2018 Brazilian Grand Prix

The 2018 Brazilian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Grande Prêmio Heineken do Brasil 2018) will be the twentieth race of the 2018 Formula One season, the forty-sixth time the Brazilian Grand Prix will be held on the Formula One calendar, and the thirty-sixth time it will be held at Autódromo José Carlos Pace. It will be held between 9 November and 11 November 2018.
In qualifying, Lewis Hamilton took his eighty-second pole position and ' one-hundredth pole, despite an incident with impeding Sergey Sirotkin during Q2 while they were on their out-laps. Sebastian Vettel joined him on the front row, and Valtteri Bottas qualified third on the grid.
In the race, Hamilton led early, but was overtaken by Max Verstappen. Verstappen looked to have the race in hand, before he collided with Esteban Ocon while trying to put Ocon a lap down. Verstappen recovered to run in second, but could never quite catch Hamilton, who won the race to secure Mercedes' fifth Constructors' title. Kimi Räikkönen drove a solid race to take third.
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==Background==
==Entry list==
No. 	Driver 	Entrant 	Constructor 	Chassis 	Engine 	Model 	Tyre
44 	Lewis Hamilton 	Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport	 	W09 EQ Power+ 	 	M09 EQ Power+ 	
77 	Valtteri Bottas 	Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport	 	W09 EQ Power+ 	 	M09 EQ Power+ 	
5 	Sebastian Vettel 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	SF71H 	 	062 EVO 	
7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	SF71H 	 	062 EVO 	
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	Aston Martin Red Bull Racing 	 	RB14 	 	TAG Heuer 	
33 	Max Verstappen 	Aston Martin Red Bull Racing 	 	RB14 	 	TAG Heuer 	
11 	Sergio Pérez 	Racing Point Force India F1 Team	 	VJM11 	 	M09 EQ Power+ 	
31 	Esteban Ocon 	Racing Point Force India F1 Team	 	VJM11 	 	M09 EQ Power+ 	
18 	Lance Stroll 	Williams Martini Racing 	 	FW41 	 	M09 EQ Power+ 	
35 	Sergey Sirotkin 	Williams Martini Racing 	 	FW41 	 	M09 EQ Power+ 	
27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	Renault Sport Formula One Team 	 	R.S.18 	 	R.E.18 	
55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	Renault Sport Formula One Team 	 	R.S.18 	 	R.E.18 	
28 	Brendon Hartley 	Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda 	 	STR13 	 	RA618H 	
10 	Pierre Gasly 	Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda 	 	STR13 	 	RA618H 	
8 	Romain Grosjean 	Haas F1 Team 	 	VF-18 	 	062 EVO 	
20 	Kevin Magnussen 	Haas F1 Team 	 	VF-18 	 	062 EVO 	
14 	Fernando Alonso 	McLaren F1 Team 	 	MCL33 	 	R.E.18 	
2 	Stoffel Vandoorne 	McLaren F1 Team 	 	MCL33 	 	R.E.18 	
9 	Marcus Ericsson 	Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team 	 	C37 	 	062 EVO 	
16 	Charles Leclerc 	Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team 	 	C37 	 	062 EVO 	
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34 	Nicholas Latifi 	Racing Point Force India F1 Team	 	VJM11 	 	M09 EQ Power+ 	
36 	Antonio Giovinazzi 	Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team 	 	C37 	 	062 EVO 	
47 	Lando Norris 	McLaren F1 Team 	 	MCL33 	 	R.E.18 	
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==Practice Overview==
===FP1===
===FP2===
===FP3===
===Practice Results===
No 	Driver 	Team 	FP1 	 	FP2 	 	FP3 	 	 	 	 	 	
No 	Driver 	Team 	Time 	Pos 	Time 	Pos 	Time 	Pos 	 	 	 	 	
2 	Stoffel Vandoorne 	 	1:11.452	19 	1:10.596	17 	1:10.289	20 	 	 	 	 	
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	1:09.395	4 	1:09.164	4 	1:08.788	6 	 	 	 	 	
5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	1:09.060	2 	1:08.919	3 	1:07.948	1 	 	 	 	 	
7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	1:09.573	5 	1:09.412	6 	1:08.490	4 	 	 	 	 	
