2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 29 April 2018
Winner	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Pole position	Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
Fastest lap	Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
Circuit	Baku, 51 laps
Round	4 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
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+1	(GBR) Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	51	1hr 43m 44.291s	25
2	+4	(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	51	+2.460s	18
3	+5	(MEX) Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	51	+4.024s	15
4	-3	(DEU) Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	51	+5.329s	12
5	+4	(ESP) Carlos Sainz	Renault	51	+7.515s	10
6	+7	(MCO) Charles Leclerc	Sauber-Ferrari	51	+9.158s	8
7	+5	(ESP) Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Renault	51	+10.931s	6
8	+2	(CAN) Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	51	+12.546s	4
9	+7	(BEL) Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Renault	51	+14.152s	2
10	+9	(NZL) Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso-Honda	51	+18.030s	1
11	+7	(SWE) Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	51	+18.512s
12	+5	(FRA) Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso-Honda	51	+24.720s
13	+2	(DNK) Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	51	+40.663s (10.000s)
14	-11	(FIN) Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	48	DNF
R		(FRA) Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	42	DNF
R		(NLD) Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	39	DNF
R		(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	39	DNF
R		(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	10	DNF
R		(FRA) Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	0	DNF
R		(RUS) Sergey Sirotkin	Williams-Mercedes	0	DNF

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.

Notes

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

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	(DEU) Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:41.498
2	(GBR) Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:41.677	0.179
3	(FIN) Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:41.837	0.339
4	(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:41.911	0.413
5	(NLD) Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:41.994	0.496
6	(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:42.490	0.992
7	(FRA) Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1:42.523	1.025
8	(MEX) Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1:42.547	1.049
9	(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1:43.066	1.568
10	(ESP) Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:43.351	1.853
Q2
11	(CAN) Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1:43.585
12	(RUS) Sergey Sirotkin	Williams-Mercedes	1:43.886
13	(ESP) Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Renault	1:44.019
14	(MCO) Charles Leclerc	Sauber-Ferrari	1:44.074
15	(DNK) Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:44.759
Q1
16	(BEL) Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Renault	1:44.489
17	(FRA) Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso-Honda	1:44.496
18	(SWE) Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:45.541
19	(NZL) Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso-Honda	1:57.354
20	(FRA) Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	–

How the championship standings stood post-race.

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)