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

2018 Italian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 2 September 2018
Winner
  • Lewis Hamilton
  • Mercedes
Pole position
  • Kimi Raikkonen
  • Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • Lewis Hamilton
  • Mercedes
CircuitMonza, 53 laps
Round14 of 21
Race numbers

The 2018 Italian Grand Prix was the:

  • 990th World Championship race
  • 69th World Championship Italian Grand Prix
  • 68th World Championship race at Monza
More 2018 season
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes531hr 16m 54.484s25
2-1(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari53+8.705s18
3+1(FIN) Valtteri BottasMercedes53+14.066s15
4-2(DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari53+16.151s12
5 (NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer53+18.208s (5.000s)10
DQ (FRA) Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari53+56.320s 
6+2(FRA) Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes53+57.761s8
7+7(MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes53+58.678s6
8-1(ESP) Carlos SainzRenault53+1m 18.140s4
9+1(CAN) Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes52+1 lap2
10+2(RUS) Sergey SirotkinWilliams-Mercedes52+1 lap1
11+4(MCO) Charles LeclercSauber-Ferrari52+1 lap 
12+5(BEL) Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Renault52+1 lap 
13+7(DEU) Nico HulkenbergRenault52+1 lap 
14-5(FRA) Pierre GaslyToro Rosso-Honda52+1 lap 
15+3(SWE) Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari52+1 lap 
16-5(DNK) Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari52+1 lap 
R (AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer23DNF 
R (ESP) Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Renault9DNF 
R (NZL) Brendon HartleyToro Rosso-Honda0DNF 

Notes

  • Max Verstappen received a five-second time penalty for causing a collision with Valtteri Bottas. He originally finished P3.
  • Romain Grosjean was disqualified post-race for technical infringements relating to the floor of his car.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 (FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari
2 (DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari
3 (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes
4 (FIN) Valtteri BottasMercedes
5 (NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer
6 (FRA) Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari
7 (ESP) Carlos SainzRenault
8 (FRA) Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes
9 (FRA) Pierre GaslyToro Rosso-Honda
10 (CAN) Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes
11 (DNK) Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari
12 (RUS) Sergey SirotkinWilliams-Mercedes
13 (ESP) Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Renault
14 (MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes
15 (MCO) Charles LeclercSauber-Ferrari
16 (NZL) Brendon HartleyToro Rosso-Honda
17 (BEL) Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Renault
18-10(SWE) Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari
19 (AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer
20-10(DEU) Nico HulkenbergRenault

Notes

  • Marcus Ericsson received a 10-place grid penalty for additional use of power unit elements.
  • Nico Hulkenberg received a 10-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Fernando Alonso in the previous race. He was also required to start from the back of the grid for use of additional power unit elements.
  • Daniel Ricciardo was required to start from the back of the grid for use of additional power unit elements.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:19.119 
2(DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari1:19.2800.161
3(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:19.2940.175
4(FIN) Valtteri BottasMercedes1:19.6560.537
5(NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:20.6151.496
6(FRA) Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari1:20.9361.817
7(ESP) Carlos SainzRenault1:21.0411.922
8(FRA) Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes1:21.0991.980
9(FRA) Pierre GaslyToro Rosso-Honda1:21.3502.231
10(CAN) Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes1:21.6272.508
Q2
11(DNK) Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari1:21.669 
12(RUS) Sergey SirotkinWilliams-Mercedes1:21.732 
13(ESP) Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Renault1:22.568 
14(DEU) Nico HulkenbergRenault– 
15(AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer– 
Q1
16(MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes1:21.888 
17(MCO) Charles LeclercSauber-Ferrari1:21.889 
18(NZL) Brendon HartleyToro Rosso-Honda1:21.934 
19(SWE) Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari1:22.048 
20(BEL) Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren-Renault1:22.085 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
(GBR) Lando NorrisMcLaren-Renault

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Lewis Hamilton256
2(DEU) Sebastian Vettel226
3(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen164
4(FIN) Valtteri Bottas159
5(NLD) Max Verstappen130
6(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo118
7(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg52
8(DNK) Kevin Magnussen49
9(MEX) Sergio Perez46
10(FRA) Esteban Ocon45
11(ESP) Fernando Alonso44
12(ESP) Carlos Sainz34
13(FRA) Pierre Gasly28
14(FRA) Romain Grosjean27
15(MCO) Charles Leclerc13
16(BEL) Stoffel Vandoorne8
17(CAN) Lance Stroll6
18(SWE) Marcus Ericsson6
19(NZL) Brendon Hartley2
20(RUS) Sergey Sirotkin1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Mercedes415
2Ferrari390
3Red Bull-TAG Heuer248
4Renault86
5Haas-Ferrari76
6McLaren-Renault52
7Force India-Mercedes32
8Toro Rosso-Honda30
9Sauber-Ferrari19
10Williams-Mercedes7

Stats & milestones

Wins
68th for Lewis Hamilton
82nd for Mercedes
Podiums
128th for Lewis Hamilton
100th for Kimi Raikkonen (5th driver to score 100 podiums, 1st Finnish driver)
28th for Valtteri Bottas
744th for Ferrari
170th & 171st for Mercedes
Poles
18th and last for Kimi Raikkonen
219th for Ferrari
1-2 start
75th for Ferrari
Fastest laps
40th for Lewis Hamilton (4th driver to set 40 fastest laps, 1st British driver)
62nd for Mercedes
Front row starts
93rd for Sebastian Vettel
41st for Kimi Raikkonen
Points finishes
50th for Max Verstappen
1st and only for Sergey Sirotkin (339th different point scorer, 3rd Russian driver)
Win & fastest lap
23rd for Lewis Hamilton

See also

  • Italian Grand Prix
  • Monza circuit
  • 2018 World Championship season

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