8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	1:09.922	7 	1:09.769	7 	1:09.257	8 	 	 	 	 	
9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	 	1:10.532	15 	1:09.808	13 	 	 	 	 	 	
10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	1:10.934	15 	1:10.330	12 	1:09.402	9 	 	 	 	 	
11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	 	1:10.320	11 	1:10.116	19 	 	 	 	 	 	
14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	 	1:10.332	13 	1:10.020	18 	 	 	 	 	 	
16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	1:10.346	9 	1:09.943	8 	1:09.448	10 	 	 	 	 	
18 	Lance Stroll 	 	1:10.799	14 	1:10.662	18 	1:10.001	17 	 	 	 	 	
20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	1:10.236	8 	1:10.007	9 	1:09.146	7 	 	 	 	 	
27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	1:10.679	12 	1:11.674	20 	1:09.461	11 	 	 	 	 	
28 	Brendon Hartley 	 	1:11.176	18 	1:10.734	19 	1:09.985	16 	 	 	 	 	
31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	1:10.361	10 	1:10.159	10 	1:09.588	12 	 	 	 	 	
33 	Max Verstappen 	 	1:09.011	1 	1:09.339	5 	1:08.733	5 	 	 	 	 	
34 	Nicholas Latifi 	 	1:11.493	20 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
35 	Sergey Sirotkin 	 	1:11.037	17 	1:10.569	16 	1:09.885	15 	 	 	 	 	
36 	Antonio Giovinazzi	 	1:10.685	13 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	1:09.107	3 	1:08.849	2 	1:08.165	2 	 	 	 	 	
47 	Lando Norris 	 	1:11.013	16 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	1:10.662	11 	1:10.458	14 	1:09.864	14 	 	 	 	 	
77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	1:09.679	6 	1:08.846	1 	1:08.465	3 	 	 	 	 	
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==Qualifying==
===Q1===
===Q2===
===Q3===
===Qualifying Results===
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	 	Q1 	Q1 	 	Q2 	Q2 	 	Q3 	Q3 	Grid
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	 	Pos 	Time 	 	Pos 	Time 	 	Pos 	Time 	Grid
1 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	 	4 	1:08.464 	 	3 	1:07.795 	 	1 	1:07.281 	1
2 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	 	3 	1:08.452 	 	2 	1:07.776 	 	2 	1:07.374 	2
3 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	 	6 	1:08.492 	 	1 	1:07.727 	 	3 	1:07.441 	3
4 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	 	2 	1:08.452 	 	5 	1:08.028 	 	4 	1:07.456 	4
5 	33 	Max Verstappen 	 	 	1 	1:08.205 	 	4 	1:08.017 	 	5 	1:07.778 	5
6 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	 	7 	1:08.544 	 	6 	1:08.055 	 	6 	1:07.780 	11*
7 	9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	 	10 	1:08.754 	 	9 	1:08.579 	 	7 	1:08.296 	6
8 	16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	 	8 	1:08.667 	 	8 	1:08.335 	 	8 	1:08.492 	7
9 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	 	9 	1:08.735 	 	7 	1:08.239 	 	9 	1:08.517 	8
10 	10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	 	12 	1:09.046 	 	10 	1:08.616 	 	10 	1:09.029 	9
11 	20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	 	5 	1:08.474 	 	11 	1:08.659 	 	 	 	10
12 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	 	13 	1:09.217 	 	12 	1:08.741 	 	 	 	12
13 	31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	 	15 	1:09.264 	 	13 	1:08.770 	 	 	 	18†
14 	27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	 	11 	1:09.009 	 	14 	1:08.834 	 	 	 	13
15 	35 	Sergey Sirotkin 	 	 	14 	1:09.259 	 	15 	1:10.381 	 	 	 	14
16 	55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	 	16 	1:09.269 	 	 	 	 	 	 	15
17 	28 	Brendon Hartley 	 	 	17 	1:09.280 	 	 	 	 	 	 	16
18 	14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	 	18 	1:09.402 	 	 	 	 	 	 	17
19 	18 	Lance Stroll 	 	 	19 	1:09.441 	 	 	 	 	 	 	19
20 	2 	Stoffel Vandoorne 	 	 	20 	1:09.601 	 	 	 	 	 	 	20
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** Ricciardo was given a five-place grid penalty for using his sixth turbocharger.
