The 2018 United States Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Pirelli 2018 United States Grand Prix)[1] was the eighteenth race of the 2018 Formula One season, the fortieth time the United States Grand Prix was held on the Formula One calendar, and the seventh time it was held at the Circuit of the Americas. It was held between 19 October and 21 October 2018.
In qualifying, Lewis Hamilton took his eighty-first overall pole position, also his third consecutive pole at the Circuit of the Americas. Sebastian Vettel qualified second, but was demoted from second to fifth on the grid after being given a three-place grid penalty for failing to slow down sufficiently under red flags, thus putting Kimi Räikkönen and Valtteri Bottas up to second and third, respectively.
In the race, Räikkönen snatched the lead from Hamilton at the start, while there were a series of first-lap incidents that included a collision between Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo, dropping Vettel down the field. The virtual safety car was later deployed on lap 11, two laps after Ricciardo retired from the race with a technical issue, and Hamilton took a pit stop at the end of the lap before the virtual safety car ended on the next lap. Max Verstappen pitted at the end of lap 23 to gain an undercut and overtake Bottas after the latter pitted on the next lap. Hamilton took a second pit stop at the end of lap 37, putting him behind Räikkönen, Verstappen and Bottas, though Bottas allowed Hamilton to pass him on the start/finish straight on lap 40 so Hamilton could close in on Verstappen and Räikkönen. After briefly battling for second place on lap 54, Hamilton went wide at Turn 18, leaving Verstappen in second place, while Vettel overtook Bottas on the penultimate lap for fourth place. Räikkönen went on to take his twenty-first overall victory, also his first win since the 2013 Australian Grand Prix, and the final win of his F1 career. Verstappen kept ahead of Hamilton, while Vettel's fourth-place finish resulted in Hamilton not winning the championship with three races remaining.
Background[]
After winning the previous four races, Hamilton entered the United States Grand Prix with the chance to become world champion,[2] if he finished:
- First while Vettel finished third or lower
- Second while Vettel finished fifth or lower
- Third while Vettel finished seventh or lower
- Fourth while Vettel finished eighth or lower
- Fifth while Vettel finished ninth or lower
- Sixth while Vettel finished eleventh or lower
Entry list[]
Practice Overview[]
FP1[]
FP2[]
FP3[]
Practice Results[]
No | Driver | Team | |||||||||||
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Time | Pos | Time | Pos | Time | Pos | ||||||||
2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren-Renault | 1:53.354 | 8 | 1:36.302 | 18 | |||||||
3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 1:49.326 | 4 | No Time | 17 | 1:34.910 | 6 | |||||
5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:49.489 | 5 | 1:53.912 | 10 | 1:33.797 | 1 | |||||
7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:49.928 | 6 | 1:53.443 | 9 | 1:33.843 | 2 | |||||
8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | 1:50.821 | 8 | No Time | 18 | 1:35.468 | 10 | |||||
9 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:51.016 | 10 | 1:53.070 | 7 | 1:36.000 | 15 | |||||
10 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda | 1:51.234 | 13 | 1:49.728 | 2 | 1:35.713 | 12 | |||||
11 | Sergio Pérez | Force India-Mercedes | 1:51.459 | 14 | 1:54.963 | 13 | 1:35.411 | 8 | |||||
14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Renault | 1:51.036 | 11 | 1:51.728 | 4 | 1:36.332 | 20 | |||||
16 | Charles Leclerc | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:50.961 | 9 | 1:54.101 | 11 | 1:35.365 | 7 | |||||
18 | Lance Stroll | Williams-Mercedes | 1:51.896 | 19 | 1:54.637 | 12 | 1:36.188 | 16 | |||||
20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 1:51.614 | 16 | No Time | 19 | 1:35.770 | 13 | |||||
27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 1:51.717 | 18 | 1:52.208 | 5 | 1:35.882 | 14 | |||||
28 | Brendon Hartley | Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda | 1:52.505 | 6 | 1:36.330 | 19 | |||||||
31 | Esteban Ocon | Force India-Mercedes | 1:51.655 | 17 | 1:55.348 | 14 | 1:35.562 | 11 | |||||
33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 1:48.847 | 3 | 1:49.798 | 3 | 1:34.703 | 5 | |||||
35 | Sergey Sirotkin | Williams-Mercedes | 1:51.589 | 15 | 1:55.446 | 15 | 1:36.193 | 17 | |||||
38 | Sean Gelael | Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda | 1:52.625 | 20 | |||||||||
44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:47.502 | 1 | 1:48.716 | 1 | 1:33.870 | 3 | |||||
47 | Lando Norris | McLaren-Renault | 1:51.232 | 12 | |||||||||
55 | Carlos Sainz, Jr. | Renault | 1:50.665 | 7 | No Time | 16 | 1:35.450 | 9 | |||||
77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:48.806 | 2 | No Time | 20 | 1:34.556 | 4 | |||||
Source: [3][4][5] |
Qualifying[]
Q1[]
Q2[]
Q3[]
Qualifying Results[]
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Grid | ||||||
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Pos | Time | Pos | Time | Pos | Time | ||||||||
