Australian Grand Prix 2017-03-26

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Event
Australian Grand Prix

Date
Sun 26th March 2017 (UTC)

Timestamp

Time

06:00:00 UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
2017

Round
1

Status

Location
Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit
(296,600 Attendance)

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Description

The 2017 Australian Grand Prix (formally known as the 2017 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix) is a Formula One motor race that took place on 26 March 2017 in Melbourne. The race was contested over fifty-seven laps of the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit and was the first round of the 2017 FIA Formula One World Championship. The race marked the eighty-first race in the combined history of the Australian Grand Prix—which dates back to the 100 Miles Road Race of 1928—and the twenty-second time the event was held at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit. The reigning World Champion Nico Rosberg was the winner of the 2016 race, but he did not defend his win as he retired from the sport after the 2016 season.

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton started the race from pole, the sixty-second of his career and matching Ayrton Senna's record of six pole positions in Australia. Sebastian Vettel won the race, the forty-third of his career and his—and Ferrari's—first since the 2015 Singapore Grand Prix. Hamilton finished second, with Valtteri Bottas completing the podium in third on his début for Mercedes.

Background
Circuit modifications
With the technical regulations undergoing a revision for the 2017 season, the FIA requested that every circuit on the calendar undergo revisions to update safety features. Organisers of the race introduced Techpro barriers to the run-off areas at the fastest points of the circuit, and reprofiled tyre barriers.

Driver changes
Before the beginning of the third free practice session, Sauber announced that Pascal Wehrlein would not start the race. Wehrlein had sustained a back injury in an accident at the Race of Champions during the winter pre-season. Although Wehrlein was certified as fit to take part in the Grand Prix ahead of the first practice session, he withdrew as a precaution, citing the increased physical demands of the 2017 specification of cars and the lack of sustained running during pre-season testing as compromising his ability to complete a full race distance. He was replaced by Antonio Giovinazzi for the third session, qualifying and the race.

Lance Stroll made his Formula One début with Williams. Giovinazzi and Stroll are the only rookies in the field, with Stoffel Vandoorne at McLaren starting his first full season in the sport after a once-off appearance at the 2016 Bahrain Grand Prix and Esteban Ocon at Force India starting his first full season in the sport after starting the last 9 races of the 2016 season.

Tyres
Pirelli supplied the teams with ultrasoft, supersoft and soft tyres. Usually, teams are allowed to choose an individual selection of thirteen different sets for every driver. However, due to the selection deadline falling before the pre-season test when teams were first able to drive with the new compounds, Pirelli allocated every driver the same sets. These were seven sets of ultrasoft, four sets of supersoft and two sets of soft tyres.

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Result List

Result Description
1 5 Germany Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 57 1:24:11.672 2 25
2 44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 57 +9.975 1 18
3 77 Finland Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 57 +11.250 3 15
4 7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 57 +22.393 4 12
5 33 Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 57 +28.827 5 10
6 19 Brazil Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 57 +1:23.386 7 8
7 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez Force India-Mercedes 56 +1 Lap 10 6
8 55 Spain Carlos Sainz, Jr. Toro Rosso 56 +1 Lap 8 4
9 26 Russia Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso 56 +1 Lap 9 2
10 31 France Esteban Ocon Force India-Mercedes 56 +1 Lap 13 1
11 27 Germany Nico Hülkenberg Renault 56 +1 Lap 11
12 36 Italy Antonio Giovinazzi Sauber-Ferrari 55 +2 Laps 16
13 2 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren-Honda 55 +2 Laps 18
Ret 14 Spain Fernando Alonso McLaren-Honda 50 Electrical 12
Ret 20 Denmark Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 46 Tyre 17
Ret 18 Canada Lance Stroll Williams-Mercedes 40 Engine 20
Ret 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 25 Wheel PL1
Ret 9 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sauber-Ferrari 21 Fuel pressure 14
Ret 30 United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer Renault 15 Gearbox 19
Ret 8 France Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 13 Transmission 6

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