The Mercedes team had a disappointing second practice as they finished eighth and tenth, off the pace of their championship rivals Ferrari. 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. This was also the 306th and final Grand Prix start for 2009 World Champion, Jenson Button. Sebastian Vettel wins the 2017 Monaco Grand Prix 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. 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.
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