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Home / Seasons / 2018 F1 World Championship Season / 2018 Brazilian Grand Prix

2018 Brazilian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 11 November 2018
Winner
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
Fastest lap
  • Finland flag lazyload Valtteri Bottas
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
CircuitInterlagos, 71 laps
Round20 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

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes711hr 27m 09.066s25
2+3Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer71+1.469s18
3+1Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari71+4.764s15
4+7Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer71+5.193s12
5-2Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasMercedes71+22.943s10
6-4Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari71+26.997s8
7 Monaco flag lazyload Charles LeclercSauber-Ferrari71+44.199s6
8 France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari71+51.230s4
9+1Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari71+52.857s2
10+2Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes70+1 lap1
11+5New Zealand flag lazyload Brendon HartleyToro Rosso-Honda70+1 lap 
12+3Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzRenault70+1 lap 
13-4France flag lazyload Pierre GaslyToro Rosso-Honda70+1 lap 
14+4France flag lazyload Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes70+1 lap 
15+5Belgium flag lazyload Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Renault70+1 lap (5.000s) 
16-2Russia flag lazyload Sergey SirotkinWilliams-Mercedes69+2 laps 
17 Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Renault69+2 laps (5.000s) 
18+1Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes69+2 laps 
R Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergRenault32DNF 
R Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari20DNF 

Notes

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

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes
2 Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari
3 Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasMercedes
4 Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari
5 Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer
6 Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari
7 Monaco flag lazyload Charles LeclercSauber-Ferrari
8 France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari
9 France flag lazyload Pierre GaslyToro Rosso-Honda
10 Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari
11-5Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer
12 Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes
13 Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergRenault
14 Russia flag lazyload Sergey SirotkinWilliams-Mercedes
15 Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzRenault
16 New Zealand flag lazyload Brendon HartleyToro Rosso-Honda
17 Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Renault
18-5France flag lazyload Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes
19 Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes
20 Belgium flag lazyload Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Renault

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.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:07.281 
2Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari1:07.3740.093
3Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasMercedes1:07.4410.160
4Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:07.4560.175
5Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:07.7780.497
6Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:07.7800.499
7Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari1:08.2961.015
8Monaco flag lazyload Charles LeclercSauber-Ferrari1:08.4921.211
9France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari1:08.5171.236
10France flag lazyload Pierre GaslyToro Rosso-Honda1:09.0291.748
Q2
11Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari1:08.659 
12Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes1:08.741 
13France flag lazyload Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes1:08.770 
14Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergRenault1:08.834 
15Russia flag lazyload Sergey SirotkinWilliams-Mercedes1:10.381 
Q1
16Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzRenault1:09.269 
17New Zealand flag lazyload Brendon HartleyToro Rosso-Honda1:09.280 
18Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Renault1:09.402 
19Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes1:09.441 
20Belgium flag lazyload Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Renault1:09.601 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
Italy flag lazyload Antonio GiovinazziSwitzerland flag Sauber-Ferrari
Canada flag lazyload Nicholas LatifiIndia flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes
United Kingdom flag lazyload Lando NorrisUnited Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Renault

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-2018 Brazilian Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton383
2Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel302
3Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen251
4Finland flag lazyload Valtteri Bottas237
5Netherlands flag lazyload Max Verstappen234
6Australia flag lazyload Daniel Ricciardo158
7Germany flag lazyload Nico Hulkenberg69
8Mexico flag lazyload Sergio Perez58
9Denmark flag lazyload Kevin Magnussen55
10Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso50
11France flag lazyload Esteban Ocon49
12Spain flag lazyload Carlos Sainz45
13France flag lazyload Romain Grosjean35
14Monaco flag lazyload Charles Leclerc33
15France flag lazyload Pierre Gasly29
16Belgium flag lazyload Stoffel Vandoorne12
17Sweden flag lazyload Marcus Ericsson9
18Canada flag lazyload Lance Stroll6
19New Zealand flag lazyload Brendon Hartley4
20Russia flag lazyload Sergey Sirotkin1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Germany flag lazyload Mercedes620
2Italy flag lazyload Ferrari553
3Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-TAG Heuer392
4France flag lazyload Renault114
5USA flag lazyload Haas-Ferrari90
6United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Renault62
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes48
8Switzerland flag Sauber-Ferrari42
9Italy flag lazyload Toro Rosso-Honda33
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Mercedes7

Statistics & milestones

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

See also

  • Brazilian Grand Prix
  • Interlagos circuit
  • 2018 World Championship season

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