2018 Season/Races

Russian Grand Prix

Round 16 · Sochi Autodrom, Sochi, Russia

2018-09-30

Winner: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

Race Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Time	Status	Pts
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2	▲1	1:27:25.181	Finished	25
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1	▼1	+2.545	Finished	18
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	3	—	+7.487	Finished	15
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	4	—	+16.543	Finished	12
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	19	▲14	+31.016	Finished	10
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	18	▲12	+1:20.451	Finished	8
7	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	7	—	+1:38.390	Finished	6
8	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	5	▼3	—	+1 Lap	4
9	Esteban Ocon	Force India	6	▼3	—	+1 Lap	2
10	Sergio Pérez	Force India	8	▼2	—	+1 Lap	1
11	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	9	▼2	—	+1 Lap	0
12	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	12	—	—	+1 Lap	0
13	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	10	▼3	—	+1 Lap	0
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	16	▲2	—	+1 Lap	0
15	Lance Stroll	Williams	14	▼1	—	+1 Lap	0
16	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	15	▼1	—	+2 Laps	0
17	Carlos Sainz	Renault	11	▼6	—	+2 Laps	0
18	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	13	▼5	—	+2 Laps	0
R	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	17	—	—	Brakes	0
R	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	20	—	—	Brakes	0

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:32.964	1:32.744	1:31.387
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:32.410	1:32.595	1:31.532
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:33.476	1:33.045	1:31.943
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:33.341	1:33.065	1:32.237
5	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:34.078	1:33.747	1:33.181
6	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:34.290	1:33.596	1:33.413
7	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:33.924	1:33.488	1:33.419
8	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:34.084	1:33.923	1:33.563
9	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	1:34.022	1:33.517	1:33.704
10	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:34.170	1:33.995	1:35.196
11	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:33.048	—	—
12	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:33.247	—	—
13	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:34.383	—	—
14	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:34.626	—	—
15	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:34.655	—	—
16	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:35.037	—	—
17	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:35.504	—	—
18	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:35.612	—	—
19	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:35.977	—	—
20	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:36.437	—	—

Pit Stop Strategy

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Lap 1

Lap 53

Position Changes

Lap Positions (Top 5)

Driver	L5	L10	L15	L20	L25	L30	L35	L40	L45	L50	Final
Hamilton	P2	P2	P5	P3	P2	P2	P2	P2	P1	P1	P1
Bottas	P1	P1	P3	P2	P3	P3	P3	P3	P2	P2	P2
Vettel	P3	P3	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P3	P3	P3
Räikkönen	P4	P4	P1	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5	P4	P4	P4
Verstappen	P7	P5	P2	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P5	P5	P5

Pit Stops

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time of Day	Duration
Brendon Hartley	1	3	14:18:54	29.418
Fernando Alonso	1	5	14:22:23	30.348
Lance Stroll	1	7	14:25:54	29.266
Romain Grosjean	1	8	14:27:27	30.469
Kevin Magnussen	1	9	14:28:59	29.904
Charles Leclerc	1	10	14:30:35	30.397
Esteban Ocon	1	10	14:30:40	30.642
Sergey Sirotkin	1	10	14:31:18	29.912
Marcus Ericsson	1	11	14:32:34	30.051
Stoffel Vandoorne	1	11	14:32:55	29.636
Valtteri Bottas	1	12	14:33:30	29.794
Sergio Pérez	1	12	14:34:04	29.924
Sebastian Vettel	1	13	14:35:13	29.798
Lewis Hamilton	1	14	14:36:51	29.551
Kimi Räikkönen	1	18	14:43:40	29.531
Carlos Sainz	1	32	15:08:28	30.021
Nico Hülkenberg	1	35	15:12:47	30.625
Marcus Ericsson	2	37	15:16:36	30.146
Daniel Ricciardo	1	39	15:18:49	37.446
Max Verstappen	1	43	15:24:48	29.370