Race · Round 17 of 20 · 22 October 2017

2017 United States Grand Prix

Sir Lewis Hamilton won for Mercedes from pole at Circuit of The Americas. 4 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 26 °C, 19.5 mm of rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

Circuit: Circuit of The AmericasAustin, Texas, United States of America
Winner: Sir Lewis HamiltonMercedes
Pole: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Sebastian Vettel
Entries: 2016 classified

Two sources disagree about this race

Conditions

dryagainst19.5 mm of rain on the day, modelled

The race's Wikipedia article's words are read as dry: by data/harvest.py's rule, which finds no rain, showers or wet track in them, or by a reading declared there (race_weather_reported holds the words). ERA5's reanalysis of 22 October 2017, through Open-Meteo, holds 19.5 mm of rain over 4 hours of that day in the grid cell the circuit is in - a heavy-precipitation day, 10 mm or more. A daily total cannot say whether the rain fell during the race, and a grid cell is not the track, so neither is overruled. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_United_States_Grand_Prix; weather data by Open-Meteo.com, https://open-meteo.com/

Recorded rather than resolved, and open for somebody to settle. Every one is listed on the quality page. If you can settle it against a source that can be checked, report what you have.

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W08	1	56	Finished	25
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	SF70H	2	56	Finished	18	fastest lap
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	SF70H	5	56	Finished	15
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	RB13	16	56	Finished	12
5	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	F1 W08	3	56	Finished	10
6	Esteban Ocon	Force India	VJM10	6	56	Finished	8
7	Carlos Sainz	Renault	R.S.17	7	56	Finished	6
8	Sergio Perez	Force India	VJM10	9	55	Finished	4
9	Felipe Massa	Williams	FW40	10	55	Finished	2
10	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR12	11	55	Finished	1
11	Lance Stroll	Williams	FW40	15	55	Finished	0
12	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	MCL32	20	55	Finished	0
13	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR12	19	55	Finished	0
14	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	VF-17	12	55	Finished	0
15	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	C36	13	55	Finished	0
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	VF-17	17	55	Finished	0
DNF	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	MCL32	8	24	Engine	0
DNF	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	RB13	4	14	Engine	0
DNF	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber	C36	14	5	Collision damage	0
DNF	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	R.S.17	18	3	Engine	0

F1DB layout austin-1 · 5.513 km · 20 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

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
Sebastian Vettel	2	2	56
Kimi Raikkonen	5	3	56
Max Verstappen	16	4	56
Valtteri Bottas	3	5	56
Esteban Ocon	6	6	56
Carlos Sainz	7	7	56
Sergio Perez	9	8	55
Felipe Massa	10	9	55
Daniil Kvyat	11	10	55
Lance Stroll	15	11	55
Stoffel Vandoorne	20	12	55
Brendon Hartley	19	13	55
Romain Grosjean	12	14	55
Marcus Ericsson	13	15	55
Kevin Magnussen	17	16	55
Fernando Alonso	8	DNF	24
Daniel Ricciardo	4	DNF	14
Pascal Wehrlein	14	DNF	5
Nico Hulkenberg	18	DNF	3

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:34.822	1:33.437	1:33.108	—	0 m	—
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:35.420	1:34.103	1:33.347	+0.239	14 m	+0.239
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:35.309	1:33.769	1:33.568	+0.460	27 m	+0.221
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:35.991	1:34.495	1:33.577	+0.469	28 m	+0.009
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:35.649	1:33.840	1:33.577	+0.469	28 m	+0.000
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:34.899	1:34.716	1:33.658	+0.550	33 m	+0.081
7	Esteban Ocon	Force India	31	1:35.849	1:35.113	1:34.647	+1.539	91 m	+0.989
8	Carlos Sainz	Renault	55	1:35.517	1:34.899	1:34.852	+1.744	103 m	+0.205
9	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:35.712	1:35.046	1:35.007	+1.899	112 m	+0.155
10	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:36.358	1:34.789	1:35.148	+2.040	121 m	+0.141
11	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:35.603	1:35.155	—	—	101 m	—
12	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:36.073	1:35.529	—	—	123 m	—
13	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	2	1:36.286	1:35.641	—	—	130 m	—
14	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:36.835	1:35.870	—	—	144 m	—
15	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:35.740	—	—	—	53 m	—
16	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:36.842	—	—	—	117 m	—
17	Lance Stroll	Williams	18	1:36.868	—	—	—	119 m	—
18	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso	39	1:36.889	—	—	—	120 m	—
19	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber	94	1:37.179	—	—	—	137 m	—
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:37.394	—	—	—	150 m	—

