2017 United States Grand Prix

The 2017 United States Grand Prix (officially the 2017 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix) was the seventeenth race of the 2017 Formula One season, the 39th time the United States Grand Prix was held on the Formula One calendar, and the sixth time it was held at the Circuit of the Americas. It was held between 20 October and 22 October 2017.
In qualifying, Lewis Hamilton took his 72nd pole position, his second at the Circuit of the Americas. Sebastian Vettel joined him on the front row, while Valtteri Bottas qualified third on the grid.
In the race, Vettel made a better start and took the lead, but Hamilton fought back and retook first place on lap 6, eventually going on to take his 62nd victory, and award their fourth constructors' title, while Vettel finished in second place. Kimi Räikkönen completed the podium after Max Verstappen was given a five-second time penalty for passing Räikkönen off the track on the final lap.
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==Background==
After the previous race in Japan, Lewis Hamilton led the Drivers' Championship with 306 points, having won the Grand Prix. Due to Sebastian Vettel retiring from the race with a faulty spark plug, the gap between him and Hamilton was extended to fifty-nine points, and Valtteri Bottas's fourth-place finish put him thirteen points behind Vettel. Daniel Ricciardo's third-place finish put him on 192 points, still fourth in the drivers' standings, as Kimi Räikkönen earned ten points to own 148 points altogether in the championship. With both of ' cars finishing first and fourth, the team led the Constructors' Championship with 540 points, 145 points ahead of . 's double-podium finish put them on 303 points, ninety-two points behind Ferrari. remained fourth with 147 points, while remained fifth after scoring just one point to make a total of 66 points.
The weekend of the Japanese Grand Prix also saw several announcements of mid-season changes starting at the United States Grand Prix. allowed Carlos Sainz, Jr. to compete for them earlier than their previous contract for Sainz to compete for them in , thus replacing Jolyon Palmer. Sainz's departure from brought Daniil Kvyat back into racing for the team. Six days later, Toro Rosso confirmed that Kvyat's teammate for the United States Grand Prix]] would be Brendon Hartley, due to Pierre Gasly having to race in the final round of the 2017 Super Formula Championship occurring on the same weekend.
Driver tyre choices
Team		Driver 	 	 	 		Driver 	 	 	
 		Hamilton 	7	3	3		Bottas 	7	4	2
 		Ricciardo 	7	4	2		Verstappen	7	4	2
 		Vettel 	7	4	2		Räikkönen 	7	5	1
 		Pérez 	8	3	2		Ocon 	8	3	2
 		Massa 	9	2	2		Stroll 	9	3	1
 		Alonso 	9	2	2		Vandoorne 	9	3	1
 		Hülkenberg	8	3	2		Sainz 	8	3	2
 		Hartley 	8	3	2		Kvyat 	8	3	2
 		Grosjean 	7	5	1		Magnussen 	7	4	2
 		Ericsson 	7	4	2		Wehrlein 	7	3	3
Rather than choosing medium tyres, Pirelli decided that ultrasoft, supersoft and soft tyres would be used. Championship leader Hamilton chose seven sets of ultrasofts, three sets of supersofts, and three sets of softs to use for the weekend, while Vettel picked seven ultrasofts, four supersofts, and two softs. As part of the Formula One Group's plans to raise breast cancer awareness at the race, Pirelli opted to have their ultrasoft tyres coloured pink rather than purple.
After weeks of speculation following their deal to use in , finally confirmed that Fernando Alonso would drive for them for another year.
On 20 October, announced that Max Verstappen's contract had been extended until the end of .
