2018 Brazilian Grand Prix Results

Welcome to our coverage of the 2018 Brazilian Grand Prix. From here you will be able to find links to all our latest reports, pictures and results from Interlagos, Sao Paulo.

Session Reports

FP1: Verstappen narrowly faster than Vettel and Hamilton

FP2: Bottas and Mercedes take command in Brazil

FP3: Vettel puts himself in charge with new lap record!

Qualifying: Hamilton comes out on top in rain-hit Brazil qualifying

Race: Hamilton hangs on in Brazil as Mercedes takes team title

Photos

Gallery: All the pictures from Thursday at the Autodromo José Carlos Pace

Gallery: All the pictures from Friday in Brazil

Gallery: All the pictures from Saturday in Interlagos

Gallery: All the pictures from Sunday in Sao Paulo

Results

Free Practice 1 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:09.011s		16
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:09.060s	+ 0.049s	20
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:09.107s	+ 0.096s	28
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:09.395s	+ 0.384s	23
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:09.573s	+ 0.562s	28
6	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:09.679s	+ 0.668s	23
7	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:09.922s	+ 0.911s	28
8	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:10.236s	+ 1.225s	15
9	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:10.346s	+ 1.335s	28
10	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:10.361s	+ 1.350s	34
11	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:10.662s	+ 1.651s	34
12	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:10.679s	+ 1.668s	34
13	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	1:10.685s	+ 1.674s	29
14	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:10.799s	+ 1.788s	30
15	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:10.934s	+ 1.923s	30
16	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:11.013s	+ 2.002s	28
17	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:11.037s	+ 2.026s	30
18	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:11.176s	+ 2.165s	32
19	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:11.452s	+ 2.441s	23
20	Nicholas Latifi	Force India	1:11.493s	+ 2.482s	34

Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:08.846s		48
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:08.849s	+ 0.003s	43
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:08.919s	+ 0.073s	42
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:09.164s	+ 0.318s	44
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:09.339s	+ 0.493s	28
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:09.412s	+ 0.566s	42
7	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:09.769s	+ 0.923s	44
8	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:09.943s	+ 1.097s	44
9	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:10.007s	+ 1.161s	39
10	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:10.159s	+ 1.313s	45
11	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:10.320s	+ 1.474s	23
12	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:10.330s	+ 1.484s	44
13	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:10.332s	+ 1.486s	36
14	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:10.458s	+ 1.612s	48
15	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:10.532s	+ 1.686s	44
16	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:10.569s	+ 1.723s	46
17	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:10.596s	+ 1.750s	26
18	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:10.662s	+ 1.816s	44
19	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:10.734s	+ 1.888s	46
20	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:11.674s	+ 2.828s	6

Free Practice 3 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:07.948s		17
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:08.165s	+ 0.217s	15
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:08.465s	+ 0.517s	23
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:08.490s	+ 0.542s	17
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:08.733s	+ 0.785s	12
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:08.788s	+ 0.840s	12
7	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:09.146s	+ 1.198s	14
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:09.257s	+ 1.309s	16
9	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:09.402s	+ 1.454s	22
10	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:09.448s	+ 1.500s	21
11	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:09.461s	+ 1.513s	19
12	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:09.588s	+ 1.640s	18
13	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:09.808s	+ 1.860s	23
14	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:09.864s	+ 1.916s	17
15	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:09.885s	+ 1.937s	14
16	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:09.985s	+ 2.037s	18
17	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:10.001s	+ 2.053s	17
18	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:10.020s	+ 2.072s	15
19	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:10.116s	+ 2.168s	18
20	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:10.289s	+ 2.341s	16

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:08.464s	1:07.795s	1:07.281s
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:08.452s	1:07.776s	1:07.374s
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:08.492s	1:07.727s	1:07.441s
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:08.452s	1:08.028s	1:07.456s
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:08.205s	1:08.017s	1:07.778s
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:08.544s	1:08.055s	1:07.780s
7	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:08.754s	1:08.579s	1:08.296s
8	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:08.667s	1:08.335s	1:08.492s
9	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:08.735s	1:08.239s	1:08.517s
10	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:09.046s	1:08.616s	1:09.029s
11	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:08.474s	1:08.659s
12	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:09.217s	1:08.741s
13	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:09.264s	1:08.770s
14	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:09.009s	1:08.834s
15	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:09.259s	1:10.381s
16	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:09.269s
17	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:09.280s
18	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:09.402s
19	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:09.441s
20	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:09.601s

Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	71 laps - 1:27:09.066s	1
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+ 1.469s	1
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	+ 4.764s	1
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	+ 5.193s	1
5	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	+ 22.943s	2
6	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	+ 26.997s	2
7	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	+ 44.199s	1
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas	+ 51.230s	1
9	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+ 52.857s	1
10	Sergio Pérez	Force India	+ 1 lap	1
11	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	+ 1 lap	1
12	Carlos Sainz	Renault	+ 1 lap	2
13	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	+ 1 lap	1
14	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	+ 1 lap	1
15	Esteban Ocon	Force India	+ 1 lap	2
16	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	+ 2 laps	1
17	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	+ 2 laps	2
18	Lance Stroll	Williams	+ 2 laps	2
19	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	DNF	1
20	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	DNF	2

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