Round 19 · 2019

United States Grand Prix

Austin, United States1–3 Nov

Practice 1
Fri 17:00
Data published
track 18° ·air 11° ·37% hum ·6.8 km/h wind
Practice 2
Fri 21:00
Data published
track 24° ·air 16° ·22% hum ·5.4 km/h wind
Practice 3
Sat 19:00
Data published
track 26° ·air 19° ·27% hum ·5.0 km/h wind
Qualifying
Sat 22:00
Data published
track 26° ·air 21° ·25% hum ·3.6 km/h wind
Fantasy lock
Grand Prix
Sun 19:10
Data published
track 29° ·air 22° ·28% hum ·9.7 km/h wind

Times in UTC

Grand Prix result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Moved	Time / gap	Pts
1	BOT	Mercedes	1	—	1:33:55.653	25
2	HAM	Mercedes	5	3	+4.148	18
3	VER	Red Bull Racing	3	—	+5.002	15
4	LEC	Ferrari	4	—	+52.239	13
5	ALB	Red Bull Racing	6	1	+78.038	10
6	RIC	Renault	9	3	+90.366	8
7	NOR	McLaren	8	1	+90.764	6
8	SAI	McLaren	7	1	+1 Lap	4
9	HUL	Renault	11	2	+1 Lap	2
10	PER	Racing Point	—	—	+1 Lap	1
11	RAI	Alfa Romeo Racing	17	6	+1 Lap
12	KVY	Toro Rosso	13	1	+1 Lap
13	STR	Racing Point	14	1	+1 Lap
14	GIO	Alfa Romeo Racing	16	2	+1 Lap
15	GRO	Haas F1 Team	15	—	+1 Lap
16	GAS	Toro Rosso	10	6	Suspension
17	RUS	Williams	18	1	+2 Laps
18	MAG	Haas F1 Team	12	6	Brakes
19	KUB	Williams	19	—	Oil leak
20	VET	Ferrari	2	18	Suspension

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap to pole
1	BOT	1:33.750	1:33.160	1:32.029
2	VET	1:33.766	1:33.782	1:32.041	+0.012
3	VER	1:33.549	1:33.120	1:32.096	+0.067
4	LEC	1:33.988	1:32.760	1:32.137	+0.108
5	HAM	1:33.454	1:33.045	1:32.321	+0.292
6	ALB	1:33.984	1:32.898	1:32.548	+0.519
7	SAI	1:33.916	1:33.422	1:32.847	+0.818
8	NOR	1:33.353	1:33.316	1:33.175	+1.146
9	RIC	1:33.835	1:33.608	1:33.488	+1.459
10	GAS	1:33.556	1:33.715	1:33.601	+1.572
11	HUL	1:34.092	1:33.815	—	+1.786
12	MAG	1:33.812	1:33.979	—	+1.950
13	KVY	1:34.138	1:33.989	—	+1.960
14	STR	1:33.921	1:34.100	—	+2.071
15	GRO	1:34.161	1:34.158	—	+2.129
16	GIO	1:34.226	—	—	+2.197
17	RAI	1:34.369	—	—	+2.340
18	RUS	1:35.372	—	—	+3.343
19	PER	1:35.808	—	—	+3.779
20	KUB	1:35.889	—	—	+3.860

How the weekend has moved

Practice 11:34.057run 1:40.742

Practice 21:33.232−0.825run 1:40.880

Practice 31:33.305+0.073run 1:40.014

Qualifying1:32.029−1.276

Grand Prix1:36.169+4.140run 1:42.174

Fastest lap of each session, the change from the session before, and the midfield's median fuel-corrected long run. Times normally tumble as the track rubbers in.

Austin in earlier seasons

20191:33.232run 1:40.877

20181:33.797+0.565run 1:41.051

Fastest practice lap per season at this circuit. Layout changes, resurfacing and weather all move these numbers, so read them as context rather than a like-for-like comparison.

Practice 1

Fri 1 Nov, 17:00 UTCFastestVER1:34.057

Single-lap pace

VER1:34.057—26 laps

VET1:34.226+0.16930 laps

ALB1:34.316+0.25928 laps

GAS1:35.008+0.95132 laps

RIC1:35.263+1.20629 laps

GRO1:35.356+1.29924 laps

LEC1:35.380+1.32323 laps

HAM1:35.439+1.38232 laps

STR1:35.586+1.52931 laps

MAG1:35.659+1.60223 laps

KVY1:35.661+1.60431 laps

SAI1:35.723+1.66626 laps

RAI1:35.854+1.79722 laps

PER1:35.971+1.91429 laps

GIO1:36.037+1.98026 laps

HUL1:36.124+2.06724 laps

BOT1:36.159+2.10240 laps

NOR1:36.263+2.20623 laps

KUB1:37.948+3.89128 laps

LAT1:41.112+7.0557 laps

Best lap regardless of fuel load or compound — a sighting shot, not a form guide.

