The 2016 United States Grand Prix (officially the 2016 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix)[1] 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
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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.[2] 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.[3]
Entry listEdit
Practice OverviewEdit
FP1Edit
FP2Edit
FP3Edit
Practice ResultsEdit
| No | Driver | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| 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 | |||||||||
| 42 | Jordan King
| Manor-Mercedes
| 1:42.012 | 20 | |||||||||
| 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
| 1:41.131 | 22 | 1:41.427 | 22 | |||||||
| Source: [4][5][6] | |||||||||||||
QualifyingEdit
Q1Edit
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Q3Edit
Qualifying ResultsEdit
| 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 | |||||||||||||
| Source: [7] | |||||||||||||
GridEdit
| 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 | ______________ |
RaceEdit
ReportEdit
ResultsEdit
- * Magnussen was given a five-second time penalty for overtaking Kvyat off-track, dropping him one place.[8]
MilestonesEdit
- 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 raceEdit
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NotesEdit
- ↑ "2016 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. https://www.formula1.com/en/championship/races/2016/United_States.html. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ↑ "2016 Driver Standings". Formula One World Championship Limited. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. http://web.archive.org/web/20161018173051/http://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/drivers.html. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
- ↑ "2016 Constructor Standings". Formula One World Championship Limited. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. http://web.archive.org/web/20161018190145/https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/team.html. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
- ↑ "2016 United States Grand Prix – Practice 1 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 21 October 2016. http://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/races/954/united-states/practice-1.html. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ↑ "2016 United States Grand Prix – Practice 2 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 21 October 2016. http://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/races/954/united-states/practice-2.html. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ↑ "2016 United States Grand Prix – Practice 3 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 22 October 2016. http://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/races/954/united-states/practice-3.html. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ↑ "2016 United States Grand Prix – Qualifying results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 22 October 2016. http://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/races/954/united-states/qualifying.html. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "United States Grand Prix 2016 Race Results". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 23 October 2016. http://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2016/races/954/united-states/race-result.html. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Collantine, Keith (23 October 2016). "2016 United States Grand Prix championship points". F1 Fanatic (Keith Collantine). http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2016/10/23/2016-united-states-grand-prix-championship-points/. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
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