1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1 | 1:34.130 | 3 | 1:33.480 | 1 | 1:32.237 | 1 | |||
2 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 3 | 1:34.569 | 2 | 1:33.079 | 2 | 1:32.298 | 5* | |||
3 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 4 | 1:34.703 | 1 | 1:32.884 | 3 | 1:32.307 | 2 | |||
4 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 2 | 1:34.518 | 4 | 1:33.702 | 4 | 1:32.616 | 3 | |||
5 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 5 | 1:34.755 | 5 | 1:34.185 | 5 | 1:33.494 | 4 | |||
6 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Force India-Mercedes | 8 | 1:34.876 | 8 | 1:34.522 | 6 | 1:34.145 | 6 | |||
7 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 11 | 1:34.932 | 10 | 1:34.564 | 7 | 1:34.215 | 7 | |||
8 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | 10 | 1:34.892 | 7 | 1:34.419 | 8 | 1:34.250 | 8 | |||
9 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Sauber-Ferrari | 13 | 1:35.069 | 6 | 1:34.255 | 9 | 1:34.420 | 9 | |||
10 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Force India-Mercedes | 14 | 1:35.193 | 9 | 1:34.525 | 10 | 1:34.594 | 10 | |||
11 | 55 | Carlos Sainz, Jr. | Renault | 9 | 1:34.891 | 11 | 1:34.566 | 11 | |||||
12 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 12 | 1:34.972 | 12 | 1:34.732 | 12 | |||||
13 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda | 7 | 1:34.850 | 13 | no time | 19† | |||||
14 | 28 | Brendon Hartley | Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda | 15 | 1:35.206 | 14 | no time | 20‡ | |||||
15 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 6 | 1:34.766 | 15 | no time | 18§ | |||||
16 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Renault | 16 | 1:35.294 | 13 | |||||||
17 | 35 | Sergey Sirotkin | Williams-Mercedes | 17 | 1:35.362 | 14 | |||||||
18 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Williams-Mercedes | 18 | 1:35.480 | 15 | |||||||
19 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber-Ferrari | 19 | 1:35.536 | 16 | |||||||
20 | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren-Renault | 20 | 1:35.735 | 17 | |||||||
107% time: 1:40.719 | |||||||||||||
Source: [6] |
- * Vettel was given a three-place grid penalty for failing to slow down sufficiently under red flags in FP1.[7]
- † Gasly was forced to start from the back of the grid after using his seventh ICE, seventh turbocharger, seventh MGU-H and sixth MGU-K.[8]
- ‡ Hartley was forced to start from the back of the grid after using his eighth ICE, eighth turbocharger, eighth MGU-H and seventh MGU-K,[9] and for an unscheduled gearbox change.[10]
- § Verstappen was given a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.[11]
Grid[]
Pos. | Pos. | |
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Driver | Driver | |
______________ | ||
Row 1 | ______________ | 1 |
2 | Lewis Hamilton | |
Kimi Räikkönen | ______________ | |
Row 2 | ______________ | 3 |
4 | Valtteri Bottas | |
Daniel Ricciardo | ______________ | |
Row 3 | ______________ | 5 |
6 | Sebastian Vettel* | |
Esteban Ocon | ______________ | |
Row 4 | ______________ | 7 |
8 | Nico Hülkenberg | |
Romain Grosjean | ______________ | |
Row 5 | ______________ | 9 |
10 | Charles Leclerc | |
Sergio Pérez | ______________ | |
Row 6 | ______________ | 11 |
12 | Carlos Sainz, Jr. | |
Kevin Magnussen | ______________ | |
Row 7 | ______________ | 13 |
14 | Fernando Alonso | |
Sergey Sirotkin | ______________ | |
Row 8 | ______________ | 15 |
16 | Lance Stroll | |
Marcus Ericsson | ______________ | |
Row 9 | ______________ | 17 |
18 | Stoffel Vandoorne | |
Max Verstappen† | ______________ | |
Row 10 | ______________ | 19 |
20 | Pierre Gasly‡ | |
Brendon Hartley§ | ______________ |
- * Vettel was given a three-place grid penalty for failing to slow down sufficiently under red flags in FP1.[7]
- † Verstappen was given a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.[11]
- ‡ Gasly was forced to start from the back of the grid after using his seventh ICE, seventh turbocharger, seventh MGU-H and sixth MGU-K.[8]
- § Hartley was forced to start from the back of the grid after using his eighth ICE, eighth turbocharger, eighth MGU-H and seventh MGU-K,[9] and for an unscheduled gearbox change.[10]
Race[]
Report[]
Results[]
Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 56 | 1h 34m 18.643s | 2 | 25 |
2 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 56 | +1.281s | 18 | 18 |
3 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 56 | +2.342s | 1 | 15 |
4 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 56 | +18.222s | 5 | 12 |
5 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 56 | +24.744s | 3 | 10 |
6 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 56 | +87.21s | 7 | 8 |
7 | 55 | Carlos Sainz, Jr. | Renault | 56 | +94.994s | 11 | 6 |
8 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Force India-Mercedes | 56 | +101.08s | 10 | 4 |
9 | 28 | Brendon Hartley | Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda | 55 | +1 Lap | 20 | 2 |
10 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber-Ferrari | 55 | +1 Lap | 16 | 1 |
