2016 United States Grand Prix

Circuit: Circuit of The AmericasAustin, Texas, United States of America
Winner: Sir Lewis HamiltonMercedes
Pole: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Sebastian Vettel
Entries: 2218 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W07	1	56	Finished	25
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	F1 W07	2	56	Finished	18
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	RB12	3	56	Finished	15
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	SF16-H	6	56	Finished	12	fastest lap
5	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	MP4-31	12	56	Finished	10
6	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR11	10	56	Finished	8
7	Felipe Massa	Williams	FW38	9	55	Finished	6
8	Sergio Perez	Force India	VJM09	11	55	Finished	4
9	Jenson Button	McLaren	MP4-31	19	55	Finished	2
10	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	VF-16	17	55	Finished	1
11	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR11	13	55	Finished	0
12	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	R.S.16	18	55	Finished	0
13	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	R.S.16	15	55	Finished	0
14	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	C35	16	55	Finished	0
15	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	C35	21	55	Finished	0
16	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	FW38	8	55	Finished	0
17	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MRT05	20	55	Finished	0
18	Esteban Ocon	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MRT05	22	54	Finished	0
DNF	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	SF16-H	5	38	Loose wheel	0
DNF	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	RB12	4	28	Gearbox	0
DNF	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	VF-16	14	16	Brakes	0
DNF	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	VJM09	7	1	Collision damage	0

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	1	56
Nico Rosberg	2	2	56
Daniel Ricciardo	3	3	56
Sebastian Vettel	6	4	56
Fernando Alonso	12	5	56
Carlos Sainz	10	6	56
Felipe Massa	9	7	55
Sergio Perez	11	8	55
Jenson Button	19	9	55
Romain Grosjean	17	10	55
Daniil Kvyat	13	11	55
Kevin Magnussen	18	12	55
Jolyon Palmer	15	13	55
Marcus Ericsson	16	14	55
Felipe Nasr	21	15	55
Valtteri Bottas	8	16	55
Pascal Wehrlein	20	17	55
Esteban Ocon	22	18	54
Kimi Raikkonen	5	DNF	38
Max Verstappen	4	DNF	28
Esteban Gutierrez	14	DNF	16
Nico Hulkenberg	7	DNF	1

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	Interval
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:36.296	1:36.450	1:34.999	—	—
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:36.397	1:36.351	1:35.215	+0.216	+0.216
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:36.759	1:36.255	1:35.509	+0.510	+0.294
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:36.613	1:36.857	1:35.747	+0.748	+0.238
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:36.985	1:36.584	1:36.131	+1.132	+0.384
6	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:37.151	1:36.462	1:36.358	+1.359	+0.227
7	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:36.950	1:36.626	1:36.628	+1.629	+0.270
8	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:37.456	1:37.202	1:37.116	+2.117	+0.488
9	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:37.402	1:37.214	1:37.269	+2.270	+0.153
10	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:37.744	1:37.175	1:37.326	+2.327	+0.057
11	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:37.345	1:37.353	—	—	—
12	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:37.913	1:37.417	—	—	—
13	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:37.844	1:37.480	—	—	—
14	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	21	1:38.053	1:37.773	—	—	—
15	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	30	1:38.084	1:37.935	—	—	—
16	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:38.040	1:39.356	—	—	—
17	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:38.308	—	—	—	—
18	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	20	1:38.317	—	—	—	—
19	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:38.327	—	—	—	—
20	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	94	1:38.548	—	—	—	—
21	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:38.583	—	—	—	—
22	Esteban Ocon	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	31	1:38.806	—	—	—	—

