2016 United States Grand Prix

Date: 23 Oct 2016
Circuit: Circuit of the Americas, Austin, USA
Round: 18 of 21
Winner: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
Pole position: Lewis Hamilton (1:34.999)

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Race classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / status	FL	Pts
1	44	HAMLewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	56	1:38:12.618		25
2	6	ROSNico Rosberg	Mercedes	2	56	+4.520		18
3	3	RICDaniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	3	56	+19.692		15
4	5	VETSebastian Vettel	Ferrari	6	56	+43.134	1:39.877	12
5	14	ALOFernando Alonso	McLaren	12	56	+93.953		10
6	55	SAICarlos Sainz	Toro Rosso	10	56	+96.124		8
7	19	MASFelipe Massa	Williams	9	55	+1 Lap		6
8	11	PERSergio Pérez	Force India	11	55	+1 Lap		4
9	22	BUTJenson Button	McLaren	19	55	+1 Lap		2
10	8	GRORomain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	17	55	+1 Lap		1
11	26	KVYDaniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	13	55	+1 Lap		0
12	20	MAGKevin Magnussen	Renault	18	55	+1 Lap		0
13	30	PALJolyon Palmer	Renault	15	55	+1 Lap		0
14	9	ERIMarcus Ericsson	Sauber	16	55	+1 Lap		0
15	12	NASFelipe Nasr	Sauber	21	55	+1 Lap		0
16	77	BOTValtteri Bottas	Williams	8	55	+1 Lap		0
17	94	WEHPascal Wehrlein	Manor Marussia	20	55	+1 Lap		0
18	31	OCOEsteban Ocon	Manor Marussia	22	54	+2 Laps		0
R	7	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	5	38	Wheel		0
R	33	VERMax Verstappen	Red Bull	4	28	Gearbox		0
R	21	GUTEsteban Gutiérrez	Haas F1 Team	14	16	Brakes		0
R	27	HULNico Hülkenberg	Force India	7	1	Collision		0

Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.

Lap chart

Position at the end of each lap, from first to last. A line that ends early is a retirement. Rings are pit stops. Hover or tap the chart to see every driver's position on that lap.

Race history: gap to the leader

Seconds behind the leader after each lap, from cumulative lap times. Rings are pit stops; shaded bands are safety-car periods. Drivers more than 149 seconds behind run along the bottom edge. Hover or tap for a lap.

How the race was won

Winner: Lewis Hamilton: 2 stops (laps 11, 31), stints of 11, 20, 25 laps
2nd: Nico Rosberg: 2 stops (laps 10, 31), stints of 10, 21, 25 laps
3rd: Daniel Ricciardo: 2 stops (laps 8, 25), stints of 8, 17, 31 laps
Finishers: 1 stop: 3 · 2 stops: 11 · 3 or more: 4
First stops: median lap 11 of 56

Pit stops

Driver	Stops	Laps (pit-lane time)	Stints (laps; bar length is the share of the race distance)
HAMLewis Hamilton	2	11 (23.6 s), 31 (23.6 s)	112025
ROSNico Rosberg	2	10 (23.5 s), 31 (24.1 s)	102125
RICDaniel Ricciardo	2	8 (24.0 s), 25 (23.5 s)	81731
VETSebastian Vettel	3	14 (24.4 s), 29 (23.8 s), 53 (24.2 s)	1415243
ALOFernando Alonso	2	11 (23.7 s), 30 (25.3 s)	111926
SAICarlos Sainz	2	11 (24.8 s), 30 (24.3 s)	111926
MASFelipe Massa	3	11 (24.1 s), 29 (23.9 s), 54 (23.5 s)	111825
PERSergio Pérez	2	10 (23.4 s), 27 (24.5 s)	101728
BUTJenson Button	2	10 (23.6 s), 28 (25.6 s)	101827
GRORomain Grosjean	2	10 (24.5 s), 27 (26.1 s)	101728
KVYDaniil Kvyat	1	21 (37.8 s)	2134
MAGKevin Magnussen	3	13 (24.3 s), 27 (24.1 s), 43 (23.9 s)	13141612
PALJolyon Palmer	2	15 (24.1 s), 26 (24.8 s)	151129
ERIMarcus Ericsson	1	17 (25.2 s)	1738
NASFelipe Nasr	1	29 (24.2 s)	2926
BOTValtteri Bottas	2	1 (27.1 s), 20 (25.2 s)	1935
WEHPascal Wehrlein	2	13 (26.1 s), 30 (25.2 s)	131725
OCOEsteban Ocon	3	17 (25.2 s), 26 (27.5 s), 44 (24.7 s)	1791810
RAIKimi Räikkönen	3	8 (24.0 s), 24 (23.8 s), 38 (25.4 s)	81614
VERMax Verstappen	2	9 (23.5 s), 26 (36.1 s)	917
GUTEsteban Gutiérrez	1	13 (24.5 s)	133

Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:36.296	1:36.450	1:34.999	fastest Q3
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:36.397	1:36.351	1:35.215	+0.216 Q3
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:36.759	1:36.255	1:35.509	+0.510 Q3
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:36.613	1:36.857	1:35.747	+0.748 Q3
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:36.985	1:36.584	1:36.131	+1.132 Q3
6	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:37.151	1:36.462	1:36.358	+1.359 Q3
7	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:36.950	1:36.626	1:36.628	+1.627 Q2
8	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	1:37.456	1:37.202	1:37.116	+2.117 Q3
9	Felipe Massa	Williams	1:37.402	1:37.214	1:37.269	+2.215 Q2
10	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso	1:37.744	1:37.175	1:37.326	+2.176 Q2
11	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:37.345	1:37.353		+2.346 Q1
12	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:37.913	1:37.417		+2.418 Q2
13	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:37.844	1:37.480		+2.481 Q2
14	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas F1 Team	1:38.053	1:37.773		+2.774 Q2
15	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:38.084	1:37.935		+2.936 Q2
16	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:38.040	1:39.356		+3.041 Q1
17	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	1:38.308			+3.309 Q1
18	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	1:38.317			+3.318 Q1
19	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:38.327			+3.328 Q1
20	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor Marussia	1:38.548			+3.549 Q1
21	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	1:38.583			+3.584 Q1
22	Esteban Ocon	Manor Marussia	1:38.806			+3.807 Q1

Gap: the driver's best time in any session (session named), in seconds behind the fastest time of qualifying. That is usually the pole time; when a session gets slower (rain, for example), an earlier session's time can be faster. The bar is full at 3 seconds; larger gaps are cut off.

Standings after this race

Drivers

Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Points
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	9	331
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	7	305
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1	227
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	0	177
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	0	170
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1	165
7	Sergio Pérez	Force India	0	84
8	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	0	81
9	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	0	54
10	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	0	52

Constructors

Pos	Constructor	Wins	Points
1	Mercedes	16	636
2	Red Bull	2	400
3	Ferrari	0	347
4	Force India	0	138
5	Williams	0	130
6	McLaren	0	74
7	Toro Rosso	0	55
8	Haas F1 Team	0	29
9	Renault	0	8
10	Manor Marussia	0	1

Full 2016 standings