2016 USA Grand Prix

 2016 USA Grand Prix

Racing data
18th of 21 races in the 2016 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	2016 Formula One United States Grand Prix
Date:	October 23, 2016
Place:	Austin
Course:	Circuit of The Americas
Length:	308.405 km in 56 laps of 5.513 km
Pole position
Driver:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time:	1: 34.999 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
Time:	1: 39.877 min (lap 55)
Podium
First:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Second:	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Third:	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer

The 2016 USA Grand Prix (officially 2016 Formula One United States Grand Prix ) took place on October 23 at the Circuit of The Americas in Austin and was the eighteenth race of the 2016 Formula 1 World Championship .

report

backgrounds

After the Japanese Grand Prix , Nico Rosberg led the drivers' standings with 33 points ahead of Lewis Hamilton and 101 points ahead of Daniel Ricciardo . With 100 points still to be awarded, only Rosberg and Hamilton had a chance of winning the title. In the constructors' championship, Mercedes led unmatched with 208 points ahead of Red Bull and with 258 points ahead of Ferrari .

At the US Grand Prix, Pirelli provided the drivers with the tire compounds P Zero Medium (white), P Zero Soft (yellow) and P Zero Supersoft (red), as well as Cinturato Intermediates (green) and Cinturato Full Wets (blue) for wet conditions .

Compared to the previous year, only minor changes were made to the racetrack. In order to remove the bumps, the stretch between turn ten and turn twelve was partially re-paved. In addition, a new, double curb was installed at the exit of turn 19 .

There were again two DRS zones, which remained unchanged compared to the previous year. The first zone was on the back straight and begins 320 meters after turn eleven , the measuring point was 150 meters after turn ten . The second DRS zone was on the start-finish straight and began 80 meters after the last bend. The measuring point was 65 meters after curve 18 .

Felipe Nasr , Rosberg (six each), Esteban Gutiérrez , Daniil Kwjat (five each), Valtteri Bottas , Sebastian Vettel , Pascal Wehrlein (four each), Sergio Pérez , Kimi Räikkönen , Max Verstappen (three each), Fernando Alonso , Marcus Ericsson , Romain Grosjean , Nico Hülkenberg , Esteban Ocon and Jolyon Palmer (two each) went into the race weekend with penalty points.

With Hamilton (four times) and Vettel (once) two former winners competed at this Grand Prix.

The race stewards were Silvia Bellot (ESP), Mark Blundell (GBR), Dennis Dean (USA) and Paul Gutjahr (CHE).

At this Grand Prix, Williams used the further developed Mercedes drive unit for the first time, which the works team had been using since the Belgian Grand Prix .

free training

In the first free practice, Hamilton set the fastest time with a lap time of 1: 37.428 minutes ahead of Rosberg and Verstappen. Alfonso Celis Jr. , Kwjat and Ocon tested the Halo system again in this training .

In the second free practice, Rosberg was fastest in 1: 37.358 minutes ahead of Ricciardo and Hamilton. The training had to be interrupted for a short time because Grosjean had lost part of his front wing and it fell by the wayside.

In the third free practice session, Verstappen was fastest with a lap time of 1: 36.766 minutes ahead of Ricciardo and Raikkonen. The training had to be interrupted once because Wehrlein and his vehicle got stuck in the gravel bed after a spin .

Qualifying

The qualifying consisted of three parts with a net running time of 45 minutes. In the first qualifying segment (Q1), the drivers had 18 minutes to qualify for the race. All drivers who achieved a time in the first section that was a maximum of 107 percent of the fastest lap time qualified for the Grand Prix. The best 16 drivers reached the next part. Hamilton was fastest. The Manor pilots, Nasr, Jenson Button , Kevin Magnussen and Grosjean were eliminated.

The second section (Q2) lasted 15 minutes. The ten fastest pilots qualified for the third part of qualifying. Ricciardo was fastest. Hamilton, Rosberg and Verstappen achieved their fastest times on the soft tires, so they were allowed to use them at the start. Ericsson, Palmer, Gutiérrez, Kwjat, Alonso, and Pérez were eliminated.

