2017 Bahrain Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 3 of 20 in the 2017 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 16 April 2017 | ||
| Official name | 2017 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix | ||
| Location |
Bahrain International Circuit Sakhir, Bahrain |
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| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 5.412 km (3.363 mi) | ||
| Distance | 57 laps, 308.238 km (191.530 mi) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Mercedes | ||
| Time | 1:28.769 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Lewis Hamilton
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Mercedes | |
| Time | 1:32.798 on lap 46 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Ferrari | ||
| Second | Mercedes | ||
| Third | Mercedes | ||
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The 2017 Bahrain Grand Prix (formally known as the 2017 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race that took place on 16 April 2017 at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain. The race was the third round of the 2017 season and marked the thirteenth time that the Bahrain Grand Prix has been run as a round of the Formula One World Championship. The winner of the previous Bahrain Grand Prix, Nico Rosberg, did not compete as he had retired after the 2016 season. Before the race, Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton shared the lead in the Drivers' Championship. Mercedes led the Constructors' Championship by one point over Ferrari.
After missing the opening two rounds of the season due to injury, Pascal Wehrlein returned to competition with Sauber.Antonio Giovinazzi, who replaced Wehrlein in the Australian and Chinese Grands Prix, resumed testing and reserve driver duties for the team.
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