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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#DriverCarLapsTime/gapDifferenceReason
144Lewis HamiltonMercedes711hr 27m 09.066s
233Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer711.4691.469
37Kimi RaikkonenFerrari714.7643.295
43Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer715.1930.429
577Valtteri BottasMercedes7122.94317.750
65Sebastian VettelFerrari7126.9974.054
716Charles LeclercSauber-Ferrari7144.19917.202
88Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari7151.2307.031
920Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari7152.8571.627
1011Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes701 lap1 lap
1128Brendon HartleyToro Rosso-Honda701 lap50.608
1255Carlos Sainz JnrRenault701 lap0.861
1310Pierre GaslyToro Rosso-Honda701 lap3.443
1431Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes701 lap2.853
152Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Renault701 lap3.681
1635Sergey SirotkinWilliams-Mercedes692 laps1 lap
1714Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Renault692 laps1.481
1818Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes692 laps16.715
Not classified
27Nico HulkenbergRenault3239 laps37 lapsPower unit
9Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari2051 laps12 lapsDamage

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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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