The 2019 United States Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Emirates United States Grand Prix 2019)[1] was the nineteenth race of the 2019 Formula One season, the forty-first time the United States Grand Prix was held on the Formula One calendar, and the eighth time it was held at the Circuit of the Americas. It was held between 1 November and 3 November 2019.
In qualifying, Valtteri Bottas took his eleventh pole position, also his first at the Circuit of the Americas, after Lewis Hamilton decided to abort his final flying lap which left him in fifth place. Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen qualified second and third respectively.
In the race, Bottas kept his lead whilst Vettel fell behind Verstappen, and Hamilton moved of Charles Leclerc. Alexander Albon and Carlos Sainz, Jr. then made contact at the first corner, forcing Albon to take an early pit stop for a new front wing. Vettel then lost four places to Hamilton, Leclerc, Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo on the same lap, before he finally retired with a broken suspension on lap 8. Hamilton opted for a one-stop strategy compared to Bottas and Verstappen taking two stops, but Bottas was able to take the lead back from Hamilton on lap 52, leaving the latter to deal with Verstappen. Bottas went on to take his seventh victory, and Hamilton held off Verstappen as he took second place and his sixth World Drivers' Championship.
Background[]
| Driver | Hard | Med | Soft | Driver | Hard | Med | Soft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton | 2 | 3 | 8 | Bottas | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Vettel | 2 | 3 | 8 | Leclerc | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Verstappen | 1 | 4 | 8 | Albon | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Ricciardo | 1 | 2 | 10 | Hülkenberg | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Magnussen | 2 | 2 | 9 | Grosjean | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Sainz | 2 | 3 | 8 | Norris | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Pérez | 2 | 2 | 9 | Stroll | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Räikkönen | 1 | 3 | 9 | Giovinazzi | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Kvyat | 1 | 3 | 9 | Gasly | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Russell | 2 | 2 | 9 | Kubica | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Source[2] | |||||||
After being absent at the Mexican Grand Prix due to medical issues, Peter Bonnington recovered to take back his role as Lewis Hamilton's race engineer.[3]
Being seventy-four points ahead of Valtteri Bottas in the championship,[4] in order for Hamilton to win his sixth title, he has to finish at least eighth, ninth with the fastest lap, or Bottas fails to win the race.[5]
Entry list[]
Practice Overview[]
FP1[]
FP2[]
Having not gone onto the weighbridge as instructed, Sergio Pérez was ordered by the stewards to start the race from the pit lane.[6]
FP3[]
Practice Results[]
| No | Driver | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Pos | Time | Pos | Time | Pos | ||||||||
| 3 |  Daniel Ricciardo
|
 Renault
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1:35.263 | 5 | 1:34.924 | 11 | 1:34.774 | 10 | |||||
| 4 |  Lando Norris
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McLaren-Renault
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1:36.263 | 18 | 1:35.025 | 14 | 1:33.818 | 3 | |||||
| 5 |  Sebastian Vettel
|
 Ferrari
|
1:34.226 | 2 | 1:33.890 | 4 | 1:33.523 | 2 | |||||
| 7 |  Kimi Räikkönen
|
 Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
1:35.854 | 13 | 1:35.387 | 16 | 1:34.513 | 8 | |||||
