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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[]

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 list[]

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

Practice Results[]

The full practice results for the 2016 United States Grand Prix are outlined below:

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

Qualifying[]

Qualifying Results[]

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

Grid[]

The starting grid of the 2016 United States Grand Prix is as below:

Show 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[]

Report[]

Results[]

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Germany Mercedes 56 1h 38m 12.618s 1 25
2 6 Germany Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes 56 +4.520 2 18
3 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Austria Red Bull-TAG Heuer 56 +19.692 3 15
4 5 Germany Sebastian Vettel Italy Ferrari 56 +43.134 6 12
5 14 Spain Fernando Alonso United Kingdom McLaren-Honda 56 +93.953 12 10
6 55 Spain Carlos Sainz, Jr. Italy Toro Rosso-Ferrari 56 +96.124 10 8
7 19 Brazil Felipe Massa United Kingdom Williams-Mercedes 55 +1 Lap 9 6
8 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez India Force India-Mercedes 55 +1 Lap 11 4
9 22 United Kingdom Jenson Button United Kingdom McLaren-Honda 55 +1 Lap 19 2
10 8 France Romain Grosjean United States Haas-Ferrari 55 +1 Lap 17 1
11 26 Russia Daniil Kvyat Italy Toro Rosso-Ferrari 55 +1 Lap 13
12 20 Denmark Kevin Magnussen France Renault 55 +1 Lap* 18
13 30 United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer France Renault 55 +1 Lap 15
14 9 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Switzerland Sauber-Ferrari 55 +1 Lap 16
15 12 Brazil Felipe Nasr Switzerland Sauber-Ferrari 55 +1 Lap 21
16 77 Finland Valtteri Bottas United Kingdom Williams-Mercedes 55 +1 Lap 8
17 94 Germany Pascal Wehrlein United Kingdom Manor-Mercedes 55 +1 Lap 20
18 31 France Esteban Ocon United Kingdom Manor-Mercedes 54 +2 Laps 22
Ret 7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Italy Ferrari 38 Loose Wheel 5
Ret 33 Netherlands Max Verstappen Austria Red Bull-TAG Heuer 28 Gearbox 4
Ret 21 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez United States Haas-Ferrari 16 Brakes 14
Ret 27 Germany Nico Hülkenberg India Force India-Mercedes 1 Accident Damage 7
Source: [8]
  • * Magnussen was given a five-second time penalty for overtaking Kvyat off-track, dropping him one place.[8]

Milestones[]

Standings after race[]

Drivers' World Championship
Pos. Driver Pts +/-
1 Germany Nico Rosberg 331
2 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton 305
3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo 227
4 Germany Sebastian Vettel 177 ▲ 2
5 Finland Kimi Räikkönen 170 ▼ 1
6 Netherlands Max Verstappen 165 ▼ 1
7 Mexico Sergio Pérez 84 ▲ 1
8 Finland Valtteri Bottas 81 ▼ 1
9 Germany Nico Hülkenberg 54
10 Spain Fernando Alonso 52 ▲ 1
11 Brazil Felipe Massa 49 ▼ 1
12 Spain Carlos Sainz, Jr. 38
13 France Romain Grosjean 29
14 Russia Daniil Kvyat 25
15 United Kingdom Jenson Button 21
16 Denmark Kevin Magnussen 7
17 United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer 1
18 Germany Pascal Wehrlein 1
19 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne 1
20 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez 0
21 Sweden Marcus Ericsson 0
22 Brazil Felipe Nasr 0
23 Indonesia Rio Haryanto 0
24 France Esteban Ocon 0
Source:[9]
Constructors' World Championship
Pos. Team Pts +/-
1 Germany Mercedes 636
2 Austria Red Bull-TAG Heuer 400
3 Italy Ferrari 347
4 India Force India-Mercedes 138
5 United Kingdom Williams-Mercedes 130
6 United Kingdom McLaren-Honda 74
7 Italy Toro Rosso-Ferrari 55
8 United States Haas-Ferrari 29
9 France Renault 8
10 United Kingdom Manor-Mercedes 1
11 Switzerland Sauber-Ferrari 0
Source:[9]

Notes[]

  1. "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.
  2. "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.
  3. "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.
  4. "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.
  5. "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.
  6. "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.
  7. "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. 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. 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.
V T E 2016 Formula One Season
Teams Ferrari • Force India • Haas • Manor • McLaren • Mercedes • Red Bull • Renault • Sauber • Toro Rosso • Williams
Engines Ferrari • Honda • Mercedes • Renault • TAG Heuer
Drivers alphabetically Alonso • Bottas • Button • Ericsson • Grosjean • Gutiérrez • Hamilton • Haryanto • Hülkenberg • Kvyat • Magnussen • Massa • Nasr • Ocon • Palmer • Pérez • Räikkönen • Ricciardo • Rosberg • Sainz • Vandoorne  • Verstappen • Vettel • Wehrlein
Drivers by number Ricciardo • 5 Vettel • 6 Rosberg • 7 Räikkönen • 8 Grosjean • 9 Ericsson • 11 Pérez • 12 Nasr • 14 Alonso • 19 Massa • 20 Magnussen • 21 Gutiérrez • 22 Button • 26 Kvyat • 27 Hülkenberg • 30 Palmer • 31 Ocon • 33 Verstappen • 44 Hamilton • 47 Vandoorne  • 55 Sainz • 77 Bottas • 88 Haryanto • 94 Wehrlein
Other Drivers Celis • di Resta • Fong • Fuoco • Gasly • Jordá • Kari • King • Leclerc • Lynn • Matsushita • Mazepin • Paffett • Rossi • Stoneman • Stroll • Turvey • Vergne
Cars Ferrari SF16-H • Force India VJM09 • Haas VF-16 • Manor MRT05 • McLaren MP4-31 • Mercedes F1 W07 Hybrid • Red Bull RB12 • Renault RS16 • Sauber C35 • Toro Rosso STR11 • Williams FW38
Tyres Pirelli
Races Australia • Bahrain • China • Russia • Spain • Monaco • Canada • Baku • Austria • Britain • Hungary • Germany • Belgium • Italy • Singapore • Malaysia • Japan • United States • Mexico • Brazil • Abu Dhabi
Tests Paul Ricard • Barcelona: 1 • 2 • 3
See also 2015 Formula One Season • 2017 Formula One Season • Category
V T E United States United States Grand Prix
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