The final section (Q3) lasted twelve minutes, during which the first ten starting positions were awarded. Hamilton set the fastest time with a lap time of 1: 34.999 minutes ahead of Rosberg and Ricciardo. It was Hamilton's 58th pole position, the ninth of which of the season.

run

Hamilton won the race ahead of Rosberg and Ricciardo. It was the 50th victory for Hamilton in the Formula 1 World Championship, the seventh of which in the season. Rosberg reached the 13th podium finish of the season, Mercedes thus achieved the fourth double victory of the season. The remaining points were placed by Vettel, Alonso, Sainz, Massa, Pérez, Button and Grosjean.

The top three positions in the drivers 'and constructors' championships remained unchanged.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes F1 W07 Hybrid	Mercedes-Benz PU106C Hybrid	P
	06th	Nico Rosberg
Scuderia Ferrari	05	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari SF16-H	Ferrari 059/5	P
	07th	Kimi Raikkonen
Williams Martini Racing	19th	Felipe Massa	Williams FW38	Mercedes-Benz PU106C Hybrid	P
	77	Valtteri Bottas
Red Bull Racing	03	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull RB12	Day, this year	P
	33	Max Verstappen
Sahara Force India F1 Team	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India VJM09	Mercedes-Benz PU106C Hybrid	P
	11	Sergio Perez
	34	Alfonso Celis Jr.
Renault Sport F1 Team	20th	Kevin Magnussen	Renault RS16	Renault Energy F1 2016	P
	30th	Jolyon Palmer
Scuderia Toro Rosso	26th	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso STR11	Ferrari 059/4	P
	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.
Sauber F1 Team	09	Marcus Ericsson	Clean C35	Ferrari 059/5	P
	12	Felipe Nasr
McLaren Honda	14th	Fernando Alonso	McLaren MP4-31	Honda RA616H	P
	22nd	Jenson Button
Manor Racing MRT	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor MRT05	Mercedes-Benz PU106C Hybrid	P
	31	Esteban Ocon
	42	Jordan King
Haas F1 team	08th	Romain Grosjean	Haas VF-16	Ferrari 059/5	P
	21st	Esteban Gutiérrez

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} The Force India with the start number 34 was used in the first free practice for Celis. Pérez then took over the vehicle with his number 11 for the rest of the race weekend.
2. ↑ ^{a b} The Manor with the start number 42 was used in the first free practice for King. Wehrlein then took over the vehicle with its number 94 for the rest of the race weekend.

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 36.296	1: 36.450	1: 34.999	01
02	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 36.397	1: 36.351	1: 35.215	02
03	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1: 36.759	1: 36.255	1: 35.509	03
04th	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1: 36.613	1: 36.857	1: 35.747	04th
05	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1: 36.985	1: 36.584	1: 36.131	05
06th	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1: 37.151	1: 36.462	1: 36.358	06th
07th	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1: 36.950	1: 36.626	1: 36.628	07th
08th	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1: 37.456	1: 37.202	1: 37.116	08th
09	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1: 37.402	1: 37.214	1: 37.269	09
10	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 37.744	1: 37.175	1: 37.326	10
11	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1: 37.345	1: 37.353	-	11
12	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	1: 37.913	1: 37.417	-	12
13	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 37.844	1: 37.480	-	13
14th	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas-Ferrari	1: 38.053	1: 37.773	-	14th
15th	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1: 38.084	1: 37.935	-	15th
16	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	1: 38.040	1: 39.356	-	16
17th	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1: 38.308	-	-	17th
18th	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	1: 38.317	-	-	18th
19th	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	1: 38.327	-	-	19th
20th	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor Mercedes	1: 38.548	-	-	20th
21st	Felipe Nasr	Clean Ferrari	1: 38.583	-	-	21st
22nd	Esteban Ocon	Manor Mercedes	1: 38.806	-	-	22nd
107 percent time : 1: 43.037 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 36.296 min)

