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

2018 Mexican Grand Prix

DateSunday, 28 October 2018
Winner
  • Netherlands flag lazyload Max Verstappen
  • Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-TAG Heuer
Pole position
  • Australia flag lazyload Daniel Ricciardo
  • Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-TAG Heuer
Fastest lap
  • Finland flag lazyload Valtteri Bottas
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
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
More 2018 season
More Mexican Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer711hr 38m 28.851s25
2+2Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari71+17.316s18
3+3Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari71+49.914s15
4-1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes71+1m 18.738s12
5 Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasMercedes70+1 lap10
6+1Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergRenault69+2 laps8
7+2Monaco flag lazyload Charles LeclercSauber-Ferrari69+2 laps6
8+7Belgium flag lazyload Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Renault69+2 laps4
9+1Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari69+2 laps2
10+10France flag lazyload Pierre GaslyToro Rosso-Honda69+2 laps1
11 France flag lazyload Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes69+2 laps 
12+5Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes69+2 laps 
13+6Russia flag lazyload Sergey SirotkinWilliams-Mercedes69+2 laps 
14 New Zealand flag lazyload Brendon HartleyToro Rosso-Honda69+2 laps (5.000s) 
15+1Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari69+2 laps 
16+2France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari68+3 laps 
R Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer61DNF 
R Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes38DNF 
R Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzRenault28DNF 
R Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Renault3DNF 

Notes

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

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer
2 Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer
3 United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes
4 Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari
5 Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasMercedes
6 Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari
7 Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergRenault
8 Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzRenault
9 Monaco flag lazyload Charles LeclercSauber-Ferrari
10 Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari
11 France flag lazyload Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes
12 Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Renault
13 Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes
14 New Zealand flag lazyload Brendon HartleyToro Rosso-Honda
15 Belgium flag lazyload Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Renault
16 Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari
17 Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes
18-3France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari
19 Russia flag lazyload Sergey SirotkinWilliams-Mercedes
20-20France flag lazyload 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
1Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:14.759 
2Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:14.7850.026
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:14.8940.135
4Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari1:14.9700.211
5Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasMercedes1:15.1600.401
6Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:15.3300.571
7Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergRenault1:15.8271.068
8Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzRenault1:16.0841.325
9Monaco flag lazyload Charles LeclercSauber-Ferrari1:16.1891.430
10Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari1:16.5131.754
Q2
11France flag lazyload Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes1:16.844 
12Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Renault1:16.871 
13Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes1:17.167 
14New Zealand flag lazyload Brendon HartleyToro Rosso-Honda1:17.184 
15France flag lazyload Pierre GaslyToro Rosso-Honda– 
Q1
16France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari1:16.911 
17Belgium flag lazyload Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Renault1:16.966 
18Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari1:17.599 
19Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes1:17.689 
20Russia flag lazyload Sergey SirotkinWilliams-Mercedes1:17.886 

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 Mexican Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton358
2Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel294
3Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen236
4Finland flag lazyload Valtteri Bottas227
5Netherlands flag lazyload Max Verstappen216
6Australia flag lazyload Daniel Ricciardo146
7Germany flag lazyload Nico Hulkenberg69
8Mexico flag lazyload Sergio Perez57
9Denmark flag lazyload Kevin Magnussen53
10Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso50
11France flag lazyload Esteban Ocon49
12Spain flag lazyload Carlos Sainz45
13France flag lazyload Romain Grosjean31
14France flag lazyload Pierre Gasly29
15Monaco flag lazyload Charles Leclerc27
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 Mercedes585
2Italy flag lazyload Ferrari530
3Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-TAG Heuer362
4France flag lazyload Renault114
5USA flag lazyload Haas-Ferrari84
6United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Renault62
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes47
8Switzerland flag Sauber-Ferrari36
9Italy flag lazyload Toro Rosso-Honda33
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Mercedes7

Statistics & 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)
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

See also

  • Mexican Grand Prix
  • Mexico City circuit
  • 2018 World Championship season

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