2016 United States Grand Prix

The 2016 United States Grand Prix (officially the 2016 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix) was the eighteenth race of the 2016 Formula One season, the 38th time the United States Grand Prix was held on the Formula One calendar, and the fifth time it was held at the Circuit of the Americas. It was held between 21 October and 23 October 2016.
Compared to qualifying of the last two United States Grands Prix in and , Lewis Hamilton this time received pole position with Nico Rosberg joining him on the front row. The lap time was also faster than Sebastian Vettel in the inaugural race in 2012. Hamilton led pretty much all of the race, and took his fourth win at the Circuit of the Americas ahead of Rosberg and Daniel Ricciardo.
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==Background==
At the previous Grand Prix in Japan, Nico Rosberg took his first win at the Suzuka Circuit, giving him another twenty-five points, while Max Verstappen's defensive driving against Lewis Hamilton forced the latter to settle for third place in the race, extending the gap between Rosberg and Hamilton in the Drivers' Championship to thirty-three points, enough for Rosberg to keep his lead after the United States Grand Prix. Although he only finished sixth in Japan, Daniel Ricciardo remained third in the standings, being 101 points behind Rosberg. Kimi Räikkönen kept fourth after finishing fifth, being an additional 42 points behind. Finishing second in Japan allowed Verstappen to move up to fifth, ahead of Sebastian Vettel. Although they were both on 165 points, Verstappen had won one race while Vettel won none, allowing Verstappen to move up. Their 1-3 finish in the Japanese Grand Prix granted their third constructors title, having 593 points while were on 385. were only fifty points behind Red Bull, while remained in fourth with 134 points, ten points ahead of .
==Entry list==
No. 	Driver 	Entrant 	Constructor 	Chassis 	Engine 	Model 	Tyre
44 	Lewis Hamilton 	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	 	W07 Hybrid 	 	PU106C Hybrid 	
6 	Nico Rosberg 	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	 	W07 Hybrid 	 	PU106C Hybrid 	
5 	Sebastian Vettel 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	SF16-H 	 	059/5 	
7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	SF16-H 	 	059/5 	
19 	Felipe Massa 	Williams Martini Racing 	 	FW38 	 	PU106C Hybrid 	
77 	Valtteri Bottas 	Williams Martini Racing 	 	FW38 	 	PU106C Hybrid 	
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	Red Bull Racing 	 	RB12 	 	TAG Heuer 	
33 	Max Verstappen 	Red Bull Racing 	 	RB12 	 	TAG Heuer 	
27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	Sahara Force India F1 Team 	 	VJM09 	 	PU106C Hybrid 	
11 	Sergio Pérez 	Sahara Force India F1 Team 	 	VJM09 	 	PU106C Hybrid 	
20 	Kevin Magnussen 	Renault Sport F1 Team 	 	RS16 	 	RE16 	
30 	Jolyon Palmer 	Renault Sport F1 Team 	 	RS16 	 	RE16 	
26 	Daniil Kvyat 	Scuderia Toro Rosso 	 	STR11 	 	059/4 	
55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	Scuderia Toro Rosso 	 	STR11 	 	059/4 	
9 	Marcus Ericsson 	Sauber F1 Team 	 	C35 	 	059/5 	
12 	Felipe Nasr 	Sauber F1 Team 	 	C35 	 	059/5 	
14 	Fernando Alonso 	McLaren Honda 	 	MP4-31 	 	RA616H 	
22 	Jenson Button 	McLaren Honda 	 	MP4-31 	 	RA616H 	
94 	Pascal Wehrlein 	Manor Racing MRT 	 	MRT05 	 	PU106C Hybrid 	
31 	Esteban Ocon 	Manor Racing MRT 	 	MRT05 	 	PU106C Hybrid 	
8 	Romain Grosjean 	Haas F1 Team 	 	VF-16 	 	059/5 	
21 	Esteban Gutiérrez 	Haas F1 Team 	 	VF-16 	 	059/5 	
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34 	Alfonso Celis, Jr. 	Sahara Force India F1 Team 	 	VJM09 	 	PU106C Hybrid 	
42 	Jordan King 	Manor Racing MRT 	 	MRT05 	 	PU106C Hybrid 	
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==Practice Overview==
===Practice Results===
