First practice for the 2017 Belgian Grand Prix, round 12 of the F1 season, took place at Spa-Francorchamps.
Kimi Räikkönen led with a 1:45.502. Lewis Hamilton was second, 0.053s behind, and Sebastian Vettel was third. The gaps from the leader to second and third were 0.053s and 0.145s respectively.
The top five were Kimi Räikkönen in first, Lewis Hamilton second, Sebastian Vettel third, Max Verstappen fourth and Daniel Ricciardo fifth. Practice sessions award no points, and teams may follow different run programmes, so the timesheet reflects only the official result of this session.
The two Ferraris occupied first and third, the Mercedes cars second and sixth, and the Red Bulls fourth and fifth.
Esteban Ocon completed the most laps with 27. Felipe Massa completed three, the lowest total of the session.
Felipe Massa ended the session with no recorded lap time.
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time / Gap | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:45.502 | 13 |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | +0.053s | 19 |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | +0.145s | 13 |
| 4 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | +0.800s | 18 |
| 5 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | +0.850s | 22 |
| 6 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | +0.922s | 20 |
| 7 | Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | +1.944s | 22 |
| 8 | Esteban Ocon | Force India | +2.168s | 27 |
| 9 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | +2.349s | 20 |
| 10 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | +2.363s | 18 |
| 11 | Jolyon Palmer | Renault | +2.428s | 14 |
| 12 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | +2.535s | 15 |
| 13 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | +2.750s | 18 |
| 14 | Sergio Pérez | Force India | +2.950s | 19 |
| 15 | Lance Stroll | Williams | +3.039s | 24 |
| 16 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | +3.113s | 20 |
| 17 | Romain Grosjean | Haas | +3.124s | 20 |
| 18 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | +4.658s | 21 |
| 19 | Pascal Wehrlein | Sauber | +5.761s | 13 |
| 20 | Felipe Massa | Williams | No time | 3 |
