2018 Chinese Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 15 April 2018
Winner	Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-TAG Heuer
Pole position	Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
Fastest lap	Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-TAG Heuer
Circuit	Shanghai, 56 laps
Round	3 of 21
Race numbers	The 2018 Chinese Grand Prix was the: 979th World Championship race 15th World Championship Chinese Grand Prix 15th World Championship race at Shanghai
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+5	(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	56	1hr 35m 36.380s	25
2	+1	(FIN) Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	56	+8.894s	18
3	-1	(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	56	+9.637s	15
4		(GBR) Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	56	+16.985s	12
5		(NLD) Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	56	+20.436s (10.000s)	10
6	+1	(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	56	+21.052s	8
7	+6	(ESP) Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Renault	56	+30.639s	6
8	-7	(DEU) Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	56	+35.286s	4
9		(ESP) Carlos Sainz	Renault	56	+35.763s	2
10	+1	(DNK) Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	56	+39.594s	1
11	+1	(FRA) Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	56	+44.050s
12	-4	(MEX) Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	56	+44.725s
13	+1	(BEL) Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Renault	56	+49.373s
14	+4	(CAN) Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	56	+55.490s
15	+1	(RUS) Sergey Sirotkin	Williams-Mercedes	56	+58.241s
16	+4	(SWE) Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	56	+1m 02.604s
17	-7	(FRA) Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	56	+1m 05.296s
18	-1	(FRA) Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso-Honda	56	+1m 06.330s (10.000s)
19		(MCO) Charles Leclerc	Sauber-Ferrari	56	+1m 22.575s
20	-5	(NZL) Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso-Honda	51	DNF

Notes

Max Verstappen received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision with Sebastian Vettel. He originally finished P4.
Pierre Gasly received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision with Brendon Hartley. He originally finished P15.
Brendon Hartley ended lap 51 in P20 before retiring on the following lap.

Notes

Marcus Ericsson received a five-place grid penalty for ignoring yellow flags in qualifying.

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	(DEU) Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:31.095
2	(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:31.182	0.087
3	(FIN) Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:31.625	0.530
4	(GBR) Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:31.675	0.580
5	(NLD) Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:31.796	0.701
6	(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:31.948	0.853
7	(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1:32.532	1.437
8	(MEX) Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1:32.758	1.663
9	(ESP) Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:32.819	1.724
10	(FRA) Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:32.855	1.760
Q2
11	(DNK) Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:32.986
12	(FRA) Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1:33.057
13	(ESP) Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Renault	1:33.232
14	(BEL) Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Renault	1:33.505
15	(NZL) Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso-Honda	1:33.795
Q1
16	(RUS) Sergey Sirotkin	Williams-Mercedes	1:34.062
17	(FRA) Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso-Honda	1:34.101
18	(CAN) Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1:34.285
19	(MCO) Charles Leclerc	Sauber-Ferrari	1:34.454
20	(SWE) Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:34.914

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Milestone race start: 100th for Valtteri Bottas (69th driver to start 100 races, 6th Finnish driver)
Wins: 6th for Daniel Ricciardo; 56th for Red Bull
Podiums: 93rd for Kimi Raikkonen; 28th for Daniel Ricciardo; 24th for Valtteri Bottas; 731st for Ferrari; 158th for Mercedes; 149th for Red Bull
Poles: 52nd for Sebastian Vettel; 215th for Ferrari
1-2 start: 74th for Ferrari
Fastest laps: 11th for Daniel Ricciardo; 56th for Red Bull
Front row starts: 86th for Sebastian Vettel; 40th for Kimi Raikkonen (14th driver to achieve 40 front row starts, 1st Finnish driver)
Points finishes: 175th for Lewis Hamilton
Win & fastest lap: 1st for Daniel Ricciardo (68th different driver to win and set the fastest lap, 4th Australian driver; last until 2021; first Australian driver to win and set the fastest lap since 2011 and last until 2021; only win and fastest lap for Red Bull)