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2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
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
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes511hr 43m 44.291s25
2+4(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari51+2.460s18
3+5(MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes51+4.024s15
4-3(DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari51+5.329s12
5+4(ESP) Carlos SainzRenault51+7.515s10
6+7(MCO) Charles LeclercSauber-Ferrari51+9.158s8
7+5(ESP) Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Renault51+10.931s6
8+2(CAN) Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes51+12.546s4
9+7(BEL) Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Renault51+14.152s2
10+9(NZL) Brendon HartleyToro Rosso-Honda51+18.030s1
11+7(SWE) Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari51+18.512s 
12+5(FRA) Pierre GaslyToro Rosso-Honda51+24.720s 
13+2(DNK) Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari51+40.663s (10.000s) 
14-11(FIN) Valtteri BottasMercedes48DNF 
R (FRA) Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari42DNF 
R (NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer39DNF 
R (AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer39DNF 
R (DEU) Nico HulkenbergRenault10DNF 
R (FRA) Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes0DNF 
R (RUS) 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 (DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari
2 (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes
3 (FIN) Valtteri BottasMercedes
4 (AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer
5 (NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer
6 (FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari
7 (FRA) Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes
8 (MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes
9 (ESP) Carlos SainzRenault
10 (CAN) Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes
11 (RUS) Sergey SirotkinWilliams-Mercedes
12 (ESP) Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Renault
13 (MCO) Charles LeclercSauber-Ferrari
14-5(DEU) Nico HulkenbergRenault
15 (DNK) Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari
16 (BEL) Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Renault
17 (FRA) Pierre GaslyToro Rosso-Honda
18 (SWE) Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari
19 (NZL) Brendon HartleyToro Rosso-Honda
20-5(FRA) Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari

Notes

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari1:41.498 
2(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:41.6770.179
3(FIN) Valtteri BottasMercedes1:41.8370.339
4(AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:41.9110.413
5(NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:41.9940.496
6(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:42.4900.992
7(FRA) Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes1:42.5231.025
8(MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes1:42.5471.049
9(DEU) Nico HulkenbergRenault1:43.0661.568
10(ESP) Carlos SainzRenault1:43.3511.853
Q2
11(CAN) Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes1:43.585 
12(RUS) Sergey SirotkinWilliams-Mercedes1:43.886 
13(ESP) Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Renault1:44.019 
14(MCO) Charles LeclercSauber-Ferrari1:44.074 
15(DNK) Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari1:44.759 
Q1
16(BEL) Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Renault1:44.489 
17(FRA) Pierre GaslyToro Rosso-Honda1:44.496 
18(SWE) Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari1:45.541 
19(NZL) Brendon HartleyToro Rosso-Honda1:57.354 
20(FRA) Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari– 

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Lewis Hamilton70
2(DEU) Sebastian Vettel66
3(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen48
4(FIN) Valtteri Bottas40
5(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo37
6(ESP) Fernando Alonso28
7(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg22
8(NLD) Max Verstappen18
9(MEX) Sergio Perez15
10(ESP) Carlos Sainz13
11(FRA) Pierre Gasly12
12(DNK) Kevin Magnussen11
13(MCO) Charles Leclerc8
14(BEL) Stoffel Vandoorne8
15(CAN) Lance Stroll4
16(SWE) Marcus Ericsson2
17(FRA) Esteban Ocon1
18(NZL) Brendon Hartley1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari114
2Mercedes110
3Red Bull-TAG Heuer55
4McLaren-Renault36
5Renault35
6Force India-Mercedes16
7Toro Rosso-Honda13
8Haas-Ferrari11
9Sauber-Ferrari10
10Williams-Mercedes4

Stats & 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)