2018 Australian Grand Prix – F1 Race Result

977th World Championship race, 34th World Championship Australian Grand Prix, 23rd World Championship race at Melbourne

Fact File

Date:	Sunday, 25 March 2018
Winner:	Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
Pole position:	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Fastest lap:	Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-TAG Heuer
Circuit:	Melbourne, 58 laps
Round:	1 of 21

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	58	1hr 29m 33.283s	25
2	-1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	58	+5.036s	18
3	-1	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	58	+6.309s	15
4	+4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	58	+7.069s	12
5	+5	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Renault	58	+27.886s	10
6	-2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	58	+28.945s	8
7		Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	58	+32.671s	6
8	+7	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	58	+34.339s	4
9	+2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Renault	58	+34.921s	2
10	-1	Carlos Sainz	Renault	58	+45.722s	1
11	+1	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	58	+46.817s
12	+2	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	58	+1m 00.278s
13	+5	Charles Leclerc	Sauber-Ferrari	58	+1m 15.759s
14	-1	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	58	+1m 18.288s
15	+1	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso-Honda	57	+1 lap
R		Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	24	DNF
R		Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	22	DNF
R		Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso-Honda	13	DNF
R		Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	5	DNF
R		Sergey Sirotkin	Williams-Mercedes	4	DNF

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Time
1		Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:21.164
2		Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:21.828
3		Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:21.838
4		Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:21.879
5		Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:23.187
6		Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:23.339
7		Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1:23.532
8	-3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:22.152
9		Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:23.577
10		Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Renault	1:23.692
11		Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Renault	1:23.853
12		Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1:24.005
13		Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1:24.230
14		Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1:24.786
15	-5	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	–
16		Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso-Honda	1:24.532
17		Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:24.556
18		Charles Leclerc	Sauber-Ferrari	1:24.636
19		Sergey Sirotkin	Williams-Mercedes	1:24.922
20		Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso-Honda	1:25.295

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.

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:21.164
2	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:21.828	0.664
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:21.838	0.674
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:21.879	0.715
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:22.152	0.988
6	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:23.187	2.023
7	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:23.339	2.175
8	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1:23.532	2.368
9	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:23.577	2.413
10	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	–
Q2
11	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Renault	1:23.692
12	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Renault	1:23.853
13	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1:24.005
14	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1:24.230
15	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1:24.786
Q1
16	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso-Honda	1:24.532
17	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:24.556
18	Charles Leclerc	Sauber-Ferrari	1:24.636
19	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams-Mercedes	1:24.922
20	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso-Honda	1:25.295

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Race debut: Driver: Charles Leclerc, Sergey Sirotkin
Wins: Driver: 48th for Sebastian Vettel; Constructor: 230th for Ferrari
Podiums: Driver: 118th for Lewis Hamilton, 100th for Sebastian Vettel, 92nd for Kimi Raikkonen; Constructor: 728th & 729th for Ferrari, 155th for Mercedes
Poles: Driver: 73rd for Lewis Hamilton; Constructor: 89th for Mercedes
Fastest laps: Driver: 10th for Daniel Ricciardo; Constructor: 55th for Red Bull
Front row starts: Driver: 119th for Lewis Hamilton, 38th for Kimi Raikkonen
Points finishes: Driver: 75th for Nico Hulkenberg