2018 World Championship Season

69th World Championship season

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Fact File

Drivers’ Champion:	Lewis Hamilton (5th title)
Constructors’ Champion:	Mercedes (5th title)
Races:	21
Winning drivers:	Lewis Hamilton (11) Sebastian Vettel (5) Daniel Ricciardo (2) Max Verstappen (2) Kimi Raikkonen (1)
Winning constructors:	Mercedes (11) Ferrari (6) Red Bull (4)
First-time winners (driver):	none
First-time winners (constructor):	none

2018 World Championship Grands Prix

Calendar

DT: Drivers’ title decider
CT: Constructors’ title decider

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Race Result
1	Australia	Melbourne	25 March	2018 Australian Grand Prix
2	Bahrain	Sakhir	8 April	2018 Bahrain Grand Prix
3	China	Shanghai	15 April	2018 Chinese Grand Prix
4	Azerbaijan	Baku	29 April	2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix
5	Spain	Catalunya	13 May	2018 Spanish Grand Prix
6	Monaco	Monte Carlo	27 May	2018 Monaco Grand Prix
7	Canada	Montreal	10 June	2018 Canadian Grand Prix
8	France	Paul Ricard	24 June	2018 French Grand Prix
9	Austria	Spielberg	1 July	2018 Austrian Grand Prix
10	Britain	Silverstone	8 July	2018 British Grand Prix
11	Germany	Hockenheim	22 July	2018 German Grand Prix
12	Hungary	Hungaroring	29 July	2018 Hungarian Grand Prix
13	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	26 August	2018 Belgian Grand Prix
14	Italy	Monza	2 September	2018 Italian Grand Prix
15	Singapore	Marina Bay	16 September	2018 Singapore Grand Prix
16	Russia	Sochi	30 September	2018 Russian Grand Prix
17	Japan	Suzuka	7 October	2018 Japanese Grand Prix
18	USA	Austin	21 October	2018 United States Grand Prix
19	Mexico DT	Mexico City	28 October	2018 Mexican Grand Prix
20	Brazil CT	Interlagos	11 November	2018 Brazilian Grand Prix
21	Abu Dhabi	Yas Marina	25 November	2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Race Winners

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Start	Win Margin
1	Australia	Melbourne	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	3	5.036s
2	Bahrain	Sakhir	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1	0.699s
3	China	Shanghai	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	6	8.894s
4	Azerbaijan	Baku	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2	2.460s
5	Spain	Catalunya	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	20.593s
6	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1	7.336s
7	Canada	Montreal	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1	7.376s
8	France	Paul Ricard	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	7.090s
9	Austria	Spielberg	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	4	1.504s
10	Britain	Silverstone	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	2	2.264s
11	Germany	Hockenheim	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	14	4.535s
12	Hungary	Hungaroring	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	17.123s
13	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	2	11.051s
14	Italy	Monza	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	3	8.705s
15	Singapore	Marina Bay	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	8.961s
16	Russia	Sochi	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2	2.545s
17	Japan	Suzuka	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	12.919s
18	USA	Austin	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	2	1.281s
19	Mexico	Mexico City	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	2	17.316s
20	Brazil	Interlagos	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	1.469s
21	Abu Dhabi	Yas Marina	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	2.581s

Polesitters

Highlight: Home driver polesitter

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Race	Pole Margin
1	Australia	Melbourne	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2	0.664s
2	Bahrain	Sakhir	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1	0.143s
3	China	Shanghai	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	8	0.087s
4	Azerbaijan	Baku	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	4	0.179s
5	Spain	Catalunya	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	0.040s
6	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1	0.229s
7	Canada	Montreal	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1	0.093s
8	France	Paul Ricard	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	0.118s
9	Austria	Spielberg	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	DNF	0.019s
10	Britain	Silverstone	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2	0.044s
11	Germany	Hockenheim	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	DNF	0.204s
12	Hungary	Hungaroring	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	0.260s
13	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2	0.726s
14	Italy	Monza	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	2	0.161s
15	Singapore	Marina Bay	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	0.319s
16	Russia	Sochi	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	2	0.145s
17	Japan	Suzuka	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	0.299s
18	USA	Austin	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	3	0.061s
19	Mexico	Mexico City	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	DNF	0.026s
20	Brazil	Interlagos	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	0.093s
21	Abu Dhabi	Yas Marina	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	0.162s

