Bahrain 2017: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Bottas	Mercedes	1:31.041	1:29.555	1:28.769
2	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:30.814	1:29.535	1:28.792	+0.023
3	Vettel	Ferrari	1:31.037	1:29.596	1:29.247	+0.478
4	Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:31.667	1:30.497	1:29.545	+0.776
5	Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:30.988	1:29.843	1:29.567	+0.798
6	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:30.904	1:30.307	1:29.687	+0.918
7	Hülkenberg	Renault	1:31.057	1:30.169	1:29.842	+1.073
8	Massa	Williams	1:31.373	1:30.677	1:30.074	+1.305
9	Grosjean	Haas	1:31.691	1:30.857	1:30.763	+1.994
10	Palmer	Renault	1:31.458	1:30.899	1:31.074	+2.305
11	Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:31.531	1:30.923		+1.388
12	Stroll	Williams	1:31.748	1:31.168		+1.633
13	Wehrlein	Sauber	1:31.995	1:31.414		+1.879
14	Ocon	Force India	1:31.774	1:31.684		+2.149
15	Alonso	McLaren	1:32.054			+1.240
16	Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	1:32.118			+1.304
17	Vandoorne	McLaren	1:32.313			+1.499
18	Pérez	Force India	1:32.318			+1.504
19	Ericsson	Sauber	1:32.543			+1.729
20	Magnussen	Haas	1:32.900			+2.086

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 VettelDriver of the Day	Ferrari	3	57	1:33:53.374	2	Ferrari
2	Lewis HamiltonFastest lap	Mercedes	2	57	+6.660	2	Mercedes
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1	57	+20.397	2	Mercedes
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	5	57	+22.475	2	Ferrari
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	4	57	+39.346	2	TAG Heuer
6	Felipe Massa	Williams	8	57	+54.326	2	Mercedes
7	Sergio Pérez	Force India	18	57	+1:02.606	2	Mercedes
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas	9	57	+1:14.865	2	Ferrari
9	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	7	57	+1:20.188	2	Renault
10	Esteban Ocon	Force India	14	57	+1:35.711	2	Mercedes
11	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber	13	56	+1 lap	1	Ferrari
12	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	11	56	+1 lap	2	Toro Rosso
13	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	10	56	+1 lap	2	Renault
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	15	54	Power unit	2	Honda
DNF	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	19	50	Gearbox	1	Ferrari
DNF	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	16	12	Collision	1	Toro Rosso
DNF	Lance Stroll	Williams	12	12	Collision	1	Mercedes
DNF	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	6	11	Brakes	1	TAG Heuer
DNF	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	20	8	Electrical	0	Ferrari
DNS	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	17		Water pressure	0	Honda

Race

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Places gained

Pérez18→7+11
Ocon14→10+4
Vettel3→1+2
Massa8→6+2
Wehrlein13→11+2
Räikkönen5→4+1
Grosjean9→8+1
Alonso15→14+1
Hamilton2→20
Ricciardo4→5-1
Kvyat11→12-1
Bottas1→3-2
Hülkenberg7→9-2
Palmer10→13-3

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

Fastest pit stops

1Massa24.240R37
2Vettel24.314R33
3Pérez24.332R13
4Ocon24.505R37
5Bottas24.540R30
6Pérez24.630R36
7Ocon24.664R11
8Vettel24.702R10
9Alonso24.723R36
10Stroll24.915R8

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

Stints of the top 10

Vettel1023242 stops
Hamilton1328162 stops
Bottas1317272 stops
Räikkönen1225202 stops
Ricciardo1326182 stops
Massa1324202 stops
Pérez1323212 stops
Grosjean1219262 stops
Hülkenberg1323212 stops
Ocon1126202 stops

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

AlonsoPower unit, classified P14McLaren
EricssonGearboxSauber
Sainz Jr.CollisionToro Rosso
StrollCollisionWilliams
VerstappenBrakesRed Bull
MagnussenElectricalHaas
VandoorneWater pressureMcLaren

This race in history

12 races here since 2004Won from pole: 5 of 12

Win from furthest back (P4): Fernando Alonso 2006

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

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