2019 United States Grand Prix
| 2019 United States Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 19 of 21 in the 2019 Formula One World Championship
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 Layout of the Circuit of the Americas | |||||
| Race details[1] | |||||
| Date | 3 November 2019 | ||||
| Official name | Formula 1 Emirates United States Grand Prix 2019 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Mercedes | ||||
| Time | 1:32.029 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |
 Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | |||
| Time | 1:36.169 on lap 44 (lap record) | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Mercedes | ||||
| Second | Mercedes | ||||
| Third | Red Bull Racing-Honda | ||||
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Lap leaders | |||||
The 2019 United States Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Emirates United States Grand Prix 2019) was a Formula One motor race held on 3 November 2019 at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, United States. The race was the 19th round of the 2019 Formula One World Championship and marked the 49th running of the United States Grand Prix, the 41st time that the race was run as a World Championship event since the inaugural 1950 season, and the 8th time that a World Championship round was held at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.
Valtteri Bottas won the race from pole, Lewis Hamilton finished second with Max Verstappen third. In finishing second, Hamilton secured his sixth world championship.[2]
Background
Championship standings before the race
Heading into the race, Mercedes have already secured their sixth consecutive Constructors title. But the Drivers Championship is still undecided with Lewis Hamilton currently leading the World Championship by 74 points over team mate Valtteri Bottas. Hamilton will win the title if Bottas fails to outscore him by 22 points. This means that if Bottas fails to win or if Hamilton finishes in the top eight (or top nine with the fastest lap) Hamilton will win his sixth title and his third consecutively.[3]
Entrants
The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for the race. However, Nicholas Latifi drove in the first practice session for Williams, replacing George Russell.[4]
Practice
At the end of the second practice session Sergio Pérez failed to stop when instructed at the weigh bridge and he was therefore required to start the race from the pit lane.[5]
Qualifying
Qualifying classification
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Qualifying times | Final grid | ||
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| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | |||||
| 1 | 77 |  Valtteri Bottas
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Mercedes | 1:33.750 | 1:33.160 | 1:32.029 | 1 |
| 2 | 5 |  Sebastian Vettel
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Ferrari | 1:33.766 | 1:32.782 | 1:32.041 | 2 |
| 3 | 33 |  Max Verstappen
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Red Bull Racing-Honda | 1:33.549 | 1:33.120 | 1:32.096 | 3 |
| 4 | 16 | Charles Leclerc
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Ferrari | 1:33.988 | 1:32.760 | 1:32.137 | 4 |
| 5 | 44 |  Lewis Hamilton
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Mercedes | 1:33.454 | 1:33.045 | 1:32.321 | 5 |
| 6 | 23 |  Alexander Albon
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Red Bull Racing-Honda | 1:33.984 | 1:32.898 | 1:32.548 | 6 |
| 7 | 55 |  Carlos Sainz Jr.
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McLaren-Renault | 1:33.916 | 1:33.422 | 1:32.847 | 7 |
| 8 | 4 | Lando Norris
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McLaren-Renault | 1:33.353 | 1:33.316 | 1:33.175 | 8 |
| 9 | 3 |  Daniel Ricciardo
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Renault | 1:33.835 | 1:33.608 | 1:33.488 | 9 |
| 10 | 10 |  Pierre Gasly
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Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda | 1:33.556 | 1:33.715 | 1:33.601 | 10 |
| 11 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg
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Renault | 1:34.092 | 1:33.815 | N/A | 11 |
| 12 | 20 |  Kevin Magnussen
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Haas-Ferrari | 1:33.812 | 1:33.979 | N/A | 12 |
| 13 | 26 |  Daniil Kvyat
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Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda | 1:34.138 | 1:33.989 | N/A | 13 |
| 14 | 18 |  Lance Stroll
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Racing Point-BWT Mercedes | 1:33.921 | 1:34.100 | N/A | 14 |
| 15 | 8 | Romain Grosjean
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Haas-Ferrari | 1:34.161 | 1:34.158 | N/A | 15 |
| 16 | 99 |  Antonio Giovinazzi
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Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari | 1:34.226 | N/A | N/A | 16 |
| 17 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen
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Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari | 1:34.369 | N/A | N/A | 17 |
| 18 | 63 | George Russell
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Williams-Mercedes | 1:35.372 | N/A | N/A | 18 |
| 19 | 11 |  Sergio Pérez
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Racing Point-BWT Mercedes | 1:35.808 | N/A | N/A | PL1 |
| 20 | 88 |  Robert Kubica
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Williams-Mercedes | 1:35.889 | N/A | N/A | 19 |
| 107% time: 1:39.887 | |||||||
| Source:[6][7] | |||||||
- Notes
- ^1 – Sergio Pérez was required to start the race from the pit lane after failing to stop at the weigh bridge at the end of the second practice session.[5]
Race
Race classification
- Notes
- ^1 – Includes one point for fastest lap.
- ^2 – Daniil Kvyat originally finished 10th, but received a 5-second time penalty for causing a collision with Sergio Pérez.[10]
- ^3 – Pierre Gasly and Kevin Magnussen were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.
Championship standings after the race
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- Note
- Only the top five positions for each set of standings are shown
References
- ^ "United States". Formula1.com. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
- ^ "United States Grand Prix 2019 race report & highlights: Hamilton crowned F1 world champion for sixth time as Bottas wins in Austin". formula1.com. 3 November 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "TITLE RACE: What Hamilton needs to clinch title 6 in Austin - and how Bottas can stop him". www.formula1.com. 31 October 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
- ^ "2019 United States Grand Prix – Entry List". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 31 October 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Sergio Perez to start US Grand Prix from the pit lane". formula1.com. 2 November 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Formula 1 Emirates United States Grand Prix 2019 – Qualifying". formula1.com. 2 November 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Formula 1 Emirates United States Grand Prix 2019 – Starting Grid". formula1.com. 2 November 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Formula 1 Emirates United States Grand Prix 2019 – Race Result". formula1.com. 3 November 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Formula 1 Emirates United States Grand Prix 2019 – Fastest Laps". formula1.com. 3 November 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Perez takes 'important' point after furious Kvyat penalised for collision". formula1.com. 3 November 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "USA 2019 - Championship". statsf1.com. 3 November 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.