Fastest Laps

Highlight: Home driver fastest lap setter

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor
1	Australia	Melbourne	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer
2	Bahrain	Sakhir	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
3	China	Shanghai	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer
4	Azerbaijan	Baku	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
5	Spain	Catalunya	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer
6	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer
7	Canada	Montreal	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer
8	France	Paul Ricard	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
9	Austria	Spielberg	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari
10	Britain	Silverstone	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
11	Germany	Hockenheim	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
12	Hungary	Hungaroring	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer
13	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
14	Italy	Monza	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
15	Singapore	Marina Bay	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari
16	Russia	Sochi	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
17	Japan	Suzuka	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
18	USA	Austin	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
19	Mexico	Mexico City	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
20	Brazil	Interlagos	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
21	Abu Dhabi	Yas Marina	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari

2018 World Championship Standings

Driver

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	408
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	320	-88
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	251	-157
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	249	-159
5	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	247	-161
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	170	-238
7	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	69	-339
8	Sergio Perez	Force India	62	-346
9	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	56	-352
10	Carlos Sainz	Renault	53	-355
11	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	50	-358
12	Esteban Ocon	Force India	49	-359
13	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	39	-369
14	Romain Grosjean	Haas	37	-371
15	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	29	-379
16	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	12	-396
17	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	-399
18	Lance Stroll	Williams	6	-402
19	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	4	-404
20	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1	-407

Points scoring system used:

1st: 25 points
2nd: 18 points
3rd: 15 points
4th: 12 points
5th: 10 points
6th: 8 points
7th: 6 points
8th: 4 points
9th: 2 points
10th: 1 point

Every race counted towards the championship.

Constructor

Pos	Team	Points	Gap
1	Mercedes	655
2	Ferrari	571	-84
3	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	419	-236
4	Renault	122	-533
5	Haas-Ferrari	93	-562
6	McLaren-Renault	62	-593
7	Force India-Mercedes	52	-603
8	Sauber-Ferrari	48	-607
9	Toro Rosso-Honda	33	-622
10	Williams-Mercedes	7	-648
EX	Force India-Mercedes	0 (59)

Points scoring system used:

1st: 25 points
2nd: 18 points
3rd: 15 points
4th: 12 points
5th: 10 points
6th: 8 points
7th: 6 points
8th: 4 points
9th: 2 points
10th: 1 point

Constructors received points for each of their cars.
Every race counted towards the championship.

Qualifying Results Overview

Pos	Driver	AUS	BHR	CHN	AZE	ESP	MCO	CAN	FRA	AUT	GBR	DEU	HUN	BEL	ITA	SGP	RUS	JPN	USA	MEX	BRA	ABU	Avg.	Best
1	Lewis Hamilton	1	4	4	2	1	3	4	1	2	1	14	1	1	3	1	2	1	1	3	1	1	2.48	1
2	Sebastian Vettel	3	1	1	1	3	2	1	3	3	2	1	4	2	2	3	3	9	2	4	2	3	2.62	1
3	Valtteri Bottas	10	3	3	3	2	5	2	2	1	4	2	2	10	4	4	1	2	4	5	3	2	3.52	1
4	Kimi Raikkonen	2	2	2	6	4	4	5	6	4	3	3	3	6	1	5	4	4	3	6	4	4	3.86	1
5	Max Verstappen	4	15	5	5	5	20	3	4	5	5	4	7	7	5	2	11	3	15	2	5	6	6.57	2
6	Daniel Ricciardo	5	5	6	4	6	1	6	5	7	6	15	12	8	15	6	12	15	5	1	6	5	7.19	1
7	Esteban Ocon	15	9	12	7	13	6	8	11	11	10	16	18	3	8	9	6	8	6	11	13	9	9.95	3
8	Romain Grosjean	7	16	10	20	10	15	20	10	6	8	6	10	5	6	8	9	5	8	16	9	7	10.05	5
9	Carlos Sainz	9	10	9	10	9	8	9	7	9	16	8	5	16	7	12	14	13	11	8	16	11	10.33	5
10	Kevin Magnussen	6	7	11	15	7	19	11	9	8	7	5	9	9	11	16	5	12	12	18	11	13	10.52	5
11	Nico Hulkenberg	8	8	7	9	16	11	7	12	10	11	7	13	15	14	10	15	16	7	7	14	10	10.81	7
12	Sergio Perez	13	12	8	8	15	9	10	13	17	12	10	19	4	16	7	8	10	10	13	12	14	11.43	4
13	Charles Leclerc	18	19	19	14	14	14	13	8	13	9	9	17	13	17	13	7	11	9	9	8	8	12.48	7
14	Pierre Gasly	20	6	17	17	12	10	16	14	12	14	17	6	11	9	15	13	7	13	15	10	17	12.90	6
15	Fernando Alonso	11	13	13	13	8	7	14	16	14	13	11	11	17	13	11	17	18	16	12	18	15	13.38	7
16	Brendon Hartley	16	11	15	19	20	16	12	17	19	20	18	8	12	18	17	16	6	14	14	17	16	15.29	6
17	Marcus Ericsson	17	17	20	18	17	17	19	15	20	15	13	14	14	19	14	10	20	19	10	7	12	15.57	7
18	Stoffel Vandoorne	12	14	14	16	11	12	15	18	16	17	20	16	20	20	18	19	19	20	17	20	18	16.76	11
19	Sergey Sirotkin	19	18	16	12	18	13	18	19	18	18	12	20	18	12	19	18	17	17	20	15	19	16.95	12
20	Lance Stroll	14	20	18	11	19	18	17	20	15	19	19	15	19	10	20	20	14	18	19	19	20	17.33	10

