Round 19 · 2018

Mexican Grand Prix

CircuitAutodromo Hermanos RodriguezLocationMexico city, MexicoDates26 Oct – 28 Oct 2018Final

WinnerVERRed Bull Racing · from P2

PoleRIC

Fastest lap1:18.741Bottas · L65

Most laps led63Verstappen

Biggest gain+10Gasly P20→P10

Retirements4of 20 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	2	+1	71	1:38:28.851	2	25
2	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	4	+2	71	+17.316	2	18
3	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	6	+3	71	+49.914	1	15
4	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	3	-1	71	+1:18.738	2	12
5	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	5	0	70	+1 lap FL	3	10
6	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Renault (2016–20)	7	+1	69	+2 laps	1	8
7	Charles Leclerc LEC	Sauber	9	+2	69	+2 laps	1	6
8	Stoffel Vandoorne VND	McLaren	15	+7	69	+2 laps	1	4
9	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	10	+1	69	+2 laps	1	2
10	Pierre Gasly GAS	Toro Rosso	20	+10	69	+2 laps	2	1
11	Esteban Ocon OCO	Force India	11	0	69	+2 laps	2
12	Lance Stroll STR	Williams	17	+5	69	+2 laps	2
13	Sergey Sirotkin SIR	Williams	19	+6	69	+2 laps	1
14	Brendon Hartley HAR	Toro Rosso	14	0	69	+2 laps	2
15	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	16	+1	69	+2 laps	1
16	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	18	+2	68	+3 laps	2
—	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	1		61	DNF · L61	1
—	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	13		38	DNF · L38	2
—	Carlos Sainz SAI	Renault (2016–20)	8		28	DNF · L28	1
—	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	12		3	DNF · L3	—

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	16
2	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	15
3	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	—	—	—	20
4	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	—	—	—	16
5	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	—	—	—	22
6	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	—	—	—	20
7	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Renault (2016–20)	—	—	—	18
8	Carlos Sainz SAI	Renault (2016–20)	—	—	—	18
9	Charles Leclerc LEC	Sauber	—	—	—	20
10	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	—	—	—	20
11	Esteban Ocon OCO	Force India	—	—	—	16
12	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	—	—	—	12
13	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	—	—	—	16
14	Brendon Hartley HAR	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	12
15	Pierre Gasly GAS	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	11
16	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	—	—	—	9
17	Stoffel Vandoorne VND	McLaren	—	—	—	6
18	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	—	—	—	9
19	Lance Stroll STR	Williams	—	—	—	5
20	Sergey Sirotkin SIR	Williams	—	—	—	6

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:16.284		9
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:16.538	+0.254	9
3	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:16.566	+0.282	11
4	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	1:17.028	+0.744	7
5	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1:17.045	+0.761	16
6	Charles Leclerc LEC	Sauber	1:17.059	+0.775	13
7	Carlos Sainz SAI	Renault (2016–20)	1:17.336	+1.052	11
8	Pierre Gasly GAS	Toro Rosso	1:17.525	+1.241	16
9	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	1:17.565	+1.281	14
10	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Renault (2016–20)	1:17.623	+1.339	10
11	Esteban Ocon OCO	Force India	1:17.731	+1.447	10
12	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	1:17.819	+1.535	10
13	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	1:18.145	+1.861	10
14	Stoffel Vandoorne VND	McLaren	1:18.445	+2.161	15
15	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	1:18.548	+2.264	11
16	Brendon Hartley HAR	Toro Rosso	1:18.637	+2.353	10
17	Sergey Sirotkin SIR	Williams	1:18.669	+2.385	9
18	Lance Stroll STR	Williams	1:18.698	+2.414	8
19	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	1:18.839	+2.555	5
20	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	—		1

