Race · Round 18 of 21 · 21 October 2018

2018 United States Grand Prix

Kimi Raikkonen won for Ferrari from 2nd on the grid at Circuit of The Americas. 6 of the starters were not classified.

Dry, with cloud · High of 21 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

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Circuit: Circuit of The AmericasAustin, Texas, United States of America
Winner: Kimi RaikkonenFerrari
Pole: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Entries: 2014 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	SF71H	2	56	Finished	25
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	RB14	18	56	Finished	18
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W09	1	56	Finished	15	fastest lap
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	SF71H	5	56	Finished	12
5	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	F1 W09	3	56	Finished	10
6	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	R.S.18	7	56	Finished	8
7	Carlos Sainz	Renault	R.S.18	11	56	Finished	6
8	Sergio Perez	Force India	VJM11	10	56	Finished	4
9	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR13	20	55	Finished	2
10	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	C37	16	55	Finished	1
11	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	MCL33	17	55	Finished	0
12	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR13	19	55	Finished	0
13	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	FW41	14	55	Finished	0
14	Lance Stroll	Williams	FW41	15	54	Finished	0
DSQ	Esteban Ocon	Force India	VJM11	6	56	Fuel	0
DSQ	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	VF-18	12	56	Fuel	0
DNF	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	C37	9	31	Collision damage	0
DNF	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	RB14	4	8	Battery	0
DNF	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	VF-18	8	2	Collision	0
DNF	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	MCL33	13	1	Collision	0

F1DB layout austin-1 · 5.513 km · 20 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Kimi Raikkonen	2	1	56
Max Verstappen	18	2	56
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	3	56
Sebastian Vettel	5	4	56
Valtteri Bottas	3	5	56
Nico Hulkenberg	7	6	56
Carlos Sainz	11	7	56
Sergio Perez	10	8	56
Brendon Hartley	20	9	55
Marcus Ericsson	16	10	55
Stoffel Vandoorne	17	11	55
Pierre Gasly	19	12	55
Sergey Sirotkin	14	13	55
Lance Stroll	15	14	54
Esteban Ocon	6	DSQ	56
Kevin Magnussen	12	DSQ	56
Charles Leclerc	9	DNF	31
Daniel Ricciardo	4	DNF	8
Romain Grosjean	8	DNF	2
Fernando Alonso	13	DNF	1

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:34.130	1:33.480	1:32.237	—	0 m	—
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:34.569	1:33.079	1:32.298	+0.061	4 m	+0.061
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:34.703	1:32.884	1:32.307	+0.070	4 m	+0.009
4	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:34.518	1:33.702	1:32.616	+0.379	23 m	+0.309
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:34.755	1:34.185	1:33.494	+1.257	75 m	+0.878
6	Esteban Ocon	Force India	31	1:34.876	1:34.522	1:34.145	+1.908	114 m	+0.651
7	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:34.932	1:34.564	1:34.215	+1.978	118 m	+0.070
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:34.892	1:34.419	1:34.250	+2.013	120 m	+0.035
9	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	16	1:35.069	1:34.255	1:34.420	+2.183	130 m	+0.170
10	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:35.193	1:34.525	1:34.594	+2.357	141 m	+0.174
11	Carlos Sainz	Renault	55	1:34.891	1:34.566	—	—	100 m	—
12	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:34.972	1:34.732	—	—	110 m	—
13	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso	10	1:34.850	—	—	—	42 m	—
14	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso	28	1:35.206	—	—	—	63 m	—
15	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:34.766	—	—	—	37 m	—
16	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:35.294	—	—	—	68 m	—
17	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	35	1:35.362	—	—	—	72 m	—
18	Lance Stroll	Williams	18	1:35.480	—	—	—	79 m	—
19	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:35.536	—	—	—	82 m	—
20	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	2	1:35.735	—	—	—	94 m	—

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year. Each driver is measured against the fastest lap of the last part they set a time in.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked at each stop. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Ticks and strip mark the lap, not cause, tyres or gain; the table gives times.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap	Pit-lane time (s)
Kimi Raikkonen	1	56	1	21	23.7
Max Verstappen	2	56	1	22	23.4
Sir Lewis Hamilton	3	56	2	11, 37	23.7, 23.9
Sebastian Vettel	4	56	1	26	24.4
Valtteri Bottas	5	56	1	23	23.5
Nico Hulkenberg	6	56	1	23	24.7
Carlos Sainz	7	56	1	24	29.3
Sergio Perez	8	56	1	25	25.7
Brendon Hartley	9	55	1	27	23.8
Marcus Ericsson	10	55	1	30	23.9
Stoffel Vandoorne	11	55	2	10, 40	24.1, 24.2
Pierre Gasly	12	55	2	10, 36	23.9, 24.2
Sergey Sirotkin	13	55	2	10, 29	23.7, 23.7
Lance Stroll	14	54	3	1, 5, 38	41.0, 18.6, 24.3
Esteban Ocon	DSQ	56	1	22	24.5
Kevin Magnussen	DSQ	56	1	30	23.7
Charles Leclerc	DNF	31	1	1	34.8
Daniel Ricciardo	DNF	8	0	None recorded	—
Romain Grosjean	DNF	2	1	1	35.1
Fernando Alonso	DNF	1	0	None recorded	—

A pit-lane time is all of a stop’s time in the pit lane, any wait or repair there included.

