2016 United States Grand Prix

2016 United States Grand Prix
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The original Circuit of the Americas layout
Race details
Date	October 23, 2016
Official Name	2016 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix
Location	Circuit of the Americas Austin, Texas, USA
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.513km (3.426mi)
Distance	56 laps, 308.405km (191.675 miles)
Pole Position
Driver	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Time	1:34.999
Fastest Lap
Driver	Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
Time	1:39.877 on lap 55
Podium
First	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Second	Nico Rosberg Mercedes
Third	Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-TAG Heuer
Lap Leaders

The 2016 United States Grand Prix (officially the 2016 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix) was the eighteenth race of the 2016 Formula One season, the 38th time the United States Grand Prix was held on the Formula One calendar, and the fifth time it was held at the Circuit of the Americas. It was held between 21 October and 23 October 2016.

Compared to qualifying of the last two United States Grands Prix in 2014 and 2015, Lewis Hamilton this time received pole position with Nico Rosberg joining him on the front row. The lap time was also faster than Sebastian Vettel in the inaugural race in 2012. Hamilton led pretty much all of the race, and took his fourth win at the Circuit of the Americas ahead of Rosberg and Daniel Ricciardo.

Background

Weather conditions
Practice 1	Sunny
Practice 2	Sunny
Practice 3	Sunny
Qualifying	Sunny
Race	Partly Cloudy

Available Tyres
Softest	Supersoft
Mid	Soft
Hardest	Medium
Inters	Intermediate
Wets	Wet

At the previous Grand Prix in Japan, Nico Rosberg took his first win at the Suzuka Circuit, giving him another twenty-five points, while Max Verstappen's defensive driving against Lewis Hamilton forced the latter to settle for third place in the race, extending the gap between Rosberg and Hamilton in the Drivers' Championship to thirty-three points, enough for Rosberg to keep his lead after the United States Grand Prix. Although he only finished sixth in Japan, Daniel Ricciardo remained third in the standings, being 101 points behind Rosberg. Kimi Räikkönen kept fourth after finishing fifth, being an additional 42 points behind. Finishing second in Japan allowed Verstappen to move up to fifth, ahead of Sebastian Vettel. Although they were both on 165 points, Verstappen had won one race while Vettel won none, allowing Verstappen to move up. Their 1-3 finish in the Japanese Grand Prix granted Mercedes their third constructors title, having 593 points while Red Bull were on 385. Ferrari were only fifty points behind Red Bull, while Force India remained in fourth with 134 points, ten points ahead of Williams.

Entry list

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	W07 Hybrid	Mercedes	PU106C Hybrid	P
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	W07 Hybrid	Mercedes	PU106C Hybrid	P
5	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	SF16-H	Ferrari	059/5	P
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	SF16-H	Ferrari	059/5	P
19	Felipe Massa	Williams Martini Racing	Williams	FW38	Mercedes	PU106C Hybrid	P
77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams Martini Racing	Williams	FW38	Mercedes	PU106C Hybrid	P
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB12	TAG Heuer	TAG Heuer	P
33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB12	TAG Heuer	TAG Heuer	P
27	Nico Hülkenberg	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India	VJM09	Mercedes	PU106C Hybrid	P
11	Sergio Pérez	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India	VJM09	Mercedes	PU106C Hybrid	P
20	Kevin Magnussen	Renault Sport F1 Team	Renault	RS16	Renault	RE16	P
30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault Sport F1 Team	Renault	RS16	Renault	RE16	P
26	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso	STR11	Ferrari	059/4	P
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso	STR11	Ferrari	059/4	P
9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber F1 Team	Sauber	C35	Ferrari	059/5	P
12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber F1 Team	Sauber	C35	Ferrari	059/5	P
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	McLaren	MP4-31	Honda	RA616H	P
22	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	McLaren	MP4-31	Honda	RA616H	P
94	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor Racing MRT	Manor	MRT05	Mercedes	PU106C Hybrid	P
31	Esteban Ocon	Manor Racing MRT	Manor	MRT05	Mercedes	PU106C Hybrid	P
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	Haas	VF-16	Ferrari	059/5	P
21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas F1 Team	Haas	VF-16	Ferrari	059/5	P
Free Practice 1 only
34	Alfonso Celis, Jr.	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India	VJM09	Mercedes	PU106C Hybrid	P
42	Jordan King	Manor Racing MRT	Manor	MRT05	Mercedes	PU106C Hybrid	P
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Practice Overview

