2018 Brazilian Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton won the 2018 Brazilian Grand Prix at Autódromo José Carlos Pace on 11 Nov 2018 for Mercedes, from pole position; Max Verstappen was second and Kimi Räikkönen third. Pole position: Lewis Hamilton.

Hamilton took the lead for good on lap 44 of 71, from Max Verstappen; the lead changed hands 4 times in all. Hamilton stopped once, on lap 19; 12 of 18 finishers made 1 stop, and the median first stop was lap 30. The fastest lap was Valtteri Bottas's, 1:10.540 on lap 65. 18 of 20 starters were classified; 2 retired or were not classified. After the race Lewis Hamilton led the championship with 383 points, 81 ahead of Sebastian Vettel, with 1 round left.

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

Explained: how to read a lap chart · safety car, virtual safety car and red flags.

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

Explained: tyres, compounds and pit stops · pit stops per race since 1994.

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

Qualifying

Explained: how qualifying works · how often pole position wins.

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

Explained: how points and the two championships work.

Full 2018 standings