Belgian Grand Prix 2018

Spa-Francorchamps
Spa
26 August 2018
44 laps
308.1 km
7.004 km a lap

Pole positionLewis HamiltonMercedes · 1:58.179
Fastest lapValtteri Bottas1:46.286 · lap 32
Winner started fromP2on the grid
Driver of the DaySebastian Vettelfan vote

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	5	Ferrari	2	44	1:23:34.476	25
2	Lewis Hamilton	44	Mercedes	1	44	+11.061	18
3	Max Verstappen	33	Red Bull · TAG Heuer	7	44	+31.372	15
4	Valtteri Bottasfastest lap	77	Mercedes	17	44	+1:08.605+5.000 penalty	12
5	Sergio Pérez	11	Force India · Mercedes	4	44	+1:11.023	10
6	Esteban Ocon	31	Force India · Mercedes	3	44	+1:19.520	8
7	Romain Grosjean	8	Haas · Ferrari	5	44	+1:25.953	6
8	Kevin Magnussen	20	Haas · Ferrari	9	44	+1:27.639	4
9	Pierre Gasly	10	Toro Rosso · Honda	10	44	+1:45.892	2
10	Marcus Ericsson	9	Sauber · Ferrari	13	43	+1 lap	1
11	Carlos Sainz Jr.	55	Renault	19	43	+1 lap
12	Sergey Sirotkin	35	Williams · Mercedes	15	43	+1 lap
13	Lance Stroll	18	Williams · Mercedes	16	43	+1 lap
14	Brendon Hartley	28	Toro Rosso · Honda	11	43	+1 lap
15	Stoffel Vandoorne	2	McLaren · Renault	20	43	+1 lap
DNF	Daniel Ricciardo	3	Red Bull · TAG Heuer	8	28	Collision damage
DNF	Kimi Räikkönen	7	Ferrari	6	8	Collision damage
DNF	Charles Leclerc	16	Sauber · Ferrari	12	0	Collision
DNF	Fernando Alonso	14	McLaren · Renault	14	0	Collision
DNF	Nico Hülkenberg	27	Renault	18	0	Collision

A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.

Lap by lap

The running order on every lap. A line that stops is a car that stopped.

Laps led: Sebastian Vettel 44. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

Show as a table

Driver	Grid	Lap 11	Lap 22	Lap 33	Finish	Laps led
Sebastian Vettel	2	1	1	1	1	44
Lewis Hamilton	1	2	3	2	2
Max Verstappen	7	3	2	3	3
Valtteri Bottas	17	11	7	5	4
Sergio Pérez	4	4	4	4	5
Esteban Ocon	3	5	5	6	6
Romain Grosjean	5	6	6	7	7
Kevin Magnussen	9	7	8	8	8
Pierre Gasly	10	8	9	9	9
Marcus Ericsson	13	9	10	10	10
Carlos Sainz Jr.	19	13	14	11	11
Sergey Sirotkin	15	10	11	12	12
Lance Stroll	16	12	12	13	13
Brendon Hartley	11	14	13	14	14
Stoffel Vandoorne	20	15	15	15	15
Daniel Ricciardo	8	16	16	–	out
Kimi Räikkönen	6	–	–	–	out

Gap to the leader

How far behind each driver was as every lap ended – the margins the running order hides.

Seconds behind the leader as each lap ends, from the lap times. A line that flattens out together with the others is a safety car; a sudden step down is a pit stop. Gaps beyond 100 seconds run off the bottom edge. This is the gap on the road: time penalties given after the flag are not in it.

Show as a table

Driver	Lap 11	Lap 22	Lap 33	Last lap
Sebastian Vettel	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lewis Hamilton	+3.8	+14.9	+5.4	+11.1
Max Verstappen	+13.7	+14.2	+30.4	+31.4
Valtteri Bottas	+32.6	+45.3	+63.1	+63.6
Sergio Pérez	+17.7	+31.3	+58.2	+71.0
Esteban Ocon	+20.9	+36.5	+67.5	+79.5
Romain Grosjean	+23.1	+42.3	+72.3	+86.0
Kevin Magnussen	+26.7	+47.6	+80.4	+87.6
Pierre Gasly	+28.6	+52.5	+86.8	+105.9
Marcus Ericsson	+29.7	+54.6	+95.4	+114.7
Carlos Sainz Jr.	+37.2	+71.5	+102.3	+127.2
Sergey Sirotkin	+31.9	+62.8	+104.7	+129.6
Lance Stroll	+34.3	+64.8	+106.6	+131.8
Brendon Hartley	+39.0	+69.0	+125.4	+147.8
Stoffel Vandoorne	+42.6	+77.4	+130.4	+154.0
Daniel Ricciardo	+256.1	+268.4	–	out
Kimi Räikkönen	–	–	–	out

Qualifying

Knock-out in three parts since 2006: the slowest drop out after Q1 and Q2.

