2018 Brazilian Grand Prix

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The Interlagos circuit

Race details

Date

November 11, 2018

Official Name

Formula 1 Grande Prêmio Heineken do Brasil 2018

Location

Autódromo José Carlos Pace
Interlagos, Brazil

Course

Permanent racing facility
4.309km (2.678mi)

Distance

71 laps, 305.909km (190.124 miles)

Pole Position

Driver

Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes

Time

1:07.281

Fastest Lap

Driver

Valtteri Bottas

Mercedes

Time

1:10.540 on lap 65

Podium

Lap Leaders

The 2018 Brazilian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Grande Prêmio Heineken do Brasil 2018)^[1] will be the twentieth race of the 2018 Formula One season, the forty-sixth time the Brazilian Grand Prix will be held on the Formula One calendar, and the thirty-sixth time it will be held at Autódromo José Carlos Pace. It will be held between 9 November and 11 November 2018.

In qualifying, Lewis Hamilton took his eighty-second pole position and Mercedes' one-hundredth pole, despite an incident with impeding Sergey Sirotkin during Q2 while they were on their out-laps. Sebastian Vettel joined him on the front row, and Valtteri Bottas qualified third on the grid.

In the race, Hamilton led early, but was overtaken by Max Verstappen. Verstappen looked to have the race in hand, before he collided with Esteban Ocon while trying to put Ocon a lap down. Verstappen recovered to run in second, but could never quite catch Hamilton, who won the race to secure Mercedes' fifth Constructors' title. Kimi Räikkönen drove a solid race to take third.

Background[edit | edit source]

Weather conditions
Practice 1	Practice 2	Practice 3	Qualifying	Race
Cloudy	Cloudy	Cloudy	Cloudy	Partly Cloudy

Entry list[edit | edit source]

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport	Mercedes	W09 EQ Power+	Mercedes	M09 EQ Power+	P
77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport	Mercedes	W09 EQ Power+	Mercedes	M09 EQ Power+	P
5	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	SF71H	Ferrari	062 EVO	P
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	SF71H	Ferrari	062 EVO	P
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Aston Martin Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB14	TAG Heuer	TAG Heuer	P
33	Max Verstappen	Aston Martin Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB14	TAG Heuer	TAG Heuer	P
11	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point Force India F1 Team	Force India	VJM11	Mercedes	M09 EQ Power+	P
31	Esteban Ocon	Racing Point Force India F1 Team	Force India	VJM11	Mercedes	M09 EQ Power+	P
18	Lance Stroll	Williams Martini Racing	Williams	FW41	Mercedes	M09 EQ Power+	P
35	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams Martini Racing	Williams	FW41	Mercedes	M09 EQ Power+	P
27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault Sport Formula One Team	Renault	R.S.18	Renault	R.E.18	P
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Renault Sport Formula One Team	Renault	R.S.18	Renault	R.E.18	P
28	Brendon Hartley	Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda	Toro Rosso	STR13	Honda	RA618H	P
10	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda	Toro Rosso	STR13	Honda	RA618H	P
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	Haas	VF-18	Ferrari	062 EVO	P
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	Haas	VF-18	Ferrari	062 EVO	P
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren F1 Team	McLaren	MCL33	Renault	R.E.18	P
2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren F1 Team	McLaren	MCL33	Renault	R.E.18	P
9	Marcus Ericsson	Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team	Sauber	C37	Ferrari	062 EVO	P
16	Charles Leclerc	Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team	Sauber	C37	Ferrari	062 EVO	P
Free Practice 1 only
34	Nicholas Latifi	Racing Point Force India F1 Team	Force India	VJM11	Mercedes	M09 EQ Power+	P
36	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team	Sauber	C37	Ferrari	062 EVO	P
47	Lando Norris	McLaren F1 Team	McLaren	MCL33	Renault	R.E.18	P
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Practice Overview[edit | edit source]

FP1[edit | edit source]

FP2[edit | edit source]

FP3[edit | edit source]

Practice Results[edit | edit source]

