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 12 | 2 | VANStoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 19q15 | 70 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 13 | 10 | GASPierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 20 | 70 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 14 | 94 | WEHPascal Wehrlein | Sauber | 13q17 | 69 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| 15 | 8 | GRORomain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 15q19 | 69 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| R | 55 | SAICarlos Sainz | Renault | 8q9 | 59 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | 9 | ERIMarcus Ericsson | Sauber | 12q16 | 55 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | 28 | HARBrendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 17q13 | 30 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | 27 | HULNico Hülkenberg | Renault | 7q8 | 24 | Electrical | 0 | |
| R | 3 | RICDaniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 16q7 | 5 | Engine | 0 |
Grid differs from qualifying for 13 drivers: Daniel Ricciardo qualified 7th, started 16th; Nico Hülkenberg qualified 8th, started 7th; Carlos Sainz qualified 9th, started 8th; Sergio Pérez qualified 10th, started 9th; Felipe Massa qualified 11th, started 10th; Lance Stroll qualified 12th, started 11th; Brendon Hartley qualified 13th, started 17th; Fernando Alonso qualified 14th, started 18th; Stoffel Vandoorne qualified 15th, started 19th; Marcus Ericsson qualified 16th, started 12th; Pascal Wehrlein qualified 17th, started 13th; Kevin Magnussen qualified 18th, started 14th; Romain Grosjean qualified 19th, started 15th. The data records the positions, not the reason; such gaps come from grid penalties, car or engine changes, or pit-lane starts. The small "q" number in the Grid column is the qualifying position.
Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.
Lap chart
Race history: gap to the leader
How the race was won
- Winner
- Max Verstappen: 1 stop (lap 32), stints of 32, 39 laps
- 2nd
- Valtteri Bottas: 1 stop (lap 32), stints of 32, 39 laps
- 3rd
- Kimi Räikkönen: 1 stop (lap 32), stints of 32, 39 laps
- Finishers
- 1 stop: 11 · 2 stops: 4
- First stops
- median lap 31 of 71
Pit stops
| Driver | Stops | Laps (pit-lane time) | Stints (laps; bar length is the share of the race distance) |
|---|---|---|---|
| VERMax Verstappen | 1 | 32 (22.6 s) | 3239 |
| BOTValtteri Bottas | 1 | 32 (21.8 s) | 3239 |
| RAIKimi Räikkönen | 1 | 32 (22.5 s) | 3239 |
| VETSebastian Vettel | 2 | 1 (32.0 s), 32 (22.4 s) | 3139 |
| OCOEsteban Ocon | 1 | 20 (22.7 s) | 2050 |
| STRLance Stroll | 1 | 32 (21.8 s) | 3238 |
| PERSergio Pérez | 2 | 18 (22.9 s), 50 (22.5 s) | 183220 |
| MAGKevin Magnussen | 1 | 31 (22.5 s) | 3139 |
| HAMLewis Hamilton | 2 | 1 (29.3 s), 31 (23.3 s) | 3039 |
| ALOFernando Alonso | 1 | 32 (22.7 s) | 3238 |
| MASFelipe Massa | 1 | 3 (22.1 s) | 367 |
| VANStoffel Vandoorne | 1 | 31 (28.0 s) | 3139 |
| GASPierre Gasly | 1 | 31 (22.7 s) | 3139 |
| WEHPascal Wehrlein | 1 | 4 (23.4 s) | 465 |
| GRORomain Grosjean | 2 | 31 (28.8 s), 62 (23.0 s) | 31317 |
| SAICarlos Sainz | 2 | 2 (22.9 s), 31 (23.0 s) | 2928 |
| ERIMarcus Ericsson | 1 | 28 (22.7 s) | 2827 |
| HULNico Hülkenberg | 1 | 19 (22.6 s) | 195 |
Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.
Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:17.665 | 1:16.870 | 1:16.488 | fastest Q3 |
| 2 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:17.630 | 1:16.524 | 1:16.574 | +0.036 Q2 |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:17.518 | 1:17.035 | 1:16.934 | +0.446 Q3 |
| 4 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:17.578 | 1:17.161 | 1:16.958 | +0.470 Q3 |
| 5 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:18.148 | 1:17.534 | 1:17.238 | +0.750 Q3 |
| 6 | Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:18.336 | 1:17.827 | 1:17.437 | +0.949 Q3 |
| 7 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:18.208 | 1:17.631 | 1:17.447 | +0.959 Q3 |
| 8 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 1:18.322 | 1:17.792 | 1:17.466 | +0.978 Q3 |
| 9 | Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1:18.405 | 1:17.753 | 1:17.794 | +1.265 Q2 |
| 10 | Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:18.020 | 1:17.868 | 1:17.807 | +1.319 Q3 |
| 11 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:18.570 | 1:18.099 | +1.611 Q2 | |
| 12 | Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:18.902 | 1:19.159 | +2.414 Q1 | |
| 13 | Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 1:18.683 | +2.195 Q1 | ||
| 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:17.710 | +1.222 Q1 | ||
| 15 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:18.578 | +2.090 Q1 | ||
| 16 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:19.176 | +2.688 Q1 | ||
| 17 | Pascal Wehrlein | Sauber | 1:19.333 | +2.845 Q1 | ||
| 18 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:19.443 | +2.955 Q1 | ||
| 19 | Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:19.473 | +2.985 Q1 |
Gap: the driver's best time in any session (session named), in seconds behind the fastest time of qualifying. That is usually the pole time; when a session gets slower (rain, for example), an earlier session's time can be faster. The bar is full at 3 seconds; larger gaps are cut off.
Standings after this race
Drivers
| Pos | Driver | Team | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 9 | 333 |
| 2 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 4 | 277 |
| 3 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 2 | 262 |
| 4 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1 | 192 |
| 5 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 0 | 178 |
| 6 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 2 | 148 |
| 7 | Sergio Pérez | Force India | 0 | 92 |
| 8 | Esteban Ocon | Force India | 0 | 83 |
| 9 | Carlos Sainz | Renault | 0 | 54 |
| 10 | Lance Stroll | Williams | 0 | 40 |
Constructors
| Pos | Constructor | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercedes | 11 | 595 |
| 2 | Ferrari | 4 | 455 |
| 3 | Red Bull | 3 | 340 |
| 4 | Force India | 0 | 175 |
| 5 | Williams | 0 | 76 |
| 6 | Toro Rosso | 0 | 53 |
| 7 | Renault | 0 | 48 |
| 8 | Haas F1 Team | 0 | 47 |
| 9 | McLaren | 0 | 24 |
| 10 | Sauber | 0 | 5 |