2017 US Grand Prix

 2017 US Grand Prix

Racing data
17th of 20 races in the 2017 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	2017 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix
Date:	October 22, 2017
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: 33.108 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
Time:	1: 37.766 min (lap 51)
Podium
First:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Second:	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
Third:	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari

The 2017 US Grand Prix (officially 2017 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix ) took place on October 22nd at the Circuit of The Americas in Austin and was the seventeenth race of the 2017 Formula 1 World Championship .

report

backgrounds

After the Japanese Grand Prix , Lewis Hamilton led the drivers' standings with 59 points ahead of Sebastian Vettel and with 72 points ahead of Valtteri Bottas . Only these three drivers had a chance of winning the world title. In the constructors' championship, Mercedes led Ferrari with 145 points and Red Bull Racing with 237 points . Only Mercedes and Ferrari could become constructors' world champions.

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

Compared to the previous year, several minor changes were made to the route. Additional TecPro barriers were installed in the run-off zones of curve one , curve four , curve six , curve twelve and curve 19 . At the exit of turn eleven and turn 20 there were now three additional speed bumps and at the exit of turn nine the single curbs were replaced by double ones.

There were again two DRS zones, which remained unchanged compared to the previous year. The first zone was on the back straight and began 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 .

At the US Grand Prix, Renault provided the works team and all customer teams for the first time with a further developed version of the Renault RE17 , which already contained various engine components for the 2018 Formula 1 World Championship . In every team that starts with Renault engines, one driver was given this new expansion stage, while the second driver was to contest the rest of the season with the old version.

There were several driver changes before this Grand Prix. Carlos Sainz Jr. moved from Toro Rosso to Renault on loan, replacing Jolyon Palmer . Sainz was replaced at Toro Rosso by Daniil Kwjat , who only lost his place as a regular driver to Pierre Gasly two races earlier . Since Gasly could not take part in the US Grand Prix because of the season finale of the Super Formula , the second Toro Rosso cockpit was also filled. Brendon Hartley made his debut in the Formula 1 World Championship here.

Kwjat (ten), Kevin Magnussen (seven), Stoffel Vandoorne , Vettel (five each), Nico Hülkenberg (four), Romain Grosjean , Kimi Räikkönen , Sainz, Max Verstappen (three each), Hamilton, Felipe Massa and Pascal Wehrlein (each two) went into the race weekend with penalty points.

With Hamilton (five times) and Vettel (once) two former winners competed at this Grand Prix. Hamilton won the race once when it was held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2007 .

Race stewards were Garry Connelly (AUS), Dennis Dean (USA), Radovan Novak (CZE) and Mika Salo (FIN).

free training

In the first free practice session, which took place in changeable weather conditions, Hamilton set the fastest time in 1: 36.335 minutes ahead of Vettel and Bottas.

In the second free practice session, which took place on a dry track, Hamilton was again fastest ahead of Verstappen and Vettel with a lap time of 1: 35.279 minutes.

In the third free practice session, Hamilton was fastest in 1: 34.478 minutes ahead of Vettel and Bottas.

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 15 drivers reached the next part. Hamilton was fastest, but, like Bottas, Räikkönen and Vettel, used the supersoft mixture. All the other drivers drove Ultrasoft . Magnussen handicapped Perez when he was on a fast lap. The race stewards announced that Magnussen would be relocated by three starting positions, and he was also given one penalty point. The same penalty was imposed on Lance Stroll , who had also handicapped Grosjean on a fast lap, making him leave the track and drive over the grass to avoid an accident. Magnussen, the Sauber drivers, Hartley and Stroll were eliminated.

The second section (Q2) lasted 15 minutes. The ten fastest pilots qualified for the third part of qualifying. Hamilton was again fastest. In contrast to the other pilots, Verstappen spent his time on the supersoft mix. Hulkenberg did not drive in this segment because of the relocation pronounced against him. Next to him, Grosjean, Vandoorne, Kwjat and Massa were eliminated.

The last section (Q3) lasted twelve minutes, in which the first ten starting positions were assigned. Hamilton set the fastest time with a lap time of 1: 33.108 minutes, ahead of Vettel and Bottas. It was the 72nd pole position for Hamilton in the Formula 1 World Championship. It was also his 117th start from the front row, with which he beat the record previously held by Michael Schumacher .

