2017 United States Grand Prix

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2017 United States Grand Prix
Race 17 of 20 in the 2017 Formula One World Championship
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Layout of the Circuit of the Americas
Layout of the Circuit of the Americas
Race details[1]
Date October 22, 2017 (2017-10-22)
Official name 2017 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix[2][3]
Location Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas, United States
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.513 km (3.426 miles)
Distance 56 laps, 308.405 km (191.634 miles)
Weather Sunny with temperatures reaching up to 82.9 °F (28.3 °C); wind speeds approaching speeds of 13.8 miles per hour (22.2 km/h)[4]
Attendance 258,000[5]
Pole position
Driver
Mercedes
Time 1:33.108
Fastest lap
Driver Germany Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
Time 1:37.766 on lap 51
Podium
First
Mercedes
Second
Ferrari
Third
Ferrari
Lap leaders

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.[6] 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 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[edit]

Driver changes[edit]

See also: 2017 Formula One World Championship § Teams and drivers
Brendon Hartley made his Formula One debut with Scuderia Toro Rosso.

Carlos Sainz Jr. moved from Toro Rosso to Renault and replaced Jolyon Palmer.[7] Daniil Kvyat returned to Toro Rosso after having missed the Malaysian and Japanese Grands Prix, taking over Sainz's car.[8][a] 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,[10][9] this was the first time a New Zealander participated in a Formula One race in 33 years.[citation needed]

Tyres[edit]

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[edit]

Pos. Car
no. 		Driver Constructor Qualifying times Final
grid
Q1 Q2 Q3
1 44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:34.822 1:33.437 1:33.108 1
2 5 Germany Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1:35.420 1:34.103 1:33.347 2
3 77 Finland Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:35.309 1:33.769 1:33.568 3
4 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 1:35.991 1:34.495 1:33.5771 4
5 7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:35.649 1:33.840 1:33.5771 5
6 33 Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 1:34.899 1:34.716 1:33.658 162
7 31 France Esteban Ocon Force India-Mercedes 1:35.849 1:35.113 1:34.647 6
8 55 Spain Carlos Sainz Jr. Renault 1:35.517 1:34.899 1:34.852 7
9 14 Spain Fernando Alonso McLaren-Honda 1:35.712 1:35.046 1:35.007 8
10 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez Force India-Mercedes 1:36.358 1:34.789 1:35.148 9
11 19 Brazil Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 1:35.603 1:35.155 10
12 26 Russia Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso 1:36.073 1:35.529 11
13 2 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren-Honda 1:36.286 1:35.641 203
14 8 France Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 1:36.835 1:35.870 12
15 27 Germany Nico Hülkenberg Renault 1:35.740 No time 184
16 9 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sauber-Ferrari 1:36.842 13
17 18 Canada Lance Stroll Williams-Mercedes 1:36.868 155
18 39 New Zealand Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso 1:36.889 196
19 94 Germany Pascal Wehrlein Sauber-Ferrari 1:37.179 14
20 20 Denmark Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 1:37.394 177
107% time: 1:41.459
Source:[11]
Notes
  • ^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.
  • ^2  – Max Verstappen received a 15-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of power unit components.[12]
  • ^3  – Stoffel Vandoorne received a 30-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of power unit components.[9]
  • ^4  – Nico Hülkenberg received a 20-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of power unit components.[9]
  • ^5  – Lance Stroll received a 3-place grid penalty for impeding Romain Grosjean during qualifying.[13]
  • ^6  – Brendon Hartley received a 25-place grid penalty for exceeding his car's quota of power unit components.[9][b]
  • ^7  – Kevin Magnussen received a 3-place grid penalty for impeding Sergio Pérez during qualifying.[13]

Race[edit]

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.[14]

Race classification[edit]

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 56 1:33:50.991 1 25
2 5 Germany Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 56 +10.143 2 18
3 7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 56 +15.779 5 15
4 33 Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 56 +16.7681 16 12
5 77 Finland Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 56 +34.967 3 10
6 31 France Esteban Ocon Force India-Mercedes 56 +1:30.980 6 8
7 55 Spain Carlos Sainz Jr. Renault 56 +1:32.944 7 6
8 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez Force India-Mercedes 55 +1 Lap 9 4
9 19 Brazil Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 55 +1 Lap 10 2
10 26 Russia Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso 55 +1 Lap 11 1
11 18 Canada Lance Stroll Williams-Mercedes 55 +1 Lap 15
12 2 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren-Honda 55 +1 Lap 20
13 39 New Zealand Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso 55 +1 Lap 19
14 8 France Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 55 +1 Lap 12
15 9 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sauber-Ferrari 55 +1 Lap2 13
16 20 Denmark Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 55 +1 Lap 17
Ret 14 Spain Fernando Alonso McLaren-Honda 24 Engine 8
Ret 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 14 Engine 4
Ret 94 Germany Pascal Wehrlein Sauber-Ferrari 5 Collision damage 14
Ret 27 Germany Nico Hülkenberg Renault 3 Engine 18
Source:[15]
Notes
  • ^1 – Max Verstappen originally finished third, but received a 5-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage.
  • ^2 – Marcus Ericsson received a 5-second time penalty for causing a collision.

Championship standings after the race[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  1. ^ 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.[9]
  2. ^ 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,[9] had used up the quota of power unit components.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "United States". formula1.com. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "2017 Formula 1 World Championship Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  3. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Circuit of the Americas - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  4. ^ "Weather information for the "2017 United States Grand Prix"". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
  5. ^ "F1 reveals overall rise in 2017 attendance". GPupdate.net. JHED Media BV. December 8, 2017. Archived from the original on December 9, 2017.
  6. ^ "FIA Announces World Motorsports Council decisions". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. November 30, 2016. Archived from the original on November 30, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
  7. ^ "Renault Sport Formula One Team confirms driver change". Renault F1. Renault Sport. Archived from the original on October 8, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
  8. ^ "Motor racing – Sainz to replace Palmer, Kvyat returns for Austin". sbs.com.au. SBS. October 7, 2017. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
  9. ^ a b c d e f "Hartley, Hulkenberg, Vandoorne all set for grid penalties". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. October 20, 2017. Archived from the original on October 20, 2017. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
  10. ^ "Brendon Hartley to race with us in Austin". scuderiatororosso.com. Scuderia Toro Rosso. October 13, 2017. Archived from the original on October 13, 2017. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
  11. ^ "2017 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix – Qualifying". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Ltd. October 22, 2017. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  12. ^ "Penalised Verstappen to start near back of Austin grid". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Ltd. October 21, 2017. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  13. ^ a b "Perez slams Magnussen, Haas for qualifying block". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Ltd. October 21, 2017. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  14. ^ Benson, Andrew (October 22, 2017). "Lewis Hamilton on verge of Formula 1 title with United States GP win". BBC Sport. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  15. ^ "2017 United States Grand Prix". Racing-Reference. Archived from the original on April 27, 2021. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
  16. ^ a b "United States 2017 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved March 21, 2019.


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