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

2018 Chinese Grand Prix

DateSunday, 15 April 2018
Winner
  • Australia flag lazyload Daniel Ricciardo
  • Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-TAG Heuer
Pole position
  • Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • Australia flag lazyload Daniel Ricciardo
  • Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-TAG Heuer
CircuitShanghai, 56 laps
Round3 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

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+5Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer561hr 35m 36.380s25
2+1Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasMercedes56+8.894s18
3-1Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari56+9.637s15
4 United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes56+16.985s12
5 Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer56+20.436s (10.000s)10
6+1Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergRenault56+21.052s8
7+6Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Renault56+30.639s6
8-7Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari56+35.286s4
9 Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzRenault56+35.763s2
10+1Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari56+39.594s1
11+1France flag lazyload Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes56+44.050s 
12-4Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes56+44.725s 
13+1Belgium flag lazyload Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Renault56+49.373s 
14+4Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes56+55.490s 
15+1Russia flag lazyload Sergey SirotkinWilliams-Mercedes56+58.241s 
16+4Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari56+1m 02.604s 
17-7France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari56+1m 05.296s 
18-1France flag lazyload Pierre GaslyToro Rosso-Honda56+1m 06.330s (10.000s) 
19 Monaco flag lazyload Charles LeclercSauber-Ferrari56+1m 22.575s 
20-5New Zealand flag lazyload Brendon HartleyToro Rosso-Honda51DNF 

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.

Starting grid

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

Notes

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari1:31.095 
2Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:31.1820.087
3Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasMercedes1:31.6250.530
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:31.6750.580
5Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:31.7960.701
6Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:31.9480.853
7Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergRenault1:32.5321.437
8Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes1:32.7581.663
9Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzRenault1:32.8191.724
10France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari1:32.8551.760
Q2
11Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari1:32.986 
12France flag lazyload Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes1:33.057 
13Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Renault1:33.232 
14Belgium flag lazyload Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Renault1:33.505 
15New Zealand flag lazyload Brendon HartleyToro Rosso-Honda1:33.795 
Q1
16Russia flag lazyload Sergey SirotkinWilliams-Mercedes1:34.062 
17France flag lazyload Pierre GaslyToro Rosso-Honda1:34.101 
18Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes1:34.285 
19Monaco flag lazyload Charles LeclercSauber-Ferrari1:34.454 
20Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari1:34.914 

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel54
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton45
3Finland flag lazyload Valtteri Bottas40
4Australia flag lazyload Daniel Ricciardo37
5Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen30
6Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso22
7Germany flag lazyload Nico Hulkenberg22
8Netherlands flag lazyload Max Verstappen18
9France flag lazyload Pierre Gasly12
10Denmark flag lazyload Kevin Magnussen11
11Belgium flag lazyload Stoffel Vandoorne6
12Spain flag lazyload Carlos Sainz3
13Sweden flag lazyload Marcus Ericsson2
14France flag lazyload Esteban Ocon1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Germany flag lazyload Mercedes85
2Italy flag lazyload Ferrari84
3Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-TAG Heuer55
4United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Renault28
5France flag lazyload Renault25
6Italy flag lazyload Toro Rosso-Honda12
7USA flag lazyload Haas-Ferrari11
8Switzerland flag Sauber-Ferrari2
9India flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes1

Statistics & milestones

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
Qualifying 1-2
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)

See also

  • Chinese Grand Prix
  • Shanghai circuit
  • 2018 World Championship season

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