Felipe Massa was quickest of the seven drivers who set times in a very wet final practice session for the Italian Grand Prix.
The start of the one-hour session was delayed for 44 minutes as heavy rain fell at the Monza circuit. Most drivers elected not to set times and limit the running on their wet weather tyres to save them for qualifying.
Lance Stroll made it a one-two for Williams at the top of the times, two-tenths of a second slower than his team mate.
The two Toro Rosso drivers were the first to set times. Carlos Sainz Jnr ended the session in fourth place behind Nico Hulkenberg. Jolyon Palmer and Marcus Ericsson were the other drivers to complete laps.
Pos. | No. | Driver | Car | Best lap | Gap | Laps |
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1 | 19 | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 1’40.660 | 4 | |
2 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Williams-Mercedes | 1’40.888 | 0.228 | 4 |
3 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | 1’41.491 | 0.831 | 4 |
4 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | Toro Rosso-Renault | 1’41.515 | 0.855 | 5 |
5 | 30 | Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1’44.369 | 3.709 | 4 |
6 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’44.701 | 4.041 | 3 |
7 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso-Renault | 1’45.033 | 4.373 | 4 |
8 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | |||
9 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | |||
10 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | |||
11 | 7 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | |||
12 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Honda | |||
13 | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren-Honda | |||
14 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | |||
15 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | |||
16 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Force India-Mercedes | |||
17 | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein | Sauber-Ferrari | |||
18 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | |||
19 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Force India-Mercedes | |||
20 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes |
Combined practice times
Pos | Driver | Car | FP1 | FP2 | Total laps | ||
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1 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1’21.972 | 1’21.406 | 57 | ||
2 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1’21.537 | 1’21.462 | 53 | ||
3 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1’22.652 | 1’21.546 | 60 | ||
4 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1’22.689 | 1’21.804 | 66 | ||
5 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 1’22.749 | 1’22.409 | 58 | ||
6 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 1’22.742 | 1’22.752 | 51 | ||
7 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren-Honda | 1’23.465 | 1’22.947 | 59 | ||
8 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Honda | 1’24.015 | 1’22.968 | 50 | ||
9 | Esteban Ocon | Force India-Mercedes | 1’23.400 | 1’22.977 | 79 | ||
10 | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 1’23.561 | 1’22.985 | 1’40.660 | +17.675 | 83 |
11 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | Toro Rosso-Renault | 1’23.680 | 1’23.150 | 1’41.515 | +18.365 | 48 |
12 | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | 1’24.542 | 1’23.272 | 1’41.491 | +18.219 | 35 |
13 | Sergio Perez | Force India-Mercedes | 1’23.317 | 1’23.352 | 80 | ||
14 | Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1’25.166 | 1’23.317 | 1’44.369 | +21.052 | 59 |
15 | Lance Stroll | Williams-Mercedes | 1’23.991 | 1’23.403 | 1’40.888 | +17.485 | 70 |
16 | Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | 1’24.079 | 1’23.567 | 54 | ||
17 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 1’23.973 | 1’23.650 | 43 | ||
18 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso-Renault | 1’24.012 | 1’24.253 | 1’45.033 | +21.021 | 59 |
19 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’25.687 | 1’24.894 | 1’44.701 | +19.807 | 59 |
20 | Pascal Wehrlein | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’25.223 | 1’25.295 | 53 |
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Jere (@jerejj)
2nd September 2017, 11:03
From all the possible seasons why did the risk of a rain-affected qualifying have to hit the one that followed technical regulation changes targeting significant lap time improvement from circuit to circuit? And more precisely why did it have hit qualifying day, and not only practice or race day, LOL?
FLIG (@flig)
2nd September 2017, 11:19
Montoya for the win.
FLIG (@flig)
2nd September 2017, 11:19
Or, the winds are for Montoya.
knight
2nd September 2017, 11:09
It would be funny to see lance stroll on poll.
Marian Gri (@)
2nd September 2017, 15:11
Yup, but I wouldn’t mind that.
Yes (@come-on-kubica)
2nd September 2017, 11:20
Williams finding some astonishing lap time. Not sure how the rest of the teams can match this.
JamieFranklinF1 (@jamiefranklinf1)
2nd September 2017, 12:07
No point watching the rest of the weekend. Williams are clearly so far ahead that they’re going to take pole and the race win. The rest of the season will be just as boring.
Marian Gri (@)
2nd September 2017, 15:24
My dream finish for this race:
1. PALMER
2. STROLL
3. KVYAT
4. ERICSSON
5. WEHRLEIN
6. VANDORNE
7. MASSA
7. MAGNUSSEN
8. OCON
9. ALONSO
10. PEREZ