2017 United States Grand Prix

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{{Infobox Grand Prix race report

| Type = F1

| Country = USA

| Grand Prix = United States

| Details ref = {{cite web|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/championship/races/2017/United_States.html|title=United States|work=formula1.com|access-date=September 19, 2017}}

| Fulldate = {{Start date|2017|10|22}}

| Year = 2017

| Race_No = 17

| Season_No = 20

| Image = Austin circuit.svg

| image-size = 250px

| Caption = Layout of the Circuit of the Americas

| Official name = 2017 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix{{cite web|url=http://www.progcovers.com/motor/f12017.html|title=2017 Formula 1 World Championship Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project|first=Malcolm|last=Mitchell|website=www.progcovers.com}}{{cite web|url=http://www.progcovers.com/motor/cota.html|title=Circuit of the Americas - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project|first=Malcolm|last=Mitchell|website=www.progcovers.com}}

| Location = Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas, United States

| Weather = Sunny with temperatures reaching up to {{convert|82.9|F|C}}; wind speeds approaching speeds of {{convert|13.8|mph|km/h}}{{cite web|url=https://www.almanac.com/weather/history/TX/Austin/2017-10-22|title=Weather information for the "2017 United States Grand Prix"|publisher=The Old Farmers' Almanac|access-date=August 31, 2018}}

| Course = Permanent racing facility

| Course_km = 5.513

| Course_mi = 3.426

| Distance_laps = 56

| Distance_km = 308.405

| Distance_mi = 191.634

| Pole_Driver = Lewis Hamilton

| Pole_Country = GBR

| Pole_Team = Mercedes

| Pole_Time = 1:33.108

| Fast_Driver = Sebastian Vettel

| Fast_Team = Ferrari

| Fast_Time = 1:37.766

| Fast_Lap = 51

| Fast_Country = DEU

| First_Driver = Lewis Hamilton

| First_Country = GBR

| First_Team = Mercedes

| Second_Driver = Sebastian Vettel

| Second_Country = GER

| Second_Team = Ferrari

| Third_Driver = Kimi Räikkönen

| Third_Country = FIN

| Third_Team = Ferrari

| Lapchart = {{F1Laps2017|USA}}

| Attendance = 258,000{{cite news|title=F1 reveals overall rise in 2017 attendance|url=https://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/361717/f1-reveals-eight-per-cent-rise-in-2017-attendance/|work=GPupdate.net|publisher=JHED Media BV|date=December 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209011037/https://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/361717/f1-reveals-eight-per-cent-rise-in-2017-attendance/|archive-date=December 9, 2017}}|Previous_round=2017 Japanese Grand Prix|Next_round=2017 Mexican Grand Prix}}

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 October 22, 2017, at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, United States as the seventeenth round of the 2017 FIA Formula One World Championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.fia.com/news/fia-announces-world-motor-sport-council-decisions-4|title=FIA Announces World Motorsports Council decisions|date=November 30, 2016|publisher=Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130174153/http://www.fia.com/news/fia-announces-world-motor-sport-council-decisions-4|archive-date=November 30, 2016|access-date=November 30, 2016}} 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 {{F1|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.

Background

=Driver changes=

{{see also|2017 Formula One World Championship#Teams and drivers}}

File:BrendonHartleyF1Debut.jpg made his Formula One debut with Scuderia Toro Rosso.]]

