| Type: | F1 |
| Country: | Bahrain |
| Grand Prix: | Bahrain |
| Details Ref: | [1] |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Race No: | 3 |
| Season No: | 20 |
| Image-Size: | 200px |
| Official Name: | 2017 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix[2] [3] |
| Course: | Permanent racing facility |
| Course Km: | 5.412 |
| Course Mi: | 3.362 |
| Distance Laps: | 57 |
| Distance Km: | 308.238 |
| Distance Mi: | 191.530 |
| Weather: | Clear |
| Attendance: | 93,000 (weekend) 33,000 (Race Day) [4] |
| Pole Driver: | Valtteri Bottas |
| Pole Country: | Finland |
| Pole Team: | Mercedes |
| Pole Time: | 1:28.769 |
| Fast Driver: | Lewis Hamilton |
| Fast Team: | Mercedes |
| Fast Time: | 1:32.798 |
| Fast Lap: | 46 |
| Fast Country: | GBR |
| First Driver: | Sebastian Vettel |
| First Country: | GER |
| First Team: | Ferrari |
| Second Driver: | Lewis Hamilton |
| Second Country: | GBR |
| Second Team: | Mercedes |
| Third Driver: | Valtteri Bottas |
| Third Country: | FIN |
| Third Team: | Mercedes |
| Previous Round: | 2017 Chinese Grand Prix |
| Next Round: | 2017 Russian Grand Prix |
The 2017 Bahrain Grand Prix (formally known as the 2017 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race that took place on 16 April 2017 at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain. The race was the third round of the 2017 FIA Formula One World Championship and marked the thirteenth time that the Bahrain Grand Prix has been run as a round of the Formula One World Championship. The winner of the previous Bahrain Grand Prix, Nico Rosberg, did not compete as he had retired after the season. Sebastian Vettel entered the race as the championship leader, equal on points with Lewis Hamilton but recognised as leader on a count-back. Mercedes led the Constructors' Championship by one point over Ferrari.
After missing the opening two rounds of the season due to injury, Pascal Wehrlein returned to competition with Sauber.[5] Antonio Giovinazzi, who replaced Wehrlein in the Australian and Chinese Grands Prix, resumed testing and reserve driver duties for Ferrari.
| Driver | Constructor | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | ||||||
| 1 | 77 | Mercedes | 1:31.041 | 1:29.555 | 1:28.769 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 44 | Mercedes | 1:30.814 | 1:29.535 | 1:28.792 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 5 | Ferrari | 1:31.037 | 1:29.596 | 1:29.247 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | 1:31.667 | 1:30.497 | 1:29.545 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 7 | Ferrari | 1:30.988 | 1:29.843 | 1:29.567 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 33 | 1:30.904 | 1:30.307 | 1:29.687 | 6 | |||
| 7 | 27 | Renault | 1:31.057 | 1:30.169 | 1:29.842 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 19 | Williams-Mercedes | 1:31.373 | 1:30.677 | 1:30.074 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 8 | Haas-Ferrari | 1:31.691 | 1:30.857 | 1:30.763 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 30 | Renault | 1:31.458 | 1:30.899 | 1:31.074 | 10 | ||
| 11 | 26 | Toro Rosso | 1:31.531 | 1:30.923 | 11 | |||
| 12 | 18 | Williams-Mercedes | 1:31.748 | 1:31.168 | 12 | |||
| 13 | 94 | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:31.995 | 1:31.414 | 13 | |||
| 14 | 31 | 1:31.774 | 1:31.684 | 14 | ||||
| 15 | 14 | McLaren-Honda | 1:32.054 | No time | 15 | |||
| 16 | 55 | Toro Rosso | 1:32.118 | 16 | ||||
| 17 | 2 | McLaren-Honda | 1:32.313 | 17 | ||||
| 18 | 11 | Force India-Mercedes | 1:32.318 | 18 | ||||
| 19 | 9 | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:32.543 | 19 | ||||
| 20 | 20 | Haas-Ferrari | 1:32.900 | 20 | ||||
| 107% time 1:37.170 | ||||||||
| Source:[6] | ||||||||
