Race · Round 18 of 20 ·
2017 Mexican Grand Prix
Max Verstappen won for Red Bull Racing from 2nd on the grid at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. 5 of the starters were not classified. This round settled the drivers' title for Sir Lewis Hamilton.
Dry · High of 21 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)
How it is modelled
ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.
- Circuit
- Autodromo Hermanos RodriguezMexico City, Mexico
- Winner
- Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing
- Pole
- Sebastian Vettel
- Fastest lap
- Sebastian Vettel
- Entries
- 2015 classified
Classification
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Chassis | Grid | Laps | Out | Points | FL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | RB13 | 2 | 71 | Finished | 25 | |
| 2 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | F1 W08 | 4 | 71 | Finished | 18 | |
| 3 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | SF70H | 5 | 71 | Finished | 15 | |
| 4 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | SF70H | 1 | 71 | Finished | 12 | fastest lap |
| 5 | Esteban Ocon | Force India | VJM10 | 6 | 70 | Finished | 10 | |
| 6 | Lance Stroll | Williams | FW40 | 11 | 70 | Finished | 8 | |
| 7 | Sergio Perez | Force India | VJM10 | 9 | 70 | Finished | 6 | |
| 8 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | VF-17 | 14 | 70 | Finished | 4 | |
| 9 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | F1 W08 | 3 | 70 | Finished | 2 | |
| 10 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | MCL32 | 18 | 70 | Finished | 1 | |
| 11 | Felipe Massa | Williams | FW40 | 10 | 70 | Finished | 0 | |
| 12 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | MCL32 | 19 | 70 | Finished | 0 | |
| 13 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia Toro Rosso | STR12 | 20 | 70 | Finished | 0 | |
| 14 | Pascal Wehrlein | Sauber | C36 | 13 | 69 | Finished | 0 | |
| 15 | Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | VF-17 | 15 | 69 | Finished | 0 | |
| DNF | Carlos Sainz | Renault | R.S.17 | 8 | 59 | Steering | 0 | |
| DNF | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | C36 | 12 | 55 | Engine | 0 | |
| DNF | Brendon Hartley | Scuderia Toro Rosso | STR12 | 17 | 30 | Engine | 0 | |
| DNF | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | R.S.17 | 7 | 24 | Power unit | 0 | |
| DNF | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing | RB13 | 16 | 5 | Turbo | 0 |
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.
Grid to flag
Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.
Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap | ≈ Distance | Interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 5 | 1:17.665 | 1:16.870 | 1:16.488 | — | 0 m | — |
| 2 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | 33 | 1:17.630 | 1:16.524 | 1:16.574 | +0.086 | 5 m | +0.086 |
| 3 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 44 | 1:17.518 | 1:17.035 | 1:16.934 | +0.446 | 25 m | +0.360 |
| 4 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 77 | 1:17.578 | 1:17.161 | 1:16.958 | +0.470 | 26 m | +0.024 |
| 5 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 7 | 1:18.148 | 1:17.534 | 1:17.238 | +0.750 | 42 m | +0.280 |
| 6 | Esteban Ocon | Force India | 31 | 1:18.336 | 1:17.827 | 1:17.437 | +0.949 | 53 m | +0.199 |
| 7 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing | 3 | 1:18.208 | 1:17.631 | 1:17.447 | +0.959 | 54 m | +0.010 |
| 8 | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | 27 | 1:18.322 | 1:17.792 | 1:17.466 | +0.978 | 55 m | +0.019 |
| 9 | Carlos Sainz | Renault | 55 | 1:18.405 | 1:17.753 | 1:17.794 | +1.306 | 73 m | +0.328 |
| 10 | Sergio Perez | Force India | 11 | 1:18.020 | 1:17.868 | 1:17.807 | +1.319 | 74 m | +0.013 |
| 11 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 19 | 1:18.570 | 1:18.099 | — | — | 89 m | — |
| 12 | Lance Stroll | Williams | 18 | 1:18.902 | 1:19.159 | — | — | 148 m | — |
| 13 | Brendon Hartley | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 28 | 1:18.683 | — | — | — | 65 m | — |
| 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 14 | 1:17.710 | — | — | — | 11 m | — |
| 15 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 2 | 1:18.578 | — | — | — | 59 m | — |
| 16 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 9 | 1:19.176 | — | — | — | 92 m | — |
| 17 | Pascal Wehrlein | Sauber | 94 | 1:19.333 | — | — | — | 101 m | — |
| 18 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 20 | 1:19.443 | — | — | — | 107 m | — |
| 19 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 8 | 1:19.473 | — | — | — | 109 m | — |
Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.