Carlos Sainz Jr. moved from Toro Rosso to Renault and replaced Jolyon Palmer.{{cite web|title=Renault Sport Formula One Team confirms driver change|url=https://www.renaultsport.com/renault-sport-formula-one-team-confirm-driver-change.html|website=Renault F1|publisher=Renault Sport|access-date=October 7, 2017|archive-date=October 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008013757/https://www.renaultsport.com/renault-sport-formula-one-team-confirm-driver-change.html|url-status=dead}} Daniil Kvyat returned to Toro Rosso after having missed the Malaysian and Japanese Grands Prix, taking over Sainz's car.{{cite news|title=Motor racing – Sainz to replace Palmer, Kvyat returns for Austin|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2017/10/07/motor-racing-sainz-replace-palmer-kvyat-returns-austin|access-date=October 12, 2017|work=sbs.com.au|publisher=SBS|date=October 7, 2017}}{{Efn|Daniil Kvyat drove the car that Carlos Sainz Jr. had previously competed in rather than the car he had driven in the first fourteen rounds of the championship.{{cite web|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/headlines/2017/10/hartley--hulkenberg--vandoorne-all-set-for-grid-penalties.html|title=Hartley, Hulkenberg, Vandoorne all set for grid penalties|website=Formula1.com|publisher=Formula One World Championship Limited|date=20 October 2017|access-date=20 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020225632/https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/headlines/2017/10/hartley--hulkenberg--vandoorne-all-set-for-grid-penalties.html|archive-date=20 October 2017|url-status=live}}}} Pierre Gasly missed the round to compete in the final weekend of the 2017 Super Formula Championship and was replaced at Toro Rosso by the 2015 World Endurance Champion Brendon Hartley, who made his Formula One début;{{cite news |date=October 13, 2017 |title=Brendon Hartley to race with us in Austin |work=scuderiatororosso.com |publisher=Scuderia Toro Rosso |url=http://www.scuderiatororosso.com/en_IT/article/brendon-hartley-race-us-austin |url-status=dead |access-date=October 13, 2017 |archive-date=October 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013165652/http://www.scuderiatororosso.com/en_IT/article/brendon-hartley-race-us-austin }} this was the first time a New Zealander participated in a Formula One race in 33 years.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

=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 (except Force India, whose cars were pink to begin with).

Qualifying

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:85%"

!rowspan=2|{{Tooltip|Pos.|Qualifying position}}

!rowspan=2|{{Tooltip|Car
no.|Number}}

!rowspan=2|Driver

!rowspan=2|Constructor

!colspan=3| {{nowrap|Qualifying times}}

!rowspan=2|{{Tooltip|Final
grid|Final grid position}}

Q1

!Q2

!Q3

1

|align="center"|44

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Lewis Hamilton

|Mercedes

|1:34.822

|1:33.437

|1:33.108

|align="center"|1

2

|align="center"|5

|{{flagicon|GER}} Sebastian Vettel

|Ferrari

|1:35.420

|1:34.103

|1:33.347

|align="center"|2

3

|align="center"|77

|{{flagicon|FIN}} Valtteri Bottas

|Mercedes

|1:35.309

|1:33.769

|1:33.568

|align="center"|3

4

|align="center"|3

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Daniel Ricciardo

|{{nowrap|Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer}}

|1:35.991

|1:34.495

|1:33.577{{ref|1|1}}

|align="center"|4

5

|align="center"|7

|{{flagicon|FIN}} Kimi Räikkönen

|Ferrari

|1:35.649

|1:33.840

|1:33.577{{ref|1|1}}

|align="center"|5

6

|align="center"|33

|{{flagicon|NED}} Max Verstappen

|{{nowrap|Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer}}

|1:34.899

|1:34.716

|1:33.658

|align="center"|16{{ref|2|2}}

7

|align="center"|31

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Esteban Ocon

|Force India-Mercedes

|1:35.849

|1:35.113

|1:34.647

|align="center"|6

8

|align="center"|55

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Carlos Sainz Jr.

