2018 F1 World Championship Season

Season:	69th World Championship season
Drivers’ Champion:	Lewis Hamilton (5th title)
Constructors’ Champion:	Mercedes (5th title)
Reigning drivers’ champion:	Lewis Hamilton
Reigning constructors’ champion:	Mercedes
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
Other seasons:

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	08 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	Le Castellet	24 June	2018 French Grand Prix
9	Austria	Spielberg	01 July	2018 Austrian Grand Prix
10	Britain	Silverstone	08 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	02 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	07 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

Driver and constructor entries

Race drivers

Constructor	Driver	Round(s) entered
Ferrari	Kimi Raikkonen	All
Ferrari	Sebastian Vettel	All
Force India	Esteban Ocon	All
Force India	Sergio Perez	All
Haas	Romain Grosjean	All
Haas	Kevin Magnussen	All
McLaren	Fernando Alonso	All
McLaren	Stoffel Vandoorne	All
Mercedes	Valtteri Bottas	All
Mercedes	Lewis Hamilton	All
Red Bull	Daniel Ricciardo	All
Red Bull	Max Verstappen	All
Renault	Nico Hulkenberg	All
Renault	Carlos Sainz	All
Sauber	Marcus Ericsson	All
Sauber	Charles Leclerc	All
Toro Rosso	Pierre Gasly	All
Toro Rosso	Brendon Hartley	All
Williams	Sergey Sirotkin	All
Williams	Lance Stroll	All

Free practice drivers

Constructor	Driver	Round(s) entered
Force India	Nicholas Latifi	7, 11, 16, 18-20
McLaren	Lando Norris	13-14, 16-20
Renault	Artem Markelov	16
Sauber	Antonio Giovinazzi	11-12, 16, 19-21
Toro Rosso	Sean Gelael	18
Williams	Robert Kubica	5, 9, 21

Race winners

Highlight: Home driver/constructor

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	Le Castellet	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/constructor

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	Le Castellet	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/constructor

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	Le Castellet	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

Qualifying results

See: 2018 F1 World Championship Qualifying Statistics

World Drivers’ Championship standings

The top ten classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis: 1st (25), 2nd (18), 3rd (15), 4th (12), 5th (10), 6th (8), 7th (6), 8th (4), 9th (2), 10th (1)

Highlight: Rookie
Bold: pole position
Underline: fastest lap
Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap

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
No.	Driver	AUS	BHR	CHN	AZE	ESP	MCO	CAN	FRA	AUT	GBR	DEU	HUN	BEL	ITA	SGP	RUS	JPN	USA	MEX	BRA	ABU	Points

Race to the title

The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top six drivers of 2018.

World Constructors’ Championship standings

Bold: pole position
Underline: fastest lap
Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap

Pos	Constructor	AUS	BHR	CHN	AZE	ESP	MCO	CAN	FRA	AUT	GBR	DEU	HUN	BEL	ITA	SGP	RUS	JPN	USA	MEX	BRA	ABU	Points
1	Mercedes	2	2	2	1	1	3	2	1	R	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	3	4	1	1	655
1	Mercedes		Mercedes	8	3	4	14^R	2	5	5	7	R	4	2	5	4	3	4	2	2	5	5	655	5	5
2	Ferrari	1	1	3	2	4	2	1	3	2	1	3	2	1	2	3	3	5	1	2	3	2	571
2	Ferrari		Ferrari	3	R	8	4	R	4	6	5	3	3	R	3	R	4	5	4	6	4	3	571	6	R
3	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	4	R	1	R	3	1	3	2	1	5	4	4	3	5	2	5	3	2	1	2	3	419
3	Red Bull-TAG Heuer		Red Bull-Tag Heuer	6	R	5	R	5	9	4	4	R	15^R	R	R	R	R	6	6	4	R	R	419	4	4
4	Renault	7	6	6	5	7	8	7	8	12	6	5	9	11	8	8	12	10	6	6	12	6	122
4	Renault		Renault	10	11	9	R	R	10	8	9	R	R	12	12	R	13	10	17	R	7	R	122	R	R
5	Haas-Ferrari	R	5	10	13	6	13	12	6	4	9	6	7	7	16	15	8	8	R	15	8	9	93
5	Haas-Ferrari		Haas-Ferrari	R	13	17	R	R	15	13	11	5	R	11	10	8	DSQ	18	11	R	DSQ	16	93	9	10
6	McLaren-Renault	5	7	7	7	8	14	16	12	8	8	13	8	15	12	7	14	14	11	8	15	11	62
6	McLaren-Renault		McLaren-Renault	9	8	13	9	R	R	R	16^R	15^R	11	16^R	R	R	R	12	16	15	R	R	62	17	14
7	Force India-Mercedes													5	6	16	9	7	8	11	10	8	52
7	Force India-Mercedes		Force India-Mercedes													6	7	R	10	9	DSQ	R	52	14	R
8	Sauber-Ferrari	13	9	16	6	10	11	10	10	9	R	9	15	10	11	9	7	12	10	7	7	7	48
8	Sauber-Ferrari		Sauber-Ferrari	R	12	19	11	13	18^R	15	13	10	R	15	R	R	15	11	13	R	R	9	48	R	R
9	Toro Rosso-Honda	15	4	18	10	12	7	11	14	11	13	10	6	9	14	13	R	11	9	10	11	12	33
9	Toro Rosso-Honda		Toro Rosso-Honda	R	17	20^R	12	R	19^R	R	R	R	R	14	11	14	R	17	R	13	12	14	33	13	R
10	Williams-Mercedes	14	14	14	8	11	16	17	15	13	12	R	16	12	9	14	15	16	13	12	16	13	7
10	Williams-Mercedes		Williams-Mercedes	R	15	15	R	14	17	R	17^R	14	14	R	17	13	10	19	18	17	14	13	7	18	15
11	Force India-Mercedes	11	10	11	3	9	6	9	R	6	7	7	13										0 (59)
11	Force India-Mercedes		India-Mercedes	12	16	12	R	R	12	14	R	7	10	8	14								0 (59)
No.	Constructor	AUS	BHR	CHN	AZE	ESP	MCO	CAN	FRA	AUT	GBR	DEU	HUN	BEL	ITA	SGP	RUS	JPN	USA	MEX	BRA	ABU	Points

Notes

Force India were taken over by the Racing Point consortium prior to the Belgian Grand Prix. As a result the team were excluded from the championship and points the team had scored up to this point were voided. The drivers, Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon, kept their points, however. The team were re-entered into the championship as Racing Point Force India F1 team and were treated as a new entry.

Race to the title

The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five constructors of 2018.

Season statistics

See: 2018 F1 World Championship Season Statistics