==Entry list==
No. 	Driver 	Entrant 	Constructor 	Chassis 	Engine 	Model 	Tyre
44 	Lewis Hamilton 	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	 	W08 EQ Power+ 	 	M08 EQ Power+ 	
77 	Valtteri Bottas 	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	 	W08 EQ Power+ 	 	M08 EQ Power+ 	
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	Red Bull Racing 	 	RB13 	 	TAG Heuer 	
33 	Max Verstappen 	Red Bull Racing 	 	RB13 	 	TAG Heuer 	
5 	Sebastian Vettel 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	SF70H 	 	062 	
7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	SF70H 	 	062 	
11 	Sergio Pérez 	Sahara Force India F1 Team 	 	VJM10 	 	M08 EQ Power+ 	
31 	Esteban Ocon 	Sahara Force India F1 Team 	 	VJM10 	 	M08 EQ Power+ 	
19 	Felipe Massa 	Williams Martini Racing 	 	FW40 	 	M08 EQ Power+ 	
18 	Lance Stroll 	Williams Martini Racing 	 	FW40 	 	M08 EQ Power+ 	
14 	Fernando Alonso 	McLaren Honda 	 	MCL32 	 	RA617H 	
2 	Stoffel Vandoorne 	McLaren Honda 	 	MCL32 	 	RA617H 	
27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	Renault Sport F1 Team 	 	R.S.17 	 	R.E.17 	
55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	Renault Sport F1 Team 	 	R.S.17 	 	R.E.17 	
39 	Brendon Hartley 	Scuderia Toro Rosso 	 	STR12 	 	R.E.17 	
26 	Daniil Kvyat 	Scuderia Toro Rosso 	 	STR12 	 	R.E.17 	
8 	Romain Grosjean 	Haas F1 Team 	 	VF-17 	 	062 	
20 	Kevin Magnussen 	Haas F1 Team 	 	VF-17 	 	062 	
9 	Marcus Ericsson 	Sauber F1 Team 	 	C36 	 	061 	
94 	Pascal Wehrlein 	Sauber F1 Team 	 	C36 	 	061 	
Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only 	Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only
37 	Charles Leclerc 	Sauber F1 Team 	 	C36 	 	061 	
38 	Sean Gelael 	Scuderia Toro Rosso 	 	STR12 	 	R.E.17 	
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==Practice Overview==
===FP1===
===FP2===
===FP3===
===Practice Results===
No 	Driver 	Team 	FP1 	 	FP2 	 	FP3 	 	 	 	 	 	
No 	Driver 	Team 	Time 	Pos 	Time 	Pos 	Time 	Pos 	 	 	 	 	
2 	Stoffel Vandoorne	 	1:37.352	5 	1:37.463	15 	1:36.599	14 	 	 	 	 	
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	1:39.366	16 	1:35.463	5 	1:35.723	9 	 	 	 	 	
5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	1:36.928	2 	1:35.192	3 	1:34.570	2 	 	 	 	 	
7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	1:37.598	7 	1:35.514	6 	1:34.755	4 	 	 	 	 	
8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	1:39.336	15 	1:38.387	20 	1:37.891	19 	 	 	 	 	
9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	1:40.448	18 	1:38.262	19 	1:37.319	17 	 	 	 	 	
11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	1:37.861	9 	1:36.481	9 	1:35.802	10 	 	 	 	 	
14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	No Time 	20 	1:36.304	7 	1:36.239	13 	 	 	 	 	
18 	Lance Stroll 	 	1:38.534	12 	1:37.788	16 	1:36.118	12 	 	 	 	 	
19 	Felipe Massa 	 	1:37.570	6 	1:36.460	8 	1:35.346	6 	 	 	 	 	
20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	1:38.408	11 	1:37.285	14 	1:37.271	16 	 	 	 	 	
26 	Daniil Kvyat 	 	 	1:36.761	13 	1:38.500	20 	 	 	 	 	 	
27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	1:38.904	13 	1:36.534	12 	1:35.608	7 	 	 	 	 	
31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	1:37.808	8 	1:36.490	10 	1:35.965	11 	 	 	 	 	
33 	Max Verstappen 	 	1:37.339	4 	1:35.065	2 	1:35.103	5 	 	 	 	 	
37 	Charles Leclerc 	 	1:40.828	19 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
38 	Sean Gelael 	 	1:40.406	17 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
39 	Brendon Hartley 	 	1:39.267	14 	1:37.987	17 	1:36.818	15 	 	 	 	 	
44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	1:36.335	1 	1:34.668	1 	1:34.478	1 	 	 	 	 	
55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	 	1:38.093	10 	1:36.529	11 	1:35.650	8 	 	 	 	 	
77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	1:36.979	3 	1:35.279	4 	1:34.692	3 	 	 	 	 	
94 	Pascal Wehrlein 	 	 	1:38.165	18 	1:37.807	18 	 	 	 	 	 	
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==Qualifying==
===Q1===
===Q2===
===Q3===
===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 	1:34.822 	 	1 	1:33.437 	 	1 	1:33.108 	1
2 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	 	4 	1:35.420 	 	4 	1:34.103 	 	2 	1:33.347 	2
3 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	 	3 	1:35.309 	 	2 	1:33.769 	 	3 	1:33.568 	3
4 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	 	11 	1:35.991 	 	5 	1:34.495 	 	4 	1:33.577 	4
5 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	 	7 	1:35.649 	 	3 	1:33.840 	 	5 	1:33.577 	5
6 	33 	Max Verstappen 	 	 	2 	1:34.899 	 	6 	1:34.716 	 	6 	1:33.658 	16*
7 	31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	 	10 	1:35.849 	 	10 	1:35.113 	 	7 	1:34.647 	6
8 	55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	 	5 	1:35.517 	 	8 	1:34.899 	 	8 	1:34.852 	7
9 	14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	 	8 	1:35.712 	 	9 	1:35.046 	 	9 	1:35.007 	8
10 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	 	14 	1:36.358 	 	7 	1:34.789 	 	10 	1:35.148 	9
11 	19 	Felipe Massa 	 	 	6 	1:35.603 	 	11 	1:35.155 	 	 	 	10
12 	26 	Daniil Kvyat 	 	 	12 	1:36.073 	 	12 	1:35.529 	 	 	 	11
13 	2 	Stoffel Vandoorne 	 	 	13 	1:36.286 	 	13 	1:35.641 	 	 	 	20†
14 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	 	15 	1:36.835 	 	14 	1:35.870 	 	 	 	12
15 	27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	 	9 	1:35.740 	 	15 	no time 	 	 	 	18‡
16 	9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	 	16 	1:36.842 	 	 	 	 	 	 	13
17 	18 	Lance Stroll 	 	 	17 	1:36.868 	 	 	 	 	 	 	15§
18 	39 	Brendon Hartley 	 	 	18 	1:36.889 	 	 	 	 	 	 	19**
19 	94 	Pascal Wehrlein 	 	 	19 	1:37.179 	 	 	 	 	 	 	14
20 	20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	 	20 	1:37.394 	 	 	 	 	 	 	17††
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** Verstappen was given a fifteen-place grid penalty for using his sixth engine and sixth MGU-H.
