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Home / Seasons / 2018 F1 World Championship Season / 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix

2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix

DateSunday, 29 April 2018
Winner
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
Pole position
  • Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • Finland flag lazyload Valtteri Bottas
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
CircuitBaku, 51 laps
Round4 of 21
Race numbers

The 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix was the

  • 980th World Championship race
  • 2nd World Championship Azerbaijan Grand Prix
  • 3rd World Championship race at Baku
More 2018 season
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes511hr 43m 44.291s25
2+4Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari51+2.460s18
3+5Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes51+4.024s15
4-3Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari51+5.329s12
5+4Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzRenault51+7.515s10
6+7Monaco flag lazyload Charles LeclercSauber-Ferrari51+9.158s8
7+5Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Renault51+10.931s6
8+2Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes51+12.546s4
9+7Belgium flag lazyload Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Renault51+14.152s2
10+9New Zealand flag lazyload Brendon HartleyToro Rosso-Honda51+18.030s1
11+7Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari51+18.512s 
12+5France flag lazyload Pierre GaslyToro Rosso-Honda51+24.720s 
13+2Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari51+40.663s (10.000s) 
14-11Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasMercedes48DNF 
R France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari42DNF 
R Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer39DNF 
R Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer39DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergRenault10DNF 
R France flag lazyload Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes0DNF 
R Russia flag lazyload Sergey SirotkinWilliams-Mercedes0DNF 

Notes

  • Kevin Magnussen received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision. His final race position was unaffected.
  • Valtteri Bottas ended lap 48 as the race leader before retiring from the following lap.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari
2 United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes
3 Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasMercedes
4 Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer
5 Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer
6 Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari
7 France flag lazyload Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes
8 Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes
9 Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzRenault
10 Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes
11 Russia flag lazyload Sergey SirotkinWilliams-Mercedes
12 Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Renault
13 Monaco flag lazyload Charles LeclercSauber-Ferrari
14-5Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergRenault
15 Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari
16 Belgium flag lazyload Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Renault
17 France flag lazyload Pierre GaslyToro Rosso-Honda
18 Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari
19 New Zealand flag lazyload Brendon HartleyToro Rosso-Honda
20-5France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari

Notes

  • Nico Hulkenberg and Romain Grosjean received five-place grid penalties for gearbox changes.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari1:41.498 
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:41.6770.179
3Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasMercedes1:41.8370.339
4Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:41.9110.413
5Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:41.9940.496
6Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:42.4900.992
7France flag lazyload Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes1:42.5231.025
8Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes1:42.5471.049
9Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergRenault1:43.0661.568
10Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzRenault1:43.3511.853
Q2
11Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes1:43.585 
12Russia flag lazyload Sergey SirotkinWilliams-Mercedes1:43.886 
13Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Renault1:44.019 
14Monaco flag lazyload Charles LeclercSauber-Ferrari1:44.074 
15Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari1:44.759 
Q1
16Belgium flag lazyload Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Renault1:44.489 
17France flag lazyload Pierre GaslyToro Rosso-Honda1:44.496 
18Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari1:45.541 
19New Zealand flag lazyload Brendon HartleyToro Rosso-Honda1:57.354 
20France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari– 

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton70
2Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel66
3Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen48
4Finland flag lazyload Valtteri Bottas40
5Australia flag lazyload Daniel Ricciardo37
6Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso28
7Germany flag lazyload Nico Hulkenberg22
8Netherlands flag lazyload Max Verstappen18
9Mexico flag lazyload Sergio Perez15
10Spain flag lazyload Carlos Sainz13
11France flag lazyload Pierre Gasly12
12Denmark flag lazyload Kevin Magnussen11
13Monaco flag lazyload Charles Leclerc8
14Belgium flag lazyload Stoffel Vandoorne8
15Canada flag lazyload Lance Stroll4
16Sweden flag lazyload Marcus Ericsson2
17France flag lazyload Esteban Ocon1
18New Zealand flag lazyload Brendon Hartley1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Italy flag lazyload Ferrari114
2Germany flag lazyload Mercedes110
3Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-TAG Heuer55
4United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Renault36
5France flag lazyload Renault35
6India flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes16
7Italy flag lazyload Toro Rosso-Honda13
8USA flag lazyload Haas-Ferrari11
9Switzerland flag Sauber-Ferrari10
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Mercedes4

Statistics & milestones

Wins
63rd for Lewis Hamilton
77th for Mercedes
Podiums
120th for Lewis Hamilton (1st driver to score 120 podiums, 1st British driver), 94th for Kimi Raikkonen, 8th for Sergio Perez (first podium since 2016 and last until 2020; last for Force India)
732nd for Ferrari, 159th for Mercedes, 6th and last for Force India
Poles
53rd for Sebastian Vettel
216th for Ferrari
Fastest laps
5th for Valtteri Bottas
58th for Mercedes
Front row starts
120th for Lewis Hamilton (1st driver to achieve 120 front row starts, 1st British driver), 87th for Sebastian Vettel
Points finishes
1st for Charles Leclerc (337th different point scorer, 2nd Monegasque driver), 1st for Brendon Hartley (338th different point scorer, 5th New Zealander driver)

See also

  • Azerbaijan Grand Prix
  • Baku circuit
  • 2018 World Championship season

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