The full practice results for the are outlined below:
No 	Driver 	Team 	FP1 	 	FP2 	 	FP3 	 	 	 	 	 	
No 	Driver 	Team 	Time 	Pos 	Time 	Pos 	Time 	Pos 	 	 	 	 	
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	1:39.963	7 	1:37.552	2 	1:37.032	2 	 	 	 	 	
5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	1:39.988	8 	1:38.178	4 	1:37.894	6 	 	 	 	 	
6 	Nico Rosberg 	 	1:37.743	2 	1:37.358	1 	1:37.784	5 	 	 	 	 	
7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	1:39.407	4 	1:38.865	10 	1:37.284	3 	 	 	 	 	
8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	1:40.826	14 	1:39.554	18 	1:39.097	17 	 	 	 	 	
9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	1:41.170	16 	1:40.219	21 	1:39.239	19 	 	 	 	 	
11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	 	1:38.568	7 	1:38.512	11 	 	 	 	 	 	
12 	Felipe Nasr 	 	1:40.287	12 	1:39.189	13 	1:39.509	20 	 	 	 	 	
14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	1:40.362	13 	1:38.801	9 	1:38.452	10 	 	 	 	 	
19 	Felipe Massa 	 	1:40.191	11 	1:39.281	16 	1:38.607	13 	 	 	 	 	
20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	1:41.942	19 	1:39.159	12 	1:39.105	18 	 	 	 	 	
21 	Esteban Gutiérrez 	 	1:40.970	15 	1:40.114	20 	1:38.939	16 	 	 	 	 	
22 	Jenson Button 	 	1:41.663	18 	1:38.713	8 	1:38.212	9 	 	 	 	 	
26 	Daniil Kvyat 	 	1:40.131	9 	1:39.202	15 	1:38.691	14 	 	 	 	 	
27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	1:39.712	5 	1:38.508	6 	1:37.948	7 	 	 	 	 	
30 	Jolyon Palmer 	 	1:42.332	21 	1:39.455	17 	1:38.528	12 	 	 	 	 	
31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	1:43.874	22 	1:40.086	19 	1:39.771	21 	 	 	 	 	
33 	Max Verstappen 	 	1:39.379	3 	1:38.258	5 	1:36.766	1 	 	 	 	 	
34 	Alfonso Celis, Jr.	 	1:41.422	17 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
42 	Jordan King 	 	1:42.012	20 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	1:37.428	1 	1:37.649	3 	1:37.483	4 	 	 	 	 	
55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	1:40.140	10 	1:38.971	11 	1:38.710	15 	 	 	 	 	
77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	1:39.776	6 	1:39.197	14 	1:38.188	8 	 	 	 	 	
94 	Pascal Wehrlein 	 	 	1:41.131	22 	1:41.427	22 	 	 	 	 	 	
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==Qualifying==
===Qualifying Results===
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	 	Q1 	Q1 	 	Q2 	Q2 	 	Q3 	Q3 	Grid
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	 	Pos 	Time 	 	Pos 	Time 	 	Pos 	Time 	Grid
1 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	 	1 	1:36.296 	 	3 	1:36.450 	 	1 	1:34.999 	1
2 	6 	Nico Rosberg 	 	 	2 	1:36.397 	 	2 	1:36.351 	 	2 	1:35.215 	2
3 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	 	4 	1:36.759 	 	1 	1:36.255 	 	3 	1:35.509 	3
4 	33 	Max Verstappen 	 	 	3 	1:36.613 	 	7 	1:36.857 	 	4 	1:35.747 	4
5 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	 	6 	1:36.985 	 	5 	1:36.584 	 	5 	1:36.131 	5
6 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	 	7 	1:37.151 	 	4 	1:36.462 	 	6 	1:36.358 	6
7 	27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	 	5 	1:36.950 	 	6 	1:36.626 	 	7 	1:36.628 	7
8 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	 	10 	1:37.456 	 	9 	1:37.202 	 	8 	1:37.116 	8
9 	19 	Felipe Massa 	 	 	9 	1:37.402 	 	10 	1:37.214 	 	9 	1:37.269 	9
10 	55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	 	11 	1:37.744 	 	8 	1:37.175 	 	10 	1:37.326 	10
11 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	 	8 	1:37.345 	 	11 	1:37.353 	 	 	 	11
12 	14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	 	13 	1:37.913 	 	12 	1:37.417 	 	 	 	12
13 	26 	Daniil Kvyat 	 	 	12 	1:37.844 	 	13 	1:37.480 	 	 	 	13
14 	21 	Esteban Gutiérrez 	 	 	15 	1:38.053 	 	14 	1:37.773 	 	 	 	14
15 	30 	Jolyon Palmer 	 	 	16 	1:38.084 	 	15 	1:37.935 	 	 	 	15
16 	9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	 	14 	1:38.040 	 	16 	1:39.356 	 	 	 	16
