2018 Mexican Grand Prix | GP Racing Stats

Date	Sunday, 28 October 2018
Winner	Max Verstappen Red Bull-TAG Heuer
Pole position	Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-TAG Heuer
Fastest lap	Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
Circuit	Mexico City, 71 laps
Round	19 of 21
Race numbers	The 2018 Mexican Grand Prix was the 995th World Championship race 19th World Championship Mexican Grand Prix 19th World Championship race at Mexico City 2018 Drivers’ title decider
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	71	1hr 38m 28.851s	25
2	+2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	71	+17.316s	18
3	+3	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	71	+49.914s	15
4	-1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	71	+1m 18.738s	12
5		Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	70	+1 lap	10
6	+1	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	69	+2 laps	8
7	+2	Charles Leclerc	Sauber-Ferrari	69	+2 laps	6
8	+7	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Renault	69	+2 laps	4
9	+1	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	69	+2 laps	2
10	+10	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso-Honda	69	+2 laps	1
11		Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	69	+2 laps
12	+5	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	69	+2 laps
13	+6	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams-Mercedes	69	+2 laps
14		Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso-Honda	69	+2 laps (5.000s)
15	+1	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	69	+2 laps
16	+2	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	68	+3 laps
R		Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	61	DNF
R		Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	38	DNF
R		Carlos Sainz	Renault	28	DNF
R		Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Renault	3	DNF

Notes

Brendon Hartley received a five-second time penalty for causing a collision. He originally finished P12.

Notes

Romain Grosjean received a three-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Charles Leclerc in the previous race.
Pierre Gasly received a 15-place grid penalty for use of additional power unit elements and a further five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:14.759
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:14.785	0.026
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:14.894	0.135
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:14.970	0.211
5	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:15.160	0.401
6	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:15.330	0.571
7	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1:15.827	1.068
8	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:16.084	1.325
9	Charles Leclerc	Sauber-Ferrari	1:16.189	1.430
10	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:16.513	1.754
Q2
11	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1:16.844
12	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Renault	1:16.871
13	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1:17.167
14	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso-Honda	1:17.184
15	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso-Honda	–
Q1
16	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:16.911
17	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Renault	1:16.966
18	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:17.599
19	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1:17.689
20	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams-Mercedes	1:17.886

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

World Champion: 5th title for Lewis Hamilton (3rd driver to win five championships, 1st British driver)
Wins: 5th for Max Verstappen; 59th for Red Bull
Podiums: 110th for Sebastian Vettel (3rd driver to score 110 podiums, 2nd German driver), 102nd for Kimi Raikkonen, 20th for Max Verstappen (49th driver to score 20 podiums, 1st Dutch driver); 748th & 749th for Ferrari, 159th for Red Bull
Poles: 3rd for Daniel Ricciardo; 60th for Red Bull (6th constructor to take 60 pole positions)
Qualifying 1-2: 24th for Red Bull
Fastest laps: 9th for Valtteri Bottas; 65th for Mercedes
Front row starts: 9th for Daniel Ricciardo (last until 2021; last for Red Bull), 5th for Max Verstappen
Points finishes: 11th and last for Marcus Ericsson, 8th and last for Stoffel Vandoorne