Lap times 1st practice 2018 US F1 Grand Prix
A part of Circuit of the Americas track that wet during FP1
Event: US F1 Grand Prix
Track: Circuit of The Americas
Weather: Clouded Rain, 16ºC
Tarmac: Wet, 17.4ºC
Wind speed: 2.9 km/h
Humidity: 95%
The first practice of the 2018 US F1 GP started off very wet. In this session we saw to replacement drivers again. Lando Norris again was driving the McLaren of Stoffel Vandoorne. Sean Galeal drove the Toro Rosso of Brandon Hartley.
Marcus Ericsson was the first to go out in his Sauber C37. He used the full wets but didn't set a lap time.
The first drivers who put a lap time on the sheet were the drivers of Red Bull.Daniel Ricciardo drove a 1:55.226 on intermediate tyres and Max Verstappen did a lap in 1:53.664 min on the same tyres.
Half way the session FP1 got red flagged because Charles Leclerc spun his Sauber and did some off-road. He lost a lot of gravel coming back on the Austin track that had to be removed.
With 20 minutes to go rain master Lewis Hamilton showed he is the one to beat again and drove 1.3 seconds faster than Bottas on a hot lap with the Mercedes W09 with intermediate tyres.
Here you can find an overview of the used power unit elements in 2018.
FP1 Lap Times 2018 US GP
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Lap Time | 1st Gap | Laps | Tyres |
| 1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:47.502 | 6 | Inters | |
| 2 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:48.806 | +1.304s | 7 | Inters |
| 3 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:48.847 | +1.345s | 9 | Inters |
| 4 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:49.326 | +1.824s | 9 | Inters |
| 5 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:49.489 | +1.987s | 18 | Inters |
| 6 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:49.928 | +2.426s | 20 | Inters |
| 7 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1:50.665 | +3.163s | 8 | Inters |
| 8 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas | 1:50.821 | +3.319s | 10 | Inters |
| 9 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 1:50.961 | +3.459s | 14 | Inters |
| 10 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:51.016 | +3.514s | 14 | Inters |
| 11 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:51.036 | +3.534s | 9 | Inters |
| 12 | 47 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:51.232 | +3.730s | 9 | Inters |
| 13 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:51.234 | +3.732s | 19 | Inters |
| 14 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:51.459 | +3.957s | 18 | Inters |
| 15 | 35 | Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 1:51.589 | +4.087s | 14 | Inters |
| 16 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 1:51.614 | +4.112s | 15 | Inters |
| 17 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:51.655 | +4.153s | 17 | Inters |
| 18 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 1:51.717 | +4.215s | 7 | Inters |
| 19 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:51.896 | +4.394s | 14 | Inters |
| 20 | 38 | Sean Gelael | Toro Rosso | 1:52.625 | +5.123s | 21 | Inters |
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