United States Grand Prix 2016-10-23

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Event
United States Grand Prix

Date
Sun 23rd October 2016 (UTC)

Timestamp

Time

00:00:00 UTC

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24-11-26 16:00 (PST Los Angeles)
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24-11-26 18:00 (CST Chicago)
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24-11-26 19:00 (EST New York)
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24-11-27 00:00 (GMT London)
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24-11-27 01:00 (CET Paris)
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24-11-27 04:00 (GST Dubai)
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24-11-27 05:30 (IST Kolkata)
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24-11-27 09:00 (JST Tokyo)
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24-11-27 11:00 (AEDT Sydney)

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League
Formula 1

Season
2016

Round
18

Status

Location
Circuit of the Americas

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Description

The 2016 United States Grand Prix (formally known as the 2016 Formula One United States Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 23 October 2016 at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, United States. The race marked the forty-sixth running of the United States Grand Prix, and the thirty-eighth time that the race has been run as a World Championship event since the inaugural season in 1950.

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg entered the round with a thirty-three point lead over team-mate Lewis Hamilton in the World Drivers' Championship. Mercedes team held an unassailable 208-point lead over Red Bull Racing in the World Constructors' Championship, having secured the Constructors' title in the previous race in Japan.

Race
The race started off well for Hamilton, taking the lead on the run up to Turn 1, with Jenson Button and a Toro Rosso running wide out of the first corner. Daniel Ricciardo slotted into second while Hamilton's teammate and closest championship rival Nico Rosberg fell back to third. Valtteri Bottas suffered a puncture and had to pit after the first lap. Nico Hulkenburg retired on lap 7 due to earlier collision damage. On the corner before the backstraight DRS zone, Esteban Gutierrez of the Haas F1 Team locked up the front right tyre heavily and retired subsequently due to brake problems. On lap 31, Max Verstappen retired due to a gearbox problem and stopped out of the first DRS zone, triggering a Virtual Safety Car period. Kimi Raikkonen retired after coming out of the pit lane during a routine stop with a loose wheel. Hamilton went on to win his 5th race in the United States, with Nico Rosberg in second and Daniel Ricciardo rounding out the podium spots. Hamilton was only able to cut Rosberg's point lead to 26 points with 3 races left in the season.

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Result List

Result Description
1 44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 56 1:38:12.618 1 25
2 6 Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes 56 +4.520 2 18
3 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 56 +19.692 3 15
4 5 Germany Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 56 +43.134 6 12
5 14 Spain Fernando Alonso McLaren-Honda 56 +1:33.953 12 10
6 55 Spain Carlos Sainz Jr. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 56 +1:36.124 10 8
7 19 Brazil Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 55 +1 lap 9 6
8 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez Force India-Mercedes 55 +1 lap 11 4
9 22 United Kingdom Jenson Button McLaren-Honda 55 +1 lap 19 2
10 8 France Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 55 +1 lap 17 1
11 26 Russia Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso-Ferrari 55 +1 lap 13
12 20 Denmark Kevin Magnussen Renault 55 +1 lap1 18
13 30 United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer Renault 55 +1 lap 15
14 9 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sauber-Ferrari 55 +1 lap 16
15 12 Brazil Felipe Nasr Sauber-Ferrari 55 +1 lap 21
16 77 Finland Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 55 +1 lap 8
17 94 Germany Pascal Wehrlein MRT-Mercedes 55 +1 lap 20
18 31 France Esteban Ocon MRT-Mercedes 54 +2 laps 22
Ret 7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 38 Loose wheel 5
Ret 33 Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 28 Gearbox 4
Ret 21 Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez Haas-Ferrari 16 Brakes 14
Ret 27 Germany Nico Hülkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1 Collision damage 7

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