The 2018 Mexican Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Gran Premio de México 2018)[1] was the nineteenth race of the 2018 Formula One season, and the eighteenth time the Mexican Grand Prix was held on the Formula One calendar. It was held between 26 October and 28 October 2018.
In qualifying, Daniel Ricciardo took his third overall pole position, also his first on a track other than the Circuit de Monaco. After setting the pace at the start of Q3, Max Verstappen failed to beat Ricciardo in the final stages as a result of brake issues. Championship leader Lewis Hamilton qualified third ahead of Sebastian Vettel, with both starting in positions that would make Hamilton the World Champion if they remained in those places.
In the race, Verstappen shot past Ricciardo at the start, and held off Hamilton at the first turn, followed by Ricciardo, Vettel, Valtteri Bottas and Kimi Räikkönen. The story of the race became almost every team struggling with the too-soft Pirelli tires, with most drivers making at least two stops. Verstappen was never headed, winning a solid victory. Teammate Ricciardo suffered a mechanical failure late in the race while running second, so the other podiums spots were grabbed by Vettel and Räikkönen. Hamilton drove a careful race to finish fourth, and clinch his fifth world title, while Bottas was a lap down in fifth. Every other car was at least two laps down.
Background[]
Following his third-place finish in the US, Hamilton would win the title if he finished seventh or higher no matter where Vettel finishes, while Vettel would have to win the race with Hamilton finishing eighth or lower to make the championship battle carry on the next race in Brazil.[2]
Entry list[]
Practice Overview[]
FP1[]
FP2[]
FP3[]
Practice Results[]
| No | Driver | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Pos | Time | Pos | Time | Pos | ||||||||
| 2 |  Stoffel Vandoorne
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 McLaren-Renault
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1:19.716 | 16 | 1:19.096 | 15 | 1:18.445 | 14 | |||||
| 3 |  Daniel Ricciardo
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 Red Bull-TAG Heuer
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1:17.139 | 2 | 1:16.873 | 2 | 1:17.028 | 4 | |||||
| 5 |  Sebastian Vettel
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 Ferrari
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1:18.746 | 7 | 1:17.954 | 4 | 1:16.566 | 3 | |||||
| 7 |  Kimi Räikkönen
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Ferrari
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1:18.936 | 8 | 1:18.133 | 8 | 1:17.045 | 5 | |||||
| 8 |  Romain Grosjean
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 Haas-Ferrari
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1:19.276 | 13 | 1:18.733 | 12 | 1:18.145 | 13 | |||||
| 9 |  Marcus Ericsson
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 Sauber-Ferrari
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1:19.312 | 14 | 1:19.322 | 17 | 1:17.565 | 9 | |||||
| 10 | Pierre Gasly
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Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda
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No Time | 20 | 1:19.047 | 14 | 1:17.525 | 8 | |||||
| 11 |  Sergio Pérez
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Force India-Mercedes
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1:19.124 | 11 | 1:18.167 | 10 | 1:17.819 | 12 | |||||
| 14 |  Fernando Alonso
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McLaren-Renault
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1:19.543 | 19 | 1:18.548 | 15 | |||||||
| 16 |  Charles Leclerc
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Sauber-Ferrari
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1:19.024 | 13 | 1:17.059 | 6 | |||||||
| 18 |  Lance Stroll
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Williams-Mercedes
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1:20.142 | 19 | 1:19.219 | 16 | 1:18.698 | 18 | |||||
| 20 |  Kevin Magnussen
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Haas-Ferrari
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1:19.853 | 17 | 1:19.670 | 20 | No Time | 20 | |||||
| 27 | Nico Hülkenberg
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Renault
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1:18.028 | 4 | 1:18.046 | 5 | 1:17.623 | 10 | |||||
| 28 |  Brendon Hartley
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Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda
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1:19.024 | 9 | 1:18.061 | 6 | 1:18.637 | 16 | |||||
| 31 | Esteban Ocon
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Force India-Mercedes
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1:18.485 | 11 | 1:17.731 | 11 | |||||||
| 33 |  Max Verstappen
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Red Bull-TAG Heuer
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1:16.656 | 1 | 1:16.720 | 1 | 1:16.284 | 1 | |||||
| 34 | Nicholas Latifi
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Force India-Mercedes
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1:19.078 | 10 | |||||||||
| 35 |  Sergey Sirotkin
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Williams-Mercedes
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1:19.899 | 18 | 1:19.335 | 18 | 1:18.669 | 17 | |||||
| 36 | Antonio Giovinazzi
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Sauber-Ferrari
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1:19.134 | 12 | |||||||||
| 44 | Lewis Hamilton
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Mercedes
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1:18.075 | 5 | 1:18.100 | 7 | 1:16.538 | 2 | |||||
| 55 | Carlos Sainz, Jr.
