United States 2016: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:36.296	1:36.450	1:34.999
2	Rosberg	Mercedes	1:36.397	1:36.351	1:35.215	+0.216
3	Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:36.759	1:36.255	1:35.509	+0.510
4	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:36.613	1:36.857	1:35.747	+0.748
5	Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:36.985	1:36.584	1:36.131	+1.132
6	Vettel	Ferrari	1:37.151	1:36.462	1:36.358	+1.359
7	Hülkenberg	Force India	1:36.950	1:36.626	1:36.628	+1.629
8	Bottas	Williams	1:37.456	1:37.202	1:37.116	+2.117
9	Massa	Williams	1:37.402	1:37.214	1:37.269	+2.270
10	Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	1:37.744	1:37.175	1:37.326	+2.327
11	Pérez	Force India	1:37.345	1:37.353		+1.098
12	Alonso	McLaren	1:37.913	1:37.417		+1.162
13	Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:37.844	1:37.480		+1.225
14	Gutiérrez	Haas	1:38.053	1:37.773		+1.518
15	Palmer	Renault	1:38.084	1:37.935		+1.680
16	Ericsson	Sauber	1:38.040	1:39.356		+3.101
17	Grosjean	Haas	1:38.308			+2.012
18	Magnussen	Renault	1:38.317			+2.021
19	Button	McLaren	1:38.327			+2.031
20	Wehrlein	Manor	1:38.548			+2.252
21	Nasr	Sauber	1:38.583			+2.287
22	Ocon	Manor	1:38.806			+2.510

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	56	1:38:12.618	2	Mercedes
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	2	56	+4.520	2	Mercedes
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	3	56	+19.692	2	TAG Heuer
4	Sebastian VettelFastest lap	Ferrari	6	56	+43.134	3	Ferrari
5	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	12	56	+1:33.953	2	Honda
6	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso	10	56	+1:36.124	2	Ferrari
7	Felipe Massa	Williams	9	55	+1 lap	3	Mercedes
8	Sergio Pérez	Force India	11	55	+1 lap	2	Mercedes
9	Jenson Button	McLaren	19	55	+1 lap	2	Honda
10	Romain Grosjean	Haas	17	55	+1 lap	2	Ferrari
11	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	13	55	+1 lap	1	Ferrari
12	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	18	55	+1 lap	3	Renault
13	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	15	55	+1 lap	2	Renault
14	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	16	55	+1 lap	1	Ferrari
15	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	21	55	+1 lap	1	Ferrari
16	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	8	55	+1 lap	2	Mercedes
17	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor	20	55	+1 lap	2	Mercedes
18	Esteban Ocon	Manor	22	54	+2 laps	3	Mercedes
DNF	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	5	38	Loose wheel	3	Ferrari
DNF	Max VerstappenDriver of the Day	Red Bull	4	28	Gearbox	2	TAG Heuer
DNF	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas	14	16	Brakes	1	Ferrari
DNF	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	7	1	Collision damage	0	Mercedes

Race

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Places gained

Button19→9+10
Alonso12→5+7
Grosjean17→10+7
Magnussen18→12+6
Nasr21→15+6
Sainz Jr.10→6+4
Ocon22→18+4
Pérez11→8+3
Wehrlein20→17+3
Vettel6→4+2
Massa9→7+2
Kvyat13→11+2
Palmer15→13+2
Ericsson16→14+2
Hamilton1→10
Rosberg2→20
Ricciardo3→30
Bottas8→16-8

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Pérez23.350R10
2Massa23.464R54
3Verstappen23.489R9
4Rosberg23.526R10
5Ricciardo23.534R25
6Hamilton23.575R31
7Hamilton23.601R11
8Button23.613R10
9Alonso23.683R11
10Vettel23.812R29

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Hamilton1120252 stops
Rosberg1021252 stops
Ricciardo817312 stops
Vettel14152433 stops
Alonso1119262 stops
Sainz Jr.1119262 stops
Massa11182513 stops · +1 lap
Pérez1017282 stops · +1 lap
Button1018272 stops · +1 lap
Grosjean1017282 stops · +1 lap

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

Retirements

This race in history

4 races here since 2012Won from pole: 1 of 4

Win from furthest back (P2): Lewis Hamilton 2012

Most wins here

3 Lewis Hamilton

Previous winners here

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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