
Australian Grand Prix 2018
25 March 2018
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Australia
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Laps
- 58
- Fastest time
1:24.125
Michael Schumacher, Ferrari (2004)- Previous winners
- 2019Valtteri BottasMercedes
- 2017Sebastian VettelFerrari
- 2016Nico RosbergMercedes
- 2015Lewis HamiltonMercedes
- 2014Nico RosbergMercedes
Previously
Lewis Hamilton won last year's drivers championship.
Mercedes won last year's constructors championship.
Starting Grid
- 1
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
1:21.164 (Q3)
- 2
Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari
1:21.828 (Q3)
- 3
Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari
1:21.838 (Q3)
- 4
Max Verstappen
Red Bull
1:21.879 (Q3)
- 5
Kevin Magnussen
Haas F1 Team
1:23.187 (Q3)
- 6
Romain Grosjean
Haas F1 Team
1:23.339 (Q3)
- 7
Nico Hülkenberg
Renault
1:23.532 (Q3)
- 8
Daniel Ricciardo
Red Bull
1:22.152 (Q3) PEN 3 places
- 9
Carlos Sainz
Renault
1:23.577 (Q3)
- 10
Fernando Alonso
McLaren
1:23.692 (Q2)
- 11
Stoffel Vandoorne
McLaren
1:23.853 (Q2)
- 12
Sergio Pérez
Force India
1:24.005 (Q2)
- 13
Lance Stroll
Williams
1:24.230 (Q2)
- 14
Esteban Ocon
Force India
1:24.786 (Q2)
- 15
Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes
1:22.089 (Q2) PEN 5 places
- 16
Brendon Hartley
Toro Rosso
1:24.532 (Q1)
- 17
Marcus Ericsson
Sauber
1:24.556 (Q1)
- 18
Charles Leclerc
Sauber
1:24.636 (Q1)
- 19
Sergey Sirotkin
Williams
1:24.922 (Q1)
- 20
Pierre Gasly
Toro Rosso
1:25.295 (Q1)
Laps Lead
- Lewis Hamilton 18 laps
- Sebastian Vettel 40 laps
Results
1 | +2 | Sebastian Vettel Ferrari | 58 laps | 1:29:33.283 | 25pts |
2 | -1 | Lewis Hamilton Mercedes | 58 laps | +5.036 | 18pts |
3 | -1 | Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari | 58 laps | +6.309 | 15pts |
4 | +4 | Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull | 58 laps | +7.069 | 12pts |
5 | +5 | Fernando Alonso McLaren | 58 laps | +27.886 | 10pts |
6 | -2 | Max Verstappen Red Bull | 58 laps | +28.945 | 8pts |
7 | 0 | Nico Hülkenberg Renault | 58 laps | +32.671 | 6pts |
8 | +7 | Valtteri Bottas Mercedes | 58 laps | +34.339 | 4pts |
9 | +2 | Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren | 58 laps | +34.921 | 2pts |
10 | -1 | Carlos Sainz Renault | 58 laps | +45.722 | 1pts |
11 | +1 | Sergio Pérez Force India | 58 laps | +46.817 | |
12 | +2 | Esteban Ocon Force India | 58 laps | +1:00.278 | |
13 | +5 | Charles Leclerc Sauber | 58 laps | +1:15.759 | |
14 | -1 | Lance Stroll Williams | 58 laps | +1:18.288 | |
15 | +1 | Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso | 57 laps | ||
R | - | Romain Grosjean Haas F1 Team | 24 laps | ||
R | - | Kevin Magnussen Haas F1 Team | 22 laps | ||
R | - | Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso | 13 laps | ||
R | - | Marcus Ericsson Sauber | 5 laps | ||
R | - | Sergey Sirotkin Williams | 4 laps |
Post Race
Sebastian Vettel now leads the drivers championship by 7pts.
Ferrari now leads the constructors championship by 18pts.
- 1Sebastian VettelFerrari25 pts
- 2Lewis HamiltonMercedes18 pts
- 3Kimi RäikkönenFerrari15 pts
- 4Daniel RicciardoRed Bull12 pts
- 5Fernando AlonsoMcLaren10 pts
- 6Max VerstappenRed Bull8 pts
- 7Nico HülkenbergRenault6 pts
- 8Valtteri BottasMercedes4 pts
- 9Stoffel VandoorneMcLaren2 pts
- 10Carlos SainzRenault1 pts
- 1Ferrari40 pts
- 2Mercedes22 pts
- 3Red Bull20 pts
- 4McLaren12 pts
- 5Renault7 pts
- 6Force India0 pts
- 7Sauber0 pts
- 8Williams0 pts
- 9Toro Rosso0 pts
- 10Haas F1 Team0 pts