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Home / Seasons / 2018 F1 World Championship Season / 2018 Australian Grand Prix

2018 Australian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 25 March 2018
Winner
  • Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
Fastest lap
  • Australia flag lazyload Daniel Ricciardo
  • Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-TAG Heuer
CircuitMelbourne, 58 laps
Round1 of 21
Race numbers

The 2018 Australian Grand Prix was the

  • 977th World Championship race
  • 34th World Championship Australian Grand Prix
  • 23rd World Championship race at Melbourne
More 2018 season
More Australian Grands Prix
Previous race2017 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari581hr 29m 33.283s25
2-1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes58+5.036s18
3-1Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari58+6.309s15
4+4Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer58+7.069s12
5+5Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Renault58+27.886s10
6-2Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer58+28.945s8
7 Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergRenault58+32.671s6
8+7Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasMercedes58+34.339s4
9+2Belgium flag lazyload Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Renault58+34.921s2
10-1Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzRenault58+45.722s1
11+1Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes58+46.817s 
12+2France flag lazyload Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes58+1m 00.278s 
13+5Monaco flag lazyload Charles LeclercSauber-Ferrari58+1m 15.759s 
14-1Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes58+1m 18.288s 
15+1New Zealand flag lazyload Brendon HartleyToro Rosso-Honda57+1 lap 
R France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari24DNF 
R Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari22DNF 
R France flag lazyload Pierre GaslyToro Rosso-Honda13DNF 
R Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari5DNF 
R Russia flag lazyload Sergey SirotkinWilliams-Mercedes4DNF 

Starting grid

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

Notes

  • Daniel Ricciardo received a three-place grid penalty for speeding under red flag conditions in practice.
  • Valtteri Bottas received a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:21.164 
2Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:21.8280.664
3Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari1:21.8380.674
4Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:21.8790.715
5Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:22.1520.988
6Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari1:23.1872.023
7France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari1:23.3392.175
8Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergRenault1:23.5322.368
9Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzRenault1:23.5772.413
10Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasMercedes– 
Q2
11Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Renault1:23.692 
12Belgium flag lazyload Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Renault1:23.853 
13Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes1:24.005 
14Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes1:24.230 
15France flag lazyload Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes1:24.786 
Q1
16New Zealand flag lazyload Brendon HartleyToro Rosso-Honda1:24.532 
17Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari1:24.556 
18Monaco flag lazyload Charles LeclercSauber-Ferrari1:24.636 
19Russia flag lazyload Sergey SirotkinWilliams-Mercedes1:24.922 
20France flag lazyload Pierre GaslyToro Rosso-Honda1:25.295 

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-2018 Australian Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel25
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton18
3Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen15
4Australia flag lazyload Daniel Ricciardo12
5Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso10
6Netherlands flag lazyload Max Verstappen8
7Germany flag lazyload Nico Hulkenberg6
8Finland flag lazyload Valtteri Bottas4
9Belgium flag lazyload Stoffel Vandoorne2
10Spain flag lazyload Carlos Sainz1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Italy flag lazyload Ferrari40
2Germany flag lazyload Mercedes22
3Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-TAG Heuer20
4United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Renault12
5France flag lazyload Renault7

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Charles Leclerc (first Monegasque driver to start a race since 1994), Sergey Sirotkin
Milestone race start
950th for Ferrari (1st constructor to start 950 races)
Wins
48th for Sebastian Vettel
230th for Ferrari
Podiums
118th for Lewis Hamilton, 100th for Sebastian Vettel (4th driver to score 100 podiums, 2nd German driver), 92nd for Kimi Raikkonen
728th & 729th for Ferrari, 155th for Mercedes
Poles
73rd for Lewis Hamilton
89th for Mercedes
Fastest laps
10th for Daniel Ricciardo (34th driver to set ten fastest laps, 4th Australian driver)
55th for Red Bull
Front row starts
119th for Lewis Hamilton, 38th for Kimi Raikkonen
Points finishes
75th for Nico Hulkenberg

See also

  • Australian Grand Prix
  • Melbourne circuit
  • 2018 World Championship season

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