Race Results 2017 USA F1 Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton on the podium in Texas

Event: USA Grand Prix
Track: Circuit of The Americas

Weather: 25°C dry & clear sky
Tarmac: 35°C dry

Lewis Hamilton won the USA Grand Prix for the 6th time today. It was the 62nd race win for the British driver and the 75th race win for the Mercedes team.

Hamilton got passed by Sebastian Vettel's Ferrari at the start. After 5 laps Hamilton was able to pass Vettel with DRS at the back straight on COTA. He then drove away from the Ferrari driver and was able to sustain his gap and win the race with a 10s lead

Vettel dropped back behind his teammate Kimi Raikkonen after the pit stops and drove 3rd in the last stages of the grand prix.

Vettel finished 2nd because Raikkonen let him pass in the last laps of the race. The Finish driver also got passed by an unbelievable pass of 20 year old Max Verstappen from the inside in the 250 km/h righthander that makes corners 16, 17 and 18. Right after the race Verstappen was given a 5 sec penalty because he left the tarmac with 4 wheels while passing.

After the finish Raikkonen got back 3rd place because of the 5 second penalty Verstappen got classified 4th. Verstappen had to leave the podium for the 2nd time in his career. It's still an unbelievable achievement by the Dutchman to start from 16th place and finish to get classified as 4th.

F1 classification 2017 USA GP

P	No	Driver	Team	Time	Laps	Grid	Pts
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	01:33:50.991	56	1	25
2	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	01:34:01.134	56	2	18
3	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	01:34:06.770	56	5	15
4	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	01:34:07.759	56	16	12
5	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	01:34:25.958	56	3	10
6	31	Esteban Ocon	Force India	01:35:21.971	56	6	8
7	55	Carlos Sainz	Renault	01:35:23.935	56	7	6
8	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India	01:33:53.788	55	9	4
9	19	Felipe Massa	Williams	01:33:54.312	55	10	2
10	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	01:34:00.463	55	11	1
11	18	Lance Stroll	Williams	01:34:22.169	55	15	0
12	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	01:34:23.812	55	20	0
13	28	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	01:34:27.591	55	19	0
14	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas	01:34:34.027	55	12	0
15	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	01:34:40.803	55	13	0
16	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	01:34:56.701	55	17	0
DNF	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	Power unit	24	8	0
DNF	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	Engine failure	14	4	0
DNF	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber	Collision	5	14	0
DNF	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	Oil leak	3	18	0

Penalties:

• Marcus Ericsson (9): 5 second time penalty - Causing a collision
• Max Verstappen (33): 5 second time penalty - Leaving the track and gaining an advantage

fastest lap: 1:37.766 min in lap 51 by Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari SF70H @203.003 km/h
highest speed: 341,2 km/h by Felipe Massa, Williams FW40

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