2018 Australian Grand Prix
Date | Sunday, 25 March 2018 |
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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 | ![]() | Ferrari | 58 | 1hr 29m 33.283s | 25 |
2 | -1 | ![]() | Mercedes | 58 | +5.036s | 18 |
3 | -1 | ![]() | Ferrari | 58 | +6.309s | 15 |
4 | +4 | ![]() | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 58 | +7.069s | 12 |
5 | +5 | ![]() | McLaren-Renault | 58 | +27.886s | 10 |
6 | -2 | ![]() | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 58 | +28.945s | 8 |
7 | ![]() | Renault | 58 | +32.671s | 6 | |
8 | +7 | ![]() | Mercedes | 58 | +34.339s | 4 |
9 | +2 | ![]() | McLaren-Renault | 58 | +34.921s | 2 |
10 | -1 | ![]() | Renault | 58 | +45.722s | 1 |
11 | +1 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | 58 | +46.817s | |
12 | +2 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | 58 | +1m 00.278s | |
13 | +5 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | 58 | +1m 15.759s | |
14 | -1 | ![]() | Williams-Mercedes | 58 | +1m 18.288s | |
15 | +1 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Honda | 57 | +1 lap | |
R | ![]() | Haas-Ferrari | 24 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Haas-Ferrari | 22 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Honda | 13 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | 5 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Williams-Mercedes | 4 | DNF |
Starting grid
Pos | Driver | Constructor | |
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1 | ![]() | Mercedes | |
2 | ![]() | Ferrari | |
3 | ![]() | Ferrari | |
4 | ![]() | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | |
5 | ![]() | Haas-Ferrari | |
6 | ![]() | Haas-Ferrari | |
7 | ![]() | Renault | |
8 | -3 | ![]() | Red Bull-TAG Heuer |
9 | ![]() | Renault | |
10 | ![]() | McLaren-Renault | |
11 | ![]() | McLaren-Renault | |
12 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | |
13 | ![]() | Williams-Mercedes | |
14 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | |
15 | -5 | ![]() | Mercedes |
16 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Honda | |
17 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | |
18 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | |
19 | ![]() | Williams-Mercedes | |
20 | ![]() | 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.
Qualifying result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap |
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Q3 | ||||
1 | ![]() | Mercedes | 1:21.164 | |
2 | ![]() | Ferrari | 1:21.828 | 0.664 |
3 | ![]() | Ferrari | 1:21.838 | 0.674 |
4 | ![]() | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 1:21.879 | 0.715 |
5 | ![]() | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 1:22.152 | 0.988 |
6 | ![]() | Haas-Ferrari | 1:23.187 | 2.023 |
7 | ![]() | Haas-Ferrari | 1:23.339 | 2.175 |
8 | ![]() | Renault | 1:23.532 | 2.368 |
9 | ![]() | Renault | 1:23.577 | 2.413 |
10 | ![]() | Mercedes | – | |
Q2 | ||||
11 | ![]() | McLaren-Renault | 1:23.692 | |
12 | ![]() | McLaren-Renault | 1:23.853 | |
13 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | 1:24.005 | |
14 | ![]() | Williams-Mercedes | 1:24.230 | |
15 | ![]() | Force India-Mercedes | 1:24.786 | |
Q1 | ||||
16 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Honda | 1:24.532 | |
17 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:24.556 | |
18 | ![]() | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:24.636 | |
19 | ![]() | Williams-Mercedes | 1:24.922 | |
20 | ![]() | Toro Rosso-Honda | 1:25.295 |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-2018 Australian Grand Prix.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 25 |
2 | ![]() | 18 |
3 | ![]() | 15 |
4 | ![]() | 12 |
5 | ![]() | 10 |
6 | ![]() | 8 |
7 | ![]() | 6 |
8 | ![]() | 4 |
9 | ![]() | 2 |
10 | ![]() | 1 |
Constructor
Pos | Constructor | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 40 |
2 | ![]() | 22 |
3 | ![]() | 20 |
4 | ![]() | 12 |
5 | ![]() | 7 |
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