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

Hulkenberg outpublished at 20:08 British Summer Time 23 October 2016
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Lap 2/56published at 20:08 British Summer Time 23 October 2016
Nico Hulkenberg tagged Sebastian Vettel's Ferrari which bounced him into the path of Valtteri Bottas. Hulkenberg limps back to the pits to retire. Big shame after qualifying seventh.
Team radio - Hulkenbergpublished at 20:06 British Summer Time 23 October 2016
Nico Hulkenberg: "I've got big damage to the front of the car."
Lap 1/56published at 20:06 British Summer Time 23 October 2016
There's contact between Sergio Perez and Daniil Kvyat, sending the former spinning. Nico Hulkenberg has also taken a whack and he's down in last.
Lap 1/56published at 20:05 British Summer Time 23 October 2016
Daniel Ricciardo, aided by those nippy super-softs gets the jump on Nico Rosberg and he's into second. Looking a good call by Red Bull to start him on those tyres.
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Get Involved #bbcf1published at 20:04 British Summer Time 23 October 2016
Andrew Neill: Just needs a Rosberg DNF and Hamilton win and suddenly this title race is WIDE open.
Phil Slocombe: Will not be surprised if Nico loses his cool again and takes out anyone who threatens his position.Lewis for the win, Daniel second,
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Go! Go! Go!published at 20:04 British Summer Time 23 October 2016
LIGHTS OUT! And Nico Rosberg gets off to a good start but so does Lewis Hamilton and he leads at the first corner.
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Hamilton to cook up a treat?published at 20:03 British Summer Time 23 October 2016
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Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsey believes Hamilton performs better under pressure
Postpublished at 20:03 British Summer Time 23 October 2016
Everyone has got away OK on the formation lap so it looks like everyone's all set to get off from the position they qualified in.
Actor Gerard Butler and skiier Lynsey Vonn have their necks craned up looking at a data screen in one of the team garages as the cars approach their starting positions.
Here. We. Go.
One stop or two stops?published at 20:00 British Summer Time 23 October 2016
Andrew Benson
Chief F1 writer in Austin
Strategy-wise, this race is a difficult call between one and two stops. On paper, two stops is the fastest - either super-soft, soft, medium or soft-soft-medium depending on which tyres are used at the start. But a one-stop on soft-medium (or the other way around) is not much slower and gives the advantage of track position. Williams have used this strategy to great effect, despite a not-particularly quick car, in the last two races and some will undoubtedly be tempted here, too.
Postpublished at 19:59 British Summer Time 23 October 2016
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Two minutes until lights out in what promises to be a thrilling race.
'Fascinating'published at 19:58 British Summer Time 23 October 2016
Mark Gallagher
BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst
For the Formula 1 fans what has been so fascinating is Lewis Hamilton's strong performance in qualifying. Will the pendulum in this world championship swing in a different direction?
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Get Involved #bbcf1published at 19:57 British Summer Time 23 October 2016
CJK: Rosberg may have won 12/20, but how many of those relied on a Hamilton DNF? Hamilton does have himself to blame though with his starts.
Robert MacPhee: What odds do you reckon are available for Nico taking out Lewis Hamilton into turn one for the championship?
CSI: Arsenal: Hoping for a Lewis Hamilton win today and a Rosberg mechanical failure! Don't screw up the start Lewis
Postpublished at 19:57 British Summer Time 23 October 2016
Yesterday I had Taylor Swift songs stuck in my head all day and this shot has me humming the theme tune to Airwolf right now.
What a theme tune it is.
A third win in America for Mercedes?published at 19:55 British Summer Time 23 October 2016
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Michael Schumacher has won the US GP more than another other driver
Mercedes are aiming for their third victory in a United States Grand Prix today and will move level with the former BRM team with a win.
But they are well behind Ferrari, who have won this race nine times, while Lotus and McLaren both have eight successes.
Tyrrell have two victories, with one apiece for the Cooper, Matra, Brabham, Williams and Red Bull teams.
Lewis Hamilton has won this race four times, with Michael Schumacher holding the record with five triumphs.
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Postpublished at 19:52 British Summer Time 23 October 2016
Andrew Benson
Chief F1 writer in Austin
McLaren are not having the greatest of runs at the moment. Having turned their car into a regular top-10 qualifier in the summer, they have slipped back in recent races. And although 12th on the grid for Fernando Alonso looked better on paper than 15th in Japan two weeks ago, in fact the car was further off the pace percentage-wise than it was in Suzuka.
Racing director Eric Boullier said: “I think it is only due to the track layout. Some track layouts we will be stronger, some track layouts will be further back a little bit. And also we believe if we do our comparison with our competitors, you can see in the midfield it went very, very close. With the gap in terms of seconds we have now, we would have been higher up in the ranking seven or eight races ago, but it just got closer.”
Jenson Button ended up 19th after mystifyingly choosing with his engineer to do his first run in Q1 on the soft tyres and then encountering traffic on his second.
Celeb spot!published at 19:52 British Summer Time 23 October 2016
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'A duel worthy of any western'published at 19:50 British Summer Time 23 October 2016
Mark Gallagher
BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst
There are so many celebrities here and it is as if America is taking Formula 1 into its arms for the first time properly.
In Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg we are going to have a duel worthy of any western.
Postpublished at 19:50 British Summer Time 23 October 2016
There's various celebrities patrolling the grid as an excellent rendition of Star Spangled Banner is belted out while what look like Apache Gunships fly over. What an atmosphere.
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