Formula One championship leader Lewis Hamilton chalked up his 10th victory of the season in a US Grand Prix that saw his Mercedes team equal the record for one-two finishes.

The Briton stretched his lead over team mate Nico Rosberg to 24 points with two races and 75 points remaining.

Australian Daniel Riccardo finished third for Red Bull.

The Mercedes drivers finished 4.3 seconds apart to equal McLaren's 1988 record, set by Alain Prost and the late Ayrton Senna, of 10 one-two finishes in a season.

THE RESULT

1. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) Mercedes 1:40:04.785
2. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Mercedes +00:04.314
3. Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) RedBull - Renault 00:25.560
4. Felipe Massa (Brazil) Williams-Mercedes 00:26.924
5. Valtteri Bottas (Finland) Williams-Mercedes 00:30.992
6. Fernando Alonso (Spain) Ferrari 01:35.231
7. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) RedBull - Renault 01:35.734
8. Kevin Magnussen (Denmark) McLaren 01:40.682
9. Jean-Eric Vergne (France) Toro Rosso - Renault 01:43.863
10. Pastor Maldonado (Venezuela) Lotus - Renault 01:47.870
11. Romain Grosjean (France) Lotus - Renault 1 lap
12. Jenson Button (Britain) McLaren 1 lap
13. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Ferrari 1 lap
14. Esteban Gutierrez (Mexico) Sauber - Ferrari 1 lap
15. Daniil Kvyat (Russia) Toro Rosso - Renault 1 lap
r. Nico Huelkenberg (Germany) Force India - Mercedes 40 laps
r. Sergio Perez (Mexico) Force India - Mercedes 55 laps
r. Adrian Sutil (Germany) Sauber - Ferrari 56 laps

 

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