11 | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren-Renault | 55 | +1 Lap | 17 | |
12 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda | 55 | +1 Lap | 19 | |
13 | 35 | Sergey Sirotkin | Williams-Mercedes | 55 | +1 Lap | 14 | |
14 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Williams-Mercedes | 54 | +2 Laps | 15 | |
Ret | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Sauber-Ferrari | 31 | Collision damage | 9 | |
Ret | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 8 | Battery | 4 | |
Ret | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | 2 | Collision damage | 8 | |
Ret | 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Renault | 1 | Collision | 13 | |
DSQ | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 56 | >105 kg fuel used | 12 | |
DSQ | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Force India-Mercedes | 56 | Exceeded fuel flow limit | 6 | |
Source: [12] |
- Kevin Magnussen was disqualified post-race after it was found that he had used more than 105 kilograms of fuel.[13]
- Esteban Ocon was disqualified post-race after it was found that he exceeded the maximum fuel flow rate (100 kilograms per hour) on the first lap.[13]
Milestones[]
- Valtteri Bottas' 115th start (116th entry).
- Lewis Hamilton's 130th front row start.
- Lewis Hamilton goes on level with Alain Prost for the third highest number of fastest laps.
- Kimi Räikkönen's first win since the 2013 Australian Grand Prix, a gap of 113 races, and his final career F1 victory.
- Räikkönen also held a new record for having the most victories for a Finnish driver (21), one more than Mika Häkkinen.
- Just four days after his 39th birthday, Räikkönen became the oldest driver to win a Grand Prix since Nigel Mansell in 1994.
Standings[]
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Notes[]
- ↑ "Formula 1 Pirelli 2018 United States Grand Prix". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. https://www.formula1.com/en/racing/2018/United_States.html. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- ↑ "THE TITLE PERMUTATIONS: What Hamilton needs to do to be crowned F1 champion in Austin". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. 17 October 2018. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.the-title-permutations-what-hamilton-needs-to-do-to-be-crowned-f1-champion-in-austin.5uZgCVSRZSma080U4CUSEc.html. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- ↑ "2018 United States Grand Prix – Practice 1 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 19 October 2018. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2018/races/996/united-states/practice-1.html. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- ↑ "2018 United States Grand Prix – Practice 2 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 19 October 2018. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2018/races/996/united-states/practice-2.html. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- ↑ "2018 United States Grand Prix – Practice 3 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 20 October 2018. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2018/races/996/united-states/practice-3.html. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ↑ "2018 United States Grand Prix – Qualifying results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 20 October 2018. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2018/races/996/united-states/qualifying.html. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Vettel gets three-place grid penalty after red-flag incident". Formula One Administration. 19 October 2018. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.vettel-gets-three-place-grid-penalty-after-red-flag-incident.5SHDwecvJeiSsyCigSqA42.html. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 8". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 19 October 2018. https://www.fia.com/file/74221/download?token=4--enCLf. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 20". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 20 October 2018. https://www.fia.com/file/74257/download?token=-ls7AQ1K. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 19". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 20 October 2018. https://www.fia.com/file/74256/download?token=UcuFd6dv. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Verstappen to take gearbox grid drop". Formula One Administration. 21 October 2018. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.verstappen-to-take-gearbox-grid-drop.19UVSJLhwkuYggw2cm2W8u.html. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- ↑ "United States Grand Prix 2018 Race Results". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 21 October 2018. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2018/races/996/united-states/race-result.html. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Ocon and Magnussen lose points after US Grand Prix disqualifications". Formula One Administration. 21 October 2018. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.ocon-and-magnussen-lose-points-after-us-grand-prix-disqualifications.6yGjSpkMqQiis8mWqiIu00.html. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
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