Long runs, fuel-corrected

Driver	Tyre	Laps	Fuel-corrected	Gap	Spread	Deg / lap
VET	S	6*	1:36.382	—	±1.081	—
LEC	?	5*	1:36.557	+0.175	±0.883	—
HAM	?	5*	1:38.037	+1.655	±1.389	—
BOT	?	8	1:38.192	+1.810	±1.047	+0.293s
GAS	S	5*	1:40.487	+4.105	±0.341	—
RIC	S	5*	1:40.996	+4.614	±0.205	—
PER	M	8	1:41.116	+4.734	±0.516	+0.151s
STR	M	9	1:41.174	+4.792	±0.290	+0.075s
HUL	S	5*	1:41.305	+4.923	±0.181	—
GIO	S	5*	1:42.062	+5.680	±0.618	—

Each driver's longest clean stint, using green-flag laps only. Cool-down laps go first (anything more than 7% slower than that stint's best), then laps sitting well above the stint's own trend — traffic and mistakes — and a stint is discarded entirely if what remains isn't one continuous run. Times are corrected for fuel burn at 60 ms per lap, measured from 2024 race stints rather than assumed. Runs under eight laps (marked *) get no degradation figure, because a trend through so few laps is noise. Teams don't publish fuel loads, and 15 kg is worth about 0.4s a lap, so read these as driver groupings rather than exact gaps, and compare runs on the same compound.

Sectors and the lap they could have done

Driver	S1	S2	S3	Ideal lap	Best lap	Left out
VER	25.415	37.780	30.862	1:34.057	1:34.057	0.000
VET	25.510	37.766	30.950	1:34.226	1:34.226	0.000
ALB	25.613	37.833	30.795	1:34.241	1:34.316	0.075
GAS	25.647	38.050	31.311	1:35.008	1:35.008	0.000
LEC	25.773	38.223	31.147	1:35.143	1:35.380	0.237
GRO	25.620	38.202	31.403	1:35.225	1:35.356	0.131
RIC	25.699	38.114	31.414	1:35.227	1:35.263	0.036
HAM	25.727	38.310	31.402	1:35.439	1:35.439	0.000
STR	25.939	38.255	31.309	1:35.503	1:35.586	0.083
MAG	25.860	38.309	31.490	1:35.659	1:35.659	0.000
KVY	25.812	38.299	31.550	1:35.661	1:35.661	0.000
SAI	25.791	38.310	31.598	1:35.699	1:35.723	0.024
RAI	25.810	38.605	31.439	1:35.854	1:35.854	0.000
PER	25.991	38.426	31.482	1:35.899	1:35.971	0.072
BOT	26.094	38.398	31.410	1:35.902	1:36.159	0.257
GIO	25.890	38.532	31.499	1:35.921	1:36.037	0.116
HUL	26.193	38.394	31.537	1:36.124	1:36.124	0.000
NOR	26.061	38.693	31.509	1:36.263	1:36.263	0.000
KUB	26.516	39.327	32.078	1:37.921	1:37.948	0.027
LAT	27.786	40.398	32.928	1:41.112	1:41.112	0.000

Best sector times are usually set on different laps, so their sum — the ideal lap — is quicker than anyone's actual best. The last column is the time left out there. Purple marks the session's fastest sector.

What the tyres are worth here

SSoft — referenceM+1.070(9 drivers ran both)

Measured within each driver — only drivers who set a representative time on both compounds count — then averaged, so this isn't distorted by who happened to run which tyre. A lap counts only if it is within 2% of that driver's own best of the session, which keeps genuine runs on a slower tyre while dropping in-laps and aborted runs that would otherwise masquerade as a compound's best. A compound fewer than three drivers tried is listed but not priced. Even so, these laps aren't all qualifying simulations, so read this as the order of the compounds rather than an exact price.

Team-mates, head to head

Red Bull RacingVERahead of ALB+0.259

FerrariVETahead of LEC+1.154

Toro RossoGASahead of KVY+0.653

RenaultRICahead of HUL+0.861

Haas F1 TeamGROahead of MAG+0.303

MercedesHAMahead of BOT+0.720

Racing PointSTRahead of PER+0.385

McLarenSAIahead of NOR+0.540

Alfa Romeo RacingRAIahead of GIO+0.183

WilliamsKUBahead of LAT+3.164

Same car, so the gap on their best lap is the clearest read on the driver available.

