2018 Formula One World Championship 2018 Mexican Grand Prix, with the team securing its fifth consecutive title at the following race. Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel finished runner-up, 88 points behind Hamilton, with his teammate Kimi Räikkönen finishing third. In the Constructors' Championship, Mercedes finished 84 points ahead of Ferrari, with Red Bull Racing third. The following teams and drivers participated in the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Pirelli. For the first time in Formula One history, all regular drivers competed in all races. No replacement drivers competed during any race weekend, with the exception of free practice
Sebastian Vettel third, Vettel went into the final race of the season with a 15-point deficit to Alonso, and a 7-point gap to Webber. With the 1–2 finish in Brazil, Vettel and Webber secured Red Bull Racing's first Formula One World Constructors' Championship. He won the from pole again, to take the Drivers' Championship lead for the first time in his career and became the youngest world champion in the sport's history. Following John Surtees in the season and James Hunt in , this was also only the third time in Formula One history when the World Champion had not been championship