17 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	 	17 	1:38.308 	 	 	 	 	 	 	17
18 	20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	 	18 	1:38.317 	 	 	 	 	 	 	18
19 	22 	Jenson Button 	 	 	19 	1:38.327 	 	 	 	 	 	 	19
20 	94 	Pascal Wehrlein 	 	 	20 	1:38.548 	 	 	 	 	 	 	20
21 	12 	Felipe Nasr 	 	 	21 	1:38.583 	 	 	 	 	 	 	21
22 	31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	 	22 	1:38.806 	 	 	 	 	 	 	22
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===Grid===
The starting grid of the is as below:
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==Race==
===Report===
===Results===
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Constructor	Laps 	Time/Retired 	Grid 	Points
1 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	56 	1h 38m 12.618s 	1 	25
2 	6 	Nico Rosberg 	 	56 	+4.520 	2 	18
3 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	56 	+19.692 	3 	15
4 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	56 	+43.134 	6 	12
5 	14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	56 	+93.953 	12 	10
6 	55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	 	56 	+96.124 	10 	8
7 	19 	Felipe Massa 	 	55 	+1 Lap 	9 	6
8 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	55 	+1 Lap 	11 	4
9 	22 	Jenson Button 	 	55 	+1 Lap 	19 	2
10 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	55 	+1 Lap 	17 	1
11 	26 	Daniil Kvyat 	 	55 	+1 Lap 	13 	
12 	20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	55 	+1 Lap* 	18 	
13 	30 	Jolyon Palmer 	 	55 	+1 Lap 	15 	
14 	9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	55 	+1 Lap 	16 	
15 	12 	Felipe Nasr 	 	55 	+1 Lap 	21 	
16 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	55 	+1 Lap 	8 	
17 	94 	Pascal Wehrlein 	 	55 	+1 Lap 	20 	
18 	31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	54 	+2 Laps 	22 	
Ret 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	38 	Loose Wheel 	5 	
Ret 	33 	Max Verstappen 	 	28 	Gearbox 	4 	
Ret 	21 	Esteban Gutiérrez	 	16 	Brakes 	14 	
Ret 	27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	1 	Accident Damage	7 	
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** Magnussen was given a five-second time penalty for overtaking Kvyat off-track, dropping him one place.
==Milestones==
*Kimi Räikkönen's 250th entry (249th start).
*Romain Grosjean's 100th start (101st entry).
*Sebastian Vettel's 175th start (176th entry).
*Lewis Hamilton's first pole position at the Circuit of the Americas, also beating Sebastian Vettel's qualifying lap time in 2012.
*' 70th pole position.
*Lewis Hamilton's 50th career victory, making him the third driver to reach 50 wins.
==Standings after race==
Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts 	+/- 	
1 	Nico Rosberg 	331 	 	
2 	Lewis Hamilton 	305 	 	
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	227 	 	
4 	Sebastian Vettel 	177 	2 	
5 	Kimi Räikkönen 	170 	1 	
6 	Max Verstappen 	165 	1 	
7 	Sergio Pérez 	84 	1 	
8 	Valtteri Bottas 	81 	1 	
9 	Nico Hülkenberg 	54 	 	
10 	Fernando Alonso 	52 	1 	
11 	Felipe Massa 	49 	1 	
12 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	38 	 	
13 	Romain Grosjean 	29 	 	
14 	Daniil Kvyat 	25 	 	
15 	Jenson Button 	21 	 	
16 	Kevin Magnussen 	7 	 	
17 	Jolyon Palmer 	1 	 	
18 	Pascal Wehrlein 	1 	 	
19 	Stoffel Vandoorne 	1 	 	
20 	Esteban Gutiérrez 	0 	 	
21 	Marcus Ericsson 	0 	 	
22 	Felipe Nasr 	0 	 	
23 	Rio Haryanto 	0 	 	
24 	Esteban Ocon 	0 	 	
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Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	
Pos. 	Team 	Pts 	+/- 	
1 	 	636 	 	
2 	 	400 	 	
3 	 	347 	 	
4 	 	138 	 	
5 	 	130 	 	
6 	 	74 	 	
7 	 	55 	 	
8 	 	29 	 	
9 	 	8 	 	
10 	 	1 	 	
11 	 	0 	 	
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==Notes==
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