Brazil 2017: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Bottas	Mercedes	1:09.452	1:08.638	1:08.322
2	Vettel	Ferrari	1:09.643	1:08.494	1:08.360	+0.038
3	Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:09.405	1:09.116	1:08.538	+0.216
4	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:09.820	1:09.050	1:08.925	+0.603
5	Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:09.828	1:09.533	1:09.330	+1.008
6	Pérez	Force India	1:10.145	1:09.760	1:09.598	+1.276
7	Alonso	McLaren	1:10.172	1:09.593	1:09.617	+1.295
8	Hülkenberg	Renault	1:10.078	1:09.726	1:09.703	+1.381
9	Sainz Jr.	Renault	1:10.227	1:09.768	1:09.805	+1.483
10	Massa	Williams	1:09.789	1:09.612	1:09.841	+1.519
11	Ocon	Force India	1:10.168	1:09.830		+1.336
12	Grosjean	Haas	1:10.148	1:09.879		+1.385
13	Vandoorne	McLaren	1:10.286	1:10.116		+1.622
14	Magnussen	Haas	1:10.521	1:10.154		+1.660
15	Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:10.625			+1.220
16	Wehrlein	Sauber	1:10.678			+1.273
17	Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:10.686			+1.281
18	Stroll	Williams	1:10.776			+1.371
19	Ericsson	Sauber	1:10.875			+1.470
NC	Hamilton	Mercedes

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	2	71	1:31:26.262	4	Ferrari
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1	71	+2.762	4	Mercedes
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	3	71	+4.600	4	Ferrari
4	Lewis HamiltonDriver of the Day	Mercedes	PL	71	+5.468	4	Mercedes
5	Max VerstappenFastest lap	Red Bull	4	71	+32.940	5	TAG Heuer
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	14	71	+48.691	4	TAG Heuer
7	Felipe Massa	Williams	9	71	+1:08.882	4	Mercedes
8	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	6	71	+1:09.363	4	Honda
9	Sergio Pérez	Force India	5	71	+1:09.500	4	Mercedes
10	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	7	70	+1 lap	4	Renault
11	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	8	70	+1 lap	4	Renault
12	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	19	70	+1 lap	4	Toro Rosso
13	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	17	70	+1 lap	4	Ferrari
14	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber	15	70	+1 lap	3	Ferrari
15	Romain Grosjean	Haas	11	69	+2 laps	4	Ferrari
16	Lance Stroll	Williams	16	69	+2 laps	5	Mercedes
DNF	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	18	40	Engine	4	Toro Rosso
DNF	Esteban Ocon	Force India	10	0	Collision	0	Mercedes
DNF	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	12	0	Collision	0	Honda
DNF	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	13	0	Collision	0	Ferrari

Starting grid vs qualifying

Ricciardo Qualified 5, started 14 · 10-place penalty
Stroll Qualified 18, started 16 · 5-place penalty
Ericsson Qualified 19, started 17 · 5-place penalty
Hartley Qualified 15, started 18 · 10-place penalty
Gasly Qualified 17, started 19 · 25-place penalty
Hamilton Qualified NC, started PL

Penalties and pit lane starts. Everyone else moves up accordingly.

Race

Highlight a driver

Places gained

HamiltonPL→4+16
Ricciardo14→6+8
Gasly19→12+7
Ericsson17→13+4
Massa9→7+2
Vettel2→1+1
Wehrlein15→14+1
Räikkönen3→30
Stroll16→160
Bottas1→2-1
Verstappen4→5-1
Alonso6→8-2
Hülkenberg7→10-3
Sainz Jr.8→11-3
Pérez5→9-4
Grosjean11→15-4

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Alonso17.716R3
2Massa17.736R2
3Hartley17.738R3
4Massa17.745R3
5Alonso17.770R2
6Bottas17.784R3
7Ericsson17.802R3
8Vettel17.817R2
9Pérez17.822R3
10Bottas17.827R2

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Vettel11125434 stops
Bottas11124444 stops
Räikkönen11126424 stops
Hamilton11140284 stops
Verstappen111253495 stops
Ricciardo11140284 stops
Massa11124444 stops
Alonso11125434 stops
Pérez11132364 stops
Hülkenberg11127404 stops · +1 lap

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

Retirements

This race in history

34 races here since 1973Won from pole: 14 of 34

Win from furthest back (P8): Giancarlo Fisichella 2003

Most wins here

Previous race Next race

Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

Brazil