| 2017 United States Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 17 of 20 in the2017 Formula One World Championship
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 Layout of the Circuit of the Americas | |||||
| Race details[1] | |||||
| Date | October 22, 2017 (2017-10-22) | ||||
| 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 | |||||
The2017 United States Grand Prix (formally known as the2017 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix) was aFormula One motor race held on October 22, 2017, at theCircuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, United States as the seventeenth round of the2017 FIA Formula One World Championship.[6] The race marked the forty-seventh running of theUnited States Grand Prix, the thirty-ninth time that the race was run as a World Championship event since the inaugural season in1950, and the sixth time that a World Championship round was held at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.
Mercedes driverLewis Hamilton entered the round with a 59-point lead overFerrari'sSebastian Vettel in the World Drivers' Championship. Hamilton's teammateValtteri Bottas was third, a further 13 points behind. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes held a lead of 155 points over Ferrari, withRed 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.
Carlos Sainz Jr. moved fromToro Rosso toRenault and replacedJolyon Palmer.[7]Daniil Kvyat returned to Toro Rosso after having missed theMalaysian andJapanese Grands Prix, taking over Sainz's car.[8][a]Pierre Gasly missed the round to compete in the final weekend of the2017 Super Formula Championship and was replaced at Toro Rosso by the2015 World Endurance ChampionBrendon 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]
Tyre supplierPirelli 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 ofbreast cancer. Several teams also incorporated pink into their liveries to support the cause (except Force India, whose cars were pink to begin with).
Lewis Hamilton won after passing title rivalSebastian 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]
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 44 |  Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 56 | 1:33:50.991 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 56 | +10.143 | 2 | 18 |
| 3 | 7 |  Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 56 | +15.779 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | 33 |  Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | 56 | +16.7681 | 16 | 12 |
| 5 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 56 | +34.967 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | 31 |  Esteban Ocon | Force India-Mercedes | 56 | +1:30.980 | 6 | 8 |
| 7 | 55 |  Carlos Sainz Jr. | Renault | 56 | +1:32.944 | 7 | 6 |
| 8 | 11 |  Sergio Pérez | Force India-Mercedes | 55 | +1 Lap | 9 | 4 |
| 9 | 19 |  Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 55 | +1 Lap | 10 | 2 |
| 10 | 26 |  Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 55 | +1 Lap | 11 | 1 |
| 11 | 18 |  Lance Stroll | Williams-Mercedes | 55 | +1 Lap | 15 | |
| 12 | 2 |  Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren-Honda | 55 | +1 Lap | 20 | |
| 13 | 39 |  Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 55 | +1 Lap | 19 | |
| 14 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | 55 | +1 Lap | 12 | |
| 15 | 9 |  Marcus Ericsson | Sauber-Ferrari | 55 | +1 Lap2 | 13 | |
| 16 | 20 |  Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 55 | +1 Lap | 17 | |
| Ret | 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Honda | 24 | Engine | 8 | |
| Ret | 3 |  Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | 14 | Engine | 4 | |
| Ret | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein | Sauber-Ferrari | 5 | Collision damage | 14 | |
| Ret | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 3 | Engine | 18 | |
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