2018 Brazilian Grand Prix

2018 Brazilian Grand Prix
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Layout of the Autódromo José Carlos Pace
Race details[1]
Date	11 November 2018 (2018-11-11)
Official name	Formula 1 Grande Prêmio Heineken do Brasil 2018
Location	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo, Brazil
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.309 km (2.677 miles)
Distance	71 laps, 305.879 km (190.064 miles)
Weather	Cloudy
Pole position
Driver	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time	1:07.281
Fastest lap
Driver	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
Time	1:10.540 on lap 65 (lap record)
Podium
First	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Second	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer
Third	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 2018 Brazilian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Grande Prêmio Heineken do Brasil 2018) was a Formula One motor race held on 11 November 2018 at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, Brazil. The race was the twentieth and penultimate round of the 2018 Formula One World Championship and marked the 47th running of the Brazilian Grand Prix and the 46th time that the race was run as a World Championship event since the inaugural event in 1973. Following Felipe Massa's retirement from Formula One at the end of the 2017 season, this marked the first Brazilian Grand Prix where no Brazilian driver took part.

The race was won by Lewis Hamilton from pole position. Hamilton's race win combined with teammate Valtteri Bottas finishing 5th meant that Mercedes were able to claim the Constructors' Championship for the 5th consecutive season.^[2] Kimi Räikkönen finished 3rd for Ferrari, taking his 103rd and final podium of his career as well as his final for the team.