2017 Canadian Grand Prix: F1 Race, Qualifying & Winners

Lewis Hamilton delivered a dominant Canadian Grand Prix, leading every lap as Mercedes bounced back from Monaco with a one-two. Behind him, Sebastian Vettel mounted a spirited recovery and Lance Stroll scored his first Formula 1 points on home soil.

Result	Driver / Time	Team
Pole position	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Pole time	1:11.459
Fastest lap	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Fastest-lap time	1:14.551 on lap 64
First	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Second	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
Third	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing

Weekend Schedule

Date	Session	Local Time
9 June 2017	Practice 1	10:00 – 11:30
9 June 2017	Practice 2	14:00 – 15:30
10 June 2017	Practice 3	10:00 – 11:00
10 June 2017	Qualifying	13:00
11 June 2017	Race	14:00

All times are local. The race time is the scheduled start; weather delays and interruptions are described below.

Championship background

Sebastian Vettel arrived at round 7 leading the 2017 F1 World Championship on 129 points, with Lewis Hamilton on 104. Ferrari headed the constructors’ standings with 196 points.

Race entries

Fernando Alonso returned to McLaren after his Indy 500 outing, replacing his stand-in from Monaco, Jenson Button.

Free Practice

Lewis Hamilton led FP1 on a slippery circuit, with Kimi Räikkönen and Nico Hülkenberg among those spinning as grip improved. Carlos Sainz completed only one lap before a technical problem ended his running. Fernando Alonso also stopped at the hairpin after a hydraulic leak left him unable to select a gear, setting McLaren a lengthy repair job.

Kimi Räikkönen was fastest in an incident-filled FP2, with several drivers spinning or running wide. Daniel Ricciardo lost valuable track time to repairs, while Max Verstappen stopped with smoke coming from his car and caused a red flag. Fernando Alonso finally rejoined after McLaren’s earlier problems, leaving him a shortened programme to prepare for the race.

Sebastian Vettel led another strong Ferrari session in FP3. Daniel Ricciardo used the hour to recover some of Friday’s lost mileage, while Mercedes worked to bring its ultrasoft tyres into their operating window. Lewis Hamilton needed several laps before the tyres delivered their best performance, and traffic also complicated Valtteri Bottas’ preparations.

Free Practice 1 Classification

2017 Canadian Grand Prix FP1, 9 June 2017

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time / Gap	Laps
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:13.809	36
2	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	+0.198s	28
3	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	+0.237s	21
4	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	+0.421s	28
5	11	Sergio Perez	Force India	+0.769s	34
6	31	Esteban Ocon	Force India	+0.976s	35
7	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	+1.052s	19
8	19	Felipe Massa	Williams	+1.297s	31
9	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	+1.632s	23
10	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	+1.849s	26
11	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	+2.134s	29
12	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+2.424s	25
13	18	Lance Stroll	Williams	+2.504s	36
14	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas	+2.536s	18
15	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	+2.664s	27
16	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	+2.712s	13
17	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	+2.996s	24
18	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	+3.195s	26
19	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber	+3.797s	28
20	55	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso	No time	1

Free Practice 2 Classification

2017 Canadian Grand Prix FP2, 9 June 2017

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time / Gap	Laps
1	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:12.935	41
2	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+0.215s	41
3	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	+0.265s	41
4	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	+0.375s	42
5	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	+0.453s	25
6	19	Felipe Massa	Williams	+1.128s	38
7	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	+1.310s	19
8	31	Esteban Ocon	Force India	+1.364s	46
9	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	+1.526s	38
10	11	Sergio Perez	Force India	+1.566s	41
11	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas	+1.631s	33
12	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	+1.669s	38
13	55	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso	+1.686s	43
14	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+1.741s	35
15	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	+2.137s	8
16	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	+2.192s	40
17	18	Lance Stroll	Williams	+2.305s	40
18	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	+2.676s	31
19	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	+2.689s	20
20	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber	+3.373s	31

Free Practice 3 Classification

2017 Canadian Grand Prix FP3, 10 June 2017

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time / Gap	Laps
1	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:12.572	20
2	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	+0.292s	19
3	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+0.354s	22
4	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	+0.393s	22
5	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	+0.638s	24
6	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	+0.921s	20
7	19	Felipe Massa	Williams	+0.955s	22
8	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	+0.973s	35
9	31	Esteban Ocon	Force India	+1.063s	26
10	55	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso	+1.095s	22
11	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	+1.216s	23
12	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	+1.313s	18
13	11	Sergio Perez	Force India	+1.384s	27
14	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas	+1.422s	19
15	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	+1.530s	22
16	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	+1.656s	22
17	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+1.820s	18
18	18	Lance Stroll	Williams	+1.837s	25
19	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	+2.311s	25
20	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber	+2.393s	25

Qualifying

Lewis Hamilton headed qualifying for Mercedes, with Sebastian Vettel second and Valtteri Bottas third.

