Round 18 · 2016

United States Grand Prix

CircuitCircuit of the AmericasLocationAustin, USADates21 Oct – 23 Oct 2016Final

WinnerHAMMercedes · from P1

PoleHAM

Fastest lap1:39.877Vettel · L55

Most laps led53Hamilton

Biggest gain+10Button P19→P9

Retirements4of 22 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1	0	56	1:38:12.618	2	25
2	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	2	0	56	+4.520	2	18
3	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	3	0	56	+19.690	2	15
4	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	6	+2	56	+43.130 FL	3	12
5	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	12	+7	56	+1:33.950	2	10
6	Carlos Sainz SAI	Toro Rosso	10	+4	56	+1:36.120	2	8
7	Felipe Massa MAS	Williams	9	+2	55	Classified	3	6
8	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	11	+3	55	Classified	2	4
9	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	19	+10	55	+1 lap	2	2
10	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	17	+7	55	+1 lap	2	1
11	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Renault (2016–20)	18	+7	55	+1 lap	3
12	Daniil Kvyat KVY	Toro Rosso	13	+1	55	+1 lap	1
13	Jolyon Palmer PAJ	Renault (2016–20)	15	+2	55	Classified	2
14	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	16	+2	55	+1 lap	1
15	Felipe Nasr NAS	Sauber	21	+6	55	Classified	1
16	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	8	-8	55	Classified	2
17	Pascal Wehrlein WEH	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	20	+3	55	Classified	2
18	Esteban Ocon OCO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	22	+4	54	Classified	3
—	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	5		38	DNF · L38	3
—	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	7		1	DNF · L1	1
—	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	Haas	14		16	DNF · L16	2
—	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	4		28	DNF · L28	2

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	—	—	—	13
2	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	—	—	—	13
3	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	12
4	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	12
5	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	—	—	—	12
6	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	—	—	—	13
7	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	—	—	—	12
8	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	—	—	—	12
9	Felipe Massa MAS	Williams	—	—	—	12
10	Carlos Sainz SAI	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	14
11	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	—	—	—	10
12	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	—	—	—	11
13	Daniil Kvyat KVY	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	12
14	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	Haas	—	—	—	10
15	Jolyon Palmer PAJ	Renault (2016–20)	—	—	—	9
16	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	—	—	—	11
17	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	—	—	—	8
18	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Renault (2016–20)	—	—	—	6
19	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	—	—	—	6
20	Pascal Wehrlein WEH	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	—	—	—	9
21	Felipe Nasr NAS	Sauber	—	—	—	8
22	Esteban Ocon OCO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	—	—	—	8

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:36.766	16
2	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	1:37.032	19
3	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1:37.284	15
4	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:37.483	12
5	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:37.784	10
6	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:37.894	8
7	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:37.948	17
8	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	1:38.188	16
9	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:38.212	13
10	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	1:38.452	13
11	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	1:38.512	16
12	Jolyon Palmer PAJ	Renault (2016–20)	1:38.528	14
13	Felipe Massa MAS	Williams	1:38.607	15
14	Daniil Kvyat KVY	Toro Rosso	1:38.691	16
15	Carlos Sainz SAI	Toro Rosso	1:38.710	6
16	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	Haas	1:38.939	13
17	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	1:39.097	13
18	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Renault (2016–20)	1:39.105	14
19	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	1:39.239	14
20	Felipe Nasr NAS	Sauber	1:39.509	14
21	Esteban Ocon OCO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:39.771	19
22	Pascal Wehrlein WEH	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:41.427	7

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:37.358	33
2	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	1:37.552	33
3	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:37.649	32
4	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:38.178	35
5	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:38.258	27
6	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:38.508	32
7	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	1:38.568	31
8	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:38.713	29
9	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	1:38.801	30
10	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1:38.865	31
11	Carlos Sainz SAI	Toro Rosso	1:38.971	31
12	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Renault (2016–20)	1:39.159	23
13	Felipe Nasr NAS	Sauber	1:39.189	28
14	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	1:39.197	34
15	Daniil Kvyat KVY	Toro Rosso	1:39.202	36
16	Felipe Massa MAS	Williams	1:39.281	30
17	Jolyon Palmer PAJ	Renault (2016–20)	1:39.455	34
18	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	1:39.554	24
19	Esteban Ocon OCO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:40.086	27
20	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	Haas	1:40.114	26
21	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	1:40.219	28
22	Pascal Wehrlein WEH	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:41.131	31

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:37.428	25
2	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:37.743	27
3	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:39.379	28
4	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1:39.407	21
5	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:39.712	27
6	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	1:39.776	30
7	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	1:39.963	26
8	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:39.988	15
9	Daniil Kvyat KVY	Toro Rosso	1:40.131	16
10	Carlos Sainz SAI	Toro Rosso	1:40.140	26
11	Felipe Massa MAS	Williams	1:40.191	27
12	Felipe Nasr NAS	Sauber	1:40.287	16
13	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	1:40.362	26
14	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	1:40.826	15
15	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	Haas	1:40.970	15
16	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	1:41.170	17
17	Alfonso Celis Jr. ACJ	Force India	1:41.422	27
18	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:41.663	21
19	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Renault (2016–20)	1:41.942	22
21	Jolyon Palmer PAJ	Renault (2016–20)	1:42.332	31
22	Esteban Ocon OCO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:43.874	27

Session schedule

Practice 1Final21 Oct 2016 15:00 UTC

Practice 2Final21 Oct 2016 19:00 UTC

Practice 3Final22 Oct 2016 15:00 UTC

QualifyingFinal22 Oct 2016 18:00 UTC

Grand PrixFinal23 Oct 2016 19:00 UTC

Championship after round 18

Pos	Driver	Pts	Δ
1	Nico Rosberg ROS	331
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	305
3	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	227
4	Sebastian Vettel VET	177	▲2
5	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	170	▼1
6	Max Verstappen VER	165	▼1
7	Sergio Pérez PER	84	▲1
8	Valtteri Bottas BOT	81	▼1

Running totals from published race points.

Teammate qualifying gaps

Team	Ahead	Gap	Behind
Mercedes	Lewis Hamilton HAM	—	Nico Rosberg ROS
Red Bull Racing	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	—	Max Verstappen VER
Ferrari	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	—	Sebastian Vettel VET
Force India	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	—	Sergio Pérez PER
Williams	Valtteri Bottas BOT	—	Felipe Massa MAS
Toro Rosso	Carlos Sainz SAI	—	Daniil Kvyat KVY
McLaren	Fernando Alonso ALO	—	Jenson Button BUT
Haas	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	—	Romain Grosjean GRO
Renault (2016–20)	Jolyon Palmer PAJ	—	Kevin Magnussen MAG
Sauber	Marcus Ericsson ERI	—	Felipe Nasr NAS
Manor / Marussia / Virgin	Pascal Wehrlein WEH	—	Esteban Ocon OCO

Deepest knockout session both drivers set a time in.

Season	Event	Winner	Team	Grid
2015	United States Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	2
2014	United States Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	2
2013	United States Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1
2012	United States Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	2