2017 Russian Grand Prix

2017 Russian Grand Prix
Race 4 of 20 in the 2017 Formula One World Championship
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Layout of the Sochi Autodrom
Layout of the Sochi Autodrom
Race details[1]
Date 30 April 2017
Official name 2017 Formula 1 VTB Russian Grand Prix[2][3]
Location Sochi Autodrom,
Adlersky City District, Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.848 km (3.634 miles)
Distance 52 laps, 303.897 km (188.833 miles)
Scheduled distance 53 laps, 309.745 km (192.467 miles)
Weather Sunny
Attendance 150,000[4]
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 1:33.194
Fastest lap
Driver Finland Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
Time 1:36.844 on lap 49
Podium
First Mercedes
Second Ferrari
Third Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 2017 Russian Grand Prix (Russian: Гран-при России 2017 года, romanized: Gran-pri Rossii 2017 goda), officially known as the 2017 Formula 1 VTB Russian Grand Prix,[1] was a Formula One motor race that took place on 30 April 2017 as the fourth round of the 2017 FIA Formula One World Championship.[5] The fifty-two lap race was held at the Sochi Autodrom, marking the fourth running of the Russian Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship. Sebastian Vettel started the race from pole, with his teammate Kimi Räikkönen in second in Ferrari's first front-row lockout since the 2008 French Grand Prix. Valtteri Bottas won the race, taking his first win in Formula 1 by 0.617 seconds over Vettel, the smallest winning margin since the 2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Going into the race, Vettel led Lewis Hamilton in the World Drivers' Championship by seven points, with Bottas third; they remained in the same order after the race. In the World Constructors' Championship, Ferrari was in the lead ahead of Mercedes before the race, with Red Bull Racing third; Mercedes was ahead of Ferrari after the race.

  1. ^ a b "2017 Formula 1 VTB Russian Grand Prix". Formula One Administration. Archived from the original on 16 April 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "2017 Formula 1 World Championship Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  3. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Sochi Autodrom - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  4. ^ "F1 reveals overall rise in 2017 attendance". Gpupdate.net. 8 December 2017. Archived from the original on 9 December 2017.
  5. ^ "FIA Announces World Motorsports Council decisions". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 30 November 2016. Archived from the original on 30 November 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.

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