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:42.977	1:41.553	1:58.179
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:43.035	1:41.501	1:58.905
3	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:44.003	1:43.302	2:01.851
4	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:44.004	1:43.014	2:01.894
5	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:43.597	1:43.042	2:02.122
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:42.585	1:41.533	2:02.671
7	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:43.199	1:42.554	2:02.769
8	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:43.604	1:43.126	2:02.939
9	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:43.834	1:43.320	2:04.933
10	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:42.805	1:42.191
11	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:44.221	1:43.844
12	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:44.153	1:43.865
13	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:43.654	1:44.062
14	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:43.846	1:44.301
15	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:44.145
16	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	1:44.489
17	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:44.917
18	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:44.998
19	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:45.134
20	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:45.307

Grid penalties

Why the starting grid differs from the qualifying order.

Driver	Qualified	Started	Penalty
Valtteri Bottas	P10	P17	30 places – 30
Nico Hülkenberg	P15	P18	30 places – 30
Carlos Sainz Jr.	P16	P19	30 places – 30
Stoffel Vandoorne	P20	P20	30 places – 30

Pit stops

Time from entering to leaving the pit lane, not the stationary time.

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Daniel Ricciardo	1	1	6:35.824 s
Brendon Hartley	2	1, 31	18.084 s
Carlos Sainz Jr.	2	1, 22	18.509 s
Lewis Hamilton	2	1, 21	19.372 s
Esteban Ocon	2	1, 24	19.582 s
Sebastian Vettel	2	1, 22	19.582 s
Sergio Pérez	2	1, 25	19.667 s
Marcus Ericsson	2	1, 26	19.711 s
Lance Stroll	2	1, 23	19.732 s
Sergey Sirotkin	2	1, 24	19.791 s
Max Verstappen	2	1, 26	19.942 s
Kevin Magnussen	2	1, 26	20.021 s
Pierre Gasly	2	1, 25	20.136 s
Romain Grosjean	2	1, 23	20.280 s
Kimi Räikkönen	2	1, 7	26.367 s
Stoffel Vandoorne	3	1, 2, 28	19.847 s
Valtteri Bottas	3	1, 2, 29	20.349 s

Every stop, lap by lap (35)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
1	Brendon Hartley	1	18.084 s
1	Carlos Sainz Jr.	1	18.509 s
1	Lewis Hamilton	1	19.372 s
1	Esteban Ocon	1	19.582 s
1	Sebastian Vettel	1	19.582 s
1	Sergio Pérez	1	19.667 s
1	Marcus Ericsson	1	19.711 s
1	Lance Stroll	1	19.732 s
1	Sergey Sirotkin	1	19.791 s
1	Stoffel Vandoorne	1	19.847 s
1	Max Verstappen	1	19.942 s
1	Kevin Magnussen	1	20.021 s
1	Pierre Gasly	1	20.136 s
1	Romain Grosjean	1	20.280 s
1	Valtteri Bottas	1	20.349 s
1	Kimi Räikkönen	1	26.367 s
1	Daniel Ricciardo	1	6:35.824 s
2	Stoffel Vandoorne	2	22.706 s
2	Valtteri Bottas	2	30.519 s
7	Kimi Räikkönen	2	35.451 s
21	Lewis Hamilton	2	22.375 s
22	Sebastian Vettel	2	22.253 s
22	Carlos Sainz Jr.	2	23.857 s
23	Lance Stroll	2	22.901 s
23	Romain Grosjean	2	23.248 s
24	Sergey Sirotkin	2	22.339 s
24	Esteban Ocon	2	23.225 s
25	Pierre Gasly	2	22.953 s
25	Sergio Pérez	2	23.157 s
26	Max Verstappen	2	22.341 s
26	Marcus Ericsson	2	22.558 s
26	Kevin Magnussen	2	24.304 s
28	Stoffel Vandoorne	3	23.389 s
29	Valtteri Bottas	3	22.399 s
31	Brendon Hartley	2	29.316 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Valtteri Bottas	32	1:46.286
2	Sebastian Vettel	25	1:46.644	+0.358
3	Lewis Hamilton	23	1:46.721	+0.435
4	Max Verstappen	36	1:46.946	+0.660
5	Kevin Magnussen	36	1:47.937	+1.651
6	Esteban Ocon	35	1:48.078	+1.792
7	Sergio Pérez	38	1:48.080	+1.794
8	Romain Grosjean	35	1:48.283	+1.997
9	Pierre Gasly	36	1:48.588	+2.302
10	Carlos Sainz Jr.	32	1:48.670	+2.384

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 13. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 13
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Lewis Hamilton	231
2	Sebastian Vettel	214
3	Kimi Räikkönen	146
4	Valtteri Bottas	144
5	Max Verstappen	120	▲1
6	Daniel Ricciardo	118	▼1
7	Nico Hülkenberg	52
8	Kevin Magnussen	49
9	Fernando Alonso	44
10	Sergio Pérez	40

Constructors' championship after round 13
Pos	Team	Points	Change
1	Mercedes	375
2	Ferrari	360
3	Red Bull	238
4	Renault	82
5	Haas	76
6	McLaren	52	▲1
7	Toro Rosso	30	▲1
8	Sauber	19	▲1
9	Force India	18	▼3
10	Williams	4