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

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year. Each driver is measured against the fastest lap of the last part they set a time in.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked at each stop. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Ticks and strip mark the lap, not cause, tyres or gain; the table gives times.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap	Pit-lane time (s)
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	56	1	19	23.4
Sebastian Vettel	2	56	2	16, 38	24.3, 23.6
Kimi Raikkonen	3	56	1	20	23.6
Max Verstappen	4	56	2	24, 37	24.3, 23.4
Valtteri Bottas	5	56	2	18, 52	23.5, 23.3
Esteban Ocon	6	56	1	14	24.5
Carlos Sainz	7	56	1	19	24.5
Sergio Perez	8	55	1	12	24.3
Felipe Massa	9	55	1	29	23.8
Daniil Kvyat	10	55	1	17	24.9
Lance Stroll	11	55	2	10, 36	24.9, 24.5
Stoffel Vandoorne	12	55	1	25	23.6
Brendon Hartley	13	55	2	8, 35	24.4, 24.2
Romain Grosjean	14	55	1	16	24.9
Marcus Ericsson	15	55	1	21	25.8
Kevin Magnussen	16	55	2	1, 49	25.1, 25.3
Fernando Alonso	DNF	24	1	14	23.8
Daniel Ricciardo	DNF	14	1	12	23.6
Pascal Wehrlein	DNF	5	1	3	31.3
Nico Hulkenberg	DNF	3	0	None recorded	—

A pit-lane time is all of a stop’s time in the pit lane, any wait or repair there included.

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 · Sebastian Vettel	1 · 2	1 · 2	19 · 16	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Kimi Raikkonen	2 · 5	2 · 3	16 · 20	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Valtteri Bottas	2 · 3	2 · 5	16 · 18	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Max Verstappen	5 · 16	3 · 4	20 · 24	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Esteban Ocon	5 · 6	3 · 6	20 · 14	Esteban Ocon	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Max Verstappen	3 · 16	5 · 4	18 · 24	Valtteri Bottas	Swapped places
Lance Stroll · Max Verstappen	15 · 16	11 · 4	10 · 24	Lance Stroll	Swapped places
Max Verstappen · Kevin Magnussen	16 · 17	4 · 16	24 · 1	Kevin Magnussen	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Esteban Ocon	3 · 6	5 · 6	18 · 14	Esteban Ocon	Kept their order
Esteban Ocon · Carlos Sainz	6 · 7	6 · 7	14 · 19	Esteban Ocon	Kept their order
Carlos Sainz · Sergio Perez	7 · 9	7 · 8	19 · 12	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Felipe Massa	9 · 10	8 · 9	12 · 29	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Daniil Kvyat	10 · 11	9 · 10	29 · 17	Daniil Kvyat	Kept their order
Daniil Kvyat · Lance Stroll	11 · 15	10 · 11	17 · 10	Lance Stroll	Kept their order
Daniil Kvyat · Romain Grosjean	11 · 12	10 · 14	17 · 16	Romain Grosjean	Kept their order
Lance Stroll · Stoffel Vandoorne	15 · 20	11 · 12	10 · 25	Lance Stroll	Kept their order
Brendon Hartley · Stoffel Vandoorne	19 · 20	13 · 12	8 · 25	Brendon Hartley	Swapped places
Romain Grosjean · Brendon Hartley	12 · 19	14 · 13	16 · 8	Brendon Hartley	Swapped places
Romain Grosjean · Marcus Ericsson	12 · 13	14 · 15	16 · 21	Romain Grosjean	Kept their order
Marcus Ericsson · Kevin Magnussen	13 · 17	15 · 16	21 · 1	Kevin Magnussen	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 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	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:36.335	—	0 m	—	18
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:36.928	+0.593	34 m	+0.593	20
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:36.979	+0.644	37 m	+0.051	10
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:37.339	+1.004	57 m	+0.360	21
5	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	2	1:37.352	+1.017	58 m	+0.013	26
6	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:37.570	+1.235	71 m	+0.218	23
7	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:37.598	+1.263	72 m	+0.028	20
8	Esteban Ocon	Force India	31	1:37.808	+1.473	84 m	+0.210	25
9	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:37.861	+1.526	87 m	+0.053	20
10	Carlos Sainz	Renault	55	1:38.093	+1.758	101 m	+0.232	24
11	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:38.408	+2.073	119 m	+0.315	16
12	Lance Stroll	Williams	18	1:38.534	+2.199	126 m	+0.126	25
13	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:38.904	+2.569	147 m	+0.370	19
14	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso	39	1:39.267	+2.932	168 m	+0.363	28
15	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:39.336	+3.001	172 m	+0.069	17
16	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:39.366	+3.031	173 m	+0.030	14
17	Sean Gelael (never started a Grand Prix)	Scuderia Toro Rosso	38	1:40.406	+4.071	233 m	+1.040	25
18	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:40.448	+4.113	235 m	+0.042	19
19	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	37	1:40.828	+4.493	257 m	+0.380	25
20	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	—	—	—	—	4