| 8 | Romain Grosjean
|
 Haas-Ferrari
|
1:35.356 | 6 | 1:35.789 | 18 | 1:34.849 | 13 | |||||
| 10 | Pierre Gasly
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Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda
|
1:35.008 | 4 | 1:34.509 | 7 | 1:34.517 | 9 | |||||
| 11 |  Sergio Pérez
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Racing Point-BWT Mercedes
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1:35.971 | 14 | 1:35.109 | 15 | 1:38.426 | 19 | |||||
| 16 |  Charles Leclerc
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Ferrari
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1:35.380 | 7 | 1:33.533 | 2 | No Time | 20 | |||||
| 18 |  Lance Stroll
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Racing Point-BWT Mercedes
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1:35.586 | 9 | 1:34.744 | 9 | 1:34.792 | 12 | |||||
| 20 |  Kevin Magnussen
|
Haas-Ferrari
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1:35.659 | 10 | 1:35.442 | 17 | 1:35.305 | 15 | |||||
| 23 |  Alexander Albon
|
 Red Bull Racing-Honda
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1:34.316 | 3 | 1:34.434 | 6 | 1:33.983 | 6 | |||||
| 26 |  Daniil Kvyat
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Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda
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1:35.661 | 11 | 1:34.975 | 12 | 1:35.129 | 14 | |||||
| 27 | Nico Hülkenberg
|
Renault
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1:36.124 | 16 | 1:34.988 | 13 | 1:34.784 | 11 | |||||
| 33 |  Max Verstappen
|
Red Bull Racing-Honda
|
1:34.057 | 1 | 1:33.547 | 3 | 1:33.305 | 1 | |||||
| 40 | Nicholas Latifi
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Williams-Mercedes
|
1:41.112 | 20 | |||||||||
| 44 | Lewis Hamilton
|
Mercedes
|
1:35.439 | 8 | 1:33.232 | 1 | 1:33.923 | 5 | |||||
| 55 |  Carlos Sainz, Jr.
|
McLaren-Renault
|
1:35.723 | 12 | 1:34.667 | 8 | 1:38.426 | 19 | |||||
| 63 | George Russell
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
1:36.749 | 19 | 1:36.256 | 17 | |||||||
| 77 | Valtteri Bottas
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Mercedes
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1:36.159 | 17 | 1:34.045 | 5 | 1:33.904 | 4 | |||||
| 88 |  Robert Kubica
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
1:37.948 | 19 | 1:37.283 | 20 | 1:36.628 | 18 | |||||
| 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi
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Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
1:36.037 | 15 | 1:34.839 | 10 | 1:35.596 | 16 | |||||
| Source: [7][8][9] | |||||||||||||
Qualifying[]
Q1[]
Q2[]
Q3[]
Qualifying Results[]
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Grid | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Time | Pos | Time | Pos | Time | ||||||||
| 1 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas
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Mercedes
|
5 | 1:33.750 | 6 | 1:33.160 | 1 | 1:32.029 | 1 | |||
| 2 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel
|
Ferrari
|
6 | 1:33.766 | 2 | 1:32.782 | 2 | 1:32.041 | 2 | |||
| 3 | 33 | Max Verstappen
|
Red Bull Racing-Honda
|
3 | 1:33.549 | 5 | 1:33.120 | 3 | 1:32.096 | 3 | |||
| 4 | 16 | Charles Leclerc
|
Ferrari
|
12 | 1:33.988 | 1 | 1:32.760 | 4 | 1:32.137 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton
|
Mercedes
|
2 | 1:33.454 | 4 | 1:33.045 | 5 | 1:32.321 | 5 | |||
| 6 | 23 | Alexander Albon
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Red Bull Racing-Honda
|
11 | 1:33.984 | 3 | 1:32.898 | 6 | 1:32.548 | 6 | |||
| 7 | 55 | Carlos Sainz, Jr.
