Azerbaijan 2017: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:41.983	1:41.275	1:40.593
2	Bottas	Mercedes	1:43.026	1:41.502	1:41.027	+0.434
3	Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:42.678	1:42.090	1:41.693	+1.100
4	Vettel	Ferrari	1:42.952	1:41.911	1:41.841	+1.248
5	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:42.544	1:41.961	1:41.879	+1.286
6	Pérez	Force India	1:43.162	1:42.467	1:42.111	+1.518
7	Ocon	Force India	1:43.051	1:42.751	1:42.186	+1.593
8	Stroll	Williams	1:43.613	1:42.284	1:42.753	+2.160
9	Massa	Williams	1:43.165	1:42.735	1:42.798	+2.205
10	Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:42.857	1:42.215	1:43.414	+2.821
11	Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:42.927	1:43.186		+1.911
12	Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	1:43.489	1:43.347		+2.072
13	Magnussen	Haas	1:44.029	1:43.796		+2.521
14	Hülkenberg	Renault	1:43.930	1:44.267		+2.992
15	Wehrlein	Sauber	1:44.317	1:44.603		+3.328
16	Alonso	McLaren	1:44.334			+2.351
17	Grosjean	Haas	1:44.468			+2.485
18	Ericsson	Sauber	1:44.795			+2.812
19	Vandoorne	McLaren	1:45.030			+3.047
NC	Palmer	Renault

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	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	10	51	2:03:55.573	4	TAG Heuer
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	2	51	+3.904	4	Mercedes
3	Lance StrollDriver of the Day	Williams	8	51	+4.009	3	Mercedes
4	Sebastian VettelFastest lap	Ferrari	4	51	+5.976	4	Ferrari
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	51	+6.188	4	Mercedes
6	Esteban Ocon	Force India	7	51	+30.298	4	Mercedes
7	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	12	51	+41.753	3	Ferrari
8	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	15	51	+49.400	3	Toro Rosso
9	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	19	51	+59.551	3	Honda
10	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber	14	51	+1:29.093	5	Ferrari
11	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	17	51	+1:31.794	3	Ferrari
12	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	18	51	+1:32.160	4	Honda
13	Romain Grosjean	Haas	16	50	+1 lap	5	Ferrari
14	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	3	46	Collision damage	4	Ferrari
DNF	Sergio Pérez	Force India	6	39	Collision damage	4	Mercedes
DNF	Felipe Massa	Williams	9	25	Suspension	3	Mercedes
DNF	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	13	24	Accident	3	Renault
DNF	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	5	12	Oil pressure	0	TAG Heuer
DNF	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	11	9	Electrical	0	Toro Rosso
DNF	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	20	7	Engine	0	Renault

Starting grid vs qualifying

Sainz Jr. Qualified 12, started 15 · 3-place penalty
Vandoorne Qualified 19, started 18 · Penalty: start from the back of the grid
Alonso Qualified 16, started 19 · Penalty: start from the back of the grid

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

Race

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Places gained

Alonso19→9+10
Ricciardo10→1+9
Sainz Jr.15→8+7
Ericsson17→11+6
Vandoorne18→12+6
Stroll8→3+5
Magnussen12→7+5
Wehrlein14→10+4
Grosjean16→13+3
Ocon7→6+1
Bottas2→20
Vettel4→40
Hamilton1→5-4
Räikkönen3→14-11

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

Fastest pit stops

1Räikkönen14.943R33
2Pérez14.951R33
3Sainz Jr.14.966R17
4Bottas14.978R17
5Massa15.033R17
6Räikkönen15.049R17
7Ocon15.061R17
8Grosjean15.073R17
9Vandoorne15.097R17
10Alonso15.104R17

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

Stints of the top 10

Ricciardo5845294 stops
Bottas11065294 stops
Stroll1345293 stops
Vettel125511184 stops
Hamilton12559204 stops
Ocon12532294 stops
Magnussen1255293 stops
Sainz Jr.1255293 stops
Alonso1255293 stops
Wehrlein121441295 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.