The 2017 United States Grand Prix (formally known as the 2017 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix) was a

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held on October 22, 2017, at the

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in Austin, Texas, United States as the seventeenth round of the

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. The race marked the forty-seventh running of the

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, the thirty-ninth time that the race was run as a World Championship event since the inaugural season in , and the sixth time that a World Championship round was held at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.

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driver

Lewis Hamilton Sir Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton (born 7 January 1985) is a British racing driver currently competing in Formula One for Mercedes. In Formula One, Hamilton has won a joint-record seven World Drivers' Championship titles (tied with Mich ...

entered the round with a 59-point lead over Ferrari's

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in the World Drivers' Championship. Hamilton's teammate

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was third, a further 13 points behind. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes held a lead of 155 points over Ferrari, with

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a further 92 points behind in third place. Mercedes clinched its fourth successive World Constructors' Championship after Hamilton won and Bottas finished 5th.

Background

Driver changes

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moved from

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and replaced

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Daniil Kvyat Daniil Vyacheslavovich Kvyat ( rus, Дании́л Вячесла́вович Квят, p=dənʲɪˈil vʲɪtɕɪˈslavəvʲɪtɕ ˈkvʲat; born 26 April 1994) is a Russian professional racing driver who competed in Formula One between 2014– ...

returned to Toro Rosso after having missed the

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and Japanese Grands Prix, taking over Sainz's car.

Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly (; born 7 February 1996) is a French racing driver, currently competing in Formula One under the French flag, racing for Scuderia AlphaTauri. He is the 2016 GP2 Series champion, and the runner-up in the 2014 Formula Renault 3.5 ...

missed the round to compete in the final round of the

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and was replaced at Toro Rosso by the 2015 World Endurance Champion

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, who made his Formula One début, this was the first time a New Zealander participated in a Formula One race in 33 years.

Tyres

Tyre supplier

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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 of

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. Several teams also incorporated pink into their liveries to support the cause (except Force India, whose cars were pink to begin with).

Qualifying

;Notes * –

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and

Kimi Räikkönen Kimi-Matias Räikkönen (; born 17 October 1979), nicknamed "The Iceman", is a Finnish racing driver who competed in Formula One between 2001 and 2021 for Sauber, McLaren, Ferrari, Lotus, and Alfa Romeo. Räikkönen won the 2007 Formula One Wo ...

set identical lap times in Q3. As Ricciardo was the first to set his time, he was considered to have qualified ahead of Räikkönen. * –

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received a 15-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of power unit components. * –

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received a 30-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of power unit components. * –

Nico Hülkenberg Nicolas Hülkenberg (, born 19 August 1987) is a German professional racing driver who is scheduled to make a full-time racing return to Formula 1 with Haas F1 Team in 2023, after serving as a reserve driver for Aston Martin F1 Team for the yea ...

received a 20-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of power unit components. * –

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received a 3-place grid penalty for impeding

Romain Grosjean Romain David Jeremie Grosjean (; born 17 April 1986) is a Swiss-French professional racing driver, competing under the French flag in the NTT IndyCar Series, driving the No. 28 Honda for Andretti Autosport. Grosjean had previously spent nine ...

during qualifying. * –

received a 25-place grid penalty for exceeding his car's quota of power unit components. * –

Kevin Magnussen Kevin Jan Magnussen (born 5 October 1992) is a Danish racing driver currently competing in Formula One for Haas F1 Team. He is the son of four-time Le Mans winner and former Formula One driver Jan Magnussen. Kevin Magnussen came up through McLa ...

received a 3-place grid penalty for impeding

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during qualifying.

Race

won after passing title rival

early on in the race with the German driver coming home second, Hamilton extended his Championship lead in the process to 66 points.

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.

Race classification

;Notes * –

originally finished third, but received a 5-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage. * –

Marcus Ericsson Marcus Thorbjörn Ericsson (; born 2 September 1990) is a Swedish professional racing driver. He competes in the NTT IndyCar Series, driving the No. 8 Honda for Chip Ganassi Racing and is the 2022 Indianapolis 500 winner. Ericsson previously ...

received a 5-second time penalty for causing a collision.

Championship standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Constructors' Championship standings * Note: Only the top five positions are included for the sets of standings. * Competitors marked with an asterisk still had a mathematical chance of becoming World Champion.

Notes

References

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