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Renault
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1:17.926 | 3 | 1:17.953 | 3 | 1:17.336 | 7 | |||||
| 77 | Valtteri Bottas
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Mercedes
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1:18.322 | 6 | 1:18.140 | 9 | 1:18.839 | 19 | |||||
| Source: [3][4][5] | |||||||||||||
Qualifying[]
Q1[]
Q2[]
Q3[]
Qualifying Results[]
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Grid | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Time | Pos | Time | Pos | Time | ||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo
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Red Bull-TAG Heuer
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4 | 1:15.866 | 4 | 1:15.845 | 1 | 1:14.759 | 1 | |||
| 2 | 33 | Max Verstappen
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Red Bull-TAG Heuer
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3 | 1:15.756 | 1 | 1:15.640 | 2 | 1:14.785 | 2 | |||
| 3 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton
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Mercedes
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2 | 1:15.673 | 2 | 1:15.644 | 3 | 1:14.894 | 3 | |||
| 4 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel
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Ferrari
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5 | 1:16.089 | 3 | 1:15.715 | 4 | 1:14.970 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas
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Mercedes
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1 | 1:15.580 | 5 | 1:15.923 | 5 | 1:15.160 | 5 | |||
| 6 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen
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Ferrari
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8 | 1:16.446 | 6 | 1:15.996 | 6 | 1:15.330 | 6 | |||
| 7 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg
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Renault
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9 | 1:16.498 | 7 | 1:16.126 | 7 | 1:15.827 | 7 | |||
| 8 | 55 | Carlos Sainz, Jr.
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Renault
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12 | 1:16.813 | 8 | 1:16.188 | 8 | 1:16.084 | 8 | |||
| 9 | 16 | Charles Leclerc
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Sauber-Ferrari
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15 | 1:16.862 | 9 | 1:16.320 | 9 | 1:16.189 | 9 | |||
| 10 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson
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Sauber-Ferrari
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11 | 1:16.701 | 10 | 1:16.633 | 10 | 1:16.513 | 10 | |||
| 11 | 31 | Esteban Ocon
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Force India-Mercedes
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7 | 1:16.252 | 11 | 1:16.844 | 11 | |||||
| 12 | 14 | Fernando Alonso
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McLaren-Renault
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14 | 1:16.857 | 12 | 1:16.871 | 12 | |||||
| 13 | 11 | Sergio Pérez
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Force India-Mercedes
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6 | 1:16.242 | 13 | 1:17.167 | 13 | |||||
| 14 | 28 | Brendon Hartley
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Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda
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10 | 1:16.682 | 14 | 1:17.184 | 14 | |||||
| 15 | 10 | Pierre Gasly
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Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda
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13 | 1:16.828 | 15 | no time | 20* | |||||
| 16 | 8 | Romain Grosjean
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Haas-Ferrari
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16 | 1:16.911 | 18† | |||||||
| 17 | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne
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McLaren-Renault
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17 | 1:16.966 | 15 | |||||||
| 18 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen
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Haas-Ferrari
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18 | 1:17.599 | 16 | |||||||
| 19 | 18 | Lance Stroll
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Williams-Mercedes
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19 | 1:17.689 | 17 | |||||||
| 20 | 35 | Sergey Sirotkin