Because of the use of the sixth MGU-H and the fifth turbocharger and combustion engine, Hülkenberg was moved 20 starting places down this season. Hartley, who took over the engine parts used this season by Kwjat and Gasly, was moved down 25 starting positions this season due to the use of the sixth copy of the MGU-H and combustion engine as well as the fifth copy of the energy storage device and control electronics. Vandoorne was moved five starting positions down this season because of the use of the eighth internal combustion engine. After changing the engine before the third free practice session, Verstappen was also moved 15 starting positions down this season to use the sixth MGU-H and internal combustion engine. Magnussen and Stroll were moved three starting positions back in Q1 due to the handicaps of other pilots. Since Vandoorne's engine was swapped again after qualifying, the relocation increased from five to 30 this season due to the use of the eleventh copy of the MGU-H and turbocharger, the ninth copy of the combustion engine and the eighth copy of the MGU-K Starting places.

run

Hamilton won the race ahead of Vettel and Raikkonen. It was the 62nd victory for Hamilton in the Formula 1 World Championship, the ninth of which this season. Vettel achieved the eleventh and Raikkonen the fifth place on the podium this season. For the first time since the Hungarian Grand Prix , both Ferrari drivers were on the podium. The remaining points went to Verstappen, who had overtaken Raikkonen on the last lap but received a five-second time penalty for leaving the track, Bottas, Ocon, Sainz, Pérez, Massa and Kwjat.

Hamilton thus increased his lead over Vettel in the overall standings to 66 points, Bottas remained third. With only 75 maximum points to be achieved, he had no chance of winning the title. Mercedes won the constructors' championship early, it was the fourth title win in a row. Ferrari increased the lead over Red Bull to 113 points, so that with a maximum of 129 points still to be achieved in the constructors' championship, there was only a theoretical chance of being overtaken.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes F1 W08 EQ Power +	Mercedes-AMG F1 M08 EQ Power +	P
	77	Valtteri Bottas
Red Bull Racing	03	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull RB13	Day, this year	P
	33	Max Verstappen
Scuderia Ferrari	05	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari SF70H	Ferrari 062	P
	07th	Kimi Raikkonen
Sahara Force India F1 Team	11	Sergio Perez	Force India VJM10	Mercedes-AMG F1 M08 EQ Power +	P
	31	Esteban Ocon
Williams Martini Racing	19th	Felipe Massa	Williams FW40	Mercedes-AMG F1 M08 EQ Power +	P
	18th	Lance Stroll
McLaren Honda	14th	Fernando Alonso	McLaren MCL32	Honda RA617H	P
	02	Stoffel Vandoorne
Scuderia Toro Rosso	26th	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso STR12	Renault RE17	P
	39	Brendon Hartley
	38	Sean Gelael
Haas F1 team	08th	Romain Grosjean	Haas VF-17	Ferrari 062	P
	20th	Kevin Magnussen
Renault Sport F1 Team	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault RS17	Renault RE17	P
	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.
Sauber F1 Team	09	Marcus Ericsson	Clean C36	Ferrari 061	P
	94	Pascal Wehrlein
	37	Charles Leclerc

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} The Toro Rosso with the starting number 38 was used in the first free practice for Gelael. Kwjat took over the vehicle for the rest of the race weekend with its starting number 26.
2. ↑ ^{a b} The Sauber with start number 37 was used in the first free practice for Leclerc. Wehrlein 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: 34.822	1: 33.437	1: 33.108	01
02	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1: 35.420	1: 34.103	1: 33.347	02
03	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1: 35.309	1: 33.769	1: 33.568	03
04th	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1: 35.991	1: 34.495	1: 33.577	04th
05	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1: 35.649	1: 33.840	1: 33.577	05
06th	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1: 34.899	1: 34.716	1: 33.658	17th
07th	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1: 35.849	1: 35.113	1: 34.647	06th
08th	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	1: 35.517	1: 34.899	1: 34.852	07th
09	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	1: 35.712	1: 35.046	1: 35.007	08th
10	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1: 36.358	1: 34.789	1: 35.148	09
11	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1: 35.603	1: 35.155	-	10
12	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Renault	1: 36.073	1: 35.529	-	11
13	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren Honda	1: 36.286	1: 35.641	-	20th
14th	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1: 36.835	1: 35.870	-	12
15th	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1: 35.740	no time	-	18th
16	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	1: 36.842	-	-	13
17th	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1: 36.868	-	-	15th
18th	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso-Renault	1: 36.889	-	-	19th
19th	Pascal Wehrlein	Clean Ferrari	1: 37.179	-	-	14th
20th	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1: 37.394	-	-	16
107 percent time : 1: 41.460 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 34.822 min)

