Seasons/21 races

2018 season

Title decided in round 19

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World ChampionLewis Hamilton408 points · 11 wins
Constructors' championMercedes655 points

Races21
Different winners5
Pole-sitters5
Not classified18%76 of 420 starts

Points: 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for the top ten.

The title was decided in round 19: Mexican Grand Prix on 28 Oct 2018.

Points progression

Championship standings after each round.

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Championship points after each round
Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Lewis Hamilton	18	33	45	70	95	110	120	145	145	163	188	213	231	256	281	306	331	346	358	383	408
Sebastian Vettel	25	50	54	66	78	96	121	131	146	171	171	189	214	226	241	256	264	276	294	302	320
Kimi Räikkönen	15	15	30	48	48	60	68	83	101	116	131	146	146	164	174	186	196	221	236	251	251
Max Verstappen	8	8	18	18	33	35	50	68	93	93	105	105	120	130	148	158	173	191	216	234	249
Valtteri Bottas	4	22	40	40	58	68	86	92	92	104	122	132	144	159	171	189	207	217	227	237	247
Daniel Ricciardo	12	12	37	37	47	72	84	96	96	106	106	118	118	118	126	134	146	146	146	158	170
Nico Hülkenberg	6	14	22	22	22	26	32	34	34	42	52	52	52	52	53	53	53	61	69	69	69
Sergio Pérez	0	0	0	15	17	17	17	17	23	24	30	30	40	46	46	47	53	57	57	58	62
Kevin Magnussen	0	10	11	11	19	19	19	27	37	39	39	45	49	49	49	53	53	53	53	55	56
Carlos Sainz Jr.	1	1	3	13	19	20	24	28	28	28	28	30	30	34	38	38	39	45	45	45	53
Fernando Alonso	10	16	22	28	32	32	32	32	36	40	40	44	44	44	50	50	50	50	50	50	50
Esteban Ocon	0	1	1	1	1	9	11	11	19	25	29	29	37	45	45	47	49	49	49	49	49
Charles Leclerc	0	0	0	8	9	9	10	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	21	21	21	27	33	39
Romain Grosjean	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	12	20	21	27	27	27	27	31	31	31	35	37
Pierre Gasly	0	12	12	12	12	18	18	18	18	18	18	26	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29
Stoffel Vandoorne	2	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	12
Marcus Ericsson	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	9	9	9
Lance Stroll	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Brendon Hartley	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4
Sergey Sirotkin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

The constructors' championship, round by round

Force India52
Mercedes655
Ferrari571
Red Bull419
Renault122
Haas93
McLaren62
Sauber48
2 further teams

Constructors' championship standings after each round.

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Championship points after each round
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Force India	0	1	1	16	18	26	28	28	42	49	59	59	18	32	32	35	43	47	47	48	52
Mercedes	22	55	85	110	153	178	206	237	237	267	310	345	375	415	452	495	538	563	585	620	655
Ferrari	40	65	84	114	126	156	189	214	247	287	302	335	360	390	415	442	460	497	530	553	571
Red Bull	20	20	55	55	80	107	134	164	189	199	211	223	238	248	274	292	319	337	362	392	419
Renault	7	15	25	35	41	46	56	62	62	70	80	82	82	86	91	91	92	106	114	114	122
Haas	0	10	11	11	19	19	19	27	49	51	59	66	76	76	76	80	84	84	84	90	93
McLaren	12	22	28	36	40	40	40	40	44	48	48	52	52	52	58	58	58	58	62	62	62
Sauber	0	2	2	10	11	11	12	13	16	16	18	18	19	19	21	27	27	28	36	42	48
Toro Rosso	0	12	12	13	13	19	19	19	19	19	20	28	30	30	30	30	30	32	33	33	33
Williams	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

Standings

Drivers

Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	11	408
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	320
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1	251
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	2	249
5	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes		247
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	2	170
7	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault		69
8	Sergio Pérez	Force India		62
9	Kevin Magnussen	Haas		56
10	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Renault		53
11	Fernando Alonso	McLaren		50
12	Esteban Ocon	Force India		49
13	Charles Leclerc	Sauber		39
14	Romain Grosjean	Haas		37
15	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso		29
16	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren		12
17	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber		9
18	Lance Stroll	Williams		6
19	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso		4
20	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams		1

Constructors

Pos	Team	Points
–	Force India	0
1	Mercedes	655
2	Ferrari	571
3	Red Bull	419
4	Renault	122
5	Haas	93
6	McLaren	62
8	Sauber	48
9	Toro Rosso	33
10	Williams	7

Results grid

Every driver in every race: the finishing position, or why there was none. Gold, silver and bronze for the podium, green for points.