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Williams-Mercedes
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20 | 1:17.886 | 19 | |||||||
| 107% time: 1:20.870 | |||||||||||||
| Source: [6] | |||||||||||||
- * Gasly[7][8]
- † Grosjean was given a three-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Leclerc at the previous race in the United States.[9]
Grid[]
| Pos. | Pos. | |
|---|---|---|
| Driver | Driver | |
| ______________ | ||
| Row 1 | 1 | ______________ |
| Daniel Ricciardo | 2 | |
| ______________ | Max Verstappen | |
| Row 2 | 3 | ______________ |
| Lewis Hamilton | 4 | |
| ______________ | Sebastian Vettel | |
| Row 3 | 5 | ______________ |
| Valtteri Bottas | 6 | |
| ______________ | Kimi Räikkönen | |
| Row 4 | 7 | ______________ |
| Nico Hülkenberg | 8 | |
| ______________ | Carlos Sainz, Jr. | |
| Row 5 | 9 | ______________ |
| Charles Leclerc | 10 | |
| ______________ | Marcus Ericsson | |
| Row 6 | 11 | ______________ |
| Esteban Ocon | 12 | |
| ______________ | Fernando Alonso | |
| Row 7 | 13 | ______________ |
| Sergio Pérez | 14 | |
| ______________ | Brendon Hartley | |
| Row 8 | 15 | ______________ |
| Stoffel Vandoorne | 16 | |
| ______________ | Kevin Magnussen | |
| Row 9 | 17 | ______________ |
| Lance Stroll | 18 | |
| ______________ | Romain Grosjean * | |
| Row 10 | 19 | ______________ |
| Sergey Sirotkin | 20 | |
| ______________ | Pierre Gasly * |
*Note - Grosjean penalised three places for causing a collision at the previous round. Gasly penalised 15 for use of additional power unit elements and 5 for an unscheduled gearbox change.
Race[]
Report[]
Results[]
Milestones[]
- Red Bull Racing's 60th pole position.
- Fifth victory and 20th podium for Max Verstappen.
- 110th podium for Sebastian Vettel.
- 102nd podium for Kimi Räikkönen.
- Fifth World Championship for Lewis Hamilton.
Standings[]
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Notes[]
- ↑ "Formula 1 Gran Premio de México 2018". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. https://www.formula1.com/en/racing/2018/Mexico.html. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ↑ "TITLE PERMUTATIONS: How Hamilton – and Mercedes – can be crowned champions in Mexico". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. 25 October 2018. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.title-permutations-how-hamilton-and-mercedes-can-be-crowned-champions-in.5dcz3gODYWuuIia8cgC4uo.html. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ↑ "2018 Mexican Grand Prix – Practice 1 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 26 October 2018. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2018/races/997/mexico/practice-1.html. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ↑ "2018 Mexican Grand Prix – Practice 2 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 26 October 2018. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2018/races/997/mexico/practice-2.html. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ↑ "2018 Mexican Grand Prix – Practice 3 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 27 October 2018. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2018/races/997/mexico/practice-3.html. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ↑ "2018 Mexican Grand Prix – Qualifying results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 27 October 2018. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2018/races/997/mexico/qualifying.html. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ↑ "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 10". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 26 October 2018. https://www.fia.com/file/74431/download?token=CXPQLtQ8. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
- ↑ "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 19". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 27 October 2018. https://www.fia.com/file/74468/download?token=W8s8jtKK. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
- ↑ "Grosjean escapes race ban after penalty for Leclerc clash". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. 21 October 2018. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.grosjean-escapes-race-ban-after-penalty-for-leclerc-clash.6RwweimCL6q6QM4cqqaE46.html. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
- ↑ "Mexico Grand Prix 2018 Race Results". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 28 October 2018. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2018/races/997/mexico/race-result.html. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
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