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:16.720		21
2	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	1:16.873	+0.153	32
3	Carlos Sainz SAI	Renault (2016–20)	1:17.953	+1.233	35
4	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:17.954	+1.234	42
5	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Renault (2016–20)	1:18.046	+1.326	36
6	Brendon Hartley HAR	Toro Rosso	1:18.061	+1.341	35
7	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:18.100	+1.380	40
8	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1:18.133	+1.413	42
9	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	1:18.140	+1.420	40
10	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	1:18.167	+1.447	24
11	Esteban Ocon OCO	Force India	1:18.485	+1.765	24
12	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	1:18.733	+2.013	39
13	Charles Leclerc LEC	Sauber	1:19.024	+2.304	39
14	Pierre Gasly GAS	Toro Rosso	1:19.047	+2.327	36
15	Stoffel Vandoorne VND	McLaren	1:19.096	+2.376	30
16	Lance Stroll STR	Williams	1:19.219	+2.499	25
17	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	1:19.322	+2.602	41
18	Sergey Sirotkin SIR	Williams	1:19.335	+2.615	37
19	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	1:19.543	+2.823	31
20	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	1:19.670	+2.950	35

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:16.656		19
2	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	1:17.139	+0.483	19
3	Carlos Sainz SAI	Renault (2016–20)	1:17.926	+1.270	20
4	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Renault (2016–20)	1:18.028	+1.372	21
5	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:18.075	+1.419	23
6	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	1:18.322	+1.666	27
7	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:18.746	+2.090	17
8	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1:18.936	+2.280	22
9	Brendon Hartley HAR	Toro Rosso	1:19.024	+2.368	29
10	Nicholas Latifi LAT	Force India	1:19.078	+2.422	23
11	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	1:19.124	+2.468	29
12	Antonio Giovinazzi GIO	Sauber	1:19.134	+2.478	25
13	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	1:19.276	+2.620	26
14	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	1:19.312	+2.656	28
15	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	1:19.646	+2.990	23
16	Stoffel Vandoorne VND	McLaren	1:19.716	+3.060	29
17	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	1:19.853	+3.197	28
18	Sergey Sirotkin SIR	Williams	1:19.899	+3.243	30
19	Lance Stroll STR	Williams	1:20.142	+3.486	26
20	Pierre Gasly GAS	Toro Rosso	—		2

Session schedule

Practice 1Final26 Oct 2018 15:00 UTC

Practice 2Final26 Oct 2018 19:00 UTC

Practice 3Final27 Oct 2018 15:00 UTC

QualifyingFinal27 Oct 2018 18:00 UTC

Grand PrixFinal28 Oct 2018 19:00 UTC

Championship after round 19

Pos	Driver	Pts
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	358
2	Sebastian Vettel VET	294
3	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	236
4	Valtteri Bottas BOT	227
5	Max Verstappen VER	216
6	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	146
7	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	69
8	Sergio Pérez PER	57

Running totals from published race points.

Teammate qualifying gaps

Team	Ahead	Gap	Behind
Red Bull Racing	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	—	Max Verstappen VER
Mercedes	Lewis Hamilton HAM	—	Valtteri Bottas BOT
Ferrari	Sebastian Vettel VET	—	Kimi Raikkonen RAI
Renault (2016–20)	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	—	Carlos Sainz SAI
Sauber	Charles Leclerc LEC	—	Marcus Ericsson ERI
Force India	Esteban Ocon OCO	—	Sergio Pérez PER
McLaren	Fernando Alonso ALO	—	Stoffel Vandoorne VND
Toro Rosso	Brendon Hartley HAR	—	Pierre Gasly GAS
Haas	Romain Grosjean GRO	—	Kevin Magnussen MAG
Williams	Lance Stroll STR	—	Sergey Sirotkin SIR

Deepest knockout session both drivers set a time in.

Season	Event	Winner	Team	Grid
2017	Mexican Grand Prix	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	3
2016	Mexican Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1
2015	Mexican Grand Prix	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1
1992	Mexican Grand Prix	Nigel Mansell MNS	Williams	1
1991	Mexican Grand Prix	Riccardo Patrese PAC	Williams	1
1990	Mexican Grand Prix	Alain Prost PRO	Ferrari	13
1989	Mexican Grand Prix	Ayrton Senna SEY	McLaren	1
1988	Mexican Grand Prix	Alain Prost PRO	McLaren	2