The 2015 United States Grand Prix (officially the 2015 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix)[1] was be the sixteenth round of the 2015 Formula One Season. It was held between October 23 and October 25, 2015.
Background[]
All of the teams used Pirelli's soft and medium tyres.[2] It was also announced shortly after the Russian Grand Prix that Bernie Ecclestone and Marco Tronchetti Provera had agreed for Pirelli to sign a new three-year contract.[3] In the driver market, there was official confirmation by Lotus F1 that Jolyon Palmer, the Brit who had been testing for them and had taken part in several practice sessions, would be driving for them in 2016.[4]
For the Grand Prix, Renault introduced a new engine for Red Bull and Toro Rosso to use, although they would have to take grid penalties if they do used them, due to the fact that they had gone past the limit of using up to four engines.[5] Daniel Ricciardo later said that Red Bull would not use the new engine in the race.[6]
Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Räikkönen were both given ten-place grid penalties for using a fifth engine, which would increase any hopes of Lewis Hamilton winning the Drivers' Championship if Vettel did not finish the race within the top two.[7]
Entry list[]
The full entry list for the 2015 United States Grand Prix is outlined below:
Practice Overview[]
FP1[]
FP2[]
FP3[]
Practice Results[]
Qualifying[]
Q1[]
Q2[]
Q3[]
Qualifying Results[]
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Grid | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Time | Pos. | Time | Pos. | Time | ||||||||
| 1 | 6 |  Nico Rosberg
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Mercedes
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2 | 1:56.671 | 1 | 1:56.824 | 1 | |||||
| 2 | 44 |  Lewis Hamilton
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Mercedes
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3 | 1:56.871 | 2 | 1:56.929 | 2 | |||||
| 3 | 3 |  Daniel Ricciardo
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 Red Bull-Renault
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1 | 1:56.495 | 3 | 1:57.969 | 3 | |||||
| 4 | 26 |  Daniil Kvyat
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Red Bull-Renault
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4 | 1:57.640 | 4 | 1:58.434 | 4 | |||||
| 5 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel
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 Ferrari
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15 | 2:00.950 | 5 | 1:58.596 | 13† | |||||
| 6 | 11 |  Sergio Pérez
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 Force India-Mercedes
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8 | 1:59.284 | 6 | 1:59.210 | 5 | |||||
| 7 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg
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Force India-Mercedes
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6 | 1:58.325 | 7 | 1:59.333 | 6 | |||||
| 8 | 7 |  Kimi Räikkönen
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Ferrari
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5 | 1:58.198 | 8 | 1:59.703 | 18† | |||||
| 9 | 19 |  Felipe Massa
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Williams-Mercedes
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14 | 2:00.902 | 9 | 1:59.999 | 7 | |||||
| 10 | 33 |  Max Verstappen
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Toro Rosso-Renault
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7 | 1:58.689 | 10 | 2:00.199 | 8 | |||||
| 11 | 14 |  Fernando Alonso
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McLaren-Honda
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10 | 1:59.704 | 11 | 2:00.265 | 9 | |||||
| 12 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas
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Williams-Mercedes
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9 | 1:59.569 | 12 | 2:00.334 | 16‡ | |||||
| 13 | 8 |  Romain Grosjean
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Lotus-Mercedes
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11 | 2:00.236 | 13 | 2:00.595 | 10 | |||||
| 14 | 22 | Jenson Button
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McLaren-Honda
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12 | 2:00.261 | 14 | 2:01.193 | 11 | |||||
| 15 | 13 |  Pastor Maldonado
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Lotus-Mercedes
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13 | 2:00.844 | 15 | 2:01.604 | 12 | |||||
| 16 | 9 |  Marcus Ericsson
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 Sauber-Ferrari
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16 | 2:02.212 | 14 | |||||||
| 17 | 12 | Felipe Nasr
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Sauber-Ferrari
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17 | 2:03.194 | 15 | |||||||
| 18 | 53 |  Alexander Rossi
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Marussia-Ferrari
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18 | 2:04.176 | 17 | |||||||
| 19 | 28 | Will Stevens
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Marussia-Ferrari
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19 | 2:04.526 | 19§ | |||||||
| 107% Time: 2:04.653 | |||||||||||||
| NC | 55 | Carlos Sainz, Jr.