Results of every driver in every race of 2018
Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Pts
HAM (Lewis Hamilton)	2^P	3	4	1	1^P	3	5	1^P	Ret	2^P	1^F	1^P	2^P	1^F	1^P	1	1^P	3^P^F	4	1^P	1^P	408
VET (Sebastian Vettel)	1	1^P	8^P	4^P	4	2	1^P	5	3	1^F	Ret^P	2	1	4	3	3	6^F	4	2	6	2^F	320
RAI (Kimi Räikkönen)	3	Ret	3	2	Ret	4	6	3	2^F	3	3	3	Ret	2^P	5	4	5	1	3	3	Ret	251
VER (Max Verstappen)	6	Ret	5	Ret	3	9^F	3^F	2	1	15	4	Ret	3	5	2	5	3	2	1	2	3	249
BOT (Valtteri Bottas)	8	2^F	2	14^F	2	5	2	7^F	Ret^P	4	2	5	4^F	3	4	2^P^F	2	5	5^F	5^F	5	247
RIC (Daniel Ricciardo)	4^F	Ret	1^F	Ret	5^F	1^P	4	4	Ret	5	Ret	4^F	Ret	Ret	6	6	4	Ret	Ret^P	4	4	170
HUL (Nico Hülkenberg)	7	6	6	Ret	Ret	8	7	9	Ret	6	5	12	Ret	13	10	12	Ret	6	6	Ret	Ret	69
PER (Sergio Pérez)	11	16	12	3	9	12	14	Ret	7	10	7	14	5	7	16	10	7	8	Ret	10	8	62
MAG (Kevin Magnussen)	Ret	5	10	13	6	13	13	6	5	9	11	7	8	16	18^F	8	Ret	Ret	15	9	10	56
SAI (Carlos Sainz Jr.)	10	11	9	5	7	10	8	8	12	Ret	12	9	11	8	8	17	10	7	Ret	12	6	53
ALO (Fernando Alonso)	5	7	7	7	8	Ret	Ret	16	8	8	16	8	Ret	Ret	7	14	14	Ret	Ret	17	11	50
OCO (Esteban Ocon)	12	10	11	Ret	Ret	6	9	Ret	6	7	8	13	6	6	Ret	9	9	Ret	11	14	Ret	49
LEC (Charles Leclerc)	13	12	19	6	10	18	10	10	9	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	11	9	7	Ret	Ret	7	7	7	39
GRO (Romain Grosjean)	Ret	13	17	Ret	Ret	15	12	11	4	Ret	6	10	7	Ret	15	11	8	Ret	16	8	9	37
GAS (Pierre Gasly)	Ret	4	18	12	Ret	7	11	Ret	11	13	14	6	9	14	13	Ret	11	12	10	13	Ret	29
VAN (Stoffel Vandoorne)	9	8	13	9	Ret	14	16	12	15	11	13	Ret	15	12	12	16	15	11	8	15	14	12
ERI (Marcus Ericsson)	Ret	9	16	11	13	11	15	13	10	Ret	9	15	10	15	11	13	12	10	9	Ret	Ret	9
STR (Lance Stroll)	14	14	14	8	11	17	Ret	17	14	12	Ret	17	13	9	14	15	17	14	12	18	13	6
HAR (Brendon Hartley)	15	17	20	10	12	19	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	10	11	14	Ret	17	Ret	13	9	14	11	12	4
SIR (Sergey Sirotkin)	Ret	15	15	Ret	14	16	17	15	13	14	Ret	16	12	10	19	18	16	13	13	16	15	1

Ret: retired. DNQ: did not qualify. P: pole position. F: fastest lap. S above a round: a sprint weekend. Hover or tap a round number for the race.

