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Home / Seasons / 2018 F1 World Championship Season / 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

DateSunday, 25 November 2018
Winner
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
Fastest lap
  • Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
CircuitYas Marina, 55 laps
Round21 of 21
Race numbers

The 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was the

  • 997th World Championship race
  • 10th World Championship Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
  • 10th World Championship race at Yas Marina
More 2018 season
More Abu Dhabi Grands Prix
Next race2019 Australian Grand Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes551hr 39m 40.382s25
2+1Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari55+2.581s18
3+3Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer55+12.706s15
4+1Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer55+15.379s12
5-3Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasMercedes55+47.957s10
6+5Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzRenault55+1m 12.548s8
7+1Monaco flag lazyload Charles LeclercSauber-Ferrari55+1m 30.789s6
8+6Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes55+1m 31.275s4
9-2France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari54+1 lap2
10+3Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari54+1 lap1
11+4Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Renault54+1 lap (15.000s) 
12+4New Zealand flag lazyload Brendon HartleyToro Rosso-Honda54+1 lap 
13+7Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes54+1 lap 
14+4Belgium flag lazyload Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Renault54+1 lap 
15+4Russia flag lazyload Sergey SirotkinWilliams-Mercedes54+1 lap 
R France flag lazyload Pierre GaslyToro Rosso-Honda46DNF 
R France flag lazyload Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes44DNF 
R Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari24DNF 
R Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari6DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergRenault0DNF 

Notes

  • Fernando Alonso was given three five-second penalties for leaving the track and gaining an advantage. His final race position was unaffected.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes
2Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasMercedes
3Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari
4Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari
5Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer
6Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer
7France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari
8Monaco flag lazyload Charles LeclercSauber-Ferrari
9France flag lazyload Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes
10Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergRenault
11Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzRenault
12Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari
13Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari
14Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes
15Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Renault
16New Zealand flag lazyload Brendon HartleyToro Rosso-Honda
17France flag lazyload Pierre GaslyToro Rosso-Honda
18Belgium flag lazyload Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Renault
19Russia flag lazyload Sergey SirotkinWilliams-Mercedes
20Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:34.794 
2Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasMercedes1:34.9560.162
3Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari1:35.1250.331
4Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:35.3650.571
5Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:35.4010.607
6Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:35.5890.795
7France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari1:36.1921.398
8Monaco flag lazyload Charles LeclercSauber-Ferrari1:36.2371.443
9France flag lazyload Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes1:36.5401.746
10Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergRenault1:36.5421.748
Q2
11Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzRenault1:36.902 
12Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari1:37.132 
13Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari1:37.309 
14Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes1:37.541 
15Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Renault1:37.743 
Q1
16New Zealand flag lazyload Brendon HartleyToro Rosso-Honda1:37.994 
17France flag lazyload Pierre GaslyToro Rosso-Honda1:38.166 
18Belgium flag lazyload Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Renault1:38.577 
19Russia flag lazyload Sergey SirotkinWilliams-Mercedes1:38.635 
20Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes1:38.682 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
Italy flag lazyload Antonio GiovinazziSwitzerland flag Sauber-Ferrari
Poland flag lazyload Robert KubicaUnited Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Mercedes

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton408
2Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel320
3Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen251
4Netherlands flag lazyload Max Verstappen249
5Finland flag lazyload Valtteri Bottas247
6Australia flag lazyload Daniel Ricciardo170
7Germany flag lazyload Nico Hulkenberg69
8Mexico flag lazyload Sergio Perez62
9Denmark flag lazyload Kevin Magnussen56
10Spain flag lazyload Carlos Sainz53
11Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso50
12France flag lazyload Esteban Ocon49
13Monaco flag lazyload Charles Leclerc39
14France flag lazyload Romain Grosjean37
15France flag lazyload Pierre Gasly29
16Belgium flag lazyload Stoffel Vandoorne12
17Sweden flag lazyload Marcus Ericsson9
18Canada flag lazyload Lance Stroll6
19New Zealand flag lazyload Brendon Hartley4
20Russia flag lazyload Sergey Sirotkin1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Germany flag lazyload Mercedes655
2Italy flag lazyload Ferrari571
3Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-TAG Heuer419
4France flag lazyload Renault122
5USA flag lazyload Haas-Ferrari93
6United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Renault62
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes52
8Switzerland flag Sauber-Ferrari48
9Italy flag lazyload Toro Rosso-Honda33
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Mercedes7

Statistics & milestones

Last start
Marcus Ericsson, Brendon Hartley, Sergey Sirotkin, Stoffel Vandoorne
Force India, Sauber
Milestone race start
150th for Daniel Ricciardo (38th driver to start 150 races, 2nd Australian driver), 50th for Esteban Ocon (136th driver to start 50 races, 19th French driver)
Wins
73rd for Lewis Hamilton
87th for Mercedes
Podiums
134th for Lewis Hamilton, 111th for Sebastian Vettel, 22nd for Max Verstappen
751st for Ferrari, 179th for Mercedes, 161st for Red Bull
Poles
83rd for Lewis Hamilton
101st for Mercedes
Qualifying 1-2
58th for Mercedes
Fastest laps
36th for Sebastian Vettel
248th for Ferrari
Front row starts
132nd for Lewis Hamilton, 17th for Valtteri Bottas
Pole & win
47th for Lewis Hamilton

See also

  • Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
  • Yas Marina circuit
  • 2018 World Championship season

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