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	56	2	1: 38: 12.618	01	1: 42,386 (45th)
02	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	56	2	+ 4.520	02	1: 41.897 (34th)
03	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	56	2	+ 19.692	03	1: 42,555 (51.)
04th	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	56	3	+ 43.134	06th	1: 39.877 (55.)
05	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	56	2	+1: 33.953	12	1: 43.502 (36th)
06th	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	56	2	+1: 36.124	10	1: 42.832 (33.)
07th	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	55	3	+ 1 lap	09	1: 43,414 (33.)
08th	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	55	2	+ 1 lap	11	1: 43.925 (33.)
09	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	55	2	+ 1 lap	19th	1: 44,468 (37th)
10	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	55	2	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 44.335 (35.)
11	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	55	1	+ 1 lap	13	1: 44.730 (48th)
12	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	55	3	+ 1 lap	18th	1: 42.475 (45th)
13	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	55	2	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 44.724 (18.)
14th	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	55	1	+ 1 lap	16	1: 45,140 (19.)
15th	Felipe Nasr	Clean Ferrari	55	1	+ 1 lap	21st	1: 44,177 (55.)
16	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	55	2	+ 1 lap	08th	1: 44.977 (34th)
17th	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor Mercedes	55	2	+ 1 lap	20th	1: 45.451 (36th)
18th	Esteban Ocon	Manor Mercedes	54	3	+ 2 rounds	22nd	1: 43,585 (46.)
-	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	38	3	DNF	05	1: 41.841 (26.)
-	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	28	2	DNF	04th	1: 42.424 (28th)
-	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas-Ferrari	16	1	DNF	14th	1: 45.364 (15.)
-	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	01	0	DNF	07th	-

Remarks

1. ↑ Magnussen received a five-second time penalty for having gained an advantage by leaving the track

World Cup stands after the race

The first ten of the race got 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 331 02  Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 305 03  Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-TAG Heuer 227 04th  Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 177 05  Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 170 06th  Max Verstappen Red Bull-TAG Heuer Toro Rosso-Ferrari 165 07th  Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 84 08th  Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 81 09  Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 54 10  Fernando Alonso McLaren Honda 52 11  Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 49 12  Carlos Sainz Jr. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 38

Item driver constructor Points 13  Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 29 14th  Daniil Kvyat Red Bull-TAG Heuer Toro Rosso-Ferrari 25th 15th  Jenson Button McLaren Honda 21st 16  Kevin Magnussen Renault 7th 17th  Jolyon Palmer Renault 1 18th  Pascal Wehrlein Manor Mercedes 1 19th  Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren Honda 1 20th  Esteban Gutiérrez Haas-Ferrari 0 21st  Marcus Ericsson Clean Ferrari 0 22nd  Felipe Nasr Clean Ferrari 0 23  Rio Haryanto Manor Mercedes 0 24  Esteban Ocon Manor Mercedes 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 1  Mercedes 636 2  Red Bull-TAG Heuer 400 3  Ferrari 347 4th  Force India-Mercedes 138 5  Williams-Mercedes 130 6th  McLaren Honda 74

Item constructor Points 07th  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 55 08th  Haas-Ferrari 29 09  Renault 8th 10  Manor Mercedes 1 11  Clean Ferrari 0

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c} Markus Lüttgens: Fast-Facts USA: Why Lewis Hamilton is unique. Motorsport-Total.com, October 19, 2016, accessed October 19, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Daniel Halder: Drive update to bring Williams in Austin before Force India. Motorsport-Total.com, October 18, 2016, accessed October 21, 2016 . 
3. ^ GP USA in Austin / 1st free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, October 21, 2016, accessed October 21, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Sven Haidinger, Dieter Rencken: Force India: Mysterious air shaft provides guesswork. Motorsport-Total.com, October 22, 2016, accessed October 22, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Dieter Rencken, Dominik Sharaf: Daniil Kwjat on Halo: "We already have enough security". Motorsport-Total.com, October 22, 2016, accessed October 22, 2016 . 
6. ↑ Esteban Ocon: Halo test in the first Austin training. speedweek.com, October 21, 2016, accessed October 22, 2016 . 
7. ^ GP USA in Austin / 2nd free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, October 21, 2016, accessed October 21, 2016 . 
8. ^ GP USA in Austin / 3rd free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, October 22, 2016, accessed October 22, 2016 . 
9. ↑ Fabian Hust: Formula 1 USA 2016: Red Bull making progress in the final training. Motorsport-Total.com, October 22, 2016, accessed October 22, 2016 .