2018 Mexican Grand Prix
Max Verstappen wins the 2018 Mexican Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton clinches his fifth World Championship.
The 2018 Mexican Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Gran Premio de México 2018) was a Formula One motor race held on 28 October 2018 at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City. The race was the nineteenth round of the 2018 Formula One World Championship and marked the 20th running of the Mexican Grand Prix, and the 19th time that the race had been run as a World Championship event since the inaugural season in .
Quick Facts
- Event
- Formula 1 Mexican Grand Prix
- Circuit
- Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
- Date
- October 28, 2018
- Winner
- Max Verstappen
- Championship context
- Hamilton clinched title post-race
Lore & Background
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton entered the round with a 70-point lead over Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel in the World Drivers' Championship. Vettel's team-mate, Kimi Räikkönen, was in third, a further 55 points behind. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes held a lead of 66 points over Ferrari, with Red Bull Racing a further 160 points behind in third place. The race was won by Max Verstappen (his second win of the season), while Lewis Hamilton finished in fourth position, thereby taking his fifth Drivers' World Championship.
Reader's Guide
Qualifying: Daniel Ricciardo took pole position from teammate Verstappen and with Hamilton in third. This was Ricciardo's last pole position. Race: Max Verstappen won the race after taking the lead on lap 1, his teammate Ricciardo bogged down badly at the start. The two Ferraris of Vettel and Räikkönen completed the podium. Lewis Hamilton's fourth-place finish was enough for him to claim the World Drivers' Championship with two rounds to go. Pole sitter Ricciardo retired on lap 61, his eighth retirement of the year. Nico Hülkenberg finished a fine 6th place ahead of Charles Leclerc, while Stoffel Vandoorne equalled his best finish of the season in 8th place.
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