Race Results Overview

Pos	Driver	AUS	BHR	CHN	AZE	ESP	MCO	CAN	FRA	AUT	GBR	DEU	HUN	BEL	ITA	SGP	RUS	JPN	USA	MEX	BRA	ABU	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	2	3	4	1	1	3	5	1	R	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	3	4	1	1	408
2	Sebastian Vettel	1	1	8	4	4	2	1	5	3	1	R	2	1	4	3	3	6	4	2	6	2	320
3	Kimi Raikkonen	3	R	3	2	R	4	6	3	2	3	3	3	R	2	5	4	5	1	3	3	R	251
4	Max Verstappen	6	R	5	R	3	9	3	2	1	15^R	4	R	3	5	2	5	3	2	1	2	3	249
5	Valtteri Bottas	8	2	2	14^R	2	5	2	7	R	4	2	5	4	3	4	2	2	5	5	5	5	247
6	Daniel Ricciardo	4	R	1	R	5	1	4	4	R	5	R	4	R	R	6	6	4	R	R	4	4	170
7	Nico Hulkenberg	7	6	6	R	R	8	7	9	R	6	5	12	R	13	10	12	R	6	6	R	R	69
8	Sergio Perez	11	16	12	3	9	12	14	R	7	10	7	14	5	7	16	10	7	8	R	10	8	62
9	Kevin Magnussen	R	5	10	13	6	13	13	6	5	9	11	7	8	16	18	8	R	DSQ	15	9	10	56
10	Carlos Sainz	10	11	9	5	7	10	8	8	12	R	12	9	11	8	8	17	10	7	R	12	6	53
11	Fernando Alonso	5	7	7	7	8	R	R	16^R	8	8	16^R	8	R	R	7	14	14	R	R	17	11	50
12	Esteban Ocon	12	10	11	R	R	6	9	R	6	7	8	13	6	6	R	9	9	DSQ	11	14	R	49
13	Charles Leclerc	13	12	19	6	10	18^R	10	10	9	R	15	R	R	11	9	7	R	R	7	7	7	39
14	Romain Grosjean	R	13	17	R	R	15	12	11	4	R	6	10	7	DSQ	15	11	8	R	16	8	9	37
15	Pierre Gasly	R	4	18	12	R	7	11	R	11	13	14	6	9	14	13	R	11	12	10	13	R	29
16	Stoffel Vandoorne	9	8	13	9	R	14	16	12	15^R	11	13	R	15	12	12	16	15	11	8	15	14	12
17	Marcus Ericsson	R	9	16	11	13	11	15	13	10	R	9	15	10	15	11	13	12	10	9	R	R	9
18	Lance Stroll	14	14	14	8	11	17	R	17^R	14	12	R	17	13	9	14	15	17	14	12	18	13	6
19	Brendon Hartley	15	17	20^R	10	12	19^R	R	14	R	R	10	11	14	R	17	R	13	9	14	11	12	4
20	Sergey Sirotkin	R	15	15	R	14	16	17	15	13	14	R	16	12	10	19	18	16	13	13	16	15	1

Race To The Title

The Race To The Title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season.

2018 World Championship Statistics

See: 2018 World Championship Statistics