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2018 Mexican Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitMexico City, 71 laps
Round19 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

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer711hr 38m 28.851s25
2+2(DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari71+17.316s18
3+3(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari71+49.914s15
4-1(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes71+1m 18.738s12
5 (FIN) Valtteri BottasMercedes70+1 lap10
6+1(DEU) Nico HulkenbergRenault69+2 laps8
7+2(MCO) Charles LeclercSauber-Ferrari69+2 laps6
8+7(BEL) Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Renault69+2 laps4
9+1(SWE) Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari69+2 laps2
10+10(FRA) Pierre GaslyToro Rosso-Honda69+2 laps1
11 (FRA) Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes69+2 laps 
12+5(CAN) Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes69+2 laps 
13+6(RUS) Sergey SirotkinWilliams-Mercedes69+2 laps 
14 (NZL) Brendon HartleyToro Rosso-Honda69+2 laps (5.000s) 
15+1(DNK) Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari69+2 laps 
16+2(FRA) Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari68+3 laps 
R (AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer61DNF 
R (MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes38DNF 
R (ESP) Carlos SainzRenault28DNF 
R (ESP) Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Renault3DNF 

Notes

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

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 (AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer
2 (NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer
3 (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes
4 (DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari
5 (FIN) Valtteri BottasMercedes
6 (FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari
7 (DEU) Nico HulkenbergRenault
8 (ESP) Carlos SainzRenault
9 (MCO) Charles LeclercSauber-Ferrari
10 (SWE) Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari
11 (FRA) Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes
12 (ESP) Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Renault
13 (MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes
14 (NZL) Brendon HartleyToro Rosso-Honda
15 (BEL) Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Renault
16 (DNK) Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari
17 (CAN) Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes
18-3(FRA) Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari
19 (RUS) Sergey SirotkinWilliams-Mercedes
20-20(FRA) Pierre GaslyToro Rosso-Honda

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.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:14.759 
2(NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:14.7850.026
3(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:14.8940.135
4(DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari1:14.9700.211
5(FIN) Valtteri BottasMercedes1:15.1600.401
6(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:15.3300.571
7(DEU) Nico HulkenbergRenault1:15.8271.068
8(ESP) Carlos SainzRenault1:16.0841.325
9(MCO) Charles LeclercSauber-Ferrari1:16.1891.430
10(SWE) Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari1:16.5131.754
Q2
11(FRA) Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes1:16.844 
12(ESP) Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Renault1:16.871 
13(MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes1:17.167 
14(NZL) Brendon HartleyToro Rosso-Honda1:17.184 
15(FRA) Pierre GaslyToro Rosso-Honda– 
Q1
16(FRA) Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari1:16.911 
17(BEL) Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Renault1:16.966 
18(DNK) Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari1:17.599 
19(CAN) Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes1:17.689 
20(RUS) Sergey SirotkinWilliams-Mercedes1:17.886 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
(ITA) Antonio GiovinazziSauber-Ferrari
(CAN) Nicholas LatifiForce India-Mercedes
(GBR) Lando NorrisMcLaren-Renault

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Lewis Hamilton358
2(DEU) Sebastian Vettel294
3(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen236
4(FIN) Valtteri Bottas227
5(NLD) Max Verstappen216
6(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo146
7(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg69
8(MEX) Sergio Perez57
9(DNK) Kevin Magnussen53
10(ESP) Fernando Alonso50
11(FRA) Esteban Ocon49
12(ESP) Carlos Sainz45
13(FRA) Romain Grosjean31
14(FRA) Pierre Gasly29
15(MCO) Charles Leclerc27
16(BEL) Stoffel Vandoorne12
17(SWE) Marcus Ericsson9
18(CAN) Lance Stroll6
19(NZL) Brendon Hartley4
20(RUS) Sergey Sirotkin1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Mercedes585
2Ferrari530
3Red Bull-TAG Heuer362
4Renault114
5Haas-Ferrari84
6McLaren-Renault62
7Force India-Mercedes47
8Sauber-Ferrari36
9Toro Rosso-Honda33
10Williams-Mercedes7

Stats & milestones

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)
1-2 start
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