2018 Mexican Grand Prix






































































2018 Mexican Grand Prix

Race 19 of 21 in the 2018 Formula One World Championship



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Race details[1]
Date
28 October 2018 (2018-10-28)
Official name
Formula 1 Gran Premio de México 2018
Location
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City, Mexico
Course
Permanent racing facility
Course length
4.304 km (2.674 mi)
Distance
71 laps, 305.354 km (189.738 mi)
Pole position
Driver
  • Australia Daniel Ricciardo
Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer
Time
1:14.759
Fastest lap
Driver
Finland Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes
Time
1:18.741 on lap 65 (lap record)
Podium
First

  • Netherlands Max Verstappen
Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer
Second

  • Germany Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari
Third

  • Finland Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari



The 2018 Mexican Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Gran Premio de México 2018) was a Formula One motor race held on 28 October 2018 at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City. The race was the nineteenth round of the 2018 Formula One World Championship and marked the twentieth running of the Mexican Grand Prix, and the nineteenth time that the race had been run as a World Championship event since the inaugural season in 1950.


Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton entered the round with a 70-point lead over Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel in the World Drivers' Championship. Vettel's team-mate, Kimi Räikkönen, sits third, a further 55 points behind. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes held a lead of 66 points over Ferrari, with Red Bull Racing a further 160 points behind in third place.


The race was won by Max Verstappen (his second win this season), while Lewis Hamilton finished in fourth position, thereby clinching his fifth driver's World Championship.[2]




Contents






  • 1 Report


    • 1.1 Qualifying


    • 1.2 Race


    • 1.3 Post race




  • 2 Classification


    • 2.1 Qualifying


    • 2.2 Race


    • 2.3 Championship standings after the race




  • 3 References





Report



Qualifying


Daniel Ricciardo took pole position from team mate Verstappen and with Hamilton in third.[3]



Race


Max Verstappen won the race after taking the lead on lap 1.[4] The two Ferrari's of Vettel and Räikkönen completed the podium.[5]Lewis Hamilton's fourth place finish was enough for him to claim the 2018 world championship with two rounds to go.[5] Pole sitter Ricciardo retired on lap 61, his eighth retirement of the year.



Post race


In the immediate aftermarth of the race Ricciardo said his car was cursed and said that he "didn't see the point" in doing the final two races of the season.[6]



Classification



Qualifying



























































































































































































































Pos.
Car
no.
 Driver
 Constructor
Qualifying times
Final
grid
Q1
 Q2
 Q3
1
 3
Australia Daniel Ricciardo
Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer
 1:15.866
 1:15.845
1:14.759
 1
2
 33
Netherlands Max Verstappen
Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer
 1:15.756
1:15.640
 1:14.785
 2
3
 44
United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
 1:15.673
 1:15.644
 1:14.894
 3
4
 5
Germany Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari
 1:16.089
 1:15.715
 1:14.970
 4
5
 77
Finland Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes
1:15.580
 1:15.923
 1:15.160
 5
6
 7
Finland Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari
 1:16.446
 1:15.996
 1:15.330
 6
7
 27
Germany Nico Hülkenberg
Renault
 1:16.498
 1:16.126
 1:15.827
 7
8
 55
Spain Carlos Sainz Jr.
Renault
 1:16.813
 1:16.188
 1:16.084
 8
9
 16
Monaco Charles Leclerc
Sauber-Ferrari
 1:16.862
 1:16.320
 1:16.189
 9
10
 9
Sweden Marcus Ericsson
Sauber-Ferrari
 1:16.701
 1:16.633
 1:16.513
 10
11
 31
France Esteban Ocon
Force India-Mercedes
 1:16.252
 1:16.844
11
12
 14
Spain Fernando Alonso
McLaren-Renault
 1:16.857
 1:16.871
12
13
 11
Mexico Sergio Pérez
Force India-Mercedes
 1:16.242
 1:17.167
13
14
 28
New Zealand Brendon Hartley
Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda
 1:16.682
 1:17.184
14
15
 10
France Pierre Gasly
Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda
 1:16.828
 no time
201
16
 8
France Romain Grosjean
Haas-Ferrari
 1:16.911

