Race Results 2019 US F1 Grand Prix

2019 US F1 GP podium: 1. Bottas, 2. Hamilton, 3. Verstappen (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images)

Event: USA F1 Grand Prix
Track: Circuit of The Americas

Weather: Dry 21.3°C
Tarmac: Dry  28.4°C
Humidity: 24.1%
Wind: 1.8 m/s S
Pressure: 1002.2 bar

Valtteri Bottas won the 2019 US F1 GP. He started from P1 and won for the 1st time in Austin. It was his 7th win and the 101st win for Mercedes. His team mate Lewis Hamilton won his 6th drivers title.

The start was clean again. Sebastian Vettel had a bad start in the Ferrari and lost 5 places in lap 1, while Alexander Albon lost 14 places because of a very early pitstop. He was sandwiched in turn 1 by Leclerc and Sainz.

Vettel was the first to retire with a right-rear suspension failure in lap 8.

Max pitted driving on P2.to the switch to hard tyres lap 14 he came back on P4 In lap 18 Lewis Hamilton got the message that he can stay out to go for 1 stop, while Bottas and Verstappen were claimed to do a 2 stop race.

Hamilton was called in lap 23 for his pitstop, but the English driver refused to come in and was passed by his team mate Valtteri Bottas on track.

With 10 laps to go Hamilton was still leading the race while Bottas had closed his gap to Hamilton to less than a second. In lap 52 Bottas passed Hamilton for the lead, while Verstappen was still 4 sec. away.

In the penultimate lap Kevin Magnussen retired with a brake failure and caused a yellow flag in sector 2.

Classification 2019 US GP

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Car & Engine	Grid	Laps	Led	Time	Pts
1	77	ValtteriBottas	Mercedes	Mercedes W10Mercedes M10 EQ Power+	1	56	31	1:33:55.653	25
2	44	LewisHamilton	Mercedes	Mercedes W10Mercedes M10 EQ Power+	5	56	25	1:33:59.801+4.148s	18
3	33	MaxVerstappen	Red Bull	Red Bull RB15Honda RA619H	3	56		1:34:00.655+5.002s	15
4	16	CharlesLeclerc	Ferrari	Ferrari SF-90Ferrari 064	4	56		1:34:47.892+52.239s	13
5	23	AlexAlbon	Red Bull	Red Bull RB15Honda RA619H	6	56		1:35:13.691+1:18.038	10
6	3	DanielRicciardo	Renault	Renault R.S.19Renault E-Tech 19	9	56		1:35:26.019+1:30.366	8
7	4	LandoNorris	McLaren	McLaren MCL34Renault E-Tech 19	8	56		1:35:26.417+1:30.764	6
8	55	CarlosSainz	McLaren	McLaren MCL34Renault E-Tech 19	7	55		1:34:04.201+8.548s	4
9	27	NicoHülkenberg	Renault	Renault R.S.19Renault E-Tech 19	11	55		1:34:08.115+12.462s	2
10	11	SergioPérez	Racing Point	Racing Point RP19Mercedes M10 EQ Power+	20	55		1:34:14.355+18.702s	1
11	7	KimiRäikkönen	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo C38Ferrari 064	17	55		1:34:15.280+19.627s
12	26	DaniilKvyat	Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR14Honda RA619H	13	55		1:34:17.420+21.767s
13	18	LanceStroll	Racing Point	Racing Point RP19Mercedes M10 EQ Power+	14	55		1:34:37.575+41.922s
14	99	AntonioGiovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo C38Ferrari 064	16	55		1:34:49.443+53.790s
15	8	RomainGrosjean	Haas	Haas VF-19Ferrari 064	15	55		1:35:06.885+1:11.232
16	10	PierreGasly	Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR14Honda RA619H	10	54		1:33:11.079
17	63	GeorgeRussell	Williams	Williams FW42Mercedes M10 EQ Power+	18	54		1:34:18.137+22.484s
18	20	KevinMagnussen	Haas	Haas VF-19Ferrari 064	12	52		Brakes
DNF	88	RobertKubica	Williams	Williams FW42Mercedes M10 EQ Power+	19	31		Hydraulics
DNF	5	SebastianVettel	Ferrari	Ferrari SF-90Ferrari 064	2	7		Suspension

Notes:

• Daniil Kvyat, Toro Rosso STR14 nol. 27 received a post-race, 5-second time penalty for causing a collision.
• Leclerc scored an additional point for setting the fastest lap of the race.

Fastest lap : 1:36.169 min by Charles Leclerc, Ferrari no.16 in lap 44
Highest speed : 328.7 km/h by Alexander Albon, Red Bull RB15

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