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Kimi Raikkonen	1 · 2	3 · 1	11 · 21	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Max Verstappen	2 · 18	1 · 2	21 · 22	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Valtteri Bottas	2 · 3	1 · 5	21 · 23	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Max Verstappen	1 · 18	3 · 2	11 · 22	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Swapped places
Stoffel Vandoorne · Max Verstappen	17 · 18	11 · 2	10 · 22	Stoffel Vandoorne	Swapped places
Max Verstappen · Pierre Gasly	18 · 19	2 · 12	22 · 10	Pierre Gasly	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Sebastian Vettel	1 · 5	3 · 4	11 · 26	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Sebastian Vettel	3 · 5	5 · 4	23 · 26	Valtteri Bottas	Swapped places
Valtteri Bottas · Nico Hulkenberg	3 · 7	5 · 6	23 · 23	Same lap	Kept their order
Nico Hulkenberg · Carlos Sainz	7 · 11	6 · 7	23 · 24	Nico Hulkenberg	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Carlos Sainz	10 · 11	8 · 7	25 · 24	Carlos Sainz	Swapped places
Sergio Perez · Brendon Hartley	10 · 20	8 · 9	25 · 27	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Marcus Ericsson · Brendon Hartley	16 · 20	10 · 9	30 · 27	Brendon Hartley	Swapped places
Pierre Gasly · Brendon Hartley	19 · 20	12 · 9	10 · 27	Pierre Gasly	Swapped places
Lance Stroll · Marcus Ericsson	15 · 16	14 · 10	1 · 30	Lance Stroll	Swapped places
Marcus Ericsson · Stoffel Vandoorne	16 · 17	10 · 11	30 · 10	Stoffel Vandoorne	Kept their order
Stoffel Vandoorne · Pierre Gasly	17 · 19	11 · 12	10 · 10	Same lap	Kept their order
Sergey Sirotkin · Pierre Gasly	14 · 19	13 · 12	10 · 10	Same lap	Swapped places
Sergey Sirotkin · Lance Stroll	14 · 15	13 · 14	10 · 1	Lance Stroll	Kept their order

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:47.502	—	0 m	—	6
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:48.806	+1.304	67 m	+1.304	7
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:48.847	+1.345	69 m	+0.041	9
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:49.326	+1.824	94 m	+0.479	9
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:49.489	+1.987	102 m	+0.163	18
6	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:49.928	+2.426	124 m	+0.439	20
7	Carlos Sainz	Renault	55	1:50.665	+3.163	162 m	+0.737	8
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:50.821	+3.319	170 m	+0.156	10
9	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	16	1:50.961	+3.459	177 m	+0.140	14
10	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:51.016	+3.514	180 m	+0.055	14
11	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:51.036	+3.534	181 m	+0.020	9
12	Lando Norris	McLaren	47	1:51.232	+3.730	191 m	+0.196	9
13	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso	10	1:51.234	+3.732	191 m	+0.002	19
14	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:51.459	+3.957	203 m	+0.225	18
15	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	35	1:51.589	+4.087	210 m	+0.130	14
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:51.614	+4.112	211 m	+0.025	15
17	Esteban Ocon	Force India	31	1:51.655	+4.153	213 m	+0.041	17
18	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:51.717	+4.215	216 m	+0.062	7
19	Lance Stroll	Williams	18	1:51.896	+4.394	225 m	+0.179	14
20	Sean Gelael (never started a Grand Prix)	Scuderia Toro Rosso	38	1:52.625	+5.123	263 m	+0.729	21

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing. † Drove in practice and never started a Grand Prix.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:48.716	—	0 m	—	3
2	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso	10	1:49.728	+1.012	51 m	+1.012	10
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:49.798	+1.082	55 m	+0.070	5
4	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:51.728	+3.012	153 m	+1.930	3
5	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:52.208	+3.492	177 m	+0.480	6
6	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso	28	1:52.505	+3.789	192 m	+0.297	19
7	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:53.070	+4.354	221 m	+0.565	9
8	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	2	1:53.354	+4.638	235 m	+0.284	10
9	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:53.443	+4.727	240 m	+0.089	7
10	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:53.912	+5.196	263 m	+0.469	8
11	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	16	1:54.101	+5.385	273 m	+0.189	9
12	Lance Stroll	Williams	18	1:54.637	+5.921	300 m	+0.536	5
13	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:54.963	+6.247	317 m	+0.326	6
14	Esteban Ocon	Force India	31	1:55.348	+6.632	336 m	+0.385	6
15	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	35	1:55.446	+6.730	341 m	+0.098	8
16	Carlos Sainz	Renault	55	—	—	—	—	2

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:33.797	—	0 m	—	20
2	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:33.843	+0.046	3 m	+0.046	21
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:33.870	+0.073	4 m	+0.027	23
4	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:34.556	+0.759	45 m	+0.686	21
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:34.703	+0.906	53 m	+0.147	21
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:34.910	+1.113	65 m	+0.207	20
7	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	16	1:35.365	+1.568	92 m	+0.455	21
8	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:35.411	+1.614	95 m	+0.046	21
9	Carlos Sainz	Renault	55	1:35.450	+1.653	97 m	+0.039	21
10	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:35.468	+1.671	98 m	+0.018	19
11	Esteban Ocon	Force India	31	1:35.562	+1.765	104 m	+0.094	22
12	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso	10	1:35.713	+1.916	113 m	+0.151	27
13	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:35.770	+1.973	116 m	+0.057	19
14	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:35.882	+2.085	123 m	+0.112	19
15	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:36.000	+2.203	129 m	+0.118	21
16	Lance Stroll	Williams	18	1:36.188	+2.391	141 m	+0.188	21
17	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	35	1:36.193	+2.396	141 m	+0.005	20
18	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	2	1:36.302	+2.505	147 m	+0.109	23
19	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso	28	1:36.330	+2.533	149 m	+0.028	26
20	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:36.332	+2.535	149 m	+0.002	20

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

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Where this comes from

Round: 18 of 2018
Grand Prix: United States Grand Prix
Dates: 21 Oct 2018
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Ferrari
Entrant: Ferrari
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.