September 17, 2017 – It was action from the off in Sunday evening’s Singapore Grand Prix – the first night race in F1 history to be run in wet conditions. With both Ferraris and a Red Bull eliminated in a coming-together at the start, Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton stormed to his 60th F1 victory, extending his championship lead over Sebastian Vettel from three to 28 points with just six races to go.
In a race that ran to the full two-hour limit thanks to three safety-car periods, Daniel Ricciardo made the Marina Bay podium for the fourth year in a row, as he took second place for Red Bull ahead of Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas.
Carlos Sainz scored his best-ever result with fourth for Toro Rosso; Jolyon Palmer did the same as he finished sixth for Renault; and likewise Stoffel Vandoorne with seventh place for McLaren. The remaining points places went to Force India’s Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon in fifth and tenth respectively, Williams’ Lance Stroll in eighth and Haas’s Romain Grosjean in ninth.
Pos | Driver | Car/Engine | Laps | Time/Delay |
1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 58 | 2h 03:23.544 |
2 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull/Renault | 58 | 4.507 |
3 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 58 | 8.800 |
4 | Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso/Renault | 58 | 22.822 |
5 | Sergio Perez | Force India/Mercedes | 58 | 25.359 |
6 | Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 58 | 27.259 |
7 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren/Honda | 58 | 30.388 |
8 | Lance Stroll | Williams/Mercedes | 58 | 41.696 |
9 | Romain Grosjean | Haas/Ferrari | 58 | 43.282 |
10 | Esteban Ocon | Force India/Mercedes | 58 | 44.795 |
11 | Felipe Massa | Williams/Mercedes | 58 | 46.536 |
12 | Pascal Wehrlein | Sauber/Ferrari | 56 | 2 Laps |
– | Kevin Magnussen | Haas/Ferrari | 50 | Power Unit |
– | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | 48 | Oil leak |
– | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber/Ferrari | 35 | Spun off |
– | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso/Renault | 10 | Spun off |
– | Fernando Alonso | McLaren/Honda | 8 | Collision |
– | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 0 | Collision |
– | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 0 | Collision |
– | Max Verstappen | Red Bull/Renault | 0 | Collision |