2019 United States Grand Prix

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The original Circuit of the Americas layout

Race Details

Date

November 3, 2019

Race Number

1016

Official Name

Formula 1 Emirates United States Grand Prix 2019

Location

Circuit of the Americas
Austin, Texas, USA

Course

Permanent racing facility
5.513 km (3.426 mi)

Distance

56 laps, 308.728 km (191.835 mi)

Pole Position

Driver

Valtteri Bottas

Mercedes

Time

1:32.029

Fastest Lap

Driver

Charles Leclerc

Ferrari

Time

1:36.169 on lap 44

Podium

First	Second	Third
Valtteri Bottas	Lewis Hamilton	Max Verstappen

Lap Leaders

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 will be 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.

Background

Weather Conditions
Practice 1	Practice 2	Practice 3
Partly Cloudy	Partly Cloudy	Sunny

Qualifying	Race
Sunny	Partly Cloudy

Driver tyre allocations
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

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport	Mercedes	W10	Mercedes	M10 EQ Power+	P
77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport	Mercedes	W10	Mercedes	M10 EQ Power+	P
5	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow	Ferrari	SF90	Ferrari	064	P
16	Charles Leclerc	Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow	Ferrari	SF90	Ferrari	064	P
33	Max Verstappen	Aston Martin Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB15	Honda	RA619H	P
23	Alexander Albon	Aston Martin Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB15	Honda	RA619H	P
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault F1 Team	Renault	RS19	Renault	E-Tech 19	P
27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault F1 Team	Renault	RS19	Renault	E-Tech 19	P
8	Romain Grosjean	Rich Energy Haas F1 Team	Haas	VF-19	Ferrari	064	P
20	Kevin Magnussen	Rich Energy Haas F1 Team	Haas	VF-19	Ferrari	064	P
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	McLaren F1 Team	McLaren	MCL34	Renault	E-Tech 19	P
4	Lando Norris	McLaren F1 Team	McLaren	MCL34	Renault	E-Tech 19	P
11	Sergio Pérez	SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team	Racing Point	RP19	BWT Mercedes	M10 EQ Power+	P
18	Lance Stroll	SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team	Racing Point	RP19	BWT Mercedes	M10 EQ Power+	P
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo Racing	Alfa Romeo	C38	Ferrari	064	P
99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo Racing	Alfa Romeo	C38	Ferrari	064	P
26	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda	Toro Rosso	STR14	Honda	RA619H	P
10	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda	Toro Rosso	STR14	Honda	RA619H	P
63	George Russell	ROKiT Williams Racing	Williams	FW42	Mercedes	M10 EQ Power+	P
88	Robert Kubica	ROKiT Williams Racing	Williams	FW42	Mercedes	M10 EQ Power+	P
Free Practice 1 only
40	Nicholas Latifi	ROKiT Williams Racing	Williams	FW42	Mercedes	M10 EQ Power+	P
source

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	FP1		FP2		FP3
No	Driver	Team	Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1:35.263	5	1:34.924	11	1:34.774	10
4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	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	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	1:35.008	4	1:34.509	7	1:34.517	9
11	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	1:35.971	14	1:35.109	15	1:38.426	19
16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:35.380	7	1:33.533	2	No Time	20
18	Lance Stroll	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	1:35.586	9	1:34.744	9	1:34.792	12
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:35.659	10	1:35.442	17	1:35.305	15
23	Alexander Albon	Red Bull Racing-Honda	1:34.316	3	1:34.434	6	1:33.983	6
26	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	1:35.661	11	1:34.975	12	1:35.129	14
27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	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	Williams-Mercedes	1:41.112	20	DNP	21 !	DNP	21 !
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	DNP	22 !	1:36.749	19	1:36.256	17
77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	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	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	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Grid
Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Q1		Q2		Q3		Grid
1	77	Valtteri Bottas	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	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	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	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	16	1:34.226					16
17	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	17	1:34.369					17
18	63	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	18	1:35.372					18
19	11	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	19	1:35.808					PL*
20	88	Robert Kubica	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

