2017 Malaysian Grand Prix

2017 Malaysian Grand Prix
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Layout of the Sepang International Circuit
Race details
Date	1 October 2017 (2017-10-01)
Official name	2017 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix[1][2]
Location	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.543 km (3.444 miles)
Distance	56 laps, 310.408 km (192.879 miles)
Weather	Cloudy
Attendance	110,604[3]
Pole position
Driver	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time	1:30.076
Fastest lap
Driver	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
Time	1:34.080 on lap 41 (lap record)
Podium
First	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer
Second	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Third	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer
Lap leaders

The 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix (formally known as the 2017 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix)^[4] was a Formula One motor race that was held on 1 October 2017 at the Sepang International Circuit in Selangor, Malaysia. The race marked the 37th running of the Malaysian Grand Prix, and the 19th time that the race had been run as a World Championship event since the championship's inception in 1950, all World Championship events having been held at the Sepang International Circuit. This was also the last Malaysian Grand Prix, as the race had not been contracted for the 2018 season and beyond.^[5]

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton entered the round with a 28-point lead over Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel in the World Drivers' Championship. Hamilton's teammate Valtteri Bottas was third, a further 23 points behind. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes held a lead of 102 points over Ferrari, with Red Bull Racing a further 143 points behind in third place.