United States Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton wins 50th race

Summary

Hamilton wins, Rosberg 2nd, Ricciardo 3rd
Three-time champion wins 50th career race
Raikkonen out after pit stop error
Verstappen out after pitting by mistake
Hulkenberg, Gutierrez out

Live Reporting

Gary Rose

Lap 37/56published at 21:13 British Summer Time 23 October 2016
Kimi Raikkonen pits and ditches the super softs for softts and heads back out... wait. Something is wrong.
He's creeping out of the pits and eventually comes to a stop just at the exit. Loose wheel nut?
He starts to carefully roll back down the pitlane exit and uses the momentum to roll back to his garage.
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Lap 36/56published at 21:11 British Summer Time 23 October 2016
"We have some rear wing drop outs," Sebastian Vettel is told over the radio. "Some, some! Good joke." Apparently it means it's picked up a fair bit of tyre marbles thta affects the downforce.
Vettel is currently fifth.
Postpublished at 21:07 British Summer Time 23 October 2016
Team radio - Jolyon Palmerpublished at 21:07 British Summer Time 23 October 2016
Jolyon Palmer is not too happy with his mechanics and shouts: "Can somebody help me out here?"
He's been getting a bit tetchy lately.
Lap 35/56published at 21:07 British Summer Time 23 October 2016
Kevin Magnussen and Jolyon Palmer are not just battling each other on the circuit, but possibly to prove they are worth the remaining Renault seat for next season. Magnussen is currently 14th, with Palmer just behind him.
'Problem free'published at 21:05 British Summer Time 23 October 2016
Mark Gallagher
BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst
For Lewis Hamilton it has been a problem free afternoon, Nico Rosberg is salvaging it nicely in second which is a blow for Daniel Ricciardo and also the fans here.
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Lap 34/56published at 21:05 British Summer Time 23 October 2016
So after that bit of drama it is a Mercedes one-two at the front of the pack with Lewis Hamilton leading Nico Rosberg by 10 seconds. Daniel Ricciardo is 3.8 seconds behind Rosberg and is told to go after the German. Game on.
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Postpublished at 21:03 British Summer Time 23 October 2016
Andrew Benson
Chief F1 writer in Austin
Looks like Rosberg will be OK - on-board shots show he did not actually overtake. Remembered just in time
Lap 33/56published at 21:02 British Summer Time 23 October 2016
The chance for the Mercedes pair to pit during the Virtual Safety Car period is not good news for Daniel Ricciardo. "They basically got a free pit stop," he asks. The bitter irony for the Australian is that it was his team-mate that caused it.
The VSC comes in.
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Verstappen retirespublished at 21:00 British Summer Time 23 October 2016
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Postpublished at 21:00 British Summer Time 23 October 2016
Andrew Benson
Chief F1 writer in Austin
Ooh. Did Rosberg pass Wehrlein under the VSC then? Could be a problem for him if he did.
Lap 32/56published at 20:59 British Summer Time 23 October 2016
Lewis Hamilton pits, so does Nico Rosberg. They are both back out on mediums and it'll be a race to the flag for the Mercedes pair.
Fernando Alonso and Carlos Sainz also pit.
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'Bitterly disappointing'published at 20:58 British Summer Time 23 October 2016
Mark Gallagher
BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst
It is bitterly disappointing for Max Verstappen and Red Bull as he was in the thick of things early in the race.
Verstappen has a huge young fan base all around the world so hugely disappointing for him. The car is sounding quite strange, he probably does not have much hybrid power.
It was the sound of something breaking and they will not know what happened until they get it back to the garage.
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Virtual safety carpublished at 20:58 British Summer Time 23 October 2016
Lap 31/56
Max Verstappen can't make it back to the pits and he pulls off to the side of the track.
Virtual safety car is signalled.
"You are boxing under VSC," Lewis Hamilton is told.
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Team radio - Verstappenpublished at 20:56 British Summer Time 23 October 2016
"There is something hitting the engine, the faster I drive the harder it hits."
Lap 30/56published at 20:56 British Summer Time 23 October 2016
More problems for Max Verstappen!
"I have engine failure or something," he reports.
His Red Bull does not sound good at all with a thudding, rumbling sound whenever he revs the engine. He is limping back to the pits.
Lap 29/56published at 20:55 British Summer Time 23 October 2016
Max Verstappen immediately sets about rectifying his error as he swiftly wipes out Felipe Massa's advantage and moves into sixth.
Lewis Hamilton, meanwhile, will be largely oblivious of the shenanigans behind him. He's 10 seconds ahead of the rest of the field.
Postpublished at 20:53 British Summer Time 23 October 2016
Mark Gallagher
BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst
Today it is playing out in Lewis Hamilton's favour. He is absolutely dominating this race.
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Lap 29/56published at 20:53 British Summer Time 23 October 2016
Williams are the big winners from that mix up.
Lap 28/56published at 20:52 British Summer Time 23 October 2016
What the...!? What have I just seen?
Max Verstappen pits, but his pit crew are not ready for him. They scramble to get some tyres ready as the Dutchman waits to slot into position.
To the Red Bull mechanics' credit, they manage to whip on some mediums in pretty good time, but they were not at all ready for that.
"What happened, Max?"
"I thought you boxed me, sorry."
Odd, what did he hear?
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