2018 Bahrain Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 8 April 2018
Winner	Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
Pole position	Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
Fastest lap	Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
Circuit	Sakhir, 57 laps
Round	2 of 21
Race numbers	The 2018 Bahrain Grand Prix was the: 978th World Championship race 14th World Championship Bahrain Grand Prix 14th World Championship race at Sakhir
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		(DEU) Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	57	1hr 32m 01.940s	25
2	+1	(FIN) Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	57	+0.699s	18
3	+6	(GBR) Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	57	+6.512s	15
4	+1	(FRA) Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso-Honda	57	+1m 02.234s	12
5	+1	(DNK) Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	57	+1m 15.046s	10
6	+1	(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	57	+1m 39.024s	8
7	+6	(ESP) Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Renault	56	+1 lap	6
8	+6	(BEL) Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Renault	56	+1 lap	4
9	+8	(SWE) Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	56	+1 lap	2
10	-2	(FRA) Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	56	+1 lap	1
11	-1	(ESP) Carlos Sainz	Renault	56	+1 lap
12	+7	(MCO) Charles Leclerc	Sauber-Ferrari	56	+1 lap
13	+3	(FRA) Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	56	+1 lap
14	+6	(CAN) Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	56	+1 lap
15	+3	(RUS) Sergey Sirotkin	Williams-Mercedes	56	+1 lap
16	-4	(MEX) Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	56	+1 lap (30.000s)
17	-6	(NZL) Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso-Honda	56	+1 lap (30.000s)
R		(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	35	DNF
R		(NLD) Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	3	DNF
R		(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1	DNF

Notes

Sergio Perez received a 30-second time penalty for passing on the formation lap. He originally finished P12.
Brendon Hartley received a 30-second time penalty for failing to retake his original starting position before reaching the safety car line on the formation lap. He originally finished P13.

Notes

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	(DEU) Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:27.958
2	(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:28.101	0.143
3	(FIN) Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:28.124	0.166
4	(GBR) Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:28.220	0.262
5	(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:28.398	0.440
6	(FRA) Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso-Honda	1:29.329	1.371
7	(DNK) Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:29.358	1.400
8	(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1:29.570	1.612
9	(FRA) Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1:29.874	1.916
10	(ESP) Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:29.986	2.028
Q2
11	(NZL) Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso-Honda	1:30.105
12	(MEX) Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1:30.156
13	(ESP) Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Renault	1:30.212
14	(BEL) Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Renault	1:30.525
15	(NLD) Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	–
Q1
16	(FRA) Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:30.530
17	(SWE) Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:31.063
18	(RUS) Sergey Sirotkin	Williams-Mercedes	1:31.414
19	(MCO) Charles Leclerc	Sauber-Ferrari	1:31.420
20	(CAN) Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1:31.503

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Milestone race start: 200th for Sebastian Vettel (18th driver to start 200 races, 3rd German driver)
Wins: 49th for Sebastian Vettel; 231st for Ferrari
Podiums: 119th for Lewis Hamilton; 101st for Sebastian Vettel; 23rd for Valtteri Bottas; 730th for Ferrari; 156th & 157th for Mercedes
Poles: 51st for Sebastian Vettel; 214th for Ferrari
1-2 start: 73rd for Ferrari
Fastest laps: 4th for Valtteri Bottas; 57th for Mercedes
Front row starts: 85th for Sebastian Vettel; 39th for Kimi Raikkonen
Points finishes: 1st for Pierre Gasly (336th different point scorer, 37th French driver)
Pole & win: 30th for Sebastian Vettel (3rd driver to win 30 races from pole, 2nd German driver)