F1 2017 gp drivers#

F1 2017 gp drivers#

Hamilton lost his lead after three lapsThe remnants of another Sepang downpour were still evaporating from the track surface as the drivers assembled on the grid. That left Hamilton alone on the front row with the two Red Bulls closest to him. Another power unit problem struck on his reconnaissance lap and minutes before the start his car was wheeled off the grid. Raikkonen said his immediately for the race was to “try to get further than 100 metres”. Kimi Raikkonen had a quick enough car for pole position but slipped up at the final corner which meant he started second alongside a surprised Lewis Hamilton, who’d been 1.4 seconds off the pace on Friday.

That at least afforded him the opportunity to fit a full replacement of his hardware for the races ahead without being put at a further disadvantage. Raikkonen didn’t get as far as he did in SingaporeVettel’s power unit failure in qualifying consigned him to starting from last position. It wasn’t as total a disaster as the great Singapore wipe-out of 2017, but it marked another missed opportunity for the team and another blow for Sebastian Vettel’s championship hopes. But Ferrari’s all-rounder was in its element.Īnd yet Ferrari contrived to get neither of its drivers onto the podium. Mercedes’ W08, back in full ‘diva’ mode, made up for lost time on the straights. Red Bull’s RB13 was at home in the winding middle sector.