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Toro Rosso-Renault
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NC | 2:07.304 | 20ƒ | |||||||
| Source:[11] | |||||||||||||
- * Qualifying 3 was cancelled due to heavy rain.
- † Vettel and Räikkönen received ten-grid penalties for using additional power units.
- ‡ Bottas received a five-grid penalty for a gearbox change.
- § Stevens received a 20-grid penalty for power unit changes, but was not placed back on the grid due to Sainz failing to set his time.
- ƒ Sainz was allowed to start at the back of the grid despite failing to set his time within 107%.
Grid[]
Race[]
Report[]
Results[]
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton
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56 | h m s | 25 | ||
| 2 | + | 18 | |||||
| 3 | + | 15 | |||||
| 4 | + | 12 | |||||
| 5 | + | 10 | |||||
| 6 | + | 8 | |||||
| 7 | + | 6 | |||||
| 8 | + | 4 | |||||
| 9 | + | 2 | |||||
| 10 | + | 1 | |||||
| 11 | + | ||||||
| 12 | + | ||||||
| 13 | + | ||||||
| 14 | + | ||||||
| 15 | + | ||||||
| 16 | + | ||||||
| 17 | + | ||||||
| 18 | + | ||||||
| 19 | + | ||||||
| 20 | + | ||||||
| Source: [12] | |||||||
Milestones[]
- Sauber's 400th race entry, including their stint as BMW Sauber (330th race entry excluding stint).
- Red Bull's 200th race entry.
- First race to have qualifying on Sunday since the 2013 Australian Grand Prix.
- Lewis Hamilton's 10th win of the season, 43rd career win, placing him above Sebastian Vettel in the all time standings. Also taking his third world championship, equalling Jackie Stewart with the British drivers holding the most championships for Britain and being the first British driver to take back-to-back championships.
Standings after race[]
Notes[]
- ↑ "2015 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. https://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/races/2015/United_States.html. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- ↑ "Pirelli confirm tyre allocation for Mexico City". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 13 October 2015. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/headlines/2015/10/pirelli-confirm-tyre-allocations-for-mexico-city.html. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- ↑ "Pirelli to stay as F1's sole tyre supplier until 2019 season". Sky Sports. 12 October 2015. http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/10025880/pirelli-to-stay-as-f1s-sole-tyre-supplier-until-2019-season. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- ↑ "United States GP: Jolyon Palmer to race for Lotus in 2016". BBC Sport. 23 October 2015. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/34622959.
- ↑ "United States Grand Prix: Renault to take upgraded engine". BBC Sport. 21 October 2015. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/34591809. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- ↑ "Red Bull unlikely to use upgraded Renault engines at US GP". Sky Sports. 22 October 2015. http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12475/10038787/red-bull-unlikely-to-use-upgraded-renault-engines-at-us-gp. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ↑ "Vettel’s title hopes hit by engine penalty". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 22 October 2015. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/latest/headlines/2015/10/vettel_s-title-hopes-hit-by-engine-penalty.html. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- ↑ http://www.fia.com/file/35620/download?token=ZJcSk659
- ↑ "2015 United States Grand Prix – Practice 1 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 23 October 2015. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2015-race-results/2015-united-states-results/practice-1.html. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
- ↑ "2015 United States Grand Prix – Practice 3 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 24 October 2015.
- ↑ "2015 United States Grand Prix – Qualifying results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 24 October 2015. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2015-race-results/2015-united-states-results/qualifying.html. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ↑ "2015 United States Grand Prix – Race results". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 25 October 2015. http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2015-race-results/2015-united-states-results/race.html. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
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