2018 Australian Grand Prix
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Circuit | Melbourne, 58 laps |
Round | 1 of 21 |
Race numbers | The 2018 Australian Grand Prix was the:
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Previous race | 2017 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix |
Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | +2 | (DEU) Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 58 | 1hr 29m 33.283s | 25 |
2 | -1 | (GBR) Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 58 | +5.036s | 18 |
3 | -1 | (FIN) Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 58 | +6.309s | 15 |
4 | +4 | (AUS) Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 58 | +7.069s | 12 |
5 | +5 | (ESP) Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Renault | 58 | +27.886s | 10 |
6 | -2 | (NLD) Max Verstappen | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 58 | +28.945s | 8 |
7 | (DEU) Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | 58 | +32.671s | 6 | |
8 | +7 | (FIN) Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 58 | +34.339s | 4 |
9 | +2 | (BEL) Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren-Renault | 58 | +34.921s | 2 |
10 | -1 | (ESP) Carlos Sainz | Renault | 58 | +45.722s | 1 |
11 | +1 | (MEX) Sergio Perez | Force India-Mercedes | 58 | +46.817s | |
12 | +2 | (FRA) Esteban Ocon | Force India-Mercedes | 58 | +1m 00.278s | |
13 | +5 | (MCO) Charles Leclerc | Sauber-Ferrari | 58 | +1m 15.759s | |
14 | -1 | (CAN) Lance Stroll | Williams-Mercedes | 58 | +1m 18.288s | |
15 | +1 | (NZL) Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso-Honda | 57 | +1 lap | |
R | (FRA) Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | 24 | DNF | ||
R | (DNK) Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 22 | DNF | ||
R | (FRA) Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso-Honda | 13 | DNF | ||
R | (SWE) Marcus Ericsson | Sauber-Ferrari | 5 | DNF | ||
R | (RUS) Sergey Sirotkin | Williams-Mercedes | 4 | DNF |
Starting grid
Pos | Driver | Constructor | |
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1 | (GBR) Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | |
2 | (FIN) Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | |
3 | (DEU) Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | |
4 | (NLD) Max Verstappen | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | |
5 | (DNK) Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | |
6 | (FRA) Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | |
7 | (DEU) Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | |
8 | -3 | (AUS) Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull-TAG Heuer |
9 | (ESP) Carlos Sainz | Renault | |
10 | (ESP) Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Renault | |
11 | (BEL) Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren-Renault | |
12 | (MEX) Sergio Perez | Force India-Mercedes | |
13 | (CAN) Lance Stroll | Williams-Mercedes | |
14 | (FRA) Esteban Ocon | Force India-Mercedes | |
15 | -5 | (FIN) Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes |
16 | (NZL) Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso-Honda | |
17 | (SWE) Marcus Ericsson | Sauber-Ferrari | |
18 | (MCO) Charles Leclerc | Sauber-Ferrari | |
19 | (RUS) Sergey Sirotkin | Williams-Mercedes | |
20 | (FRA) Pierre Gasly | Toro 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.
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-race.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | (DEU) Sebastian Vettel | 25 |
2 | (GBR) Lewis Hamilton | 18 |
3 | (FIN) Kimi Raikkonen | 15 |
4 | (AUS) Daniel Ricciardo | 12 |
5 | (ESP) Fernando Alonso | 10 |
6 | (NLD) Max Verstappen | 8 |
7 | (DEU) Nico Hulkenberg | 6 |
8 | (FIN) Valtteri Bottas | 4 |
9 | (BEL) Stoffel Vandoorne | 2 |
10 | (ESP) Carlos Sainz | 1 |
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