Stints and compounds

VER356318

VET3818811

ALB91774

GAS112559

RIC117758

GRO16647

LEC281813

HAM66785

STR147613

MAG6764

KVY110875

SAI214252316

RAI1146613

PER147512

GIO118178

HUL11859

BOT436121131

NOR235157

KUB119737

LAT115

SSoftMMediumHHard

Practice 2

Fri 1 Nov, 21:00 UTCFastestHAM1:33.232

Single-lap pace

HAM1:33.232—34 laps

LEC1:33.533+0.30133 laps

VER1:33.547+0.31528 laps

VET1:33.890+0.65835 laps

BOT1:34.045+0.81334 laps

ALB1:34.434+1.20232 laps

GAS1:34.509+1.27731 laps

SAI1:34.667+1.43534 laps

STR1:34.744+1.51229 laps

GIO1:34.839+1.60729 laps

RIC1:34.924+1.69229 laps

KVY1:34.975+1.74336 laps

HUL1:34.988+1.75632 laps

NOR1:35.025+1.79330 laps

PER1:35.109+1.87726 laps

RAI1:35.387+2.15534 laps

MAG1:35.442+2.21028 laps

GRO1:35.789+2.5574 laps

RUS1:36.749+3.51737 laps

KUB1:37.283+4.05133 laps

Best lap regardless of fuel load or compound — a sighting shot, not a form guide.

Long runs, fuel-corrected

Driver	Tyre	Laps	Fuel-corrected	Gap	Spread	Deg / lap
BOT	M	5*	1:40.188	—	±0.392	—
HAM	S	5*	1:40.285	+0.097	±1.008	—
PER	H	5*	1:40.460	+0.272	±0.396	—
LEC	S	8	1:40.472	+0.284	±0.793	+0.289s
ALB	M	5*	1:40.533	+0.345	±0.357	—
RIC	M	9	1:40.790	+0.602	±0.219	+0.013s
SAI	S	7*	1:40.803	+0.615	±0.506	—
HUL	S	10	1:40.834	+0.646	±0.426	+0.096s
VET	H	8	1:40.877	+0.689	±0.559	+0.142s
KVY	S	5*	1:40.884	+0.696	±0.668	—
STR	S	6*	1:40.971	+0.783	±0.557	—
GAS	S	8	1:41.008	+0.820	±0.313	+0.056s
RAI	S	8	1:41.374	+1.186	±0.423	+0.126s
NOR	S	8	1:41.704	+1.516	±0.327	+0.063s
GIO	S	9	1:41.957	+1.769	±0.554	+0.161s
RUS	H	8	1:42.188	+2.000	±0.461	+0.092s
KUB	M	8	1:42.565	+2.377	±0.595	+0.157s
MAG	S	5*	1:42.607	+2.419	±0.175	—

Sectors and the lap they could have done

Driver	S1	S2	S3	Ideal lap	Best lap	Left out
HAM	25.307	37.290	30.635	1:33.232	1:33.232	0.000
LEC	24.990	37.796	30.747	1:33.533	1:33.533	0.000
VER	25.287	37.678	30.582	1:33.547	1:33.547	0.000
VET	25.431	37.774	30.685	1:33.890	1:33.890	0.000
BOT	25.551	37.856	30.529	1:33.936	1:34.045	0.109
ALB	25.595	37.988	30.851	1:34.434	1:34.434	0.000
GAS	25.521	37.984	31.004	1:34.509	1:34.509	0.000
SAI	25.605	37.868	31.194	1:34.667	1:34.667	0.000
STR	25.540	38.062	31.142	1:34.744	1:34.744	0.000
GIO	25.486	38.012	31.341	1:34.839	1:34.839	0.000
KVY	25.614	38.018	31.290	1:34.922	1:34.975	0.053
RIC	25.731	38.188	31.005	1:34.924	1:34.924	0.000
HUL	25.679	37.850	31.459	1:34.988	1:34.988	0.000
NOR	25.750	38.102	31.173	1:35.025	1:35.025	0.000
PER	25.611	38.260	31.188	1:35.059	1:35.109	0.050
RAI	25.681	38.415	31.256	1:35.352	1:35.387	0.035
MAG	25.535	38.618	31.289	1:35.442	1:35.442	0.000
GRO	25.776	38.475	31.538	1:35.789	1:35.789	0.000
RUS	26.172	38.888	31.689	1:36.749	1:36.749	0.000
KUB	26.239	39.157	31.855	1:37.251	1:37.283	0.032

What the tyres are worth here

SSoft — referenceM+1.049(7 drivers ran both)H+1.407(3 drivers ran both)

Team-mates, head to head

MercedesHAMahead of BOT+0.813

FerrariLECahead of VET+0.357

Red Bull RacingVERahead of ALB+0.887

Toro RossoGASahead of KVY+0.466

McLarenSAIahead of NOR+0.358

Racing PointSTRahead of PER+0.365

Alfa Romeo RacingGIOahead of RAI+0.548

RenaultRICahead of HUL+0.064

Haas F1 TeamMAGahead of GRO+0.347

WilliamsRUSahead of KUB+0.534

Same car, so the gap on their best lap is the clearest read on the driver available.

