2018 United States Grand Prix
The 2018 United States Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Pirelli 2018 United States Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on October 21, 2018, at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, United States. The race was the 18th round of the 2018 Formula One World Championship and marked the 48th running of the United States Grand Prix, the 40th time that the race run as a World Championship event since the inaugural season in 1950, and the 7th time that a World Championship round was held at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.
| 2018 United States Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 18 of 21 in the 2018 Formula One World Championship
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Layout of the Circuit of the Americas | |||||
| Race details | |||||
| Date | October 21, 2018 | ||||
| Official name | Formula 1 Pirelli 2018 United States Grand Prix | ||||
| Location | Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas, United States | ||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
| Course length | 5.513 km (3.426 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 56 laps, 308.405 km (191.634 miles) | ||||
| Weather | Partly cloudy | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
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| Mercedes | |||
| Time | 1:32.237 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | |||
| Time | 1:37.392 on lap 40 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Ferrari | ||||
| Second |
| Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | |||
| Third |
| Mercedes | |||
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Lap leaders | |||||
The race was won by Kimi Räikkönen, who made a one-stop strategy work, achieving his first Grand Prix win since the 2013 Australian Grand Prix, breaking a record-setting 113-race winless streak. It was also his first for Ferrari since the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix and the first time that Ferrari had won at the Circuit of the Americas. This would also turn out to be the final victory of Räikkönen's F1 career.