Race calendar

Rd	Race	Circuit	Date	Pole	Winner
1	Australia	Albert Park	25 Mar 2018	Lewis Hamilton	Sebastian Vettel
2	Bahrain	Bahrain	8 Apr 2018	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel
3	China	Shanghai	15 Apr 2018	Sebastian Vettel	Daniel Ricciardo
4	Azerbaijan	Baku	29 Apr 2018	Sebastian Vettel	Lewis Hamilton
5	Spain	Catalunya	13 May 2018	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton
6	Monaco	Monaco	27 May 2018	Daniel Ricciardo	Daniel Ricciardo
7	Canada	Gilles Villeneuve	10 Jun 2018	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel
8	France	Paul Ricard	24 Jun 2018	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton
9	Austria	Red Bull Ring	1 Jul 2018	Valtteri Bottas	Max Verstappen
10	Great Britain	Silverstone	8 Jul 2018	Lewis Hamilton	Sebastian Vettel
11	Germany	Hockenheimring	22 Jul 2018	Sebastian Vettel	Lewis Hamilton
12	Hungary	Hungaroring	29 Jul 2018	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton
13	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	26 Aug 2018	Lewis Hamilton	Sebastian Vettel
14	Italy	Monza	2 Sept 2018	Kimi Räikkönen	Lewis Hamilton
15	Singapore	Marina Bay	16 Sept 2018	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton
16	Russia	Sirius	30 Sept 2018	Valtteri Bottas	Lewis Hamilton
17	Japan	Suzuka	7 Oct 2018	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton
18	United States	Americas	21 Oct 2018	Lewis Hamilton	Kimi Räikkönen
19	MexicoTitle decided	Hermanos Rodríguez	28 Oct 2018	Daniel Ricciardo	Max Verstappen
20	Brazil	José Carlos Pace	11 Nov 2018	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton
21	Abu Dhabi	Yas Marina	25 Nov 2018	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton

Entries

Who entered with which car, engine and tyres. The entrant is the organisation that entered the car – not always the team that built it.

Constructor	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Drivers
Ferrari	Scuderia Ferrari	SF71H	Ferrari 062 EVO 1.6 V6 T H	Pirelli	Kimi Räikkönen, Sebastian Vettel
Force India	Racing Point Force India F1 Team	VJM11	Mercedes M09 EQ Power+ 1.6 V6 T H	Pirelli	Esteban Ocon, Sergio Pérez
Force India	Sahara Force India F1 Team	VJM11	Mercedes M09 EQ Power+ 1.6 V6 T H	Pirelli	Esteban Ocon, Sergio Pérez
Haas	Haas F1 Team	VF-18	Ferrari 062 EVO 1.6 V6 T H	Pirelli	Kevin Magnussen, Romain Grosjean
McLaren	McLaren F1 Team	MCL33	Renault R.E.18 1.6 V6 T H	Pirelli	Fernando Alonso, Stoffel Vandoorne
Mercedes	Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport	F1 W09	Mercedes M09 EQ Power+ 1.6 V6 T H	Pirelli	Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas
Red Bull	Aston Martin Red Bull Racing	RB14	TAG Heuer F1-2018 1.6 V6 T H	Pirelli	Daniel Ricciardo, Max Verstappen
Renault	Renault Sport Formula One Team	R.S.18	Renault R.E.18 1.6 V6 T H	Pirelli	Carlos Sainz Jr., Nico Hülkenberg
Sauber	Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team	C37	Ferrari 062 EVO 1.6 V6 T H	Pirelli	Charles Leclerc, Marcus Ericsson
Toro Rosso	Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda	STR13	Honda RA618H 1.6 V6 T H	Pirelli	Brendon Hartley, Pierre Gasly
Williams	Williams Martini Racing	FW41	Mercedes M09 EQ Power+ 1.6 V6 T H	Pirelli	Lance Stroll, Sergey Sirotkin

What if – other points systems

The same finishing positions, scored under any points system used since 1950.