|Renault

|1:35.517

|1:34.899

|1:34.852

|align="center"|7

9

|align="center"|14

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Fernando Alonso

|McLaren-Honda

|1:35.712

|1:35.046

|1:35.007

|align="center"|8

10

|align="center"|11

|{{flagicon|MEX}} Sergio Pérez

|Force India-Mercedes

|1:36.358

|1:34.789

|1:35.148

|align="center"|9

11

|align="center"|19

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Felipe Massa

|Williams-Mercedes

|1:35.603

|1:35.155

|

|align="center"|10

12

|align="center"|26

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Daniil Kvyat

|Toro Rosso

|1:36.073

|1:35.529

|

|align="center"|11

13

|align="center"|2

|{{nowrap|{{flagicon|BEL}} Stoffel Vandoorne}}

|McLaren-Honda

|1:36.286

|1:35.641

|

|align="center"|20{{ref|3|3}}

14

|align="center"|8

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Romain Grosjean

|Haas-Ferrari

|1:36.835

|1:35.870

|

|align="center"|12

15

|align="center"|27

|{{flagicon|GER}} Nico Hülkenberg

|Renault

|1:35.740

|No time

|

|align="center"|18{{ref|4|4}}

16

|align="center"|9

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Marcus Ericsson

|Sauber-Ferrari

|1:36.842

|

|

|align="center"|13

17

|align="center"|18

|{{flagicon|CAN}} Lance Stroll

|Williams-Mercedes

|1:36.868

|

|

|align="center"|15{{ref|5|5}}

18

|align="center"|39

|{{flagicon|NZL}} Brendon Hartley

|Toro Rosso

|1:36.889

|

|

|align="center"|19{{ref|6|6}}

19

|align="center"|94

|{{flagicon|GER}} Pascal Wehrlein

|Sauber-Ferrari

|1:37.179

|

|

|align="center"|14

20

|align="center"|20

|{{flagicon|DEN}} Kevin Magnussen

|Haas-Ferrari

|1:37.394

|

|

|align="center"|17{{ref|7|7}}

colspan="8"|107% time: 1:41.459
colspan="8"|Source:{{cite web|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2017/races/975/united-states.html |title=2017 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix – Qualifying |website=Formula1.com |publisher=Formula One World Championship Ltd |date=October 22, 2017 |access-date=October 22, 2017}}

;Notes

  • {{note|1|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.
  • {{note|2|2}} – Max Verstappen received a 15-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of power unit components.{{cite web|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/headlines/2017/10/penalised-verstappen-to-start-near-back-of-austin-grid.html |title=Penalised Verstappen to start near back of Austin grid |website=Formula1.com |publisher=Formula One World Championship Ltd |date=October 21, 2017 |access-date=October 22, 2017}}
  • {{note|3|3}} – Stoffel Vandoorne received a 30-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of power unit components.
  • {{note|4|4}} – Nico Hülkenberg received a 20-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of power unit components.
  • {{note|5|5}} – Lance Stroll received a 3-place grid penalty for impeding Romain Grosjean during qualifying.{{cite web|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/headlines/2017/10/perez-slams-magnussen--haas-for-ruining-his-qualifying-.html |title=Perez slams Magnussen, Haas for qualifying block |website=Formula1.com |publisher=Formula One World Championship Ltd |date=October 21, 2017 |access-date=October 22, 2017}}
  • {{note|6|6}} – Brendon Hartley received a 25-place grid penalty for exceeding his car's quota of power unit components.{{efn|name=HAR pen|Although Brendon Hartley made his Formula One début in the race, he received a grid penalty because power unit components are assigned to the car rather than the driver. Hartley thus received the penalty because the car's previous drivers, Daniil Kvyat and Pierre Gasly, had used up the quota of power unit components.}}
  • {{note|7|7}} – Kevin Magnussen received a 3-place grid penalty for impeding Sergio Pérez during qualifying.

Race

Lewis Hamilton won after passing title rival Sebastian Vettel early on in the race with the German driver coming home second, Hamilton extended his Championship lead in the process to 66 points. Kimi Räikkönen was third, Max Verstappen did overtake Räikkönen on the final lap, although Verstappen was found to have cut the corner, resulting in a time penalty.{{Cite news|last=Benson|first=Andrew|date=October 22, 2017|title=Lewis Hamilton on verge of Formula 1 title with United States GP win|work=BBC Sport|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/41716463|access-date=February 18, 2021}}

= Race classification =

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;"

!{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}

!{{Tooltip|No.|Car number}}

!Driver

!Constructor

!Laps

!Time/Retired

!Grid

!Points

1

|align="center"|44

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Lewis Hamilton

|Mercedes

|56

|1:33:50.991

|1

|align="center"|25

2

|align="center"|5

|{{flagicon|GER}} Sebastian Vettel

|Ferrari

|56

| +10.143

|2

|align="center"|18

3

|align="center"|7

|{{flagicon|FIN}} Kimi Räikkönen

|Ferrari

|56

| +15.779

|5

|align="center"|15

4

|align="center"|33

|{{flagicon|NED}} Max Verstappen

|{{nowrap|Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer}}

|56

| +16.768{{ref|1_race|1}}

|16

|align="center"|12

5

|align="center"|77

|{{flagicon|FIN}} Valtteri Bottas

|Mercedes

|56

| +34.967

|3

|align="center"|10

6

|align="center"|31

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Esteban Ocon

|Force India-Mercedes

|56

| +1:30.980

|6

|align="center"|8

7

|align="center"|55

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Carlos Sainz Jr.

