2018 Brazilian Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 11 November 2018
Winner	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Pole position	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Fastest lap	Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
Circuit	Interlagos, 71 laps
Round	20 of 21
Race numbers	The 2018 Brazilian Grand Prix was the: 996th World Championship race 46th World Championship Brazilian Grand Prix 36th World Championship race at Interlagos 2018 Constructors’ title decider
More 2018 season
More Brazilian Grands Prix

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		(GBR) Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	71	1hr 27m 09.066s	25
2	+3	(NLD) Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	71	+1.469s	18
3	+1	(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	71	+4.764s	15
4	+7	(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	71	+5.193s	12
5	-2	(FIN) Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	71	+22.943s	10
6	-4	(DEU) Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	71	+26.997s	8
7		(MCO) Charles Leclerc	Sauber-Ferrari	71	+44.199s	6
8		(FRA) Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	71	+51.230s	4
9	+1	(DNK) Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	71	+52.857s	2
10	+2	(MEX) Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	70	+1 lap	1
11	+5	(NZL) Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso-Honda	70	+1 lap
12	+3	(ESP) Carlos Sainz	Renault	70	+1 lap
13	-4	(FRA) Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso-Honda	70	+1 lap
14	+4	(FRA) Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	70	+1 lap
15	+5	(BEL) Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Renault	70	+1 lap (5.000s)
16	-2	(RUS) Sergey Sirotkin	Williams-Mercedes	69	+2 laps
17		(ESP) Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Renault	69	+2 laps (5.000s)
18	+1	(CAN) Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	69	+2 laps
R		(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	32	DNF
R		(SWE) Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	20	DNF

Notes

McLaren drivers Stoffel Vandoorne and Fernando Alonso received five-second-time penalties for ignoring blue flags. They originally finished P14 and 16th.

Notes

Daniel Ricciardo received a five-place grid penalty for use of additional power unit element.
Esteban Ocon received a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	(GBR) Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:07.281
2	(DEU) Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:07.374	0.093
3	(FIN) Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:07.441	0.160
4	(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:07.456	0.175
5	(NLD) Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:07.778	0.497
6	(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:07.780	0.499
7	(SWE) Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:08.296	1.015
8	(MCO) Charles Leclerc	Sauber-Ferrari	1:08.492	1.211
9	(FRA) Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:08.517	1.236
10	(FRA) Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso-Honda	1:09.029	1.748
Q2
11	(DNK) Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:08.659
12	(MEX) Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1:08.741
13	(FRA) Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1:08.770
14	(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1:08.834
15	(RUS) Sergey Sirotkin	Williams-Mercedes	1:10.381
Q1
16	(ESP) Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:09.269
17	(NZL) Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso-Honda	1:09.280
18	(ESP) Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Renault	1:09.402
19	(CAN) Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1:09.441
20	(BEL) Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Renault	1:09.601

How the championship standings stood post-race.

World Champion: 5th title for Mercedes (5th constructor to win five championships)
Wins: 72nd for Lewis Hamilton; 86th for Mercedes
Podiums: 133rd for Lewis Hamilton; 103rd and last for Kimi Raikkonen; 21st for Max Verstappen; 750th for Ferrari (1st constructor to score 750 podiums); 178th for Mercedes; 160th for Red Bull
Poles: 82nd for Lewis Hamilton; 100th for Mercedes (5th constructor to take 100 pole positions)
Fastest laps: 10th for Valtteri Bottas (35th driver to set ten fastest laps, 3rd Finnish driver); 66th for Mercedes
Front row starts: 131st for Lewis Hamilton; 94th for Sebastian Vettel
Pole & win: 46th for Lewis Hamilton