*† Ocon was given a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.
===Grid===
* Note - Ricciardo penalised 5 places for use of additional power unit element. Ocon penalised 5 places for unscheduled gearbox change.
==Race==
===Report===
===Results===
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Constructor	Laps 	Time/Retired 	Grid 	Points
1 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	71 	1:27:09.066 	1 	25
2 	33 	Max Verstappen 	 	71 	+ 1.469 	5 	18
3 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	71 	+ 4.764 	4 	15
4 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	71 	+ 5.193 	11 	12
5 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	71 	+ 22.943 	3 	10
6 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	71 	+ 26.997 	2 	8
7 	16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	71 	+ 44.199 	7 	6
8 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	71 	+ 51.230 	8 	4
9 	20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	71 	+ 52.857 	10 	2
10 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	70 	+ 1 Lap 	12 	1
11 	28 	Brendon Hartley 	 	70 	+ 1 Lap 	16 	
12 	55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	 	70 	+ 1 Lap 	15 	
13 	10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	70 	+ 1 Lap 	9 	
14 	31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	70 	+ 1 Lap 	18 	
15 	2 	Stoffel Vandoorne	 	70 	+ 1 Lap* 	20 	
16 	35 	Sergey Sirotkin 	 	69 	+ 2 Laps 	14 	
17 	14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	69 	+ 2 Laps* 	17 	
18 	18 	Lance Stroll 	 	69 	+ 2 Laps 	19 	
Ret 	27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	34 	Motor unit 	13 	
Ret 	9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	20 	Collision damage	6 	
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* * Vandoorne and Alonso were each given a five-second time penalty for ignoring blue flags.
==Milestones==
* Pierre Gasly's 25th entry and start.
* ' 100th pole position and 5th Constructors' title.
==Standings==
 
Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts. 	+/-
1 	Lewis Hamilton 	383 	
2 	Sebastian Vettel 	302 	
3 	Kimi Räikkönen 	251 	
4 	Valtteri Bottas 	237 	
5 	Max Verstappen 	234 	
6 	Daniel Ricciardo 	158 	
7 	Nico Hülkenberg 	69 	
8 	Sergio Pérez 	58 	
9 	Kevin Magnussen 	55 	
10 	Fernando Alonso 	50 	
11 	Esteban Ocon 	49 	
12 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	45 	
13 	Romain Grosjean 	35 	
14 	Charles Leclerc 	33 	1
15 	Pierre Gasly 	29 	1
16 	Stoffel Vandoorne 	12 	
17 	Marcus Ericsson 	9 	
18 	Lance Stroll 	6 	
19 	Brendon Hartley 	4 	
20 	Sergey Sirotkin 	1 	
Constructors World Championship	Constructors World Championship	Constructors World Championship	Constructors World Championship
Pos. 	Team 	Pts. 	+/-
1 	 	620 	
2 	 	553 	
3 	 	392 	
4 	 	114 	
5 	 	90 	
6 	 	62 	
7 	 	48 	
8 	 	42 	
9 	 	33 	
10 	 	7 	
Only point scoring drivers are shown.
==Notes==
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