|Renault

|56

| +1:32.944

|7

|align="center"|6

8

|align="center"|11

|{{flagicon|MEX}} Sergio Pérez

|Force India-Mercedes

|55

| +1 Lap

|9

|align="center"|4

9

|align="center"|19

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Felipe Massa

|Williams-Mercedes

|55

| +1 Lap

|10

|align="center"|2

10

|align="center"|26

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Daniil Kvyat

|Toro Rosso

|55

| +1 Lap

|11

|align="center"|1

11

|align="center"|18

|{{flagicon|CAN}} Lance Stroll

|Williams-Mercedes

|55

| +1 Lap

|15

|align="center"|

12

|align="center"|2

|{{nowrap|{{flagicon|BEL}} Stoffel Vandoorne}}

|McLaren-Honda

|55

| +1 Lap

|20

|align="center"|

13

|align="center"|39

|{{flagicon|NZL}} Brendon Hartley

|Toro Rosso

|55

| +1 Lap

|19

|align="center"|

14

|align="center"|8

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Romain Grosjean

|Haas-Ferrari

|55

| +1 Lap

|12

|align="center"|

15

|align="center"|9

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Marcus Ericsson

|Sauber-Ferrari

|55

| +1 Lap{{ref|2_race|2}}

|13

|

16

|align="center"|20

|{{nowrap|{{flagicon|DEN}} Kevin Magnussen}}

|Haas-Ferrari

|55

| +1 Lap

|17

|align="center"|

Ret

|align="center"|14

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Fernando Alonso

|McLaren-Honda

|24

| Engine

|8

|align="center"|

Ret

|align="center"|3

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Daniel Ricciardo

|{{nowrap|Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer}}

|14

| Engine

|4

|align="center"|

Ret

|align="center"|94

|{{flagicon|GER}} Pascal Wehrlein

|Sauber-Ferrari

|5

| {{nowrap|Collision damage}}

|14

|align="center"|

Ret

|align="center"|27

|{{flagicon|GER}} Nico Hülkenberg

|Renault

|3

| Engine

|18

|align="center"|

colspan="8"|Source:{{Cite web|title=2017 United States Grand Prix|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2017_United_States_Grand_Prix/F/|url-status=live|access-date=14 September 2021|publisher=Racing-Reference|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427233055/https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2017_United_States_Grand_Prix/F/ |archive-date=April 27, 2021 }}

;Notes

  • {{Note|1_race|1}} – Max Verstappen originally finished third, but received a 5-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage.
  • {{Note|2_race|2}} – Marcus Ericsson received a 5-second time penalty for causing a collision.

Championship standings after the race

{{col-start}}

{{col-2}}

;Drivers' Championship standings

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;"
!{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}

!Driver

!Points

align="left"|10px

|align="center"|1

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Lewis Hamilton*

|align="left"|331

align="left"|10px

|align="center"|2

|{{flagicon|GER}} Sebastian Vettel*

|align="left"|265

align="left"|10px

|align="center"|3

|{{flagicon|FIN}} Valtteri Bottas

|align="left"|244

align="left"|10px

|align="center"|4

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Daniel Ricciardo

|align="left"|192

align="left"|10px

|align="center"|5

|{{flagicon|FIN}} Kimi Räikkönen

|align="left"|163

colspan=4|Source:{{Cite web|url=https://www.statsf1.com/en/2017/etats-unis/championnat.aspx|title=United States 2017 - Championship • STATS F1|website=www.statsf1.com|access-date=March 21, 2019}}

{{col-2}}

;Constructors' Championship standings

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;"
!{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}

!Constructor

!Points

align="left"|10px

|align="center"|1

|{{flagicon|GER}} Mercedes*

|align="left"|575

align="left"|10px

|align="center"|2

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Ferrari

|align="left"|428

align="left"|10px

|align="center"|3

|{{flagicon|AUT}} {{nowrap|Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer}}

|align="left"|315

align="left"|10px

|align="center"|4

|{{flagicon|IND}} Force India-Mercedes

|align="left"|159

align="left"|10px

|align="center"|5

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Williams-Mercedes

|align="left"|68

colspan=4|Source:

{{col-end}}

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for the sets of standings.
  • Bold text and an asterisk indicates competitors who still had a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion.

Notes

{{notelist}}

References