How it is derived: distance, Qualifying
Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year. Each driver is measured against the fastest lap of the last part they set a time in.
Pit stops
Bars run in finishing order, ticked at each stop. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Ticks and strip mark the lap, not cause, tyres or gain; the table gives times.
A pit-lane time is all of a stop’s time in the pit lane, any wait or repair there included.
Who stopped first, between neighbours
| Drivers, in grid order | Grid | Result | First recorded stop, lap | Stopped first | Grid to flag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebastian Vettel · Max Verstappen | 1 · 2 | 4 · 1 | 1 · 32 | Sebastian Vettel | Swapped places |
| Max Verstappen · Valtteri Bottas | 2 · 4 | 1 · 2 | 32 · 32 | Same lap | Kept their order |
| Max Verstappen · Sir Lewis Hamilton | 2 · 3 | 1 · 9 | 32 · 1 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Kept their order |
| Sir Lewis Hamilton · Valtteri Bottas | 3 · 4 | 9 · 2 | 1 · 32 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Swapped places |
| Valtteri Bottas · Kimi Raikkonen | 4 · 5 | 2 · 3 | 32 · 32 | Same lap | Kept their order |
| Sebastian Vettel · Kimi Raikkonen | 1 · 5 | 4 · 3 | 1 · 32 | Sebastian Vettel | Swapped places |
| Kimi Raikkonen · Esteban Ocon | 5 · 6 | 3 · 5 | 32 · 20 | Esteban Ocon | Kept their order |
| Sebastian Vettel · Esteban Ocon | 1 · 6 | 4 · 5 | 1 · 20 | Sebastian Vettel | Kept their order |
| Esteban Ocon · Lance Stroll | 6 · 11 | 5 · 6 | 20 · 32 | Esteban Ocon | Kept their order |
| Sergio Perez · Lance Stroll | 9 · 11 | 7 · 6 | 18 · 32 | Sergio Perez | Swapped places |
| Felipe Massa · Lance Stroll | 10 · 11 | 11 · 6 | 3 · 32 | Felipe Massa | Swapped places |
| Sergio Perez · Kevin Magnussen | 9 · 14 | 7 · 8 | 18 · 31 | Sergio Perez | Kept their order |
| Sergio Perez · Felipe Massa | 9 · 10 | 7 · 11 | 18 · 3 | Felipe Massa | Kept their order |
| Sir Lewis Hamilton · Kevin Magnussen | 3 · 14 | 9 · 8 | 1 · 31 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Swapped places |
| Pascal Wehrlein · Kevin Magnussen | 13 · 14 | 14 · 8 | 4 · 31 | Pascal Wehrlein | Swapped places |
| Kevin Magnussen · Romain Grosjean | 14 · 15 | 8 · 15 | 31 · 31 | Same lap | Kept their order |
| Sir Lewis Hamilton · Fernando Alonso | 3 · 18 | 9 · 10 | 1 · 32 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Kept their order |
| Felipe Massa · Fernando Alonso | 10 · 18 | 11 · 10 | 3 · 32 | Felipe Massa | Swapped places |
| Fernando Alonso · Stoffel Vandoorne | 18 · 19 | 10 · 12 | 32 · 31 | Stoffel Vandoorne | Kept their order |
| Felipe Massa · Stoffel Vandoorne | 10 · 19 | 11 · 12 | 3 · 31 | Felipe Massa | Kept their order |
| Stoffel Vandoorne · Pierre Gasly | 19 · 20 | 12 · 13 | 31 · 31 | Same lap | Kept their order |
| Pascal Wehrlein · Pierre Gasly | 13 · 20 | 14 · 13 | 4 · 31 | Pascal Wehrlein | Swapped places |
| Pascal Wehrlein · Romain Grosjean | 13 · 15 | 14 · 15 | 4 · 31 | Pascal Wehrlein | Kept their order |
Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.
Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3
Practice 1
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | ≈ Distance | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 77 | 1:17.824 | — | 0 m | — | 42 |
| 2 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 44 | 1:18.290 | +0.466 | 26 m | +0.466 | 35 |
| 3 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | 33 | 1:18.395 | +0.571 | 32 m | +0.105 | 16 |
| 4 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing | 3 | 1:18.421 | +0.597 | 33 m | +0.026 | 28 |
| 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 5 | 1:18.586 | +0.762 | 42 m | +0.165 | 28 |
| 6 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 7 | 1:19.008 | +1.184 | 65 m | +0.422 | 27 |
| 7 | Sergio Perez | Force India | 11 | 1:19.240 | +1.416 | 78 m | +0.232 | 21 |
| 8 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 14 | 1:19.346 | +1.522 | 84 m | +0.106 | 20 |
| 9 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 19 | 1:19.443 | +1.619 | 90 m | +0.097 | 32 |
| 10 | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | 27 | 1:19.552 | +1.728 | 96 m | +0.109 | 19 |
| 11 | Carlos Sainz | Renault | 55 | 1:19.554 | +1.730 | 96 m | +0.002 | 24 |
| 12 | Lance Stroll | Williams | 18 | 1:19.772 | +1.948 | 108 m | +0.218 | 34 |
| 13 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 20 | 1:20.644 | +2.820 | 156 m | +0.872 | 16 |
| 14 | Pascal Wehrlein | Sauber | 94 | 1:20.971 | +3.147 | 174 m | +0.327 | 30 |
| 15 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Haas F1 Team | 50 | 1:21.269 | +3.445 | 191 m | +0.298 | 26 |
| 16 | Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 37 | 1:21.446 | +3.622 | 200 m | +0.177 | 28 |
| 17 | Sean Gelael (never started a Grand Prix) | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 38 | 1:21.639 | +3.815 | 211 m | +0.193 | 29 |
| 18 | Brendon Hartley | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 28 | 1:21.747 | +3.923 | 217 m | +0.108 | 10 |
| 19 | Alfonso Celis Jr. (never started a Grand Prix) | Force India | 34 | 1:22.342 | +4.518 | 250 m | +0.595 | 17 |
| 20 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 2 | — | — | — | — | 3 |
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing. † Drove in practice and never started a Grand Prix.
How it is derived: distance, Practice 1
Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.
Practice 2
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | ≈ Distance | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing | 3 | 1:17.801 | — | 0 m | — | 26 |
| 2 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 44 | 1:17.932 | +0.131 | 7 m | +0.131 | 40 |
| 3 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | 33 | 1:17.964 | +0.163 | 9 m | +0.032 | 17 |
| 4 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 5 | 1:18.051 | +0.250 | 14 m | +0.087 | 35 |
| 5 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 7 | 1:18.142 | +0.341 | 19 m | +0.091 | 40 |
| 6 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 77 | 1:18.299 | +0.498 | 28 m | +0.157 | 43 |
| 7 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 14 | 1:18.508 | +0.707 | 39 m | +0.209 | 26 |
| 8 | Sergio Perez | Force India | 11 | 1:18.728 | +0.927 | 51 m | +0.220 | 41 |
| 9 | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | 27 | 1:18.775 | +0.974 | 54 m | +0.047 | 19 |
| 10 | Esteban Ocon | Force India | 31 | 1:18.822 | +1.021 | 56 m | +0.047 | 42 |
| 11 | Carlos Sainz | Renault | 55 | 1:19.060 | +1.259 | 70 m | +0.238 | 30 |
| 12 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 19 | 1:19.206 | +1.405 | 78 m | +0.146 | 37 |
| 13 | Brendon Hartley | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 28 | 1:19.423 | +1.622 | 90 m | +0.217 | 40 |
| 14 | Lance Stroll | Williams | 18 | 1:19.524 | +1.723 | 95 m | +0.101 | 42 |
| 15 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 2 | 1:19.844 | +2.043 | 113 m | +0.320 | 32 |
| 16 | Pascal Wehrlein | Sauber | 94 | 1:20.306 | +2.505 | 139 m | +0.462 | 38 |
| 17 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 20 | 1:20.318 | +2.517 | 139 m | +0.012 | 35 |
| 18 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 9 | 1:20.362 | +2.561 | 142 m | +0.044 | 38 |
| 19 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 10 | 1:21.745 | +3.944 | 218 m | +1.383 | 10 |
| 20 | Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 8 | 1:25.526 | +7.725 | 427 m | +3.781 | 3 |
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Practice 2
Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.