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.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:34.668	—	0 m	—	26
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:35.065	+0.397	23 m	+0.397	30
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:35.192	+0.524	31 m	+0.127	11
4	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:35.279	+0.611	36 m	+0.087	39
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:35.463	+0.795	46 m	+0.184	24
6	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:35.514	+0.846	49 m	+0.051	29
7	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:36.304	+1.636	95 m	+0.790	28
8	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:36.460	+1.792	104 m	+0.156	30
9	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:36.481	+1.813	106 m	+0.021	28
10	Esteban Ocon	Force India	31	1:36.490	+1.822	106 m	+0.009	34
11	Carlos Sainz	Renault	55	1:36.529	+1.861	108 m	+0.039	30
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:36.534	+1.866	109 m	+0.005	18
13	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:36.761	+2.093	122 m	+0.227	40
14	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:37.285	+2.617	152 m	+0.524	17
15	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	2	1:37.463	+2.795	163 m	+0.178	31
16	Lance Stroll	Williams	18	1:37.788	+3.120	182 m	+0.325	27
17	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso	39	1:37.987	+3.319	193 m	+0.199	41
18	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber	94	1:38.165	+3.497	204 m	+0.178	35
19	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:38.262	+3.594	209 m	+0.097	22
20	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:38.387	+3.719	217 m	+0.125	26

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

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:34.478	—	0 m	—	15
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:34.570	+0.092	5 m	+0.092	19
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:34.692	+0.214	12 m	+0.122	17
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:34.755	+0.277	16 m	+0.063	17
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:35.103	+0.625	36 m	+0.348	14
6	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:35.346	+0.868	51 m	+0.243	11
7	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:35.608	+1.130	66 m	+0.262	21
8	Carlos Sainz	Renault	55	1:35.650	+1.172	68 m	+0.042	16
9	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:35.723	+1.245	73 m	+0.073	17
10	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:35.802	+1.324	77 m	+0.079	16
11	Esteban Ocon	Force India	31	1:35.965	+1.487	87 m	+0.163	17
12	Lance Stroll	Williams	18	1:36.118	+1.640	96 m	+0.153	12
13	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:36.239	+1.761	103 m	+0.121	15
14	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	2	1:36.599	+2.121	124 m	+0.360	14
15	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso	39	1:36.818	+2.340	137 m	+0.219	26
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:37.271	+2.793	163 m	+0.453	16
17	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:37.319	+2.841	166 m	+0.048	17
18	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber	94	1:37.807	+3.329	194 m	+0.488	15
19	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:37.891	+3.413	199 m	+0.084	9
20	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:38.500	+4.022	235 m	+0.609	6

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

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

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Where this comes from

Round: 17 of 2017
Grand Prix: United States Grand Prix
Dates: 22 Oct 2017
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Mercedes
Entrant: Mercedes
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.