No	Driver	Team	FP1		FP2		FP3
No	Driver	Team	Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos
2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Renault	1:11.452	19	1:10.596	17	1:10.289	20
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:09.395	4	1:09.164	4	1:08.788	6
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:09.060	2	1:08.919	3	1:07.948	1
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:09.573	5	1:09.412	6	1:08.490	4
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:09.922	7	1:09.769	7	1:09.257	8
9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	DNP	21 !	1:10.532	15	1:09.808	13
10	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso-Honda	1:10.934	15	1:10.330	12	1:09.402	9
11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	DNP	22 !	1:10.320	11	1:10.116	19
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Renault	DNP	23 !	1:10.332	13	1:10.020	18
16	Charles Leclerc	Sauber-Ferrari	1:10.346	9	1:09.943	8	1:09.448	10
18	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1:10.799	14	1:10.662	18	1:10.001	17
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:10.236	8	1:10.007	9	1:09.146	7
27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:10.679	12	1:11.674	20	1:09.461	11
28	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso-Honda	1:11.176	18	1:10.734	19	1:09.985	16
31	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1:10.361	10	1:10.159	10	1:09.588	12
33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:09.011	1	1:09.339	5	1:08.733	5
34	Nicholas Latifi	Force India-Mercedes	1:11.493	20	DNP	24 !	DNP	24 !
35	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams-Mercedes	1:11.037	17	1:10.569	16	1:09.885	15
36	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber-Ferrari	1:10.685	13	DNP	25 !	DNP	25 !
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:09.107	3	1:08.849	2	1:08.165	2
47	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	1:11.013	16	DNP	26 !	DNP	26 !
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Renault	1:10.662	11	1:10.458	14	1:09.864	14
77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:09.679	6	1:08.846	1	1:08.465	3
Source: ^[2]^[3]^[4]

Qualifying[edit | edit source]

Q1[edit | edit source]

Q2[edit | edit source]

Q3[edit | edit source]

Qualifying Results[edit | edit source]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Grid
Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Q1		Q2		Q3		Grid
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	4	1:08.464	3	1:07.795	1	1:07.281	1
2	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	3	1:08.452	2	1:07.776	2	1:07.374	2
3	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	6	1:08.492	1	1:07.727	3	1:07.441	3
4	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	2	1:08.452	5	1:08.028	4	1:07.456	4
5	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1	1:08.205	4	1:08.017	5	1:07.778	5
6	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	7	1:08.544	6	1:08.055	6	1:07.780	11*
7	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	10	1:08.754	9	1:08.579	7	1:08.296	6
8	16	Charles Leclerc	Sauber-Ferrari	8	1:08.667	8	1:08.335	8	1:08.492	7
9	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	9	1:08.735	7	1:08.239	9	1:08.517	8
10	10	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso-Honda	12	1:09.046	10	1:08.616	10	1:09.029	9
11	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	5	1:08.474	11	1:08.659			10
12	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	13	1:09.217	12	1:08.741			12
13	31	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	15	1:09.264	13	1:08.770			18^†
14	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	11	1:09.009	14	1:08.834			13
15	35	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams-Mercedes	14	1:09.259	15	1:10.381			14
16	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Renault	16	1:09.269					15
17	28	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso-Honda	17	1:09.280					16
18	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Renault	18	1:09.402					17
19	18	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	19	1:09.441					19
20	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Renault	20	1:09.601					20
107% time: 1:12.979
Source: ^[5]

* Ricciardo was given a five-place grid penalty for using his sixth turbocharger.^[6]
^† Ocon was given a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.^[7]

Grid[edit | edit source]

Race[edit | edit source]

Report[edit | edit source]

Results[edit | edit source]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	71	1:27:09.066	1	25
2	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	71	+ 1.469	5	18
3	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	71	+ 4.764	4	15
4	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	71	+ 5.193	11	12
5	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	71	+ 22.943	3	10
6	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	71	+ 26.997	2	8
7	16	Charles Leclerc	Sauber-Ferrari	71	+ 44.199	7	6
8	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	71	+ 51.230	8	4
9	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	71	+ 52.857	10	2
10	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	70	+ 1 Lap	12	1
11	28	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso-Honda	70	+ 1 Lap	16
12	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Renault	70	+ 1 Lap	15
13	10	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso-Honda	70	+ 1 Lap	9
14	31	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	70	+ 1 Lap	18
15	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Renault	70	+ 1 Lap*	20
16	35	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams-Mercedes	69	+ 2 Laps	14
17	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Renault	69	+ 2 Laps*	17
18	18	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	69	+ 2 Laps	19
Ret	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	34	Motor unit	13
Ret	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	20	Collision damage	6
Source: ^[8]

* Vandoorne and Alonso were each given a five-second time penalty for ignoring blue flags.^[8]

Milestones[edit | edit source]

Pierre Gasly's 25th entry and start.
Mercedes' 100th pole position and 5th Constructors' title.

