Lewis Hamilton cut his
championship points deficit to Nico Rosberg as he cruised to a
comfortable victory in the United States Grand Prix
.
Lewis Hamilton's
first win since the German Grand Prix in July puts him 26 points behind
his Mercedes team-mate with 75 available in the remaining three races.Nico Rosberg finished second after recovering a position lost to Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo at the start.
The Australian finished third ahead of Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel.
Lewis Hamilton has now won 50 races in his career, with only Alain Prost (51) and Michael Schumacher (91) having won more than that number in the history of the sport.
The United States Grand Prix is a motor race which has been held in the U.S. on and off since 1908, when it was known as the American Grand Prize.
The race later became part of the Formula One World Championship.
Over 44 editions of the race has taken place at 10 locations in total. Since 2012, it has been held at the Circuit of the Americas in Elroy,Texas
- From 1908 to 1916, the race was named the American Grand Prize.
- A total of six American drivers have won the United States Grand Prix, all except one when it was known as the American Grand Prize, which was not part of the Grand Prix calendar. Chuck Daigh also won it as a non-championship race at Riverside in 1958. But while the event has been part of the Formula One World Championship, no American has won the event; however Mario Andretti won the 1977 US Grand Prix West in Long Beach, California.
# Wins
| Driver | Years won | |
|---|---|---|
| 5 |  Michael Schumacher(Germany) |
2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 |
 Lewis Hamilton(UK) |
2007, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 | |
| 3 | Graham Hill(UK) |
1963, 1964, 1965 |
| Jim Clark(UK) |
1962, 1966, 1967 | |
| 2 |  David Bruce-Brown(USA) |
1910, 1911 |
| Jackie Stewart(UK) |
1968, 1972 | |
| James Hunt(UK) |
1976, 1977 | |
 Carlos Reutemann(Argentina) |
1974, 1978 | |
 Ayrton Senna(Brazil) |
1990, 1991 |
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