In a dominating race weekend for Mercedes, dominating in qualifying, and most importantly dominating in the race for Mercedes driver and current Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton was on pole for Sunday's race. Hamilton took the advantage at the start and comfortably lead the race throughout the race to conclude with a race win in this seasons United States Grand Prix for Hamilton's seventh race win of the season and for Lewis Hamilton's Fiftieth Grand Prix win in his Formula 1 career.
While, Hamilton's team-mate and Nico Rosberg finished in second place in the other Mercedes to give the team its fifth one-two finish of the season, Rosberg was four seconds behind Hamilton at the end.
Meanwhile, Daniel Ricciardo finished in third place in the Red Bull to complete the podium, Ricciardo was twenty seconds behind Hamilton at the end of the fifty-six lap race.
With Lewis Hamilton's win in the USA and Nico Rosberg only managing a second place finish at Austin, Rosberg still leads the F1 driver championship and now his gap between himself and team-mate Lewis Hamilton is gone from thirty-three points to twenty-six points with three races to go.
Nico Rosberg could win his first Drivers' Championship in Mexico. If Rosberg wins the race, with Hamilton no higher than tenth in the Mexican Grand Prix.
Rate the Teams and Drivers
Mercedes - 8
Lewis Hamilton - 9 (pole and race win)
Nico Rosberg - 8 (finished second)
Ferrari - 6
Sebastian Vettel - 7 (finished fourth and fastest lap)
Kimi Räikkönen - 6 (DNF, Loose wheel)
Williams - 6
Valtteri Bottas - 6 (finished sixteenth, lap down)
Felipe Massa - 7 (finished seventh, lap down)
Red Bull Racing - 7
Daniel Ricciardo - 8 (finished third)
Max Verstappen - 7 (DNF, Gearbox)
Force India - 6
Nico Hülkenberg - 6 (DNF, Collision damage from Daniil Kvyat)
Sergio Pérez - 7 (finished eighth, lap down)
Renault - 6
Kevin Magnussen - 6 (finished twelfth, lap down)
Jolyon Palmer - 6 (finished thirteenth, lap down)
Toro Rosso - 8
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 10 (finished sixth)
Daniil Kvyat - 6 (finished eleventh, lap down)
Sauber - 5
Marcus Ericsson - 6 (finished fourteenth, lap down)
Felipe Nasr - 5 (finished fifteenth, lap down)
McLaren - 9
Fernando Alonso - 10 (finished fifth)
Jenson Button - 8 (finished ninth, lap down)
Manor - 5
Esteban Ocon - 5 (finished eighteenth, two laps down)
Pascal Wehrlein - 6 (finished seventeenth, lap down)
Haas - 6
Romain Grosjean - 7 (finished tenth, lap down)
Esteban Gutiérrez - 6 (DNF, Brakes)
Next stop Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City in a weeks time for the Mexican Grand Prix.
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