2018 Brazilian Grand Prix

Date

11 Nov 2018

Circuit

Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo, Brazil

Round

20 of 21

Winner

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

Pole position

Lewis Hamilton (1:07.281)

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Race classification

Grid differs from qualifying for 12 drivers: Daniel Ricciardo qualified 6th, started 11th; Marcus Ericsson qualified 7th, started 6th; Charles Leclerc qualified 8th, started 7th; Romain Grosjean qualified 9th, started 8th; Pierre Gasly qualified 10th, started 9th; Kevin Magnussen qualified 11th, started 10th; Esteban Ocon qualified 13th, started 18th; Nico Hülkenberg qualified 14th, started 13th; Sergey Sirotkin qualified 15th, started 14th; Carlos Sainz qualified 16th, started 15th; Brendon Hartley qualified 17th, started 16th; Fernando Alonso qualified 18th, started 17th. 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

Lewis Hamilton: 1 stop (lap 19), stints of 19, 52 laps

2nd

Max Verstappen: 1 stop (lap 35), stints of 35, 36 laps

3rd

Kimi Räikkönen: 1 stop (lap 31), stints of 31, 40 laps

Finishers

1 stop: 12 · 2 stops: 6

First stops

median lap 30 of 71

Pit stops

Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.

Qualifying

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

Full 2018 standings