This is the place to discuss everything related to the 15th round of the 2017 season taking place in Malaysia between the 29th of September and the 1st of October.
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The event timetable for the Malaysian Grand Prix.
Friday
1st Practice 10:00 local time - 02:00 GMT
2nd Practice 14:00 local time - 06:00 GMT
Saturday
Practice 14:00 local time - 06:00 GMT
Qualifying 17:00 local time - 09:00 GMT
Sunday
Race 15:00 local time - 07:00 GMT
The 2017 Malaysian GP Thread
Moderators: cmlean, Ed, The Qualiflyer, The Heretic
Re: The 2017 Malaysian GP Thread
This weekend we are back to Malaysia where anything can happen.
So far, Ferrari's and Red Bulls have been quick and Mercedes have not yet been on the pace.
Pierre Gasly has replaced Daniil Kvyat in Toro Rosso's second car.
The Haas of Grosjean had an unfortunate accident through no fault of theirs when a drain cover was flipped up by the two preceding cars. Grosjean arrived on the scene, ran his normal line and the cover caused a catastrophic failure of the right rear sending him into the barrier and ending FP2.
So far, Ferrari's and Red Bulls have been quick and Mercedes have not yet been on the pace.
Pierre Gasly has replaced Daniil Kvyat in Toro Rosso's second car.
The Haas of Grosjean had an unfortunate accident through no fault of theirs when a drain cover was flipped up by the two preceding cars. Grosjean arrived on the scene, ran his normal line and the cover caused a catastrophic failure of the right rear sending him into the barrier and ending FP2.
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FP1 Results
The session started 30 minutes late due to rain.
Pierre Gasly has taken the Daniil Kvyat seat in Toro Rosso for the next races.
Filipe Massa has a suspected hydraulic leak which prevented him from setting a time.
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Pos Time Driver Team
1 01:48.962 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing
2 01:49.719 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing
3 01:50.597 Fernando Alonso McLaren
4 01:50.734 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
5 01:51.009 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
6 01:51.518 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
7 01:52.007 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
8 01:52.295 Lance Stroll Williams
9 01:52.380 Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso
10 01:53.521 Sergey Sirotkin Renault
11 01:53.625 Jolyon Palmer Renault
12 01:53.771 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren
13 01:53.896 Esteban Ocon Force India
14 01:54.610 Sean Gelael Toro Rosso
15 01:54.669 Sergio Perez Force India
16 01:55.280 Charles Leclerc Sauber
17 01:55.652 Pascal Wehrlein Sauber
18 01:56.211 Romain Grosjean Haas
19 01:56.339 Antonio Giovinazzi Haas
20 Felipe Massa Williams
Pierre Gasly has taken the Daniil Kvyat seat in Toro Rosso for the next races.
Filipe Massa has a suspected hydraulic leak which prevented him from setting a time.
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FP2 Results
Grosjean and Haas have been granted a special dispensation to repair their car after the track drain cover caused the crash which ended FP2.
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Pos Time Driver Team
1 01:31.261 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
2 01:31.865 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
3 01:32.099 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing
4 01:32.109 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing
5 01:32.564 Fernando Alonso McLaren
6 01:32.677 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
7 01:32.720 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
8 01:32.862 Sergio Perez Force India
9 01:33.060 Nico Hulkenberg Renault
10 01:33.096 Esteban Ocon Force India
11 01:33.381 Jolyon Palmer Renault
12 01:33.394 Felipe Massa Williams
13 01:33.673 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren
14 01:33.818 Lance Stroll Williams
15 01:34.043 Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso
16 01:34.104 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso
17 01:34.118 Romain Grosjean Haas
18 01:34.343 Kevin Magnussen Haas
19 01:35.246 Pascal Wehrlein Sauber
20 01:35.697 Marcus Ericsson Sauber
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FP3 Results
Looks like Vettel has a turbo problem.
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Pos Time Driver Team
1 01:31.880 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
2 01:32.042 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
3 01:32.091 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing
4 01:32.329 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
5 01:32.539 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
6 01:32.579 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing
7 01:33.209 Sergio Perez Force India
8 01:33.240 Felipe Massa Williams
9 01:33.290 Esteban Ocon Force India
10 01:33.321 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren
11 01:33.530 Fernando Alonso McLaren
12 01:33.538 Lance Stroll Williams
13 01:33.787 Kevin Magnussen Haas
14 01:33.871 Nico Hulkenberg Renault
15 01:33.924 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso
16 01:34.206 Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso
17 01:34.475 Jolyon Palmer Renault
18 01:34.914 Romain Grosjean Haas
19 01:34.936 Marcus Ericsson Sauber
20 01:35.045 Pascal Wehrlein Sauber
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Qualifying
Ferrari changed Vettel's engine for an older unit and this unit then failed. He will probably take multiple penalties and start from the rear of grid.
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Pos Time Driver Team
1 1:30.076 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
2 1:30.121 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
3 1:30.541 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing
4 1:30.595 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing
5 1:30.758 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
6 1:31.478 Esteban Ocon Force India
7 1:31.582 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren
8 1:31.607 Nico Hulkenberg Renault
9 1:31.658 Sergio Perez Force India
10 1:31.704 Fernando Alonso McLaren
11 1:32.034 Felipe Massa Williams
12 1:32.100 Jolyon Palmer Renault
13 1:32.307 Lance Stroll Williams
14 1:32.402 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso
15 1:32.558 Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso
16 1:33.308 Romain Grosjean Haas
17 1:33.434 Kevin Magnussen Haas
18 1:33.483 Pascal Wehrlein Sauber
19 1:33.970 Marcus Ericsson Sauber
20 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
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Results
Kimi has a loss of power going to the grid and was subsequently pushed back into his pit. He failed to take his grid position at the start.
Vettel drove well from the rear of field on an alternate tyre strategy which almost paid off.
Ricciardo held off the charge and retained his third position on the podium and vettel's charge faded.
More drama as, on the slow down lap, Stroll and Vettel came together resulting in substantial damage to the Ferrari.
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Pos Driver Team
1 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing
2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing
4 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
5 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
6 Sergio Perez Force India
7 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren
8 Lance Stroll Williams
9 Felipe Massa Williams
10 Esteban Ocon Force India
11 Fernando Alonso McLaren
12 Kevin Magnussen Haas
13 Romain Grosjean Haas
14 Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso
15 Jolyon Palmer Renault
16 Nico Hulkenberg Renault
17 Pascal Wehrlein Sauber
18 Marcus Ericsson Sauber
DNF Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso
DNS Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
Vettel drove well from the rear of field on an alternate tyre strategy which almost paid off.
Ricciardo held off the charge and retained his third position on the podium and vettel's charge faded.
More drama as, on the slow down lap, Stroll and Vettel came together resulting in substantial damage to the Ferrari.