*† Vandoorne was given a thirty-place grid penalty for exceeding his use of power unit components.
*‡ Hülkenberg was given a twenty-place grid penalty for using his fifth engine, fifth turbo and fifth MGU-H.
*§ Stroll was given a three-place grid penalty for impeding Grosjean in Q1.
*** Hartley was given a 25-place grid penalty for having a sixth engine, sixth MGU-H, fifth Energy Store and fifth Control Electronics fitted to his car.
*†† Magnussen was given a three-place grid penalty for impeding Pérez in Q1.
===Grid===
==Race==
===Report===
===Results===
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Constructor	Laps 	Time/Retired 	Grid 	Points
1 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	56 	1h 33m 50.991s	1 	25
2 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	56 	+10.143 	2 	18
3 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	56 	+15.779 	5 	15
4 	33 	Max Verstappen 	 	56 	+16.768* 	16 	12
5 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	56 	+34.967 	3 	10
6 	31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	56 	+90.980 	6 	8
7 	55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	 	56 	+92.944 	7 	6
8 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	55 	+1 Lap 	9 	4
9 	19 	Felipe Massa 	 	55 	+1 Lap 	10 	2
10 	26 	Daniil Kvyat 	 	55 	+1 Lap 	11 	1
11 	18 	Lance Stroll 	 	55 	+1 Lap 	15 	
12 	2 	Stoffel Vandoorne	 	55 	+1 Lap 	20 	
13 	39 	Brendon Hartley 	 	55 	+1 Lap 	19 	
14 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	55 	+1 Lap 	12 	
15 	9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	55 	+1 Lap† 	13 	
16 	20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	55 	+1 Lap 	17 	
Ret 	14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	24 	Engine 	8 	
Ret 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	14 	Engine 	4 	
Ret 	94 	Pascal Wehrlein 	 	5 	Collision 	14 	
Ret 	27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	3 	Oil pressure 	18 	
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** Verstappen originally finished third, but was given a five-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage.
*† Ericsson was given a five-second time penalty for causing a collision.
==Milestones==
*Brendon Hartley's first race.
*Carlos Sainz, Jr.'s first race for .
*Lewis Hamilton sets his 117th front row start, beating Michael Schumacher's record of most front row starts.
*Sebastian Vettel's 97th podium puts him on level with Fernando Alonso for fourth on the list of drivers with the most podium finishes.
==Standings after race==
Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts 	+/-
1 	Lewis Hamilton 	331 	
2 	Sebastian Vettel 	265 	
3 	Valtteri Bottas 	244 	
4 	Daniel Ricciardo 	192 	
5 	Kimi Räikkönen 	163 	
6 	Max Verstappen 	123 	
7 	Sergio Pérez 	86 	
8 	Esteban Ocon 	73 	
9 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	54 	
10 	Felipe Massa 	36 	1
11 	Nico Hülkenberg 	34 	1
12 	Lance Stroll 	32 	
13 	Romain Grosjean 	28 	
14 	Kevin Magnussen 	15 	
15 	Stoffel Vandoorne 	13 	
16 	Fernando Alonso 	10 	
17 	Jolyon Palmer 	8 	
18 	Pascal Wehrlein 	5 	
19 	Daniil Kvyat 	4 	
20 	Marcus Ericsson 	0 	
21 	Pierre Gasly 	0 	
22 	Antonio Giovinazzi 	0 	
23 	Brendon Hartley 	0 	
Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship
Pos. 	Team 	Pts 	+/-
1 	 	575 	
2 	 	428 	
3 	 	315 	
4 	 	159 	
5 	 	68 	
6 	 	53 	
7 	 	48 	1
8 	 	43 	1
9 	 	23 	
10 	 	5 	
==Notes==
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