Practice Results

No	Driver	Team	FP1		FP2		FP3
			Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:39.963	7	1:37.552	2	1:37.032	2
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:39.988	8	1:38.178	4	1:37.894	6
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:37.743	2	1:37.358	1	1:37.784	5
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:39.407	4	1:38.865	10	1:37.284	3
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:40.826	14	1:39.554	18	1:39.097	17
9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:41.170	16	1:40.219	21	1:39.239	19
11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	DNP	23 !	1:38.568	7	1:38.512	11
12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	1:40.287	12	1:39.189	13	1:39.509	20
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	1:40.362	13	1:38.801	9	1:38.452	10
19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:40.191	11	1:39.281	16	1:38.607	13
20	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	1:41.942	19	1:39.159	12	1:39.105	18
21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas-Ferrari	1:40.970	15	1:40.114	20	1:38.939	16
22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	1:41.663	18	1:38.713	8	1:38.212	9
26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:40.131	9	1:39.202	15	1:38.691	14
27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:39.712	5	1:38.508	6	1:37.948	7
30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:42.332	21	1:39.455	17	1:38.528	12
31	Esteban Ocon	Manor-Mercedes	1:43.874	22	1:40.086	19	1:39.771	21
33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:39.379	3	1:38.258	5	1:36.766	1
34	Alfonso Celis, Jr.	Force India-Mercedes	1:41.422	17	DNP	24 !	DNP	24 !
42	Jordan King	Manor-Mercedes	1:42.012	20	DNP	25 !	DNP	25 !
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:37.428	1	1:37.649	3	1:37.483	4
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:40.140	10	1:38.971	11	1:38.710	15
77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1:39.776	6	1:39.197	14	1:38.188	8
94	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor-Mercedes	DNP	26 !	1:41.131	22	1:41.427	22
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Qualifying

Qualifying Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team		Q1			Q2			Q3		Grid
					Pos	Time		Pos	Time		Pos	Time
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes		1	1:36.296		3	1:36.450		1	1:34.999	1
2	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes		2	1:36.397		2	1:36.351		2	1:35.215	2
3	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer		4	1:36.759		1	1:36.255		3	1:35.509	3
4	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer		3	1:36.613		7	1:36.857		4	1:35.747	4
5	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari		6	1:36.985		5	1:36.584		5	1:36.131	5
6	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari		7	1:37.151		4	1:36.462		6	1:36.358	6
7	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes		5	1:36.950		6	1:36.626		7	1:36.628	7
8	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes		10	1:37.456		9	1:37.202		8	1:37.116	8
9	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes		9	1:37.402		10	1:37.214		9	1:37.269	9
10	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Toro Rosso-Ferrari		11	1:37.744		8	1:37.175		10	1:37.326	10
11	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes		8	1:37.345		11	1:37.353				11
12	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda		13	1:37.913		12	1:37.417				12
13	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Ferrari		12	1:37.844		13	1:37.480				13
14	21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas-Ferrari		15	1:38.053		14	1:37.773				14
15	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault		16	1:38.084		15	1:37.935				15
16	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari		14	1:38.040		16	1:39.356				16
17	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari		17	1:38.308							17
18	20	Kevin Magnussen	Renault		18	1:38.317							18
19	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda		19	1:38.327							19
20	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor-Mercedes		20	1:38.548							20
21	12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari		21	1:38.583							21
22	31	Esteban Ocon	Manor-Mercedes		22	1:38.806							22
107% time: 1:43.036
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Grid