At the start, Bottas led away with Vettel in hot pursuit after he beat Hamilton into 2nd off the line, Vettel pitted early as did Verstappen, however Verstappen had a brake failure soon after and had to retire from the race. A collision between Stroll and Sainz occurred and with Stroll's car stuck on the track the safety car was deployed to clear it away. Hamilton then pitted but was penalised 5 seconds for holding up Ricciardo into the pits, he served his penalty at his second stop costing him a chance of winning the race. Alonso's frustration boiled over in a radio message saying he has never had so little power in his life before later retiring with engine problems. Vettel won from Hamilton who was let through into 2nd by Bottas with 10 laps to go.[7]
| Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | data-sort-value="VET" | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 57 | 1:33:53.374 | 3 | 25 | ||
| 2 | 44 | data-sort-value="HAM" |  Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 57 | +6.660 | 2 | 18 | ||
| 3 | 77 | data-sort-value="BOT" |  Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 57 | +20.397 | 1 | 15 | ||
| 4 | 7 | data-sort-value="RAI" | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 57 | +22.475 | 5 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 3 | data-sort-value="RIC" |  Daniel Ricciardo | 57 | +39.346 | 4 | 10 | |||
| 6 | 19 | data-sort-value="MAS" |  Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 57 | +54.326 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 11 | data-sort-value="PER" |  Sergio Pérez | Force India-Mercedes | 57 | +1:02.606 | 18 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 8 | data-sort-value="GRO" |  Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | 57 | +1:14.865 | 9 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 27 | data-sort-value="HUL" | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 57 | +1:20.188 | 7 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 31 | data-sort-value="OCO" | Esteban Ocon | Force India-Mercedes | 57 | +1:35.711 | 14 | 1 | ||
| 11 | 94 | data-sort-value="WEH" | Pascal Wehrlein | Sauber-Ferrari | 56 | +1 Lap | 13 | |||
| 12 | 26 | data-sort-value="KVY" |  Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 56 | +1 Lap | 11 | |||
| 13 | 30 | data-sort-value="PAL" | Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 56 | +1 Lap | 10 | |||
| 14 | 14 | data-sort-value="ALO" |  Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Honda | 54 | Power unit | 15 | |||
| data-sort-value="15" | Ret | 9 | data-sort-value="ERI" |  Marcus Ericsson | Sauber-Ferrari | 50 | Gearbox | 19 | ||
| data-sort-value="16" | Ret | 55 | data-sort-value="SAI" | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Toro Rosso | 12 | Collision | 16 | ||
| data-sort-value="17" | Ret | 18 | data-sort-value="STR" |  Lance Stroll | Williams-Mercedes | 12 | Collision | 12 | ||
| data-sort-value="18" | Ret | 33 | data-sort-value="VER" | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | 11 | Brakes | 6 | ||
| data-sort-value="19" | Ret | 20 | data-sort-value="MAG" | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 8 | Electrical | 20 | ||
| data-sort-value="20" | DNS | 2 | data-sort-value="VAN" | McLaren-Honda | 0 | data-sort-value="21" | — | |||
| Source:[8] | ||||||||||
| Driver | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | 68 | ||
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | 61 | ||
| 1 | 3 | Valtteri Bottas | 38 | |
| 1 | 4 | Kimi Räikkönen | 34 | |
| 5 | Max Verstappen | 25 | ||
| Source:[10] | ||||
| Constructor | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |  Ferrari | 102 | |
| 1 | 2 | Mercedes | 99 | |
| 3 | 47 | |||
| 4 |  Force India-Mercedes | 17 | ||
| 1 | 5 | Williams-Mercedes | 16 | |
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