2018 Season/Races

Australian Grand Prix

Round 1 · Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia

2018-03-25

Winner: Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari)

Race Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Time	Status	Pts
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	3	▲2	1:29:33.283	Finished	25
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	▼1	+5.036	Finished	18
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	2	▼1	+6.309	Finished	15
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	8	▲4	+7.069	Finished	12
5	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	10	▲5	+27.886	Finished	10
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	4	▼2	+28.945	Finished	8
7	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	7	—	+32.671	Finished	6
8	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	15	▲7	+34.339	Finished	4
9	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	11	▲2	+34.921	Finished	2
10	Carlos Sainz	Renault	9	▼1	+45.722	Finished	1
11	Sergio Pérez	Force India	12	▲1	+46.817	Finished	0
12	Esteban Ocon	Force India	14	▲2	+1:00.278	Finished	0
13	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	18	▲5	+1:15.759	Finished	0
14	Lance Stroll	Williams	13	▼1	+1:18.288	Finished	0
15	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	16	▲1	—	+1 Lap	0
R	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	6	—	—	Wheel	0
R	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	5	—	—	Wheel	0
R	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	20	—	—	Engine	0
R	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	17	—	—	Steering	0
R	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	19	—	—	Brakes	0

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:22.824	1:22.051	1:21.164
2	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:23.096	1:22.507	1:21.828
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:23.348	1:21.944	1:21.838
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:23.483	1:22.416	1:21.879
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:23.494	1:22.897	1:22.152
6	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:23.909	1:23.300	1:23.187
7	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	1:23.671	1:23.468	1:23.339
8	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:23.782	1:23.544	1:23.532
9	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:23.529	1:23.061	1:23.577
10	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:23.686	1:22.089	—
11	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:23.597	1:23.692	—
12	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:24.073	1:23.853	—
13	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:24.344	1:24.005	—
14	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:24.464	1:24.230	—
15	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:24.503	1:24.786	—
16	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:24.532	—	—
17	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:24.556	—	—
18	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:24.636	—	—
19	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:24.922	—	—
20	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:25.295	—	—

Pit Stop Strategy

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Lap 1

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Position Changes

Lap Positions (Top 5)

Driver	L5	L10	L15	L20	L25	L30	L35	L40	L45	L50	L55	Final
Vettel	P3	P3	P3	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1
Hamilton	P1	P1	P1	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2
Räikkönen	P2	P2	P2	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3
Ricciardo	P7	P6	P6	P6	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4
Alonso	P10	P10	P10	P10	P5	P6	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5

Pit Stops

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time of Day	Duration
Brendon Hartley	1	1	16:15:04	22.213
Kimi Räikkönen	1	18	16:40:07	21.421
Lewis Hamilton	1	19	16:41:30	21.821
Charles Leclerc	1	20	16:44:03	22.242
Max Verstappen	1	21	16:45:06	20.953
Kevin Magnussen	1	22	16:46:31	21.983
Carlos Sainz	1	22	16:46:46	23.868
Brendon Hartley	2	22	16:47:37	22.296
Esteban Ocon	1	23	16:48:25	21.854
Romain Grosjean	1	24	16:49:31	23.054
Nico Hülkenberg	1	24	16:49:35	22.628
Sergio Pérez	1	24	16:49:51	22.327
Stoffel Vandoorne	1	25	16:51:17	22.474
Valtteri Bottas	1	25	16:51:21	21.664
Lance Stroll	1	25	16:51:46	25.504
Sebastian Vettel	1	26	16:52:19	21.787
Daniel Ricciardo	1	26	16:52:59	21.440
Fernando Alonso	1	26	16:53:09	22.573
Charles Leclerc	2	27	16:56:25	22.836
Lance Stroll	2	29	16:59:57	21.397