Scored 8-6-4-3-2 for the top five, plus one for the fastest lap, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Lewis Hamilton	129	408	P1
2	Sebastian Vettel	93	320	P2
3	Valtteri Bottas	74	247	P5
4	Max Verstappen	71	249	P4
5	Kimi Räikkönen	69	251	P3
6	Daniel Ricciardo	45	170	P6
7	Sergio Pérez	6	62	P8
8	Kevin Magnussen	5	56	P9
9	Romain Grosjean	3	37	P14
10	Pierre Gasly	3	29	P15
11	Nico Hülkenberg	2	69	P7
12	Carlos Sainz Jr.	2	53	P10

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 8-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Lewis Hamilton	126	408	P1
2	Sebastian Vettel	92	320	P2
3	Max Verstappen	70	249	P4
4	Kimi Räikkönen	69	251	P3
5	Valtteri Bottas	67	247	P5
6	Daniel Ricciardo	43	170	P6
7	Nico Hülkenberg	7	69	P7
8	Sergio Pérez	6	62	P8
9	Kevin Magnussen	6	56	P9
10	Romain Grosjean	4	37	P14
11	Pierre Gasly	4	29	P15
12	Esteban Ocon	4	49	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 9-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Lewis Hamilton	137	408	P1
2	Sebastian Vettel	97	320	P2
3	Max Verstappen	72	249	P4
4	Kimi Räikkönen	70	251	P3
5	Valtteri Bottas	67	247	P5
6	Daniel Ricciardo	45	170	P6
7	Nico Hülkenberg	7	69	P7
8	Sergio Pérez	6	62	P8
9	Kevin Magnussen	6	56	P9
10	Romain Grosjean	4	37	P14
11	Pierre Gasly	4	29	P15
12	Esteban Ocon	4	49	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 10-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Lewis Hamilton	148	408	P1
2	Sebastian Vettel	102	320	P2
3	Max Verstappen	74	249	P4
4	Kimi Räikkönen	71	251	P3
5	Valtteri Bottas	67	247	P5
6	Daniel Ricciardo	47	170	P6
7	Nico Hülkenberg	7	69	P7
8	Sergio Pérez	6	62	P8
9	Kevin Magnussen	6	56	P9
10	Romain Grosjean	4	37	P14
11	Pierre Gasly	4	29	P15
12	Esteban Ocon	4	49	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 for the top eight, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Lewis Hamilton	166	408	P1
2	Sebastian Vettel	131	320	P2
3	Valtteri Bottas	104	247	P5
4	Kimi Räikkönen	103	251	P3
5	Max Verstappen	102	249	P4
6	Daniel Ricciardo	69	170	P6
7	Nico Hülkenberg	24	69	P7
8	Sergio Pérez	20	62	P8
9	Kevin Magnussen	18	56	P9
10	Fernando Alonso	16	50	P11
11	Carlos Sainz Jr.	15	53	P10
12	Esteban Ocon	15	49	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1, plus one for the fastest lap inside the top ten, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Lewis Hamilton	411	408	P1
2	Sebastian Vettel	323	320	P2
3	Valtteri Bottas	253	247	P5
4	Kimi Räikkönen	252	251	P3
5	Max Verstappen	251	249	P4
6	Daniel Ricciardo	174	170	P6
7	Nico Hülkenberg	69	69	P7
8	Sergio Pérez	62	62	P8
9	Kevin Magnussen	56	56	P9
10	Carlos Sainz Jr.	53	53	P10
11	Fernando Alonso	50	50	P11
12	Esteban Ocon	49	49	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for the top ten, no fastest-lap point, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Lewis Hamilton	408	408	P1
2	Sebastian Vettel	320	320	P2
3	Kimi Räikkönen	251	251	P3
4	Max Verstappen	249	249	P4
5	Valtteri Bottas	247	247	P5
6	Daniel Ricciardo	170	170	P6
7	Nico Hülkenberg	69	69	P7
8	Sergio Pérez	62	62	P8
9	Kevin Magnussen	56	56	P9
10	Carlos Sainz Jr.	53	53	P10
11	Fernando Alonso	50	50	P11
12	Esteban Ocon	49	49	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.