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked on each lap a driver stopped. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Only the lap is recorded: not a stop’s length, tyres or gain.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	56	2	11, 31
Nico Rosberg	2	56	2	10, 31
Daniel Ricciardo	3	56	2	8, 25
Sebastian Vettel	4	56	3	14, 29, 53
Fernando Alonso	5	56	2	11, 30
Carlos Sainz	6	56	2	11, 30
Felipe Massa	7	55	3	11, 29, 54
Sergio Perez	8	55	2	10, 27
Jenson Button	9	55	2	10, 28
Romain Grosjean	10	55	2	10, 27
Daniil Kvyat	11	55	1	21
Kevin Magnussen	12	55	3	13, 27, 43
Jolyon Palmer	13	55	2	15, 26
Marcus Ericsson	14	55	1	17
Felipe Nasr	15	55	1	29
Valtteri Bottas	16	55	2	1, 20
Pascal Wehrlein	17	55	2	13, 30
Esteban Ocon	18	54	3	17, 26, 44
Kimi Raikkonen	DNF	38	3	8, 24, 38
Max Verstappen	DNF	28	2	9, 26
Esteban Gutierrez	DNF	16	1	13
Nico Hulkenberg	DNF	1	0	None recorded

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Nico Rosberg	1 · 2	1 · 2	11 · 10	Nico Rosberg	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Daniel Ricciardo	2 · 3	2 · 3	10 · 8	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Sebastian Vettel	3 · 6	3 · 4	8 · 14	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Fernando Alonso	6 · 12	4 · 5	14 · 11	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Carlos Sainz · Fernando Alonso	10 · 12	6 · 5	11 · 11	Same lap	Swapped places
Sergio Perez · Fernando Alonso	11 · 12	8 · 5	10 · 11	Sergio Perez	Swapped places
Fernando Alonso · Daniil Kvyat	12 · 13	5 · 11	11 · 21	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Carlos Sainz	9 · 10	7 · 6	11 · 11	Same lap	Swapped places
Carlos Sainz · Sergio Perez	10 · 11	6 · 8	11 · 10	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Felipe Massa	8 · 9	16 · 7	1 · 11	Valtteri Bottas	Swapped places
Felipe Massa · Sergio Perez	9 · 11	7 · 8	11 · 10	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Jenson Button	11 · 19	8 · 9	10 · 10	Same lap	Kept their order
Romain Grosjean · Jenson Button	17 · 19	10 · 9	10 · 10	Same lap	Swapped places
Kevin Magnussen · Jenson Button	18 · 19	12 · 9	13 · 10	Jenson Button	Swapped places
Jenson Button · Pascal Wehrlein	19 · 20	9 · 17	10 · 13	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Daniil Kvyat · Romain Grosjean	13 · 17	11 · 10	21 · 10	Romain Grosjean	Swapped places
Marcus Ericsson · Romain Grosjean	16 · 17	14 · 10	17 · 10	Romain Grosjean	Swapped places
Romain Grosjean · Kevin Magnussen	17 · 18	10 · 12	10 · 13	Romain Grosjean	Kept their order
Daniil Kvyat · Kevin Magnussen	13 · 18	11 · 12	21 · 13	Kevin Magnussen	Kept their order
Jolyon Palmer · Kevin Magnussen	15 · 18	13 · 12	15 · 13	Kevin Magnussen	Swapped places
Jolyon Palmer · Marcus Ericsson	15 · 16	13 · 14	15 · 17	Jolyon Palmer	Kept their order
Marcus Ericsson · Felipe Nasr	16 · 21	14 · 15	17 · 29	Marcus Ericsson	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Felipe Nasr	8 · 21	16 · 15	1 · 29	Valtteri Bottas	Swapped places
Pascal Wehrlein · Felipe Nasr	20 · 21	17 · 15	13 · 29	Pascal Wehrlein	Swapped places
Felipe Nasr · Esteban Ocon	21 · 22	15 · 18	29 · 17	Esteban Ocon	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Pascal Wehrlein	8 · 20	16 · 17	1 · 13	Valtteri Bottas	Kept their order
Pascal Wehrlein · Esteban Ocon	20 · 22	17 · 18	13 · 17	Pascal Wehrlein	Kept their order

