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2018 F1 Championship: When Was the Title Clinched?

Lewis Hamilton won the 2018 Drivers' Championship. Here is when each title was settled and who was knocked out along the way.

Lewis Hamilton clinched the 2018 Drivers' Championship at the Mexican Grand Prix (round 19 of 21), with 2 race weekends still to come.

Champion
Lewis Hamilton
Clinched at
Mexican Grand PrixRound 19 of 21
Race weekends left
2
Final points
40888 ahead of Sebastian Vettel

How the Lead Grew

The points between first and second after each race or sprint. The green marker is the weekend nobody could catch Lewis Hamilton.

Who Dropped Out, and When

A driver is out when no set of results in the races left could make them champion.

  1. Belgian Grand PrixRound 13
    Carlos Sainz, Pierre Gasly, Romain Grosjean, Charles Leclerc, Stoffel Vandoorne, Marcus Ericsson, Lance Stroll, Brendon Hartley and Sergey Sirotkin
  2. Italian Grand PrixRound 14
    Nico Hulkenberg, Kevin Magnussen, Sergio Perez, Esteban Ocon and Fernando Alonso
  3. Singapore Grand PrixRound 15
    Daniel Ricciardo
  4. Russian Grand PrixRound 16
    Max Verstappen
  5. Japanese Grand PrixRound 17
    Valtteri Bottas and Kimi Räikkönen
  6. Mexican Grand PrixRound 19
    Sebastian Vettel
  7. Mexican Grand Prix
    Lewis Hamilton is champion.

When did Lewis Hamilton clinch the 2018 Drivers' Championship?

Lewis Hamilton clinched the 2018 Drivers' Championship at the Mexican Grand Prix (round 19 of 21), with 2 race weekends still to come.

When did Mercedes clinch the 2018 Constructors' Championship?

Mercedes clinched the 2018 Constructors' Championship at the Brazilian Grand Prix (round 20 of 21), with 1 race weekend still to come.

When was the first driver eliminated from the 2018 title fight?

The first drivers who could no longer win the 2018 Drivers' Championship, even with everything going their way, were Carlos Sainz, Pierre Gasly, Romain Grosjean, Charles Leclerc, Stoffel Vandoorne, Marcus Ericsson, Lance Stroll, Brendon Hartley and Sergey Sirotkin, after the Belgian Grand Prix (round 13).

Who was the last driver to have a chance of beating Lewis Hamilton in 2018?

Sebastian Vettel stayed mathematically alive longest, until the Mexican Grand Prix (round 19).