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Second through fourth were Daniel Ricciardo, Kimi Räikkönen, and Kvyat. In second practice, Vettel was quickest with 1:12.720.

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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.

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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.

Romain Grosjean (Haas car no.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.

#F1 2017 MONACO QUALIFYING DRIVERS#

See an overview of all 2018 F1 drivers with pictures and all statistics. But then came Daniel Ricciardo with an unbelievable time of 1:10.810 min which was again the fastest lap time ever driven in Monaco. Lewis Hamilton was the first driver to set a lap time in Q3 in the 1:11.2 min. Pierre Gasly was the first to set a lap time in Q3 with the Toro Rosso. But they couldn't get into the top 10, so they were forced to use the Hyper tyres to get in to Q3 and also will start on the Hyper soft tyres, same as all other teams.

The Hyper tyres already get blisters after 5 laps on the Mercedes. They tried this because you have to start the race on the tyre you have set your quickest lap time on during Q2. In Q2 Ricciardo also was the quickest and drove the quickest lap ever seen in Monaco.īoth Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas tried to set their fastest lap in Q2 on the purple Ultra soft tyres.

The big difference is of course caused by Pirelli's Hyper soft tyres, but also by the great built RB14 and very talented Daniel Ricciardo. Today's quickest lap time of Ricciardo was 1.368 sec. The fastest lap time of last year was 01:12.178 set by Kimi Raikkonen in the Ferrari SF70H. His time wasn't beaten by any other driver in Q1. Verstappen's teammate Daniel Ricciardo was already the fastest in the previous 3 practice sessions. The Red Bull Racing team was still working during Q1 on the car of Max Verstappen The Dutch driver crashed the RB14 in turn 15 during FP3 and caused a lot of damage on his car.

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