182
17
 2
Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne
McLaren-Renault
 1:16.966

15
18
 20
Denmark Kevin Magnussen
Haas-Ferrari
 1:17.599

16
19
 18
Canada Lance Stroll
Williams-Mercedes
 1:17.689

17
20
 35
Russia Sergey Sirotkin
Williams-Mercedes
 1:17.886

19

107% time: 1:20.870
Source:[7]

Notes



  • ^1  – Pierre Gasly received a 20-place grid penalty: 15 places for exceeding his quota of power unit elements and 5 places for an unscheduled gearbox change.


  • ^2  – Romain Grosjean received a three-place grid penalty for causing a collision in the previous round.



Race























































































































































































































Pos.
No.
 Driver
 Constructor
 Laps
 Time/Retired
 Grid
 Points
1
 33
Netherlands Max Verstappen
Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer
 71
 1:38:28.851
 2
25
2
 5
Germany Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari
 71
 +17.316
 4
18
3
 7
Finland Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari
 71
 +49.914
 6
15
4
 44
United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
 71
 +1:18.738
 3
12
5
 77
Finland Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes
 70
 +1 lap
 5
10
6
 27
Germany Nico Hülkenberg
Renault
 69
 +2 laps
 7
8
7
 16
Monaco Charles Leclerc
Sauber-Ferrari
 69
 +2 laps
 9
6
8
 2
Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne
McLaren-Renault
 69
 +2 laps
 15
4
9
 9
Sweden Marcus Ericsson
Sauber-Ferrari
 69
 +2 laps
 10
2
10
 10
France Pierre Gasly
Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda
 69
 +2 laps
 20
1
11
 31
France Esteban Ocon
Force India-Mercedes
 69
 +2 laps
 11
12
 18
Canada Lance Stroll
Williams-Mercedes
 69
 +2 laps
 17
13
 35
Russia Sergey Sirotkin
Williams-Mercedes
 69
 +2 laps
 19
14
 28
New Zealand Brendon Hartley
Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda
 69
 +2 laps1
 14
15
 20
Denmark Kevin Magnussen
Haas-Ferrari
 69
 +2 laps
 16
16
 8
France Romain Grosjean
Haas-Ferrari
 68
 +3 laps
 18
Ret
 3
Australia Daniel Ricciardo
Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer
 61
 Hydraulics
 1
Ret
 11
Mexico Sergio Pérez
Force India-Mercedes
 38
 Brakes
 13
Ret
 55
Spain Carlos Sainz Jr.
Renault
 28
 Battery
 8
Ret
 14
Spain Fernando Alonso
McLaren-Renault
 3
Water pressure
 12
Source:[8]

Notes


  • ^1 – Brendon Hartley received a 5-second time penalty for causing a collision.


Championship standings after the race










  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.


References





  1. ^ "Mexico". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. Retrieved 24 October 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Andrew Benson (28 October 2018). "Lewis Hamilton equals Juan Manuel Fangio with fifth F1 title". www.bbc.com. BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 October 2018.


  3. ^ "Mexico 2018 - Qualifications • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 18 December 2018.


  4. ^ "Mexico 2018 - Laps led • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 18 December 2018.


  5. ^ ab "Mexico 2018 • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 18 December 2018.


  6. ^ "WINNERS AND LOSERS – Mexican Grand Prix edition". www.formula1.com. Retrieved 18 December 2018.


  7. ^ "Formula 1 Gran Premio de México 2018 – Qualifying". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. 27 October 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2018.


  8. ^ "Formula 1 Gran Premio de México 2018 – Race Result". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. 28 October 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
















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