Stints and compounds

HAM2851108

LEC3911118

VER2543176

VET275111513

BOT3581116

ALB6615167

GAS651118

SAI55431106

STR9488

GIO375131

RIC343613

KVY3771657

HUL63149

NOR565113

PER7577

RAI4351111

MAG4433311

GRO4

RUS6751414

KUB117161412

SSoftMMediumHHard

Practice 3

Sat 2 Nov, 19:00 UTCFastestVER1:33.305

Single-lap pace

VER1:33.305—13 laps

VET1:33.523+0.21817 laps

NOR1:33.818+0.51314 laps

BOT1:33.904+0.59917 laps

HAM1:33.923+0.61816 laps

ALB1:33.983+0.67814 laps

SAI1:34.408+1.10315 laps

RAI1:34.513+1.20818 laps

GAS1:34.517+1.21214 laps

RIC1:34.774+1.46911 laps

HUL1:34.784+1.47911 laps

STR1:34.792+1.48714 laps

GRO1:34.849+1.54417 laps

KVY1:35.129+1.82416 laps

MAG1:35.305+2.00014 laps

GIO1:35.956+2.65115 laps

RUS1:36.256+2.95115 laps

KUB1:36.628+3.32317 laps

PER1:38.426+5.12122 laps

Best lap regardless of fuel load or compound — a sighting shot, not a form guide.

Long runs, fuel-corrected

Driver	Tyre	Laps	Fuel-corrected	Gap	Spread	Deg / lap
PER	S	8	1:40.014	—	±0.634	+0.193s

Sectors and the lap they could have done

Driver	S1	S2	S3	Ideal lap	Best lap	Left out
VER	24.922	37.400	30.983	1:33.305	1:33.305	0.000
VET	25.080	37.332	31.061	1:33.473	1:33.523	0.050
NOR	25.315	37.352	31.151	1:33.818	1:33.818	0.000
HAM	25.153	37.484	31.222	1:33.859	1:33.923	0.064
BOT	25.316	37.391	31.187	1:33.894	1:33.904	0.010
ALB	25.259	37.499	31.200	1:33.958	1:33.983	0.025
GAS	25.188	37.819	31.373	1:34.380	1:34.517	0.137
SAI	25.167	37.700	31.541	1:34.408	1:34.408	0.000
RAI	25.251	37.805	31.457	1:34.513	1:34.513	0.000
HUL	25.522	37.671	31.503	1:34.696	1:34.784	0.088
RIC	25.418	37.820	31.461	1:34.699	1:34.774	0.075
STR	25.428	37.878	31.467	1:34.773	1:34.792	0.019
KVY	25.400	37.803	31.638	1:34.841	1:35.129	0.288
GRO	25.389	37.994	31.466	1:34.849	1:34.849	0.000
MAG	25.406	38.161	31.658	1:35.225	1:35.305	0.080
GIO	25.579	38.397	31.870	1:35.846	1:35.956	0.110
RUS	25.766	38.418	32.072	1:36.256	1:36.256	0.000
KUB	25.742	38.728	32.148	1:36.618	1:36.628	0.010
PER	26.514	39.202	32.625	1:38.341	1:38.426	0.085

What the tyres are worth here

SSoft — referenceMonly 1 driver ran both — too few to price

Team-mates, head to head

Red Bull RacingVERahead of ALB+0.678

McLarenNORahead of SAI+0.590

MercedesBOTahead of HAM+0.019

Alfa Romeo RacingRAIahead of GIO+1.443

Toro RossoGASahead of KVY+0.612

RenaultRICahead of HUL+0.010

Racing PointSTRahead of PER+3.634

Haas F1 TeamGROahead of MAG+0.456

WilliamsRUSahead of KUB+0.372

Same car, so the gap on their best lap is the clearest read on the driver available.

Stints and compounds

VER1516

VET91511

NOR185

BOT26711

HAM610

ALB1715

SAI1851

RAI81135

GAS1715

RIC155

HUL155

STR716

GRO13571

KVY1735

MAG12551

GIO71151

RUS15111411

KUB271511

PER19111

LEC1

SSoftMMediumHHard