Practice 3
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | ≈ Distance | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | 33 | 1:17.113 | — | 0 m | — | 20 |
| 2 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 44 | 1:17.188 | +0.075 | 4 m | +0.075 | 23 |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 5 | 1:17.230 | +0.117 | 7 m | +0.042 | 21 |
| 4 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 77 | 1:17.283 | +0.170 | 9 m | +0.053 | 18 |
| 5 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing | 3 | 1:17.361 | +0.248 | 14 m | +0.078 | 10 |
| 6 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 7 | 1:17.517 | +0.404 | 23 m | +0.156 | 27 |
| 7 | Sergio Perez | Force India | 11 | 1:18.040 | +0.927 | 52 m | +0.523 | 20 |
| 8 | Esteban Ocon | Force India | 31 | 1:18.165 | +1.052 | 59 m | +0.125 | 18 |
| 9 | Carlos Sainz | Renault | 55 | 1:18.208 | +1.095 | 61 m | +0.043 | 21 |
| 10 | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | 27 | 1:18.380 | +1.267 | 71 m | +0.172 | 21 |
| 11 | Brendon Hartley | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 28 | 1:18.602 | +1.489 | 83 m | +0.222 | 23 |
| 12 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 19 | 1:18.690 | +1.577 | 88 m | +0.088 | 23 |
| 13 | Lance Stroll | Williams | 18 | 1:19.066 | +1.953 | 109 m | +0.376 | 20 |
| 14 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 20 | 1:19.205 | +2.092 | 117 m | +0.139 | 19 |
| 15 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 9 | 1:19.331 | +2.218 | 124 m | +0.126 | 27 |
| 16 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 14 | 1:19.565 | +2.452 | 137 m | +0.234 | 22 |
| 17 | Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 8 | 1:19.586 | +2.473 | 138 m | +0.021 | 22 |
| 18 | Pascal Wehrlein | Sauber | 94 | 1:19.826 | +2.713 | 151 m | +0.240 | 16 |
| 19 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 2 | 1:20.030 | +2.917 | 163 m | +0.204 | 25 |
| 20 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 10 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Practice 3
Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.
Photographs from this race
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The cars in this race
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Red Bull RB13
Daniel Ricciardo 2017 Malaysia FP1 · Morio · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked
Ferrari SF70H
Sebastian Vettel 2017 Malaysia FP2 · Morio · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked
Force India VJM10
Esteban Ocon 2017 Malaysia FP2 2 · Morio · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked
Williams FW40
Felipe Massa 2017 Malaysia FP2 2 · Morio · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked
Haas VF-17
Kevin Magnussen 2017 Malaysia FP2 2 · Morio · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked
McLaren MCL32
Fernando Alonso 2017 Malaysia FP2 1 · Morio · CC BY-SA 4.0 · uncheckedA photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.
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Toro Rosso STR12
Carlos Sainz Jr 2017 Malaysia FP2 2 · Morio · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked
Sauber C36
Pascal Wehrlein 2017 Malaysia FP2 2 · Morio · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked
Renault R.S.17
Nico Hulkenberg 2017 Malaysia FP2 2 · Morio · CC BY-SA 4.0 · uncheckedWhere this comes from
- Round
- 18 of 2017
- Grand Prix
- Mexican Grand Prix
- Dates
- Layout raced
- Stadium layout · 4.304 km · 17 turns
- Format
- Standard weekend
- Constructor
- Red Bull Racing
- Entrant
- Red Bull-TAG Heuer
- Confidence
- reference
The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.