2018 Mexican Grand Prix
- Date
- 28 Oct 2018
- Circuit
- Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City, Mexico
- Round
- 19 of 21
- Winner
- Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
- Pole position
- Daniel Ricciardo (1:14.759)
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Race classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | FL | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 33 | VERMax Verstappen | Red Bull | 2 | 71 | 1:38:28.851 | 25 | |
| 2 | 5 | VETSebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 4 | 71 | +17.316 | 18 | |
| 3 | 7 | RAIKimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 6 | 71 | +49.914 | 15 | |
| 4 | 44 | HAMLewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 3 | 71 | +78.738 | 12 | |
| 5 | 77 | BOTValtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 5 | 70 | +1 Lap | 1:18.741 | 10 |
| 6 | 27 | HULNico Hülkenberg | Renault | 7 | 69 | +2 Laps | 8 | |
| 7 | 16 | LECCharles Leclerc | Sauber | 9 | 69 | +2 Laps | 6 | |
| 8 | 2 | VANStoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 15q17 | 69 | +2 Laps | 4 | |
| 9 | 9 | ERIMarcus Ericsson | Sauber | 10 | 69 | +2 Laps | 2 | |
| 10 | 10 | GASPierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 20q15 | 69 | +2 Laps | 1 | |
| 11 | 31 | OCOEsteban Ocon | Force India | 11 | 69 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| 12 | 18 | STRLance Stroll | Williams | 17q19 | 69 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| 13 | 35 | SIRSergey Sirotkin | Williams | 19q20 | 69 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| 14 | 28 | HARBrendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 14 | 69 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| 15 | 20 | MAGKevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 16q18 | 69 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| 16 | 8 | GRORomain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 18q16 | 68 | +3 Laps | 0 | |
| R | 3 | RICDaniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1 | 61 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | 11 | PERSergio Pérez | Force India | 13 | 38 | Brakes | 0 | |
| R | 55 | SAICarlos Sainz | Renault | 8 | 28 | Suspension | 0 | |
| R | 14 | ALOFernando Alonso | McLaren | 12 | 3 | Engine | 0 |
Grid differs from qualifying for 6 drivers: Pierre Gasly qualified 15th, started 20th; Romain Grosjean qualified 16th, started 18th; Stoffel Vandoorne qualified 17th, started 15th; Kevin Magnussen qualified 18th, started 16th; Lance Stroll qualified 19th, started 17th; Sergey Sirotkin qualified 20th, started 19th. The data records the positions, not the reason; such gaps come from grid penalties, car or engine changes, or pit-lane starts. The small "q" number in the Grid column is the qualifying position.
Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.
Lap chart
Race history: gap to the leader
How the race was won
- Winner
- Max Verstappen: 2 stops (laps 13, 48), stints of 13, 35, 23 laps
- 2nd
- Sebastian Vettel: 2 stops (laps 17, 47), stints of 17, 30, 24 laps
- 3rd
- Kimi Räikkönen: 1 stop (lap 17), stints of 17, 54 laps
- Finishers
- 1 stop: 7 · 2 stops: 8 · 3 or more: 1
- First stops
- median lap 12 of 71
Pit stops
| Driver | Stops | Laps (pit-lane time) | Stints (laps; bar length is the share of the race distance) |
|---|---|---|---|
| VERMax Verstappen | 2 | 13 (22.2 s), 48 (22.1 s) | 133523 |
| VETSebastian Vettel | 2 | 17 (22.7 s), 47 (21.8 s) | 173024 |
| RAIKimi Räikkönen | 1 | 17 (22.0 s) | 1754 |
| HAMLewis Hamilton | 2 | 11 (22.3 s), 47 (22.4 s) | 113624 |
| BOTValtteri Bottas | 3 | 11 (22.1 s), 48 (23.9 s), 62 (22.5 s) | 1137148 |
| HULNico Hülkenberg | 1 | 12 (23.0 s) | 1257 |
| LECCharles Leclerc | 1 | 13 (22.6 s) | 1356 |
| VANStoffel Vandoorne | 1 | 12 (22.2 s) | 1257 |
| ERIMarcus Ericsson | 1 | 16 (31.4 s) | 1653 |
| GASPierre Gasly | 2 | 5 (22.6 s), 26 (23.1 s) | 52143 |
| OCOEsteban Ocon | 2 | 1 (27.8 s), 30 (22.8 s) | 2939 |
| STRLance Stroll | 2 | 10 (24.5 s), 23 (23.4 s) | 101346 |
| SIRSergey Sirotkin | 1 | 11 (22.7 s) | 1158 |
| HARBrendon Hartley | 2 | 1 (22.1 s), 24 (23.6 s) | 2345 |
| MAGKevin Magnussen | 1 | 43 (22.4 s) | 4326 |
| GRORomain Grosjean | 2 | 44 (22.7 s), 60 (23.4 s) | 44168 |
| RICDaniel Ricciardo | 1 | 12 (22.0 s) | 1249 |
| PERSergio Pérez | 1 | 30 (23.8 s) | 308 |
| SAICarlos Sainz | 1 | 11 (22.7 s) | 1117 |
Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.
Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:15.866 | 1:15.845 | 1:14.759 | fastest Q3 |
| 2 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:15.756 | 1:15.640 | 1:14.785 | +0.026 Q3 |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:15.673 | 1:15.644 | 1:14.894 | +0.135 Q3 |
| 4 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:16.089 | 1:15.715 | 1:14.970 | +0.211 Q3 |
| 5 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:15.580 | 1:15.923 | 1:15.160 | +0.401 Q3 |
| 6 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:16.446 | 1:15.996 | 1:15.330 | +0.571 Q3 |
| 7 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 1:16.498 | 1:16.126 | 1:15.827 | +1.068 Q3 |
| 8 | Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1:16.813 | 1:16.188 | 1:16.084 | +1.325 Q3 |
| 9 | Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 1:16.862 | 1:16.320 | 1:16.189 | +1.430 Q3 |
| 10 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:16.701 | 1:16.633 | 1:16.513 | +1.754 Q3 |
| 11 | Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:16.252 | 1:16.844 | +1.493 Q1 | |
| 12 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:16.857 | 1:16.871 | +2.098 Q1 | |
| 13 | Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:16.242 | 1:17.167 | +1.483 Q1 | |
| 14 | Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 1:16.682 | 1:17.184 | +1.923 Q1 | |
| 15 | Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:16.828 | +2.069 Q1 | ||
| 16 | Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:16.911 | +2.152 Q1 | ||
| 17 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:16.966 | +2.207 Q1 | ||
| 18 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:17.599 | +2.840 Q1 | ||
| 19 | Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:17.689 | +2.930 Q1 | ||
| 20 | Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 1:17.886 | +3.127 Q1 |
Gap: the driver's best time in any session (session named), in seconds behind the fastest time of qualifying. That is usually the pole time; when a session gets slower (rain, for example), an earlier session's time can be faster. The bar is full at 3 seconds; larger gaps are cut off.
Standings after this race
Drivers
| Pos | Driver | Team | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 9 | 358 |
| 2 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 5 | 294 |
| 3 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1 | 236 |
| 4 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 0 | 227 |
| 5 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 2 | 216 |
| 6 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 2 | 146 |
| 7 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 0 | 69 |
| 8 | Sergio Pérez | Force India | 0 | 57 |
| 9 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 0 | 53 |
| 10 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 0 | 50 |
Constructors
| Pos | Constructor | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercedes | 9 | 585 |
| 2 | Ferrari | 6 | 530 |
| 3 | Red Bull | 4 | 362 |
| 4 | Renault | 0 | 114 |
| 5 | Haas F1 Team | 0 | 84 |
| 6 | McLaren | 0 | 62 |
| 7 | Force India | 0 | 47 |
| 8 | Sauber | 0 | 36 |
| 9 | Toro Rosso | 0 | 33 |
| 10 | Williams | 0 | 7 |