Race details | |||
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Race 7 of 20 in the 2017 Formula One season | |||
Layout of the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
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Date | 11 June 2017 | ||
Official name | Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2017 | ||
Location |
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
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Course | Street circuit | ||
Course length | 4.361 km (2.710 mi) | ||
Distance | 70 laps, 305.270 km (189.700 mi) | ||
Weather | Sunny and hot | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Mercedes | ||
Time | 1:11.459 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | |
Time | 1:14.551 on lap 64 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Mercedes | ||
Second | Mercedes | ||
Third | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | ||
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The 2017 Canadian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2017) was a Formula One motor race that took place on 11 June 2017 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The race was the seventh round of the 2017 season. It was the fifty-fourth running of the Canadian Grand Prix, and the forty-eighth time the event had been included as a round of the Formula One World Championship since the inception of the series in 1950.
Fernando Alonso returned to racing for McLaren, after missing the previous round in Monaco to participate in the Indianapolis 500.
Tyre supplier Pirelli made the soft, supersoft and ultrasoft tyres available to teams for the race.
Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton went fastest in first practice, setting a time of 1.13:809. He was followed by the Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel and his teammate Valtteri Bottas in second and third.Fernando Alonso's McLaren continued to suffer from reliability issues as he broke down and retired from the session. In second practice the Ferrari of Kimi Räikkönen was fastest followed by Hamilton and Vettel. Saturday's third and final practice was topped by Vettel, with Raikkonen second and Hamilton third. Vettel set the quickest time of all three practices with a 1.12:572.