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	56	1h 33m 55.653s	1	25
2	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	56	+4.148s	5	18
3	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	56	+5.002s	3	15
4	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	56	+52.239s	4	13*
5	23	Alexander Albon	Red Bull	56	+78.038s	6	10
6	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	56	+90.366s	9	8
7	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	56	+90.764s	8	6
8	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	McLaren-Renault	55	+1 Lap	7	4
9	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	55	+1 Lap	11	2
10	11	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	55	+1 Lap	PL	1
11	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	55	+1 Lap	17
12	26	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	55	+1 Lap^‡	13
13	18	Lance Stroll	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	55	+1 Lap	14
14	99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	55	+1 Lap	16
15	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	55	+1 Lap	15
16	10	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	54	Collision damage	10
17	63	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	54	+2 Laps	18
18	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	52	Brakes	12
Ret	88	Robert Kubica	Williams-Mercedes	31	Hydraulics	19
Ret	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	7	Suspension	2
Source: ^[12]

* 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.

Milestones

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.

Standings after race

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.

V T E	2019 FIA Formula One World Championship
Teams	Alfa Romeo • Ferrari • Haas • McLaren • Mercedes • Racing Point • Red Bull • Renault • Toro Rosso • Williams
Engines	Ferrari • Honda • Mercedes • Renault
Drivers alphabetically	Albon • Bottas • Gasly • Giovinazzi • Grosjean • Hamilton • Hülkenberg • Kubica • Kvyat • Leclerc • Magnussen • Norris • Pérez • Räikkönen • Ricciardo • Russell • Sainz • Stroll • Verstappen • Vettel
Drivers by number	3 Ricciardo • 4 Norris • 5 Vettel • 7 Räikkönen • 8 Grosjean • 10 Gasly • 11 Pérez • 16 Leclerc • 18 Stroll • 20 Magnussen • 23 Albon • 26 Kvyat • 27 Hülkenberg • 33 Verstappen • 44 Hamilton • 55 Sainz • 63 Russell • 77 Bottas • 88 Kubica • 99 Giovinazzi
Other Drivers	Aitken • Alonso • Buemi • Calderón • Câmara • Correa • Delétraz • Ericsson • Fittipaldi • Fuoco • Gutiérrez • Hartley • Latifi • Ocon • Rigon • Schumacher • Sirotkin • Ticktum • Vandoorne • Wehrlein • Yamamoto
Cars	Alfa Romeo C38 • Ferrari SF90 • Haas VF-19 • McLaren MCL34 • Mercedes-AMG F1 W10 EQ Power+ • Racing Point RP19 • Red Bull RB15 • Renault RS19 • Toro Rosso STR14 • Williams FW42
Tyres	Pirelli
Races	Australia • Bahrain • China • Azerbaijan • Spain • Monaco • Canada • France • Austria • Britain • Germany • Hungary • Belgium • Italy • Singapore • Russia • Japan • Mexico • United States • Brazil • Abu Dhabi
Tests	Barcelona 1 • Barcelona 2
See also	2018 Formula One Season • 2020 Formula One Season • Category

V T E	United States Grand Prix
Circuits	Sebring (1959), Riverside (1960), Watkins Glen (1961–1980), Phoenix (1989–1991), Indianapolis (2000–2007), Austin (2012–present)
Formula One Races	1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981–1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992–1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008–2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • ~~2020~~ • 2021 • 2022 • 2023
Non-F1 races	1908 • 1909 • 1910 • 1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914 • 1915 • 1916 • 1917–1957 • 1958
See also	Miami Grand Prix • Las Vegas Grand Prix • United States Grand Prix West • Indianapolis 500 • Detroit Grand Prix • Caesars Palace Grand Prix • Dallas Grand Prix • Questor Grand Prix

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[1] "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.

[2] "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.

[3] 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.

[4] "Mexico 2019 - Championship". https://www.statsf1.com/en/2019/mexique/championnat.aspx. Retrieved 2 November 2019.

[5] "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.

[PER_PL_start-6] 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.

[7] "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.

[8] "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.

[9] "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.

[USA_quali-10] "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.

[Perez_penalty_2-11] "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.

[results-12] "United States Grand Prix 2019 Race Results". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 3 November 2019.

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