Chinese Grand Prix 2018

Shanghai
15 April 2018
56 laps
305.1 km
5.451 km a lap

Pole positionSebastian VettelFerrari · 1:31.095
Fastest lapDaniel Ricciardo1:35.785 · lap 55
Winner started fromP6on the grid
Driver of the DayDaniel Ricciardofan vote

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Daniel Ricciardofastest lap	3	Red Bull · TAG Heuer	6	56	1:35:36.380	25
2	Valtteri Bottas	77	Mercedes	3	56	+8.894	18
3	Kimi Räikkönen	7	Ferrari	2	56	+9.637	15
4	Lewis Hamilton	44	Mercedes	4	56	+16.985	12
5	Max Verstappen	33	Red Bull · TAG Heuer	5	56	+20.436+10.000 penalty	10
6	Nico Hülkenberg	27	Renault	7	56	+21.052	8
7	Fernando Alonso	14	McLaren · Renault	13	56	+30.639	6
8	Sebastian Vettel	5	Ferrari	1	56	+35.286	4
9	Carlos Sainz Jr.	55	Renault	9	56	+35.763	2
10	Kevin Magnussen	20	Haas · Ferrari	11	56	+39.594	1
11	Esteban Ocon	31	Force India · Mercedes	12	56	+44.050
12	Sergio Pérez	11	Force India · Mercedes	8	56	+44.725
13	Stoffel Vandoorne	2	McLaren · Renault	14	56	+49.373
14	Lance Stroll	18	Williams · Mercedes	18	56	+55.490
15	Sergey Sirotkin	35	Williams · Mercedes	16	56	+58.241
16	Marcus Ericsson	9	Sauber · Ferrari	20	56	+1:02.604
17	Romain Grosjean	8	Haas · Ferrari	10	56	+1:05.296
18	Pierre Gasly	10	Toro Rosso · Honda	17	56	+1:06.330+10.000 penalty
19	Charles Leclerc	16	Sauber · Ferrari	19	56	+1:22.575
20	Brendon Hartley	28	Toro Rosso · Honda	15	51	Gearbox

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 20, Valtteri Bottas 18, Daniel Ricciardo 12, Kimi Räikkönen 6. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

Show as a table

Driver	Grid	Lap 14	Lap 28	Lap 42	Finish	Laps led
Daniel Ricciardo	6	6	5	2	1	12
Valtteri Bottas	3	2	1	1	2	18
Kimi Räikkönen	2	4	6	6	3	6
Lewis Hamilton	4	5	4	5	4
Max Verstappen	5	3	3	4	5
Nico Hülkenberg	7	13	8	7	6
Fernando Alonso	13	9	7	9	7
Sebastian Vettel	1	1	2	3	8	20
Carlos Sainz Jr.	9	16	9	10	9
Kevin Magnussen	11	7	10	8	10
Esteban Ocon	12	17	11	12	11
Sergio Pérez	8	19	13	13	12
Stoffel Vandoorne	14	11	15	14	13
Lance Stroll	18	10	16	15	14
Sergey Sirotkin	16	12	14	17	15
Marcus Ericsson	20	18	17	18	16
Romain Grosjean	10	8	12	11	17
Pierre Gasly	17	15	19	16	18
Charles Leclerc	19	14	20	19	19
Brendon Hartley	15	20	18	20	20

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 14	Lap 28	Lap 42	Last lap
Daniel Ricciardo	+15.0	+13.0	+1.5	0.0
Valtteri Bottas	+3.5	0.0	0.0	+8.9
Kimi Räikkönen	+11.8	+25.7	+5.6	+9.6
Lewis Hamilton	+13.1	+8.7	+5.0	+17.0
Max Verstappen	+9.1	+6.6	+3.4	+10.4
Nico Hülkenberg	+51.7	+44.7	+9.8	+21.1
Fernando Alonso	+38.0	+40.2	+14.7	+30.6
Sebastian Vettel	0.0	+0.9	+2.1	+35.3
Carlos Sainz Jr.	+54.1	+51.7	+15.3	+35.8
Kevin Magnussen	+33.8	+52.5	+13.8	+39.6
Esteban Ocon	+57.6	+58.1	+20.2	+44.0
Sergio Pérez	+63.3	+61.1	+20.7	+44.7
Stoffel Vandoorne	+46.0	+72.1	+23.2	+49.4
Lance Stroll	+43.5	+74.4	+25.3	+55.5
Sergey Sirotkin	+48.2	+69.9	+27.7	+58.2
Marcus Ericsson	+58.3	+77.4	+34.2	+62.6
Romain Grosjean	+37.1	+59.1	+19.5	+65.3
Pierre Gasly	+53.5	+80.7	+25.9	+56.3
Charles Leclerc	+52.7	+94.7	+37.2	+82.6
Brendon Hartley	+73.9	+79.0	+37.8	+71.2

