2017 United States 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.[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.
| 2017 United States Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 17 of 20 in the 2017 Formula One World Championship | |||
| Layout of the Circuit of the Americas | |||
| Race details[1] | |||
| Date | October 22, 2017 | ||
| 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 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:37.766 on lap 51 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Mercedes | ||
| Second | Ferrari | ||
| Third | Ferrari | ||
| Lap leaders | |||
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
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 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:34.822 | 1:33.437 | 1:33.108 | 1 |
| 2 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:35.420 | 1:34.103 | 1:33.347 | 2 |
| 3 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:35.309 | 1:33.769 | 1:33.568 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | 1:35.991 | 1:34.495 | 1:33.5771 | 4 |
| 5 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:35.649 | 1:33.840 | 1:33.5771 | 5 |
| 6 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | 1:34.899 | 1:34.716 | 1:33.658 | 162 |
| 7 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Force India-Mercedes | 1:35.849 | 1:35.113 | 1:34.647 | 6 |
| 8 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Renault | 1:35.517 | 1:34.899 | 1:34.852 | 7 |
| 9 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Honda | 1:35.712 | 1:35.046 | 1:35.007 | 8 |
| 10 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Force India-Mercedes | 1:36.358 | 1:34.789 | 1:35.148 | 9 |
| 11 | 19 | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 1:35.603 | 1:35.155 | 10 | |
| 12 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:36.073 | 1:35.529 | 11 | |
| 13 | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren-Honda | 1:36.286 | 1:35.641 | 203 | |
| 14 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | 1:36.835 | 1:35.870 | 12 | |
| 15 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 1:35.740 | No time | 184 | |
| 16 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:36.842 | 13 | ||
| 17 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Williams-Mercedes | 1:36.868 | 155 | ||
| 18 | 39 | Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 1:36.889 | 196 | ||
| 19 | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:37.179 | 14 | ||
| 20 | 20 | 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
- 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
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- 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
- ^ 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]
- ^ 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
- ^ "United States". formula1.com. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "2017 Formula 1 World Championship Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Circuit of the Americas - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ "Weather information for the "2017 United States Grand Prix"". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
- ^ . GPupdate.net. JHED Media BV. December 8, 2017. Archived from the original on December 9, 2017.
- ^ . Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. November 30, 2016. Archived from the original on November 30, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
- ^ . Renault F1. Renault Sport. Archived from the original on October 8, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
- ^ "Motor racing – Sainz to replace Palmer, Kvyat returns for Austin". sbs.com.au. SBS. October 7, 2017. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f "Hartley, Hulkenberg, Vandoorne all set for grid penalties". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. October 20, 2017. from the original on October 20, 2017. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
- ^ . scuderiatororosso.com. Scuderia Toro Rosso. October 13, 2017. Archived from the original on October 13, 2017. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
- ^ "2017 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix – Qualifying". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Ltd. October 22, 2017. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
- ^ "Penalised Verstappen to start near back of Austin grid". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Ltd. October 21, 2017. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
- ^ a b "Perez slams Magnussen, Haas for qualifying block". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Ltd. October 21, 2017. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
- ^ Benson, Andrew (October 22, 2017). "Lewis Hamilton on verge of Formula 1 title with United States GP win". BBC Sport. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
- ^ "2017 United States Grand Prix". Racing-Reference. from the original on April 27, 2021. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
- ^ a b "United States 2017 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved March 21, 2019.