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2018 Austrian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitSpielberg, 71 laps
Round9 of 21
Race numbers

The 2018 Austrian Grand Prix was the:

  • 985th World Championship race
  • 31st World Championship Austrian Grand Prix
  • 12th World Championship race at Spielberg
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+3(NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer711hr 21m 56.024s25
2+1(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari71+1.504s18
3+3(DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari71+3.181s15
4+1(FRA) Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari70+1 lap12
5+3(DNK) Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari70+1 lap10
6+5(FRA) Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes70+1 lap8
7+8(MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes70+1 lap6
8PL(ESP) Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Renault70+1 lap4
9+8(MCO) Charles LeclercSauber-Ferrari70+1 lap2
10+8(SWE) Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari70+1 lap1
11+1(FRA) Pierre GaslyToro Rosso-Honda70+1 lap 
12-3(ESP) Carlos SainzRenault70+1 lap 
13+3(RUS) Sergey SirotkinWilliams-Mercedes69+2 laps 
14-1(CAN) Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes69+2 laps (10.000s) 
15-1(BEL) Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Renault65DNF 
R (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes62DNF 
R (NZL) Brendon HartleyToro Rosso-Honda54DNF 
R (AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer53DNF 
R (FIN) Valtteri BottasMercedes13DNF 
R (DEU) Nico HulkenbergRenault11DNF 

Notes

  • Lance Stroll received a 10-second time penalty for ignoring blue flags. He originally finished P13.
  • Stoffel Vandoorne ended lap 65 in P15 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 (FIN) Valtteri BottasMercedes
2 (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes
3 (FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari
4 (NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer
5 (FRA) Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari
6-3(DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari
7 (AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer
8 (DNK) Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari
9 (ESP) Carlos SainzRenault
10 (DEU) Nico HulkenbergRenault
11 (FRA) Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes
12 (FRA) Pierre GaslyToro Rosso-Honda
13 (CAN) Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes
14 (BEL) Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Renault
15 (MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes
16 (RUS) Sergey SirotkinWilliams-Mercedes
17-5(MCO) Charles LeclercSauber-Ferrari
18 (SWE) Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari
19 (NZL) Brendon HartleyToro Rosso-Honda
Started from the pit lane
  (ESP) Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Renault

Notes

  • Sebastian Vettel received a three-place grid penalty for impeding Carlos Sainz in Q2.
  • Charles Leclerc received a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.
  • Brendon Hartley was demoted to the back of the grid for use of additional power unit elements.
  • Fernando Alonso was required to start from the pit lane for changing front wing and use of new power unit elements.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(FIN) Valtteri BottasMercedes1:03.130 
2(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:03.1490.019
3(DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari1:03.4640.334
4(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:03.6600.530
5(NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:03.8400.710
6(FRA) Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari1:03.8920.762
7(AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:03.9960.866
8(DNK) Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari1:04.0510.921
9(ESP) Carlos SainzRenault1:04.7251.595
10(DEU) Nico HulkenbergRenault1:05.0191.889
Q2
11(FRA) Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes1:04.845 
12(FRA) Pierre GaslyToro Rosso-Honda1:04.874 
13(MCO) Charles LeclercSauber-Ferrari1:04.979 
14(ESP) Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Renault1:05.058 
15(CAN) Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes1:05.286 
Q1
16(BEL) Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Renault1:05.271 
17(MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes1:05.279 
18(RUS) Sergey SirotkinWilliams-Mercedes1:05.322 
19(NZL) Brendon HartleyToro Rosso-Honda1:05.366 
20(SWE) Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari1:05.479 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
(POL) Robert KubicaWilliams-Mercedes

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(DEU) Sebastian Vettel146
2(GBR) Lewis Hamilton145
3(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen101
4(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo96
5(NLD) Max Verstappen93
6(FIN) Valtteri Bottas92
7(DNK) Kevin Magnussen37
8(ESP) Fernando Alonso36
9(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg34
10(ESP) Carlos Sainz28
11(MEX) Sergio Perez23
12(FRA) Esteban Ocon19
13(FRA) Pierre Gasly18
14(MCO) Charles Leclerc13
15(FRA) Romain Grosjean12
16(BEL) Stoffel Vandoorne8
17(CAN) Lance Stroll4
18(SWE) Marcus Ericsson3
19(NZL) Brendon Hartley1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari247
2Mercedes237
3Red Bull-TAG Heuer189
4Renault62
5Haas-Ferrari49
6McLaren-Renault44
7Force India-Mercedes42
8Toro Rosso-Honda19
9Sauber-Ferrari16
10Williams-Mercedes4

Statistics & milestones

Milestone race start
350th for Renault (8th constructor to start 350 races)
200th for Force India (16th constructor to start 200 races)
50th for Haas (46th constructor to start 50 races)
Wins
4th for Max Verstappen
58th for Red Bull
Podiums
104th for Sebastian Vettel
96th for Kimi Raikkonen
15th for Max Verstappen
736th & 737th for Ferrari
154th for Red Bull
Poles
5th for Valtteri Bottas
92nd for Mercedes
1-2 start
54th for Mercedes
Fastest laps
46th and last for Kimi Raikkonen
245th for Ferrari
Front row starts
123rd for Lewis Hamilton
12th for Valtteri Bottas