Standings after race[edit | edit source]

Notes[edit | edit source]

↑ "Formula 1 Grande Prêmio Heineken do Brasil 2018". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. https://www.formula1.com/en/racing/2018/Brazil.html. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
↑ "2018 Brazilian Grand Prix – Practice 1 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 9 November 2018. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2018/races/998/brazil/practice-1.html. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
↑ "2018 Brazilian Grand Prix – Practice 2 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 9 November 2018. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2018/races/998/brazil/practice-2.html. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
↑ "2018 Brazilian Grand Prix – Practice 3 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 10 November 2018. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2018/races/998/brazil/practice-3.html. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
↑ "2018 Brazilian Grand Prix – Qualifying results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 10 November 2018. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2018/races/998/brazil/qualifying.html. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
↑ "Ricciardo set for Brazil engine penalty". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. 9 November 2018. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.ricciardo-set-for-brazil-engine-penalty.4xwzyuuizmk2GOEsokkCmG.html. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
↑ "Ocon set for Brazil gearbox penalty". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. 10 November 2018. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.ocon-set-for-brazil-gearbox-penalty.3LdcOsu0Nyw4yK8eU6y400.html. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 "Brazil Grand Prix 2018 Race Results". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 11 November 2018. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2018/races/998/brazil/race-result.html. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

V T E	2018 Formula One Season
Teams	Ferrari • Force India • Force India (Racing Point) • Haas • McLaren • Mercedes • Red Bull • Renault • Sauber • Toro Rosso • Williams
Engines	Ferrari • Honda • Mercedes • Renault • TAG Heuer
Drivers alphabetically	Alonso • Bottas • Ericsson • Gasly • Grosjean • Hamilton • Hartley • Hülkenberg • Leclerc • Magnussen • Ocon • Pérez • Räikkönen • Ricciardo • Sainz • Sirotkin • Stroll • Vandoorne • Verstappen • Vettel
Drivers by number	2 Vandoorne • 3 Ricciardo • 5 Vettel • 7 Räikkönen • 8 Grosjean • 9 Ericsson • 10 Gasly • 11 Pérez • 14 Alonso • 16 Leclerc • 18 Stroll • 20 Magnussen • 27 Hülkenberg • 28 Hartley • 31 Ocon • 33 Verstappen • 35 Sirotkin • 44 Hamilton • 55 Sainz • 77 Bottas
Other Drivers
Cars	Ferrari SF71H • Force India VJM11 • Haas VF-18 • McLaren MCL33 • Mercedes AMG F1 W09 EQ Power+ • Red Bull RB14 • Renault R.S.18 • Sauber C37 • Toro Rosso STR13 • Williams FW41
Tyres	Pirelli
Races	Australia • Bahrain • China • Azerbaijan • Spain • Monaco • Canada • France • Austria • Britain • Germany • Hungary • Belgium • Italy • Singapore • Russia • Japan • United States • Mexico • Brazil • Abu Dhabi
See also	2017 Formula One Season • 2019 Formula One Season • Category

V T E	Brazilian Grand Prix / São Paulo Grand Prix
Circuits	Interlagos (1972 - 1977, 1979 - 1980, 1990 - Present), Jacarepaguá (1978, 1981 - 1989)
Races	1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2020 • 2021
Non-Championship Race	1972

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[1] "Formula 1 Grande Prêmio Heineken do Brasil 2018". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. https://www.formula1.com/en/racing/2018/Brazil.html. Retrieved 9 November 2018.

[2] "2018 Brazilian Grand Prix – Practice 1 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 9 November 2018. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2018/races/998/brazil/practice-1.html. Retrieved 9 November 2018.

[3] "2018 Brazilian Grand Prix – Practice 2 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 9 November 2018. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2018/races/998/brazil/practice-2.html. Retrieved 9 November 2018.

[4] "2018 Brazilian Grand Prix – Practice 3 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 10 November 2018. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2018/races/998/brazil/practice-3.html. Retrieved 10 November 2018.

[BRA_quali-5] "2018 Brazilian Grand Prix – Qualifying results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 10 November 2018. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2018/races/998/brazil/qualifying.html. Retrieved 10 November 2018.

[Ricciardo_penalty-6] "Ricciardo set for Brazil engine penalty". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. 9 November 2018. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.ricciardo-set-for-brazil-engine-penalty.4xwzyuuizmk2GOEsokkCmG.html. Retrieved 10 November 2018.

[Ocon_penalty-7] "Ocon set for Brazil gearbox penalty". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. 10 November 2018. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.ocon-set-for-brazil-gearbox-penalty.3LdcOsu0Nyw4yK8eU6y400.html. Retrieved 10 November 2018.

[results-8] 8.0 ^8.1 "Brazil Grand Prix 2018 Race Results". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 11 November 2018. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2018/races/998/brazil/race-result.html. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

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