Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes team won his fifth United States Grand Prix race on October 23, 2016 in Austin, Texas, as he beat his team mate Nico Rosberg who had to be content with the second place. It was also the 50th victory of Hamilton’s F1 career, putting him one behind Alain Prost for second place in the all-time list. This is also the 3rd in a row at the Circuit of the Americas for Hamilton and 7th of the 2016 season so far
Nico Rosberg (331) leads the Drivers' Championship by 26 points from Lewis Hamilton (305) in P2. The Mercedes AMG Petronas (636) lead Red Bull (400) by 236 points in the Constructors' Championship. Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull Racing took the final podium while his team mate Max Verstappen had to retire mid-race with suspected transmission issues. Sebastian Vettel finished fourth for Ferrari, whose second car also failed to make the flag as Kimi Raikkonen was the victim of a pit stop that went terribly wrong.
Sergio Perez of Force India came in 8th while his team mate Nico Hulkenburg could not finish the race. Fernando Alonso came in fifth for McLaren, ahead of Toro Rosso’s Carlos Sainz and Williams’ Felipe Massa. McLaren’s Jenson Button and Haas’s Romain Grosjean completed the top ten.
Earlier in the race Valtteri Bottas of Williams and Nico Hulkenberg had a bump in that first corner which hurt both their races. The German retired his damaged Force India at the end of the lap, while the Finn pitted with a puncture and struggled home for a 16th position for Williams. The opening lap was almost disastrous for Force India, as Toro Rosso’s Daniil Kvyat spun Perez in Turn 11, but the Mexican fought back quite well. As he took eighth, Kvyat was 12th as he got himself a 10-second penalty.
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