Qualifying

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

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:32.171	1:32.385	1:31.095
2	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:32.474	1:32.286	1:31.182
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:32.921	1:32.063	1:31.625
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:33.283	1:31.914	1:31.675
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:32.932	1:32.809	1:31.796
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:33.877	1:32.688	1:31.948
7	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:33.545	1:32.494	1:32.532
8	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:33.464	1:32.931	1:32.758
9	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	1:33.315	1:32.970	1:32.819
10	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:33.238	1:32.524	1:32.855
11	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:33.359	1:32.986
12	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:33.585	1:33.057
13	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:33.428	1:33.232
14	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:33.824	1:33.505
15	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:34.013	1:33.795
16	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:34.062
17	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:34.101
18	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:34.285
19	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:34.454
20	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:34.914

Grid penalties

Why the starting grid differs from the qualifying order.

Driver	Qualified	Started	Penalty
Marcus Ericsson	P20	P20	5 places – 5

Pit stops

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

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Valtteri Bottas	1	19	22.097 s
Lewis Hamilton	1	18	22.464 s
Lance Stroll	1	23	22.661 s
Marcus Ericsson	1	29	22.785 s
Kimi Räikkönen	1	27	22.913 s
Kevin Magnussen	1	24	22.973 s
Sebastian Vettel	1	20	23.009 s
Charles Leclerc	1	21	23.392 s
Stoffel Vandoorne	1	22	23.730 s
Fernando Alonso	1	29	24.110 s
Sergio Pérez	2	12, 32	22.334 s
Max Verstappen	2	17, 31	22.596 s
Esteban Ocon	2	11, 31	22.637 s
Daniel Ricciardo	2	17, 31	22.691 s
Sergey Sirotkin	2	28, 33	22.723 s
Romain Grosjean	2	16, 46	22.981 s
Carlos Sainz Jr.	2	12, 31	23.117 s
Brendon Hartley	2	10, 30	23.172 s
Nico Hülkenberg	2	13, 31	23.297 s
Pierre Gasly	2	20, 31	23.950 s

Every stop, lap by lap (30)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
10	Brendon Hartley	1	23.172 s
11	Esteban Ocon	1	23.281 s
12	Sergio Pérez	1	22.856 s
12	Carlos Sainz Jr.	1	23.935 s
13	Nico Hülkenberg	1	23.654 s
16	Romain Grosjean	1	22.981 s
17	Max Verstappen	1	22.715 s
17	Daniel Ricciardo	1	23.042 s
18	Lewis Hamilton	1	22.464 s
19	Valtteri Bottas	1	22.097 s
20	Sebastian Vettel	1	23.009 s
20	Pierre Gasly	1	23.950 s
21	Charles Leclerc	1	23.392 s
22	Stoffel Vandoorne	1	23.730 s
23	Lance Stroll	1	22.661 s
24	Kevin Magnussen	1	22.973 s
27	Kimi Räikkönen	1	22.913 s
28	Sergey Sirotkin	1	23.716 s
29	Marcus Ericsson	1	22.785 s
29	Fernando Alonso	1	24.110 s
30	Brendon Hartley	2	24.070 s
31	Max Verstappen	2	22.596 s
31	Esteban Ocon	2	22.637 s
31	Daniel Ricciardo	2	22.691 s
31	Carlos Sainz Jr.	2	23.117 s
31	Nico Hülkenberg	2	23.297 s
31	Pierre Gasly	2	34.650 s
32	Sergio Pérez	2	22.334 s
33	Sergey Sirotkin	2	22.723 s
46	Romain Grosjean	2	23.735 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Daniel Ricciardo	55	1:35.785
2	Max Verstappen	50	1:36.206	+0.421
3	Kimi Räikkönen	48	1:36.456	+0.671
4	Lewis Hamilton	20	1:36.878	+1.093
5	Nico Hülkenberg	56	1:36.881	+1.096
6	Valtteri Bottas	50	1:36.987	+1.202
7	Fernando Alonso	56	1:37.234	+1.449
8	Romain Grosjean	51	1:37.410	+1.625
9	Sebastian Vettel	24	1:37.479	+1.694
10	Sergio Pérez	54	1:37.673	+1.888

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 3. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 3
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Sebastian Vettel	54
2	Lewis Hamilton	45
3	Valtteri Bottas	40
4	Daniel Ricciardo	37	▲3
5	Kimi Räikkönen	30
6	Fernando Alonso	22	▼2
7	Nico Hülkenberg	22	▼1
8	Max Verstappen	18	▲2
9	Pierre Gasly	12	▼2
10	Kevin Magnussen	11	▼1

Constructors' championship after round 3
Pos	Team	Points	Change
1	Mercedes	85	▲1
2	Ferrari	84	▼1
3	Red Bull	55	▲1
4	McLaren	28	▼1
5	Renault	25
6	Toro Rosso	12
7	Haas	11
8	Sauber	2
9	Force India	1
10	Williams	0