USA Grand Prix: Formula One results

So there it is then folks, Lewis Hamilton is a six-time F1 world champion. An achievement that may not sink in just yet, but eventually it will realised the greatness of the Briton in Formula One and world sport. There is still two races to go as well in the 2019 season, so please join me again in two week's time for Brazilian Grand Prix, but for the US GP and Hamilton's sixth title - thanks for joining me here on The Roar and have a good day.

-------- DRIVER'S -------- 381 - Lewis Hamilton 314 - Valtteri Bottas 249 - Charles Leclerc 235 - Max Verstappen 230 - Sebastian Vettel 84 -- Alexander Albon 80 -- Carlos Sainz 77 -- Pierre Gasly 46 -- Daniel Ricciardo 44 -- Sergio Perez 41 -- Lando Norris 37 -- Nico Hulkenberg 34 -- Daniil Kvyat 31 -- Kimi Räikkönen 21 -- Lance Stroll 20 -- Kevin Magnussen 8 --- Romain Grosjean 4 --- Antonio Giovinazzi 1 --- Robert Kubica 0 --- George Russell

----- CONSTRUCTOR'S ----- 695 - Mercedes AMG 479 - Scuderia Ferrari 366 - Aston Martin Red Bull Racing 121 - McLaren Renault 83 -- Renault 65 -- Racing Point Mercedes 64 -- Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda 35 -- Alfa Romeo Racing 28 -- Haas Ferrari 1 --- Williams Mercedes

Thanks for your input too Josh, I look forward to reading your follow up to the race. There could still be a fight in 2020 to look forward to, but it's all down to Ferrari and Red Bull now to step up to the plate. Have a good night over there!

RACE REPORT On the day that the championship was set to be decided and Lewis Hamilton to be crowned a six-time Formula One world champion, it was his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas who claimed a sensational win at the United States Grand Prix. Strategy played its hand in proceedings once again, as Hamilton after a strong start from fifth found himself leading the race from Lap 15 – when Bottas pitted in response to Max Verstappen. Newly crowned six-time champion Hamilton then proceeded on a one-stop strategy, though his hard tyres did fall away at the end of the race, allowing Bottas and Verstappen to close. Pole sitter Bottas was on a two-stop strategy and with the medium tyres at the end of the race went wheel-to-wheel with his Mercedes teammate, before passing the world champion on Lap 52 – en route to his fourth win of 2019. Verstappen on fresher tyres also had the opportunity to overhaul Hamilton, though a late double-waved yellow flags caused by the beached Haas of Kevin Magnussen, denied the Red Bull a chance for second. It was a miserable race for Ferrari, with Sebastian Vettel retiring on Lap 8 with a spectacular suspension failure. Charles Leclerc also had no pace in response to Mercedes and Verstappen, finishing a lonely fourth after another bungled pit-stop on Lap 43. Alexander Albon came to blows with Carlos Sainz on the first lap and had to then put in a recovery drive, which included three pit-stops en route to fifth to keep his record of top six finishes since joining Red Bull. Sainz and McLaren teammate Lando Norris still finished in the points, though were beaten also by Daniel Ricciardo who again made a one-stop strategy work to score points for Renault in sixth. It was double-points for Renault, with Nico Hulkenberg finishing ninth and getting a reprieve from Toro Rosso in the constructor’s championship – after the Red Bull junior team failed to score points. A final lap collision between Daniil Kvyat and Sergio Perez, for which Kvyat was penalised 5-seconds post-race, saw Perez drop back though was promoted back to tenth – after his pit-lane start and making a one-stop strategy work. Hamilton’s sixth world championship now puts him one behind the great Michael Schumacher’s all-time tally of seven in Formula One, with the Briton also 5 race wins away from equalling Schumacher’s record of 91.

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5-second time penalty to Daniil Kvyat for causing a collision Kvyat drops down to P12 then, as Perez comes back up into tenth and Räikkönen into eleventh.

POST-RACE INTERVIEWS - Hosted by Martin Brundle BOTTAS - "It's a nice win, it feels good. We had a strong pace." "I wasn't quite sure what strategy was going to be good and we both had some traffic." "Big congrats to him [Lewis]. I personally failed to hit my target this year." HAMILTON - "It is just overwhelming. Huge congratulations to Valtteri and we wanted to deliver the one-two for the team. "It is an honour to be up here with those greats." "My dad told me to never give up, so it's kind of like the family motto." VERSTAPPEN - "We did the best we could and I tried to stay close in case something happened." "I think we had some decent pace today. Nevertheless it is still good to be on the podium" "Hoping we can take the fight to them [Mercedes] next year."

The world champion has pulled up in his specially reserved parking place in Parc Ferme. Still kind of feels surreal that we have a new six-time Formula One world champion, only the second driver to do so in the sport's illustrious history.

RESULTS FROM THE 56-LAP UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX 1 V. Bottas 2 L. Hamilton 3 M. Verstappen 4 C. Leclerc 5 A. Albon 6 D. Ricciardo 7 L. Norris 8 C. Sainz 9 N. Hulkenberg 10 D. Kvyat* 11 S. Perez 12 K. Räikkönen 13 L. Stroll 14 A. Giovinazzi 15 R. Grosjean 16 P. Gasly 17 G. Russell RET K. Magnussen RET R. Kubica RET S. Vettel *Daniil Kvyat under investigation for causing a collision on the final lap with Sergio Perez.

VALTTERI BOTTAS WINS THE UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX AND LEWIS HAMILTON WINS THE F1 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FOR A SIXTH TIME! Max Verstappen ends up third after a late charge to catch and pass Hamilton, which didn't avail to yield him second.

Lap 56/56: Looks like Hamilton has been given the reprieve from Verstappen because of those yellow flags.

Lap 56/56: FINAL LAP