The 2017 United States Grand Prix (formally known as the 2017 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on October 22, 2017, at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, United States as the seventeenth round of the 2017 FIA Formula One World Championship. The race marked the forty-seventh running of the United States Grand Prix, the thirty-ninth time that the race was run as a World Championship event since the inaugural season in , and the sixth time that a World Championship round was held at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton entered the round with a 59-point lead over Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel in the World Drivers' Championship. Hamilton's teammate Valtteri Bottas was third, a further 13 points behind. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes held a lead of 155 points over Ferrari, with Red Bull Racing a further 92 points behind in third place.
Mercedes clinched its fourth successive World Constructors' Championship after Hamilton won and Bottas finished 5th.
Background Driver changes
Carlos Sainz Jr. moved from Toro Rosso to Renault and replaced Jolyon Palmer. Daniil Kvyat returned to Toro Rosso after having missed the Malaysian and Japanese Grands Prix, taking over Sainz's car. Pierre Gasly missed the round to compete in the final weekend of the 2017 Super Formula Championship and was replaced at Toro Rosso by the 2015 World Endurance Champion Brendon Hartley, who made his Formula One début; this was the first time a New Zealander participated in a Formula One race in 33 years.
Tyres Tyre supplier Pirelli provided teams with the ultra-soft, super-soft and soft compounds of tyre. The purple branding on the ultra-soft compound was replaced by pink for the race to raise awareness of breast cancer. Several teams also incorporated pink into their liveries to support the cause (except Force India, whose cars were pink to begin with).
Qualifying DriverConstructor Q1Q2Q3144 Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:34.8221:33.4371:33.108125 Sebastian VettelFerrari1:35.4201:34.1031:33.3472377 Valtteri BottasMercedes1:35.3091:33.7691:33.568343 Daniel Ricciardo1:35.9911:34.4951:33.577457 Kimi RäikkönenFerrari1:35.6491:33.8401:33.5775633 Max Verstappen1:34.8991:34.7161:33.65816731 Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes1:35.8491:35.1131:34.6476855 Carlos Sainz Jr.Renault1:35.5171:34.8991:34.8527914 Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda1:35.7121:35.0461:35.00781011 Sergio PérezForce India-Mercedes1:36.3581:34.7891:35.14891119 Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes1:35.6031:35.155101226 Daniil KvyatToro Rosso1:36.0731:35.52911132McLaren-Honda1:36.2861:35.64120148 Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari1:36.8351:35.870121527 Nico HülkenbergRenault1:35.740No time18169 Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari1:36.842131718 Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes1:36.868151839 Brendon HartleyToro Rosso1:36.889191994 Pascal WehrleinSauber-Ferrari1:37.179142020 Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari1:37.39417107% time: 1:41.459Source: Notes – Daniel Ricciardo and Kimi Räikkönen set identical lap times in Q3. As Ricciardo was the first to set his time, he was considered to have qualified ahead of Räikkönen. – Max Verstappen received a 15-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of power unit components. – Stoffel Vandoorne received a 30-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of power unit components. – Nico Hülkenberg received a 20-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of power unit components. – Lance Stroll received a 3-place grid penalty for impeding Romain Grosjean during qualifying. – Brendon Hartley received a 25-place grid penalty for exceeding his car's quota of power unit components. – Kevin Magnussen received a 3-place grid penalty for impeding Sergio Pérez during qualifying.
Race Lewis Hamilton won after passing title rival Sebastian Vettel early on in the race with the German driver coming home second, Hamilton extended his Championship lead in the process to 66 points. Kimi Räikkönen was third, Max Verstappen did overtake Räikkönen on the final lap, although Verstappen was found to have cut the corner, resulting in a time penalty.
Race classification DriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints144 Lewis HamiltonMercedes561:33:50.99112525 Sebastian VettelFerrari56 +10.14321837 Kimi RäikkönenFerrari56 +15.779515433 Max Verstappen56 +16.7681612577 Valtteri BottasMercedes56 +34.967310631 Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes56 +1:30.98068755 Carlos Sainz Jr.Renault56 +1:32.94476811 Sergio PérezForce India-Mercedes55 +1 Lap94919 Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes55 +1 Lap1021026 Daniil KvyatToro Rosso55 +1 Lap1111118 Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes55 +1 Lap15122McLaren-Honda55 +1 Lap201339 Brendon HartleyToro Rosso55 +1 Lap19148 Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari55 +1 Lap12 159 Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari55 +1 Lap131620Haas-Ferrari55 +1 Lap17 14 Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda24 Engine8 3 Daniel Ricciardo14 Engine4 94 Pascal WehrleinSauber-Ferrari5 14 27 Nico HülkenbergRenault3 Engine18Source: Notes – Max Verstappen originally finished third, but received a 5-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage. – Marcus Ericsson received a 5-second time penalty for causing a collision.
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings DriverPoints1 Lewis Hamilton*3312 Sebastian Vettel*2653 Valtteri Bottas2444 Daniel Ricciardo1925 Kimi Räikkönen163Source:
Constructors' Championship standings ConstructorPoints1 Mercedes5752 Ferrari4283 3154 Force India-Mercedes1595 Williams-Mercedes68Source:
Note: Only the top five positions are included for the sets of standings. Bold text indicates 2017 World Constructors' Champions. Bold text and an asterisk indicates competitors who still had a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion.
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