Overall the race itself was enjoyable and entertaining race to watch. Lewis Hamilton was on pole for Sunday's race. At the start of the United States Grand Prix, Kimi Räikkönen had the better start and took the lead and took a strong lead over Hamilton.
By lap 11, Hamilton went to pit for tyres while Räikkönen stayed out in the lead. By lap 21 Räikkönen pitted for his only pit stop of the race while Hamilton took the lead. Until lap 38 Hamilton pitted for his second set of new tyres, in-which Räikkönen took the lead while Hamilton return to the track in third place chasing Räikkönen and Max Verstappen who are leading first and second place.
In the end Hamilton couldn't overtake both Räikkönen and Verstappen meaning Hamilton will have to wait to win his fifth F1 title in a weeks time and give Kimi Räikkönen his first race win since Australia 2013 to win this seasons United States Grand Prix for Kimi Räikkönen's first race win of the season on the same day he won his only F1 World title back in 2007. Overall a feel-good win for Formula 1 in general.
While, Max Verstappen finished in second place in the Red Bull despite starting in eighteenth place after Suspension problems in qualifying as-well a gearbox penalty after qualifying, Verstappen was twelve tenths of a second behind Räikkönen at the end.
Meanwhile, Current Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton finished in third place in the Mercedes, Hamilton was two seconds behind Räikkönen at the end.
Finally, Sebastian Vettel finished in fourth place in the Ferrari to denied Hamilton to win his fifth F1 title, Vettel was eighteen seconds behind Räikkönen at the end of the fifty-six lap race.
With Lewis Hamilton only finished in third place in Austin and Sebastian Vettel only managing a fourth place finish, Hamilton still leads the Drivers' Championship from Sebastian Vettel, the gap is now improved from sixty-seven points to seventy points in the standings with three races to go.
Lewis Hamilton could win his fifth Drivers' Championship in Mexico. If Hamilton finishes seventh or higher at the Mexican Grand Prix to guaranteed the championship.
While Mercedes still leads F1 Constructors' Standings, the gap is now reduce from seventy-eight points to sixty-six points for Ferrari who are second in the Constructors' Standings with three races to go.
Mercedes could win their fifth Constructors' Championship in Mexico. Mercedes needs to score twenty points more than Ferrari to win the title at the Mexican Grand Prix.
Highlights of the race below, enjoy.
Rate the Teams and Drivers
Mercedes - 7
Lewis Hamilton - 8 (pole, finished third, fastest lap)
Valtteri Bottas - 6 (finished fifth)
Ferrari - 8
Sebastian Vettel - 7 (finished fourth)
Kimi Räikkönen - 10 (race win)
Red Bull Racing - 8
Daniel Ricciardo - 7 (DNF, Battery)
Max Verstappen - 10 (finished second)
Force India - 6
Sergio Pérez- 6 (finished eighth)
Esteban Ocon- 6 (DSQ, fuel infringements; originally finished seventh)
Williams - 4
Lance Stroll - 3 (finished fourteenth, two laps down)
Sergey Sirotkin - 6 (finished thirteenth, lap down)
Renault - 8
Nico Hülkenberg - 9 (finished sixth)
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 7 (finished seventh)
Toro Rosso - 7
Pierre Gasly - 6 (finished twelfth, lap down)
Brendon Hartley - 8 (finished ninth, lap down)
Haas - 5
Romain Grosjean - 4 (DNF, Collision damage with Leclerc)
Kevin Magnussen - 6 (DSQ, fuel infringements; originally finished ninth)
McLaren - 5
Fernando Alonso - 5 (DNF, Collision with Stroll)
Stoffel Vandoorne - 6 (finished eleventh, lap down)
Sauber - 6
Marcus Ericsson - 6 (finished tenth, lap down)
Charles Leclerc - 6 (DNF, Collision damage with Grosjean)
Next stop Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City in a weeks time for the Mexican Grand Prix.
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