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2017 United States Grand Prix
Race 17 of 20 in the 2017 Formula One World Championship
Layout of the Circuit of the Americas
Race details[1]
Date	22 October 2017 (2017-10-22)
Official name	2017 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix
Location	Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas, United States
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.513 km (3.426 mi)
Distance	56 laps, 308.405 km (191.634 mi)
Weather	Sunny
Attendance	258,000[2]
Pole position
Driver	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time	1:33.108
Fastest lap
Driver	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
Time	1:37.766 on lap 51 (lap record)
Podium
First	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Second	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
Third	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari
Lap leaders

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 22 October 2017 at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, United States as the seventeenth round of the 2017 FIA Formula One World Championship.^[3] 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 1950, 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.

Report

Driver changes

Brendon Hartley made his Formula One debut with Scuderia Toro Rosso.

Carlos Sainz Jr. moved to Renault and replaced Jolyon Palmer.^[4]Daniil Kvyat returned to Toro Rosso after having missed the Malaysian and Japanese Grands Prix, taking over Sainz's car.^[5]2015 World Endurance Champion Brendon Hartley made his Formula One début, taking Pierre Gasly's (formerly Kvyat's) seat at Toro Rosso.^[6][7] 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.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	Car no.	Driver	Constructor	Qualifying times			Final grid
				Q1	Q2	Q3
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:34.822	1:33.437	1:33.108	1
2	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:35.420	1:34.103	1:33.347	2
3	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:35.309	1:33.769	1:33.568	3
4	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	1:35.991	1:34.495	1:33.5771	4
5	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:35.649	1:33.840	1:33.5771	5
6	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	1:34.899	1:34.716	1:33.658	162
7	31	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1:35.849	1:35.113	1:34.647	6
8	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	1:35.517	1:34.899	1:34.852	7
9	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	1:35.712	1:35.046	1:35.007	8
10	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	1:36.358	1:34.789	1:35.148	9
11	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:35.603	1:35.155		10
12	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:36.073	1:35.529		11
13	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Honda	1:36.286	1:35.641		203
14	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:36.835	1:35.870		12
15	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:35.740	no time		184
16	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:36.842			13
17	18	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1:36.868			155
18	39	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:36.889			196
19	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber-Ferrari	1:37.179			14
20	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:37.394			177
107% time: 1:41.459
Source:[8]

Notes

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  ^1  – 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.


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  ^2  – Max Verstappen received a 15-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of power unit components.^[9]


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  ^3  – Stoffel Vandoorne received a 30-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of power unit components.^[7]


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  ^4  – Nico Hülkenberg received a 20-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of power unit components.^[7]


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  ^5  – Lance Stroll received a 3-place grid penalty for impeding Romain Grosjean during qualifying.^[10]


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  ^6  – Brendon Hartley received a 25-place grid penalty for exceeding his car's quota of power unit components.^{[7][N 1]}


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  ^7  – Kevin Magnussen received a 3-place grid penalty for impeding Sergio Pérez during qualifying.^[10]

Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	56	1:33:50.991	1	25
2	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	56	+10.143	2	18
3	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	56	+15.779	5	15
4	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	56	+16.7681	16	12
5	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	56	+34.967	3	10
6	31	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	56	+1:30.980	6	8
7	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	56	+1:32.944	7	6
8	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	55	+1 Lap	9	4
9	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	55	+1 Lap	10	2
10	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	55	+1 Lap	11	1
11	18	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	55	+1 Lap	15
12	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Honda	55	+1 Lap	20
13	39	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	55	+1 Lap	19
14	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	55	+1 Lap	12
15	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	55	+1 Lap2	13
16	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	55	+1 Lap	17
Ret	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	24	Engine	8
Ret	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	14	Engine	4
Ret	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber-Ferrari	5	Collision damage	14
Ret	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	3	Engine	18
Source:

Notes

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  ^1 – Max Verstappen received a 5-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage.


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  ^2 – Marcus Ericsson received a 5-second time penalty for causing a collision.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Lewis Hamilton 331 2 Sebastian Vettel 265 3 Valtteri Bottas 244 4 Daniel Ricciardo 192 5 Kimi Räikkönen 163

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Mercedes 575 2 Ferrari 428 3 Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 315 4 Force India-Mercedes 159 5 Williams-Mercedes 68

Notes

References