Which Formula 1 driver made the most of the United States Grand Prix weekend?
It’s time to give your verdict on which driver did the best with the equipment at their disposal over the last three days.
Review how each driver got on below and vote for who impressed you the most at Circuit of the Americas.
Driver performance summary
| Driver | Q stage | Q pos. | Q gap to team mate | SR grid pos. | SR pos. | GP grid pos. | GP pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Verstappen | Q3 | 6 | -0.092s | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Sergio Perez | Q3 | 9 | +0.092s | 7 | 5 | 9 | 5 |
| Charles Leclerc | Q3 | 1 | -0.222s | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Carlos Sainz Jnr | Q3 | 4 | +0.222s | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| Lewis Hamilton | Q3 | 3 | -0.217s | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| George Russell | Q3 | 5 | +0.217s | 11 | 8 | 5 | 7 |
| Esteban Ocon | Q3 | 8 | +0.065s | 13 | 11 | 8 | Not classified |
| Pierre Gasly | Q3 | 7 | -0.065s | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| Lando Norris | Q3 | 2 | -0.614s | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Oscar Piastri | Q3 | 10 | +0.614s | 5 | 10 | 10 | Not classified |
| Valtteri Bottas | Q2 | 13 | +0.160s | 18 | 16 | 13 | 14 |
| Zhou Guanyu | Q2 | 12 | -0.160s | 15 | 17 | 12 | 15 |
| Lance Stroll | Q1 | 19 | +0.321s | 14 | Not classified | 20 | 9 |
| Fernando Alonso | Q1 | 17 | -0.321s | 12 | 13 | 19 | Not classified |
| Kevin Magnussen | Q2 | 14 | -0.226s | 17 | 18 | 17 | 16 |
| Nico Hulkenberg | Q1 | 16 | +0.226s | 16 | 15 | 18 | 13 |
| Daniel Ricciardo | Q2 | 15 | +0.277s | 10 | 12 | 14 | 17 |
| Yuki Tsunoda | Q2 | 11 | -0.277s | 19 | 14 | 11 | 10 |
| Alexander Albon | Q1 | 18 | -0.512s | 8 | 9 | 15 | 11 |
| Logan Sargeant | Q1 | 20 | +0.512s | 20 | 19 | 16 | 12 |
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Vote for your driver of the weekend
Which driver do you think did the best job throughout the race weekend?
Who got the most out of their car in qualifying and the race? Who put their team mate in the shade?
Cast your vote below and explain why you chose the driver you picked in the comments.
Who was the best driver of the 2023 United States Grand Prix weekend?
- No opinion (2%)
- Logan Sargeant (2%)
- Alexander Albon (2%)
- Yuki Tsunoda (2%)
- Daniel Ricciardo (8%)
- Kevin Magnussen (0%)
- Nico Hulkenberg (1%)
- Fernando Alonso (2%)
- Lance Stroll (0%)
- Guanyu Zhou (0%)
- Valtteri Bottas (0%)
- Oscar Piastri (0%)
- Lando Norris (23%)
- Pierre Gasly (0%)
- Esteban Ocon (0%)
- George Russell (0%)
- Lewis Hamilton (34%)
- Carlos Sainz Jnr (2%)
- Charles Leclerc (1%)
- Sergio Perez (1%)
- Max Verstappen (20%)
Total Voters: 132
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2023 United States Grand Prix
- US GP was Mercedes’ best race of 2023 despite disqualification – Wolff
- Singapore and Austin retirements cost me top 10 championship place – Ocon
- United States Grand Prix result unchanged as FIA rejects Haas’ call for review
- Sargeant admits he’s ‘struggled to use all the downforce at times’ in F1
- Mercedes’ Brazilian GP set-up was “conservative” after US GP disqualification
Debates and polls
- Will Verstappen race on with Red Bull until the end of 2028?
- Will Alonso win a world championship title with Aston Martin?
- How long should Red Bull give Ricciardo to prove he’s not lost his touch?
- Were stewards right to penalise Alonso over his driving before Russell’s crash?
- Are Williams right to bench Sargeant so Albon can race after crash?
Jere (@jerejj)
22nd October 2023, 22:05
DOTW: HAM, DOTD: STR
Simon
22nd October 2023, 22:06
09 Cannot tell difference between ‘weekend’ and ‘day’
Doggy
22nd October 2023, 22:09
It has to be Max or Lewis. Certainly not Lando (as he got voted on sky).
Note a side, the US crowd is as tacky as it can gets… no offense to people in the US though.
Aquila_GD
22nd October 2023, 22:17
Lewis was on fire in that race man!. Wow.
Toto’s comment on him saying he finally could feel the rear is telling
Doggy
22nd October 2023, 22:20
It has to be Max or Lewis. Certainly not Lando (as he got voted on tv).
Note a side, the US crowd it’s not the classiest to say the least… no offense to people in the US though.
Gerrit
22nd October 2023, 22:31
What does a “classy” crowd look like?
EffWunFan (@cairnsfella)
23rd October 2023, 1:09
One that wears dinner suits and ball gowns.
James Bond (@jamesbond)
22nd October 2023, 23:01
Max from 6th to 1st.
BasCB (@bascb)
22nd October 2023, 23:19
Maybe if it was about the driver of the race. But remember, he lost that pole by making 2 crucial mistakes in his fastest lap. Off course he did win twice so that is hard to argue with, but this is Max and Red Bull and they did not nail everything this weekend, when others did with a worse car.
For me, Lando Norris did the best job overall, although Hamilton was really close and I could see people seeing him slightly ahead.
Decent job from Sainz – yesterday with a good defense on a bad tyre strategy after a decent qualifying as well, good job from Leclerc with the wrong strategy today and great job with qualifying as well.
Stroll did a really good job today, but hard to tell for the rest of the weekend before that. Good job from Tsunoda really today, yesterday not too great.
asd
22nd October 2023, 23:09
Alonso was doing amazing things in the race!
David (@nvherman)
23rd October 2023, 7:01
Can’t believe HAM is leading this when he’s been disqualified.
Ronald (@mosquito)
23rd October 2023, 9:27
Really difficult choice this weekend. Hamilton was my obvious choice, but was driving an illegal car. Norris ended on the podium, annihilated his teammate all weekend, but underwhelmed compared to the last few weekends, Stroll did a wonderful recovery from the pitlane, but was supported by misfortune from others.
In the end I go for Sainz: as proven by Leclerc the car had a hard time keeping it’s tyres alive, but he did a wonderful job at that in both the Sprint and actual race. It feels he pulled every last bit of pace out of the car.
baasbas
23rd October 2023, 16:32
@mosquito
That seems like sound reasoning to me
MaddSusie (@maddsusie)
23rd October 2023, 15:09
Based upon Hamilton being disqualified, DOTW has to be Max. Whilst he made errors on his Q3 run, he did manage to get Sprint pole and win the Sprint as well as win the GP.
Whilst Lewis did well in both the Sprint and the race, questions do need to be asked whether this was due to the ride being lower (ultimately leading to his DQ for excessive plank wear).
Norris also had a superb weekend, had it only have been for the GP, sadly his Sprint wasn’t as strong (although still 4th).
Mike Davies (@nanotech)
23rd October 2023, 18:47
So, uhh… Can we change votes now?
Asking for a friend.
slowmo (@slowmo)
24th October 2023, 12:25
Seems more like a question of whether Keith should publish the poll before the final classification is published in future. I think there is still a case that despite the penalty for his teams failures, Hamilton did perform outstandingly over the weekend.
melanos
23rd October 2023, 22:12
DOTW: #44 for creative use of the floor plank