Remarks

1. ↑ Verstappen was moved 15 starting positions down this season because of the use of the sixth MGU-H and the sixth combustion engine.
2. ↑ Vandoorne was moved 30 starting places down this season due to the use of the eleventh MGU-H , the eleventh turbocharger , the eighth and ninth internal combustion engine and the eighth MGU-K .
3. ↑ Hülkenberg was moved back 20 starting places this season because of the use of the sixth MGU-H as well as the fifth combustion engine and the fifth turbocharger .
4. ↑ Stroll was relocated three places on the grid because he obstructed Grosjean in qualifying.
5. ↑ Hartley was moved 25 starting positions down this season because of the use of the sixth MGU-H , the sixth internal combustion engine as well as the fifth energy storage and the fifth control electronics.
6. ↑ Magnussen was relocated three places on the grid because he obstructed Pérez in qualifying.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	56	1	1: 33: 50.991	01	1: 38.776 (48th)
02	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	56	2	+ 10.143	02	1: 37.766 (51st)
03	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	56	1	+ 15.779	05	1: 38,809 (42nd)
04th	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	56	2	+ 16.768	17th	1: 38.060 (39.)
05	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	56	2	+ 34.967	03	1: 37.767 (54th)
06th	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	56	1	+1: 30.980	06th	1: 40.499 (53rd)
07th	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	56	1	+1: 32.944	07th	1: 40.462 (43rd)
08th	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	55	1	+ 1 lap	09	1: 40.851 (14th)
09	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	55	1	+ 1 lap	10	1: 40.131 (36.)
10	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Renault	55	1	+ 1 lap	11	1: 40.971 (19.)
11	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	55	2	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 39.666 (38.)
12	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren Honda	55	1	+ 1 lap	20th	1: 40.349 (27.)
13	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso-Renault	55	2	+ 1 lap	19th	1: 39.979 (47th)
14th	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	55	1	+ 1 lap	12	1: 41.259 (36.)
15th	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	55	1	+ 1 lap	13	1: 41.041 (42nd)
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	55	2	+ 1 lap	16	1: 37.893 (51.)
-	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	24	1	DNF	08th	1: 41.537 (21.)
-	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	14th	1	DNF	04th	1: 40.102 (14.)
-	Pascal Wehrlein	Clean Ferrari	05	1	DNF	14th	1: 47.073 ( 02.)
-	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	03	0	DNF	18th	1: 44.270 ( 02.)

Remarks

1. ↑ Verstappen subsequently received a five-second time penalty because he had left the track while overtaking Raikkonen and thus gained an advantage.
2. ↑ Ericsson received a five-second time penalty for causing a collision with Magnussen.

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  Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 331 02  Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 265 03  Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 244 04th  Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-TAG Heuer 192 05  Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 163 06th  Max Verstappen Red Bull-TAG Heuer 123 07th  Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 86 08th  Esteban Ocon Force India-Mercedes 73 09  Carlos Sainz Jr. Toro Rosso-Renault Renault 54 10  Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 36 11  Nico Hulkenberg Renault 34 12  Lance Stroll Williams-Mercedes 32

Item driver constructor Points 13  Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 28 14th  Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 15th 15th  Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren Honda 13 16  Fernando Alonso McLaren Honda 10 17th  Jolyon Palmer Renault 8th 18th  Pascal Wehrlein Clean Ferrari 5 19th  Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso-Renault 5 20th  Marcus Ericsson Clean Ferrari 0 21st  Antonio Giovinazzi Clean Ferrari 0 22nd  Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso-Renault 0 23  Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso-Renault 0 -  Jenson Button McLaren Honda 0 -  Paul di Resta Williams-Mercedes 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 1  Mercedes 575 2  Ferrari 428 3  Red Bull-TAG Heuer 315 4th  Force India-Mercedes 159 5  Williams-Mercedes 68

Item constructor Points 06th  Toro Rosso-Renault 53 07th  Renault 48 08th  Haas-Ferrari 43 09  McLaren Honda 23 10  Clean Ferrari 5

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c d} Christian Nimmervoll: Austin-Facts: Everything you need to know! Motorsport-Total.com, October 19, 2017, accessed October 19, 2017 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Adam Cooper, Norman Fischer: Renault drives engine for 2018: Hülkenberg next punishment victim. Motorsport-Total.com, October 20, 2017, accessed October 21, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Dominik Sharaf: Driver change at Renault: Sainz instead of Palmer already in Austin! Motorsport-Total.com, October 7, 2017, accessed October 7, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Mario Fritzsche: Confirmed: Hartley drives Formula 1 in Austin for Toro Rosso. Motorsport-Total.com, October 13, 2017, accessed October 13, 2017 . 
5. ^ GP USA in Austin / 1st free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, October 20, 2017, accessed October 21, 2017 . 
6. ^ GP USA in Austin / 2nd free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, October 20, 2017, accessed October 21, 2017 . 
7. ^ GP USA in Austin / 3rd free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, October 21, 2017, accessed October 21, 2017 . 
8. ↑ Adam Cooper, Mario Fritzsche, Edd Straw: Haas duo involved in two incidents in Austin qualifying. Motorsport-Total.com, October 22, 2017, accessed October 22, 2017 .