Race Results 2018 Mexican F1 Grand Prix

Event:Mexican Grand Prix
Track: Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez

Weather:  Dry  18.5ºC
Tarmac: Dry, 33ºC
Wind speed: 2.5 km/h
Humidity: 56%

Max Verstappen won the 2018 Mexican F1 GP today. He won the 2018 Mexican Formula 1 Grand Prix for the second time in his career. It was his 5th formula 1 race win, his 2nd win of the 2018 season and the 59th F1 victory for Ferrari.

In this race Lewis Hamilton could win his 5th drivers title. He has to score at least 6 points to win it. To earn 6 points he has to finish 7th. It doesn't matter on what place Sebastian Vettel crosses the finish line.

At the start of the race we saw Daniel Ricciardo being passed by Lewis Hamilton who had a great start from P3. Max Verstappen started from P2 and also overtook Ricciardo and drove next to Lewis Hamilton to turn 1. Verstappen braked very late to get the lead.

In lap 5 it was Fernando Alonso who retired his car due to collision debris from Esteban Ocon's Force India. His front wing broke when Nico Hulkenberg hit it in turn 3 of lap 1 with his Renault. The retirement of Alonso caused a virtual safety car period for 2 laps.

Both Mercedes driver Hamilton & Bottas were the first to pit for Supersoft tyres in lap 12 of the race. Race leader Verstappen did his pit stop in lap 14 and also got Supersoft tyres.

Carlos Sainz was the second driver to retire. His Renault gearbox broke down in turn 13 of lap 31. The Spanish driver also caused the 2nd Virtual Safety car period of 2 laps.

Home Grand Prix driver Sergio Pérez also had to retire his Force India in lap 41 with a brake problem.

In lap 48 Vettel went in to the pit for new Ultrasofts and Hamilton to get a used set of Ultrasofts. Hamilton returned to the track as fifth. One lap later race leader Verstappen got a new set of Supersoft tyres and didn't lost the lead.

Daniel Ricciardo who drove a strong race on P2 again had to retire the Red Bull RB14 with a Renault power unit failure in lap 62.

 

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F1 classification 2018 Mexican GP

P	No	Driver	Team	Time	Laps	Grid	Pts
1	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	01:38:28.851	71	2	25
2	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	01:38:46.167	71	4	18
3	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	01:39:18.765	71	6	15
4	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	01:39:47.589	71	3	12
5	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	01:38:41.450	70	5	10
6	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	01:38:48.778	70	7	8
7	16	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	01:39:00.342	70	9	6
8	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	01:39:21.165	70	15	4
9	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	01:39:31.895	70	10	2
10	10	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	01:39:33.082	70	20	1
11	31	Esteban Ocon	Racing Point	01:39:37.622	70	11	0
12	18	Lance Stroll	Williams	01:39:41.642	70	17	0
13	35	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	01:39:44.396	70	19	0
14	28	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	01:39:40.821	70	14	0
15	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	01:39:51.723	70	16	0
16	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas	01:38:31.062	70	18	0
DNF	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	Hydraulics	61	1	0
DNF	11	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	Brakes	40	13	0
DNF	55	Carlos Sainz	Renault	Battery	30	8	0
DNF	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	Water pressure	5	12	0

penalties:

• 5 seconds - Brendon Hartley (Toro Rosso) for causing a collision with Esteban Ocon (Force India).

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Fastest lap: 1:18.741 min by Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes W09) in lap 65 @1796.776 km/h
Highest speed: 364.9 km/h by Esteban Ocon (Force India VJM10)

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