	Pos	Pos
	Driver	Driver
		______________
Row 1	______________	1
	2	Lewis Hamilton
	Nico Rosberg	______________
Row 2	______________	3
	4	Daniel Ricciardo
	Max Verstappen	______________
Row 3	______________	5
	6	Kimi Räikkönen
	Sebastian Vettel	______________
Row 4	______________	7
	8	Nico Hülkenberg
	Valtteri Bottas	______________
Row 5	______________	9
	10	Felipe Massa
	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	______________
Row 6	______________	11
	12	Sergio Pérez
	Fernando Alonso	______________
Row 7	______________	13
	14	Daniil Kvyat
	Esteban Gutiérrez	______________
Row 8	______________	15
	16	Jolyon Palmer
	Marcus Ericsson	______________
Row 9	______________	17
	18	Romain Grosjean
	Kevin Magnussen	______________
Row 10	______________	19
	20	Jenson Button
	Pascal Wehrlein	______________
Row 11	______________	21
	22	Felipe Nasr
	Esteban Ocon	______________

Source

Race

Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	56	1h 38m 12.618s	1	25
2	6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	56	+4.520	2	18
3	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	56	+19.692	3	15
4	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	56	+43.134	6	12
5	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	56	+93.953	12	10
6	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	56	+96.124	10	8
7	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	55	+1 Lap	9	6
8	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	55	+1 Lap	11	4
9	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	55	+1 Lap	19	2
10	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	55	+1 Lap	17	1
11	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	55	+1 Lap	13
12	20	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	55	+1 Lap*	18
13	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	55	+1 Lap	15
14	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	55	+1 Lap	16
15	12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	55	+1 Lap	21
16	77	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	55	+1 Lap	8
17	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor-Mercedes	55	+1 Lap	20
18	31	Esteban Ocon	Manor-Mercedes	54	+2 Laps	22
Ret	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	38	Loose Wheel	5
Ret	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	28	Gearbox	4
Ret	21	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas-Ferrari	16	Brakes	14
Ret	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1	Accident Damage	7
Source:

• * Magnussen was given a five-second time penalty for overtaking Kvyat off-track, dropping him one place.

Milestones

• Kimi Räikkönen's 250th entry (249th start).
• Romain Grosjean's 100th start (101st entry).
• Sebastian Vettel's 175th start (176th entry).
• Lewis Hamilton's first pole position at the Circuit of the Americas, also beating Sebastian Vettel's qualifying lap time in 2012.
• Mercedes' 70th pole position.
• Lewis Hamilton's 50th career victory, making him the third driver to reach 50 wins.

Standings after race

Drivers' World Championship Pos. Driver Pts +/- 1 Nico Rosberg 331 — 2 Lewis Hamilton 305 — 3 Daniel Ricciardo 227 — 4 Sebastian Vettel 177 ▲ 2 5 Kimi Räikkönen 170 ▼ 1 6 Max Verstappen 165 ▼ 1 7 Sergio Pérez 84 ▲ 1 8 Valtteri Bottas 81 ▼ 1 9 Nico Hülkenberg 54 — 10 Fernando Alonso 52 ▲ 1 11 Felipe Massa 49 ▼ 1 12 Carlos Sainz, Jr. 38 — 13 Romain Grosjean 29 — 14 Daniil Kvyat 25 — 15 Jenson Button 21 — 16 Kevin Magnussen 7 — 17 Jolyon Palmer 1 — 18 Pascal Wehrlein 1 — 19 Stoffel Vandoorne 1 — 20 Esteban Gutiérrez 0 — 21 Marcus Ericsson 0 — 22 Felipe Nasr 0 — 23 Rio Haryanto 0 — 24 Esteban Ocon 0 — Source:

Constructors' World Championship Pos. Team Pts +/- 1 Mercedes 636 — 2 Red Bull-TAG Heuer 400 — 3 Ferrari 347 — 4 Force India-Mercedes 138 — 5 Williams-Mercedes 130 — 6 McLaren-Honda 74 — 7 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 55 — 8 Haas-Ferrari 29 — 9 Renault 8 — 10 Manor-Mercedes 1 — 11 Sauber-Ferrari 0 — Source:

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