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2018 Australian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
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
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2(DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari581hr 29m 33.283s25
2-1(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes58+5.036s18
3-1(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari58+6.309s15
4+4(AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer58+7.069s12
5+5(ESP) Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Renault58+27.886s10
6-2(NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer58+28.945s8
7 (DEU) Nico HulkenbergRenault58+32.671s6
8+7(FIN) Valtteri BottasMercedes58+34.339s4
9+2(BEL) Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Renault58+34.921s2
10-1(ESP) Carlos SainzRenault58+45.722s1
11+1(MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes58+46.817s 
12+2(FRA) Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes58+1m 00.278s 
13+5(MCO) Charles LeclercSauber-Ferrari58+1m 15.759s 
14-1(CAN) Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes58+1m 18.288s 
15+1(NZL) Brendon HartleyToro Rosso-Honda57+1 lap 
R (FRA) Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari24DNF 
R (DNK) Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari22DNF 
R (FRA) Pierre GaslyToro Rosso-Honda13DNF 
R (SWE) Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari5DNF 
R (RUS) Sergey SirotkinWilliams-Mercedes4DNF 

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes
2 (FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari
3 (DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari
4 (NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer
5 (DNK) Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari
6 (FRA) Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari
7 (DEU) Nico HulkenbergRenault
8-3(AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer
9 (ESP) Carlos SainzRenault
10 (ESP) Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Renault
11 (BEL) Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Renault
12 (MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes
13 (CAN) Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes
14 (FRA) Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes
15-5(FIN) Valtteri BottasMercedes
16 (NZL) Brendon HartleyToro Rosso-Honda
17 (SWE) Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari
18 (MCO) Charles LeclercSauber-Ferrari
19 (RUS) Sergey SirotkinWilliams-Mercedes
20 (FRA) 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
1(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:21.164 
2(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:21.8280.664
3(DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari1:21.8380.674
4(NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:21.8790.715
5(AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:22.1520.988
6(DNK) Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari1:23.1872.023
7(FRA) Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari1:23.3392.175
8(DEU) Nico HulkenbergRenault1:23.5322.368
9(ESP) Carlos SainzRenault1:23.5772.413
10(FIN) Valtteri BottasMercedes– 
Q2
11(ESP) Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Renault1:23.692 
12(BEL) Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Renault1:23.853 
13(MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes1:24.005 
14(CAN) Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes1:24.230 
15(FRA) Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes1:24.786 
Q1
16(NZL) Brendon HartleyToro Rosso-Honda1:24.532 
17(SWE) Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari1:24.556 
18(MCO) Charles LeclercSauber-Ferrari1:24.636 
19(RUS) Sergey SirotkinWilliams-Mercedes1:24.922 
20(FRA) Pierre GaslyToro Rosso-Honda1:25.295 

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(DEU) Sebastian Vettel25
2(GBR) Lewis Hamilton18
3(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen15
4(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo12
5(ESP) Fernando Alonso10
6(NLD) Max Verstappen8
7(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg6
8(FIN) Valtteri Bottas4
9(BEL) Stoffel Vandoorne2
10(ESP) Carlos Sainz1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari40
2Mercedes22
3Red Bull-TAG Heuer20
4McLaren-Renault12
5Renault7

Stats & 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