Lewis Hamilton Mercedes won the United States Grand Prix for his 10th win of 2014
Car 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes won the United States Grand Prix for his 5th straight win & 10th win of 2014. Hamilton’s team mate in 2nd place Car 6 Nico Rosberg
Mercedes the only real threat to Lewis Hamilton winning the drivers championship. 3rd Place Car 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault.
4th Place Car 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes followed by 5th place Car 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes. 6th Place Car 14 Fernando Alonso Ferrari followed by
7th place Car 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault. 8th Place Car 20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes followed by 9th place Car 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus-
Renault. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 25 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Renault in 10th place.
The race started off with a Safety car being called out on the 1st lap for contact between Car 11 Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes & Car 99 Adrian Sutil, Sauber-
Ferrari. Car 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes had the lead from start but with the increased speed of having the DSR Car 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes was able to pass for the
lead on lap 24. Once Hamilton took the lead he never really had to look back until the checkered flag.
Car 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes is in the lead with 316 points as his team mate in 2nd place Car 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes has 292 points. In a distant 3rd Place Car 3
Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault 214 points. So the 2014 driver’s championship will be the battle of the Mercedes and should come down to the last race at Abu
Dhabi.
Due to financial problems Marussia-Ferrari & Caterham-Renault missed the event.
The United States Grand Prix November 12, 2014
Position, Car #, Driver, Team
1. Car 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
2. Car 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes
3. Car 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault
4. Car 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes
5. Car 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes
6. Car 14 Fernando Alonso Ferrari
7. Car 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault
8. Car 20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes
9. Car 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault
10. Car 25 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Renault
11. Car 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault
12. Car 22 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes
13. Car 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
14. Car 21 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari
15. Car 26 Daniil Kvyat STR-Renault
Ret Car 27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes – Engine
Ret Car 11 Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes – Accident
Ret Car 99 Adrian Sutil, Sauber-Ferrari – Accident
Race Date: 2 Nov 2014
Circuit Name: Circuit of The Americas
First Grand Prix: 2012
Number of Laps: 56
Circuit Length: 5.513 km
Race Distance: 308.405 km
Lap Record: 1:39.347 – S Vettel (2012)
Next race: The Brazil Grand Prix November 9, 2014