 Kutaura zvazviri, Mercedes yakatambura muBrazil panguva yekukodzera, kunyange zvazvo Hamilton akakwanisa kusvetuka Vettel pakutanga kubva pachitatu uye akamhanya wechipiri kwechikamu chikuru chemakwikwi kumashure kwepolesitter Verstappen. NaToto Wolff akanga asipo pakupera kwevhiki kokutanga mubasa rake neMercedes, Mercedes neRed Bull vakatengesa matanho akati wandei, asi vakakundikana pedyo nekuguma pavakatora imwe nzvimbo yekumira iyo yakadonhedza Hamilton kune yechina panguva yekuchengetedza motokari mumutambo unotyisa. Akaita chiito chakasimba kurwisa Alexander Albon kuti awane nzvimbo yechipiri, akadonha naye, uye akadzoserwa kunzvimbo yechitatu mushure mekutadza kudarika Pierre Gasly muToro Rosso pamutsetse. Gare gare aizorangwa nevatariri vechikwata ichi nokuda kwekuderera kusvika pachinhanho chechinomwe, achipa Carlos Sainz pokutanga kwake uye McLaren yokutanga kubvira muna 2014. Bottas akasiya basa pakati pemakwikwi nekutadza kushanda kweyuniti yemagetsi, izvo zvaireva kuti Mercedes haina kuwana podium kubvira kuSingapore. 