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no stop duration and no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:37.428	—	—	25
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:37.743	+0.315	+0.315	27
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:39.379	+1.951	+1.636	28
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:39.407	+1.979	+0.028	21
5	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:39.712	+2.284	+0.305	27
6	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:39.776	+2.348	+0.064	30
7	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:39.963	+2.535	+0.187	26
8	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:39.988	+2.560	+0.025	15
9	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:40.131	+2.703	+0.143	16
10	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:40.140	+2.712	+0.009	26
11	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:40.191	+2.763	+0.051	27
12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:40.287	+2.859	+0.096	16
13	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:40.362	+2.934	+0.075	26
14	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:40.826	+3.398	+0.464	15
15	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	21	1:40.970	+3.542	+0.144	15
16	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:41.170	+3.742	+0.200	17
17	Alfonso Celis Jr. (never started a Grand Prix)	Force India	34	1:41.422	+3.994	+0.252	27
18	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:41.663	+4.235	+0.241	21
19	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	20	1:41.942	+4.514	+0.279	22
20	Jordan King (never started a Grand Prix)	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	42	1:42.012	+4.584	+0.070	29
21	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	30	1:42.332	+4.904	+0.320	31
22	Esteban Ocon	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	31	1:43.874	+6.446	+1.542	27

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing. † Drove in practice and never started a Grand Prix.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:37.358	—	—	33
2	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:37.552	+0.194	+0.194	33
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:37.649	+0.291	+0.097	32
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:38.178	+0.820	+0.529	35
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:38.258	+0.900	+0.080	27
6	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:38.508	+1.150	+0.250	32
7	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:38.568	+1.210	+0.060	31
8	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:38.713	+1.355	+0.145	29
9	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:38.801	+1.443	+0.088	30
10	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:38.865	+1.507	+0.064	31
11	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:38.971	+1.613	+0.106	31
12	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	20	1:39.159	+1.801	+0.188	23
13	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:39.189	+1.831	+0.030	28
14	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:39.197	+1.839	+0.008	34
15	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:39.202	+1.844	+0.005	36
16	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:39.281	+1.923	+0.079	30
17	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	30	1:39.455	+2.097	+0.174	34
18	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:39.554	+2.196	+0.099	24
19	Esteban Ocon	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	31	1:40.086	+2.728	+0.532	27
20	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	21	1:40.114	+2.756	+0.028	26
21	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:40.219	+2.861	+0.105	28
22	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	94	1:41.131	+3.773	+0.912	31

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:36.766	—	—	16
2	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:37.032	+0.266	+0.266	19
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:37.284	+0.518	+0.252	15
4	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:37.483	+0.717	+0.199	12
5	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:37.784	+1.018	+0.301	10
6	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:37.894	+1.128	+0.110	8
7	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:37.948	+1.182	+0.054	17
8	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:38.188	+1.422	+0.240	16
9	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:38.212	+1.446	+0.024	14
10	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:38.452	+1.686	+0.240	13
11	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:38.512	+1.746	+0.060	16
12	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	30	1:38.528	+1.762	+0.016	14
13	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:38.607	+1.841	+0.079	15
14	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:38.691	+1.925	+0.084	16
15	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:38.710	+1.944	+0.019	6
16	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	21	1:38.939	+2.173	+0.229	13
17	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:39.097	+2.331	+0.158	13
18	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	20	1:39.105	+2.339	+0.008	14
19	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:39.239	+2.473	+0.134	14
20	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:39.509	+2.743	+0.270	14
21	Esteban Ocon	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	31	1:39.771	+3.005	+0.262	19
22	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	94	1:41.427	+4.661	+1.656	7

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

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Where this comes from

Round: 18 of 2016
Grand Prix: United States Grand Prix
Dates: 23 Oct 2016
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Mercedes
Entrant: Mercedes
Confidence: reference

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