



Second through fourth were Daniel Ricciardo, Kimi Räikkönen, and Kvyat. In second practice, Vettel was quickest with 1:12.720. Max Verstappen was third quickest and Toro Rosso's Daniil Kvyat was the fastest driver not in one of the top three teams, setting the sixth fastest time. Thursday morning's first practice ended with Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton setting the quickest lap with 1:13.425, approximately 0.2 seconds quicker than his championship rival Sebastian Vettel. Prior to the national anthem, a minute's silence was observed on the grid before the race as a mark of respect to the victims of the Manchester Arena bombing earlier in the week. Jenson Button replaced Alonso for the race.

Alonso became the first active Formula One driver to race at the Indy 500 since Teo Fabi in 1984. McLaren driver Fernando Alonso missed the race in order to participate in the Indianapolis 500. 2.3 Championship standings after the race.With the result, Vettel extended his Drivers' Championship lead over Lewis Hamilton, while in the World Constructors' Championship, Ferrari reclaimed the points lead from Mercedes. Räikkönen finished second as this was Ferrari's first 1–2 finish since 2010 German Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel won the race, Ferrari's first win in Monaco since 2001. In doing so, he broke Giancarlo Fisichella's record for the most race starts between pole positions, with one hundred and twenty-nine starts since his last pole. Kimi Räikkönen started the race from pole position, his first since the 2008 French Grand Prix. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes held an eight-point lead over Ferrari, with Red Bull Racing a further eighty-one points behind in third. It was the sixth round of the 2017 FIA Formula One World Championship, the seventy-fifth time that the Monaco Grand Prix has been held, and the sixty-fourth time it has been a round of the Formula One World Championship since the inception of the series in 1950.įerrari driver Sebastian Vettel entered the round holding a six-point lead over Lewis Hamilton in the World Drivers' Championship, with Valtteri Bottas being third. With three wins to his name, Lewis Hamilton still leads the overall standings of the DHL Fastest Lap Award, followed by Kimi Räikkönen, who has secured the DHL Fastest Lap twice this season.į1 racing will continue in Canada in two weeks’ time.The 2017 Monaco Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2017) was a Formula One motor race held on at the Circuit de Monaco, a street circuit that runs through the Principality of Monaco. In qualifying, though, Kimi Räikkönen set a new all-time track record, covering the Circuit de Monaco in 1:12.178 minutes – no one in the race’s long history has ever been faster.įor Perez, this was the fourth-fastest lap of his career and his first since the 2014 Austrian Grand Prix. Michael Schumacher still holds the record with a 1:14.439 in 2004. Sergio Perez posted the fastest race lap ever seen at Monaco in 13 years. History: DHL Fastest Laps in the FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DE MONACO Consequently, Vettel was able to overtake his team-mate Kimi Räikkönen, giving Ferrari their first win in Monaco since 2001.įastest race laps: FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DE MONACO 2017Ġ1 Sergio Pérez (Force India) on Lap 76 - 1:14.820Ġ2 Sebastian Vettel (FerrarI) on Lap 38 - 1:15.238Ġ3 Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) on Lap 39 - 1:15.527Ġ4 Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) on Lap 51 - 1:15.756Ġ5 Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) on Lap 54 - 1:15.825Ġ6 Lance Stroll (Williams) on Lap 71 - 1:16.075Ġ7 Kevin Magnussen (Haas) on Lap 44 - 1:16.313Ġ8 Max Verstappen (Red Bull) on Lap 56 -1:16.329Ġ9 Valtteri Bottas (Williams) on Lap 22 - 1:16.439ġ0 Esteban Ocon (Force India) on Lap 52 - 1:16.482 Vettel set his personal best on Lap 38 immediately before his pit stop, laying the foundations for his third race win of the season. Sebastian Vettel achieved the second-fastest time of 1:15.238.
