Lap times 1st practice 2018 Brazilian F1 Grand Prix
Brazilian GP Pirelli F1/2018
Event: Brazilian Grand Prix
Track: Autodromo Interlagos
Weather: Partly clouded & dry
Air temp: 20.8ºC
Tarmac: Dry, 28.2ºC
Wind speed: 3.6 km/h
Humidity: 73.5%
Daniel Ricciardo was 5 minutes before the start of the practice waiting to go out as first. Red Bull has replaced the turbo (no. in his RB14 power unit which will give Ricciardo again a grid penalty for the race.
Furthermore there were again three race drivers that sat out FP1, to let other drivers get F1 experience. Those drivers are Antonio Giovinazzi (Sauber), Lando Norris (McLaren) and Nicholas Latifi (Force India).
Kimi Raikkonen was the first to complete a lap in his Ferrari and drove a 1.20.666 on Supersofts.
With 27 minutes to go Red Bull driver Max Verstappen set the quickest lap time to 1:09.011 min.
The quickest FP1 lap time of 2017 was 1:09.202 also driven on Supersofts by Lewis Hamilton in the Mercedes.
The top 3 quickest lap times were driven by drivers from 3 different teams and very close with only 0.096 sec. time difference.
See an overview of the used power unit elements in 2018.
Read our article on what to expect from the 2018 Brazilian F1 GP.
FP1 Lap Times 2018 Brazilian GP
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Lap Time | 1st Gap | Laps | Tyres |
| 1 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:09.011 | 16 | Super | |
| 2 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:09.060 | +0.049s | 20 | Super |
| 3 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:09.107 | +0.096s | 28 | Super |
| 4 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:09.395 | +0.384s | 23 | Super |
| 5 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:09.573 | +0.562s | 28 | Soft |
| 6 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:09.679 | +0.668s | 23 | Super |
| 7 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas | 1:09.922 | +0.911s | 28 | Super |
| 8 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 1:10.236 | +1.225s | 15 | Super |
| 9 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 1:10.346 | +1.335s | 28 | Super |
| 10 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:10.361 | +1.350s | 34 | Super |
| 11 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1:10.662 | +1.651s | 34 | Super |
| 12 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 1:10.679 | +1.668s | 34 | Super |
| 13 | 36 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Sauber | 1:10.685 | +1.674s | 29 | Super |
| 14 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:10.799 | +1.788s | 30 | Super |
| 15 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:10.934 | +1.923s | 30 | Soft |
| 16 | 47 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:11.013 | +2.002s | 28 | Soft |
| 17 | 35 | Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 1:11.037 | +2.026s | 30 | Super |
| 18 | 28 | Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 1:11.176 | +2.165s | 32 | Soft |
| 19 | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:11.452 | +2.441s | 23 | Medium |
| 20 | 34 | Nicolas Latifi | Force India | 1:11.493 | +2.482s | 34 | Super |
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