2018 Russian Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 30 September 2018
Winner	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Pole position	Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
Fastest lap	Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
Circuit	Sochi, 53 laps
Round	16 of 21
Race numbers	The 2018 Russian Grand Prix was the: 992nd World Championship race 5th World Championship Russian Grand Prix 5th World Championship race at Sochi
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+1	(GBR) Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	53	1hr 27m 25.181s	25
2	-1	(FIN) Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	53	+2.545s	18
3		(DEU) Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	53	+7.487s	15
4		(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	53	+16.543s	12
5	+14	(NLD) Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	53	+31.016s	10
6	+12	(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	53	+1m 20.451s	8
7		(MCO) Charles Leclerc	Sauber-Ferrari	53	+1m 38.390s	6
8	-3	(DNK) Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	52	+1 lap	4
9	-3	(FRA) Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	52	+1 lap	2
10	-2	(MEX) Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	52	+1 lap	1
11	-2	(FRA) Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	52	+1 lap
12		(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	52	+1 lap
13	-3	(SWE) Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	52	+1 lap
14	+2	(ESP) Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Renault	52	+1 lap
15	-1	(CAN) Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	52	+1 lap
16	-1	(BEL) Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Renault	51	+2 laps
17	-6	(ESP) Carlos Sainz	Renault	51	+2 laps
18	-5	(RUS) Sergey Sirotkin	Williams-Mercedes	51	+2 laps
R		(FRA) Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso-Honda	4	DNF
R		(NZL) Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso-Honda	4	DNF

Notes

Stoffel Vandoorne and Daniel Ricciardo received five-place grid penalties for gearbox changes.
Max Verstappen received a three-place grid penalty for failing to slow for yellow flags in qualifying and a further five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.
Max Verstappen, Daniel Ricciardo, Pierre Gasly, Brendon Hartley, and Fernando Alonso were all required to start from the back of the grid for use of additional power unit elements.

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	(FIN) Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:31.387
2	(GBR) Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:31.532	0.145
3	(DEU) Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:31.943	0.556
4	(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:32.237	0.850
5	(DNK) Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:33.181	1.794
6	(FRA) Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1:33.413	2.026
7	(MCO) Charles Leclerc	Sauber-Ferrari	1:33.419	2.032
8	(MEX) Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1:33.563	2.176
9	(FRA) Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:33.704	2.317
10	(SWE) Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:35.196	3.809
Q2
11	(NLD) Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	–
12	(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	–
13	(FRA) Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso-Honda	–
14	(ESP) Carlos Sainz	Renault	–
15	(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	–
Q1
16	(NZL) Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso-Honda	1:35.037
17	(ESP) Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Renault	1:35.504
18	(RUS) Sergey Sirotkin	Williams-Mercedes	1:35.612
19	(BEL) Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Renault	1:35.977
20	(CAN) Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1:36.437

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Milestone race start: 150th for Sergio Perez (37th driver to start 150 races, 1st Mexican driver)
Wins: 70th for Lewis Hamilton (2nd driver to win 70 races, 1st British driver); 84th for Mercedes
Race 1-2: 43rd for Mercedes
Podiums: 130th for Lewis Hamilton (2nd driver to score 130 podiums, 1st British driver); 109th for Sebastian Vettel; 29th for Valtteri Bottas; 746th for Ferrari; 173rd & 174th for Mercedes
Poles: 6th for Valtteri Bottas; 97th for Mercedes
1-2 start: 56th for Mercedes
Fastest laps: 8th for Valtteri Bottas; 63rd for Mercedes
Front row starts: 128th for Lewis Hamilton; 15th for Valtteri Bottas
Points finishes: 200th for Kimi Raikkonen