2017 Belgian Grand Prix

{{Short description|12th round of the 2017 Formula One season}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}

{{Infobox Grand Prix race report

| Type = F1

| Country = Belgium

| Grand Prix = Belgian

| Details ref ={{Cite web|url=http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/races/2017/Belgium.html|title=Spa-Francorchamps|publisher=Formula One World Championship Limited|date=2017|website=Formula1.com|access-date=16 July 2017}}

| Image = Spa-Francorchamps of Belgium.svg

| image-size = 250px

| Caption = Layout of the Spa-Francorchamps circuit

| Date = 27 August

| Year = 2017

| Official name = 2017 Formula 1 Pirelli Belgian Grand Prix{{cite web|url=http://www.progcovers.com/motor/f12017.html|title=2017 Formula 1 World Championship Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project|first=Malcolm|last=Mitchell|website=www.progcovers.com}}{{cite web|url=http://www.progcovers.com/motor/spa.html|title=Spa-Francorchamps - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project|first=Malcolm|last=Mitchell|website=www.progcovers.com}}

| Race_No = 12

| Season_No = 20

| Location = Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Stavelot, Belgium

| Course = Permanent racing facility

| Course_mi = 4.352

| Course_km = 7.004

| Distance_laps = 44

| Distance_mi = 191.415

| Distance_km = 308.052

| Weather = Partially cloudy and dry

| Attendance = 265,000{{cite news|title=F1 reveals overall rise in 2017 attendance|url=https://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/361717/f1-reveals-eight-per-cent-rise-in-2017-attendance/|work=GPupdate.net|publisher=JHED Media BV|date=8 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209011037/https://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/361717/f1-reveals-eight-per-cent-rise-in-2017-attendance/|archive-date=9 December 2017}}

| Pole_Driver = Lewis Hamilton

| Pole_Team = Mercedes

| Pole_Time = 1:42.553

| Pole_Country = GBR

| Fast_Driver = {{nowrap|{{flagicon|GER}} Sebastian Vettel}}

| Fast_Team = Ferrari

| Fast_Time = 1:46.577

| Fast_Lap = 41

| First_Driver = Lewis Hamilton

| First_Team = Mercedes

| First_Country = GBR

| Second_Driver = Sebastian Vettel

| Second_Team = Ferrari

| Second_Country = GER

| Third_Driver = {{nowrap|{{flagicon|AUS}} Daniel Ricciardo}}

| Third_Team = {{nowrap|Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer}}

| Lapchart = {{F1Laps2017|BEL}}

|Previous_round=2017 Hungarian Grand Prix|Next_round=2017 Italian Grand Prix}}

The 2017 Belgian Grand Prix (formally known as the 2017 Formula 1 Pirelli Belgian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 27 August 2017 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot, Belgium. The race, contested over forty-four laps, was the twelfth round of the 2017 FIA Formula One World Championship, and marked the seventy-third running of the Belgian Grand Prix and the sixtieth time the race was held at Spa-Francorchamps.

Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel entered the round with a fourteen-point lead over Lewis Hamilton in the World Drivers' Championship with Valtteri Bottas a further nineteen points behind in third. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes led Ferrari by thirty-nine points before the race.

In his 200th Grand Prix, Hamilton started the race from pole position for the 68th time in his career, equaling the record of Michael Schumacher for most poles, and went on to win the race. In doing so, he closed to within seven points of Vettel's championship lead.

Television and motorsport personality Guy Martin was present as part of the Williams pit team as part of filming for an episode of his 'Speed' series.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcF_mmfEEaY|title=Guy's Race Pit Stop During The Belgian GP | Guy Martin Proper|date=15 July 2019|via=YouTube}}