Lewis Hamilton matched Ayrton Senna‘s career tally of 65 pole positions. Pascal Wehrlein crashed in Q1 and subsequent changes to his Sauber required a pit-lane start.

Qualifying Classification

2017 Canadian Grand Prix Qualifying, 10 June 2017

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:12.692	1:12.496	1:11.459	21
2	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:13.046	1:12.749	1:11.789	21
3	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:12.685	1:12.563	1:12.177	20
4	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:13.548	1:12.580	1:12.252	23
5	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:13.177	1:12.751	1:12.403	26
6	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	1:13.543	1:12.810	1:12.557	28
7	19	Felipe Massa	Williams	1:13.435	1:13.012	1:12.858	27
8	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:13.470	1:13.262	1:13.018	22
9	31	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:13.520	1:13.320	1:13.135	22
10	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:13.804	1:13.406	1:13.271	24
11	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:13.802	1:13.690	—	18
12	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:13.669	1:13.693	—	18
13	55	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso	1:14.051	1:13.756	—	19
14	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:13.780	1:13.839	—	21
15	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:13.990	1:14.293	—	20
16	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:14.182	—	—	11
17	18	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:14.209	—	—	14
18	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:14.318	—	—	11
19	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:14.495	—	—	11
20	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber	1:14.810	—	—	10

Pascal Wehrlein penalised five grid places for an unscheduled gearbox change and required to start from the pit lane for changing to a new specification of rear wing assembly.

What happened in the 2017 Canadian Grand Prix?

Max Verstappen made a spectacular start to run second behind Lewis Hamilton, but contact damaged Sebastian Vettel‘s front wing. An opening-lap accident involving Carlos Sainz and Felipe Massa brought out the safety car.

Once racing resumed, Vettel’s damaged wing forced an early stop and dropped him to the back. Max Verstappen then lost electrical power and retired, clearing the way for Valtteri Bottas to follow his team-mate.

Lewis Hamilton never relinquished control. The battle behind was much closer, with Daniel Ricciardo defending the final podium place from the two Force India cars as Sebastian Vettel worked his way through the field on a two-stop strategy.

Vettel passed Esteban Ocon and Sergio Perez to salvage fourth, behind Ricciardo. Lance Stroll finished ninth to open his points account, but Fernando Alonso lost a potential points finish to another late engine failure. Hamilton’s pole, victory, fastest lap and every lap led completed a grand slam.

Further down the points places, Kimi Räikkönen, Nico Hülkenberg, Lance Stroll and Romain Grosjean completed the scoring positions. Lewis Hamilton set the fastest lap, but no bonus point was awarded under the 2017 rules.

After the race, Sebastian Vettel headed the drivers’ standings with 141 points, followed by Lewis Hamilton on 129. Mercedes led the constructors’ table on 222, with Ferrari on 214.

2017 Canadian Grand Prix race results

The 2017 Canadian Grand Prix was held on 11 June 2017, with a scheduled start of 14:00 local time.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time / Retired	Pts.
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	70	1:33:05.154	25
2	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	70	+19.783	18
3	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	70	+35.297	15
4	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	70	+35.907	12
5	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India	70	+40.476	10
6	31	Esteban Ocon	Force India	70	+40.716	8
7	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	70	+58.632	6
8	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	70	+1:00.374	4
9	18	Lance Stroll	Williams	69	+1 Lap	2
10	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas	69	+1 Lap	1
11	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	69	+1 Lap	0
12	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	69	+1 Lap	0
13	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	69	+1 Lap	0
14	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	69	+1 Lap	0
15	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber	68	+2 Laps	0
16	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	66	Power unit	0
Ret	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	54	Power unit	0
Ret	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	10	Electrical	0
Ret	19	Felipe Massa	Williams	0	Collision	0
Ret	55	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso	0	Collision	0

Fernando Alonso was classified as he had completed 90% of the winner’s race distance.