|
McLaren-Renault
|
9 | 1:33.916 | 8 | 1:33.422 | 7 | 1:32.847 | 7 | |||
| 8 | 4 | Lando Norris
|
McLaren-Renault
|
1 | 1:33.353 | 7 | 1:33.316 | 8 | 1:33.175 | 8 | |||
| 9 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo
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Renault
|
8 | 1:33.835 | 9 | 1:33.608 | 9 | 1:33.488 | 9 | |||
| 10 | 10 | Pierre Gasly
|
Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda
|
4 | 1:33.556 | 10 | 1:33.715 | 10 | 1:33.601 | 10 | |||
| 11 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg
|
Renault
|
13 | 1:34.092 | 11 | 1:33.815 | 11 | |||||
| 12 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen
|
Haas-Ferrari
|
7 | 1:33.812 | 12 | 1:33.979 | 12 | |||||
| 13 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat
|
Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda
|
14 | 1:34.138 | 13 | 1:33.989 | 13 | |||||
| 14 | 18 | Lance Stroll
|
Racing Point-BWT Mercedes
|
10 | 1:33.921 | 14 | 1:34.100 | 14 | |||||
| 15 | 8 | Romain Grosjean
|
Haas-Ferrari
|
15 | 1:34.161 | 15 | 1:34.158 | 15 | |||||
| 16 | 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi
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Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
16 | 1:34.226 | 16 | |||||||
| 17 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen
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Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
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17 | 1:34.369 | 17 | |||||||
| 18 | 63 | George Russell
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
18 | 1:35.372 | 18 | |||||||
| 19 | 11 | Sergio Pérez
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Racing Point-BWT Mercedes
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19 | 1:35.808 | PL* | |||||||
| 20 | 88 | Robert Kubica
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Williams-Mercedes
|
20 | 1:35.889 | 19 | |||||||
| 107% time: 1:39.887 | |||||||||||||
| Source: [10] | |||||||||||||
- * Pérez was forced to start from the pit lane after not going onto the weighbridge as instructed in FP2.[6] He was then required to start from the back after using his fifth ICE, fifth turbocharger, fifth MGU-H and fourth MGU-K.[11]
Grid[]
Race[]
Report[]
Results[]
- * 12 points for fourth place and 1 point for the fastest lap.
- † Daniil Kvyat received a post-race 5-second time penalty for causing a collision.[13]
Milestones[]
- The 1,000th race to have a British driver.
- Kevin Magnussen's 100th start (101st entry).
- Max Verstappen's 100th entry and start.
- Carlos Sainz, Jr.'s 100th entry and start.
- Pierre Gasly's 45th entry and start.
- Mercedes' 100th front row start as a constructor.
- Sebastian Vettel's 100th front row start.
- Lewis Hamilton clinched his sixth World Championship, and stood on his 150th podium.
- Valtteri Bottas' 45th podium, and seventh career victory.
Standings[]
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Only point-scoring drivers and constructors are shown.
Notes[]
- ↑ "Formula 1 Emirates United States Grand Prix 2019". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. https://www.formula1.com/en/racing/2019/United_States.html. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ↑ "2019 United States Grand Prix – Selected sets per driver". Pirelli. 22 October 2019. https://press.pirelli.com/2019-united-states-grand-prix--selected-sets-per-driver/. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ↑ Mitchell, Scott (1 November 2019). "Hamilton's engineer Bonnington returns ahead of schedule". motorsport.com (Motorsport Network). https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/bonnington-return-hamilton-united-states/4590776/. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ↑ "Mexico 2019 - Championship". https://www.statsf1.com/en/2019/mexique/championnat.aspx. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ↑ "TITLE RACE: What Hamilton needs to clinch title 6 in Austin - and how Bottas can stop him". www.formula1.com. 31 October 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.title-race-what-hamilton-needs-to-do-to-secure-sixth-championship-in-austin.1sc2Ufn4lZpk53YEsoXwVW.html. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Sergio Perez to start US Grand Prix from the pit lane". 2 November 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.sergio-perez-to-start-us-grand-prix-from-the-pit-lane.3CpyKIGnold1W20DC48Oc8.html. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ↑ "2019 United States Grand Prix – Practice 1 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 1 November 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1018/united-states/practice-1.html. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ↑ "2019 United States Grand Prix – Practice 2 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 1 November 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1018/united-states/practice-2.html. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ↑ "2019 United States Grand Prix – Practice 3 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 2 Novembe 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1018/united-states/practice-3.html. Retrieved 2 Novembe 2019.
- ↑ "2019 United States Grand Prix – Qualifying results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 2 November 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1018/united-states/qualifying.html. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ↑ "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 36". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 2 November 2019. https://www.fia.com/file/106090/download. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ↑ "United States Grand Prix 2019 Race Results". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 3 November 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1018/united-states/race-result.html. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ↑ "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 65". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 3 November 2019. https://www.fia.com/file/106232/download. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
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