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2017 F1 Championship: When Was the Title Clinched?

Lewis Hamilton won the 2017 Drivers' Championship. Here is when each title was settled and who was knocked out along the way.

Lewis Hamilton clinched the 2017 Drivers' Championship at the Mexican Grand Prix (round 18 of 20), with 2 race weekends still to come.

Champion
Lewis Hamilton
Clinched at
Mexican Grand PrixRound 18 of 20
Race weekends left
2
Final points
36346 ahead of Sebastian Vettel

How the Lead Grew

The points between first and second after each race or sprint. The green marker is the weekend nobody could catch Lewis Hamilton.

Who Dropped Out, and When

A driver is out when no set of results in the races left could make them champion.

  1. Belgian Grand PrixRound 12
    Lance Stroll, Kevin Magnussen, Fernando Alonso, Pascal Wehrlein, Daniil Kvyat, Stoffel Vandoorne, Antonio Giovinazzi, Marcus Ericsson, Jolyon Palmer, Jenson Button, Paul di Resta, Pierre Gasly and Brendon Hartley
  2. Italian Grand PrixRound 13
    Sergio Perez, Esteban Ocon, Carlos Sainz, Nico Hulkenberg, Felipe Massa and Romain Grosjean
  3. Singapore Grand PrixRound 14
    Max Verstappen
  4. Malaysian Grand PrixRound 15
    Kimi Räikkönen
  5. Japanese Grand PrixRound 16
    Daniel Ricciardo
  6. United States Grand PrixRound 17
    Valtteri Bottas
  7. Mexican Grand PrixRound 18
    Sebastian Vettel
  8. Mexican Grand Prix
    Lewis Hamilton is champion.

When did Lewis Hamilton clinch the 2017 Drivers' Championship?

Lewis Hamilton clinched the 2017 Drivers' Championship at the Mexican Grand Prix (round 18 of 20), with 2 race weekends still to come.

When did Mercedes clinch the 2017 Constructors' Championship?

Mercedes clinched the 2017 Constructors' Championship at the United States Grand Prix (round 17 of 20), with 3 race weekends still to come.

When was the first driver eliminated from the 2017 title fight?

The first drivers who could no longer win the 2017 Drivers' Championship, even with everything going their way, were Lance Stroll, Kevin Magnussen, Fernando Alonso, Pascal Wehrlein, Daniil Kvyat, Stoffel Vandoorne, Antonio Giovinazzi, Marcus Ericsson, Jolyon Palmer, Jenson Button, Paul di Resta, Pierre Gasly and Brendon Hartley, after the Belgian Grand Prix (round 12).

Who was the last driver to have a chance of beating Lewis Hamilton in 2017?

Sebastian Vettel stayed mathematically alive longest, until the Mexican Grand Prix (round 18).