Round 20 · 11 November 2018
2018 Brazilian Grand Prix: results
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) won the 2018 Brazilian Grand Prix, round 20 of the championship, held on 11 November 2018 at Autódromo José Carlos Pace (Brazil), starting from position 1. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) and Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) completed the podium. He won from pole. The fastest lap was set by Valtteri Bottas (1:10.540).
Final classification
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / gap | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1 | 1:27:09.066 | 25 | Finished |
| 2 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 5 | +1.469 s | 18 | Finished |
| 3 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 4 | +4.764 s | 15 | Finished |
| 4 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 11 | +5.193 s | 12 | Finished |
| 5 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 3 | +22.943 s | 10 | Finished |
| 6 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 2 | +26.997 s | 8 | Finished |
| 7 | Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 7 | +44.199 s | 6 | Finished |
| 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 8 | +51.230 s | 4 | Finished |
| 9 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 10 | +52.857 s | 2 | Finished |
| 10 | Sergio Pérez | Force India | 12 | +1 Lap | 1 | +1 Lap |
| 11 | Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 16 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 12 | Carlos Sainz | Renault | 15 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 13 | Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 9 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 14 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 20 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 15 | Esteban Ocon | Force India | 18 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 16 | Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 14 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 17 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 17 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 18 | Lance Stroll | Williams | 19 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 19 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 13 | — | — | Overheating |
| 20 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 6 | — | — | Collision |
Tyres and strategy at the Brazilian Grand Prix 2018
Lewis Hamilton won with 1 pit stop(s): supersoft (laps 1-19), medium (laps 20-71). The top ten used 6 different strategies. Estimated degradation by compound (ms per lap lost by the tyre, fuel excluded): medium 29 ± 3, soft 18 ± 4.
- 1. Lewis Hamilton: supersoft (laps 1-19), medium (laps 20-71)
- 2. Max Verstappen: supersoft (laps 1-35), soft (laps 36-71)
- 3. Kimi Räikkönen: soft (laps 1-31), medium (laps 32-71)
- 4. Daniel Ricciardo: supersoft (laps 1-39), soft (laps 40-71)
- 5. Valtteri Bottas: supersoft (laps 1-18), medium (laps 19-59), soft (laps 60-71)
Data from FastF1; the degradation is an estimate from Formuradar's tyre analysis and the full lap-by-lap view is in the race analysis.