Daniel Ricciardo set the fastest lap of the Italian Grand Prix during his pursuit of Sebastian Vettel at the end of the race.
The Red Bull driver was able to run the super-soft tyres during his final stint while most other drivers were on harder rubber. His time was 2.3 seconds shy of the race lap record, set in 2004 when in-race refuelling and tyre war rubber meant race lap times were much quicker.
But the year-on-year improvement in lap time gives another indication that the cars were capable of breaking the all-time record for the fastest lap of any circuit at Monza this weekend. Wet conditions during final practice and qualifying meant we never got to see just how fast they could go, but Friday’s practice times also indicated record-breaking pace was possible.
Juan Pablo Montoya’s record is safe for another year, but if the weather is better next season it will surely fall to someone.
2017 Italian Grand Prix lap times
All the lap times by the drivers (in seconds, very slow laps excluded). Scroll to zoom, drag to pan and toggle drivers using the control below:
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2017 Italian Grand Prix fastest laps
Each driver’s fastest lap:
Rank | Driver | Car | Fastest lap | Gap | On lap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 1’23.361 | 49 | |
2 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1’23.488 | 0.127 | 50 |
3 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1’23.722 | 0.361 | 53 |
4 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1’23.897 | 0.536 | 51 |
5 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 1’24.351 | 0.990 | 48 |
6 | Sergio Perez | Force India-Mercedes | 1’24.968 | 1.607 | 48 |
7 | Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | 1’25.020 | 1.659 | 48 |
8 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1’25.054 | 1.693 | 43 |
9 | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 1’25.477 | 2.116 | 30 |
10 | Lance Stroll | Williams-Mercedes | 1’25.625 | 2.264 | 51 |
11 | Esteban Ocon | Force India-Mercedes | 1’25.652 | 2.291 | 53 |
12 | Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1’25.752 | 2.391 | 27 |
13 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Honda | 1’25.871 | 2.510 | 44 |
14 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso-Renault | 1’25.894 | 2.533 | 43 |
15 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 1’26.037 | 2.676 | 48 |
16 | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | 1’26.131 | 2.770 | 46 |
17 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | Toro Rosso-Renault | 1’26.210 | 2.849 | 46 |
18 | Pascal Wehrlein | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’26.547 | 3.186 | 47 |
19 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren-Honda | 1’26.912 | 3.551 | 30 |
20 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’27.663 | 4.302 | 20 |
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F1 in Figures (@f1infigures)
4th September 2017, 8:18
And back then the cars were much lighter too. Still, I’m not convinced they would have beaten the 2004 pole time this year. Ricciardo set his fastest lap at the end of the race, on a light fuel load and on the quickest tire, so his disadvantage over the 2004 circumstances would have been minimal. The 2004 race was also a wet race and the track was slowly drying during the race, so the track conditions were far from ideal.
Also it was Barrichello who has the pole record (1:20.089 in 2004 versus Montoya’s 1:20.264 in 2002).