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2018 Brazilian Grand Prix race result

2018 Brazilian Grand Prix

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Lewis Hamilton won the 2018 Brazilian Grand Prix for Mercedes ahead of Max Verstappen and Kimi Raikkonen.

Pos # Driver Car Laps Time/gap Difference Reason
1 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 71 1hr 27m 09.066s
2 33 Max Verstappen Red Bull-TAG Heuer 71 1.469 1.469
3 7 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 71 4.764 3.295
4 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-TAG Heuer 71 5.193 0.429
5 77 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 71 22.943 17.750
6 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 71 26.997 4.054
7 16 Charles Leclerc Sauber-Ferrari 71 44.199 17.202
8 8 Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 71 51.230 7.031
9 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 71 52.857 1.627
10 11 Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 70 1 lap 1 lap
11 28 Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso-Honda 70 1 lap 50.608
12 55 Carlos Sainz Jnr Renault 70 1 lap 0.861
13 10 Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso-Honda 70 1 lap 3.443
14 31 Esteban Ocon Force India-Mercedes 70 1 lap 2.853
15 2 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren-Renault 70 1 lap 3.681
16 35 Sergey Sirotkin Williams-Mercedes 69 2 laps 1 lap
17 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Renault 69 2 laps 1.481
18 18 Lance Stroll Williams-Mercedes 69 2 laps 16.715
Not classified
27 Nico Hulkenberg Renault 32 39 laps 37 laps Power unit
9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber-Ferrari 20 51 laps 12 laps Damage

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10 comments on “2018 Brazilian Grand Prix race result”

  1. Pat Ruadh (@fullcoursecaution)
    11th November 2018, 18:56

    Surprised the Haas didn’t switch at the end there for the sake of the best of the rest drivers battle

    1. Pat Ruadh (@fullcoursecaution)
      11th November 2018, 18:58

      At second glance Hulk has smashed it anyway

    2. @fullcoursecaution – given the temperament of the drivers, Mr. Steiner would have felt that riskier than Maldonado and Vettel going wheel to wheel. He smartly elected to safely collect the constructor points irrespective of which driver brought in more. Constructor points are money, after all :-)

      1. Pat Ruadh (@fullcoursecaution)
        11th November 2018, 19:03

        Haha very true @phylyp

  2. RebelAngelFloyd (@)
    11th November 2018, 18:58

    Update; Ocon will be driving a Mercedes SUV on his sabbatical.

  3. To me, this result proves why Mercedes need to look at other options for their second seat. Too often Bottas goes missing compared to Hamilton. He fell from second right back down the field and struggled for grip for the whole race. You could argue he played the perfect team game and held everyone (except Verstappen) back so that Hamilton could develop a gap; but to me he should be closer. It’s happened multiple times this year.

    A very good race by Leclerc and unlucky for Ericsson in the end. Some very questionable driving from Ocon, but I agree with Hamilton in that Verstappen had more to lose so perhaps should have been a little more careful.

    1. @ben-n – didn’t you see Ocon submitting his resume at the Senna esses? :-)

    2. Poor Ericsson can’t get a break. Felt really sorry for him from the moment he had the issue on the way to the grid.
      Really hope IndyCar works wonders for him.

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