2017 Canadian Grand Prix Fastest Laps

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Lap	Time of Day	Time	Avg. Speed
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	64	15:28:21	1:14.551	210.588
2	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	70	15:36:37	1:14.719	210.115
3	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	59	15:22:38	1:15.388	208.250
4	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	63	15:28:29	1:15.853	206.974
5	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	65	15:29:56	1:15.894	206.862
6	18	Lance Stroll	Williams	64	15:29:45	1:15.979	206.630
7	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	64	15:29:21	1:16.136	206.204
8	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	67	15:32:46	1:16.165	206.126
9	31	Esteban Ocon	Force India	68	15:34:08	1:16.247	205.904
10	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	65	15:31:22	1:16.341	205.650
11	11	Sergio Perez	Force India	62	15:26:24	1:16.367	205.580
12	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	64	15:30:04	1:16.704	204.677
13	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	33	14:49:41	1:16.713	204.653
14	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	69	15:36:50	1:16.774	204.491
15	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas	58	15:22:17	1:16.949	204.026
16	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	50	15:12:04	1:16.995	203.904
17	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber	66	15:33:37	1:17.091	203.650
18	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	9	14:16:46	1:17.187	203.396

Only drivers with a recorded lap time appear. Average speeds are in km/h. No fastest-lap bonus point was awarded. Time of Day is local.

2017 Post-Race F1 Championship Standings

Championship standings after the 2017 Canadian Grand Prix.

2017 Post-Race F1 Drivers’ Championship Standings

POS	Driver	Nationality	Car	PTS
1	Sebastian Vettel	German	Ferrari	141
2	Lewis Hamilton	British	Mercedes	129
3	Valtteri Bottas	Finnish	Mercedes	93
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Finnish	Ferrari	73
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Australian	Red Bull Racing	67
6	Max Verstappen	Dutch	Red Bull Racing	45
7	Sergio Pérez	Mexican	Force India	44
8	Esteban Ocon	French	Force India	27
9	Carlos Sainz	Spanish	Toro Rosso	25
10	Felipe Massa	Brazilian	Williams	20
11	Nico Hülkenberg	German	Renault	18
12	Romain Grosjean	French	Haas	10
13	Kevin Magnussen	Danish	Haas	5
14	Pascal Wehrlein	German	Sauber	4
15	Daniil Kvyat	Russian	Toro Rosso	4
16	Lance Stroll	Canadian	Williams	2
17	Jolyon Palmer	British	Renault	0
18	Marcus Ericsson	Swedish	Sauber	0
19	Fernando Alonso	Spanish	McLaren	0
20	Antonio Giovinazzi	Italian	Sauber	0
21	Stoffel Vandoorne	Belgian	McLaren	0
–	Jenson Button	British	McLaren	0

2017 Post-Race F1 Constructors’ Championship Standings

POS	Car	PTS
1	Mercedes	222
2	Ferrari	214
3	Red Bull Racing	112
4	Force India	71
5	Toro Rosso	29
6	Williams	22
7	Renault	18
8	Haas	15
9	Sauber	4
10	McLaren	0

2017 Formula 1 Race Calendar

Round	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date
1	2017 Australian Grand Prix	Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne	26 March
2	2017 Chinese Grand Prix	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	9 April
3	2017 Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	16 April
4	2017 Russian Grand Prix	Sochi Autodrom, Sochi	30 April
5	2017 Spanish Grand Prix	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló	14 May
6	2017 Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	28 May
7	2017 Canadian Grand Prix	Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve, Montréal	11 June
8	2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix	Baku City Circuit, Baku	25 June
9	2017 Austrian Grand Prix	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	9 July
10	2017 British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	16 July
11	2017 Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	30 July
12	2017 Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot	27 August
13	2017 Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	3 September
14	2017 Singapore Grand Prix	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore	17 September
15	2017 Malaysian Grand Prix	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang	1 October
16	2017 Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka	8 October
17	2017 United States Grand Prix	Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas	22 October
18	2017 Mexican Grand Prix	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City	29 October
19	2017 Brazilian Grand Prix	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	12 November
20	2017 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi	26 November