2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix

 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix

Racing data
4th of 21 races in the 2018 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Formula 1 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Date:	April 29, 2018
Place:	Baku
Course:	Baku City Circuit
Length:	306.153 km in 51 laps of 6.003 km
Pole position
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
Time:	1: 41.498 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
Time:	1: 45.149 min (lap 37)
Podium
First:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Second:	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari
Third:	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes

The Grand Prix of Azerbaijan in 2018 (officially 2018 Formula 1 Grand Prix Azerbaijan ) was held on 29 April at the Baku City Circuit in Baku held and was the fourth race of the Formula 1 World Championship in 2018 .

report

backgrounds

After the Chinese Grand Prix , Sebastian Vettel led the drivers' standings with nine points ahead of Lewis Hamilton and with 14 points ahead of Valtteri Bottas . In the constructors' championship, Mercedes was one point ahead of Ferrari and 30 points ahead of Red Bull Racing .

At the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Pirelli provided the drivers with the tire compounds P Zero Soft (yellow), P Zero Supersoft (red) and P Zero Ultrasoft (purple), as well as Cinturato Intermediates (green) and Cinturato Full Wets (blue) for wet conditions .

There were two DRS zones on the route , which remained unchanged compared to the previous year. The first zone was on the start-finish straight and began 54 meters after curve 20 , the measuring point was at the apex of the curve. The second zone began 347 meters after turn two , here the measuring point was on the safety car line at the level of the start of the pit entrance.

Kevin Magnussen (six), Marcus Ericsson , Stoffel Vandoorne , Max Verstappen (five each), Brendon Hartley (four), Romain Grosjean , Sergio Pérez , Kimi Räikkönen , Vettel (three each), Pierre Gasly , Nico Hülkenberg , Daniel Ricciardo , Carlos Sainz jr. (two each) and Lance Stroll (one) went into the race weekend with penalty points.

Ricciardo was a former winner of the race.

Race stewards were Garry Connelly (AUS), Dennis Dean (USA), Tom Kristensen (DNK) and Anar Schukurow (AZE).

free training

In the first free practice, Bottas set the fastest time with a lap time of 1: 44.242 minutes ahead of Ricciardo and Pérez.

In the second free practice, Ricciardo was fastest in 1: 42.795 minutes ahead of Raikkonen and Verstappen.

Qualifying

The qualifying consisted of three parts with a net running time of 45 minutes. In the first qualifying segment (Q1), the drivers had 18 minutes to qualify for the race. All drivers who achieved a time in the first section that was a maximum of 107 percent of the fastest lap time qualified for the Grand Prix. The best 15 drivers reached the next part. Raikkonen was fastest. The Toro Rosso pilots, Vandoorne, Ericsson and Grosjean were eliminated.

The second section (Q2) lasted 15 minutes. The ten fastest pilots qualified for the third part of qualifying. Raikkonen was fastest. The Williams drivers, Fernando Alonso and Charles Leclerc were eliminated.

The final section (Q3) lasted twelve minutes, during which the first ten starting positions were awarded. With a lap time of 1: 41.498 minutes, Vettel set the best time ahead of Raikkonen and Bottas. It was the 53rd pole position for Vettel in the Formula 1 World Championship, the third in a row.

Hülkenberg was moved five starting positions back due to a premature gear change. Grosjean was also moved five positions back due to a premature gear change.

run

Hamilton won the race ahead of Raikkonen and Pérez. The remaining points were placed by Vettel, Sainz, Leclerc, Alonso, Stroll, Vandoorne and Brendon Hartley . With Leclerc, for the first time since Louis Chiron 1950, a Monegasque driver scored points in a Formula 1 world championship race.

Hamilton thus took the lead in the overall standings from Vettel, Räikkönen was now third. Ferrari overtook Mercedes in the constructors' championship, Red Bull Racing remained third.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes-AMG F1 W09 EQ Power +	Mercedes-AMG F1 M09 EQ Power +	P
	77	Valtteri Bottas
Scuderia Ferrari	05	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari SF71H	Ferrari 062 EVO	P
	07th	Kimi Raikkonen
Aston Martin Red Bull Racing	03	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing RB14	Day, this year	P
	33	Max Verstappen
Sahara Force India F1 Team	11	Sergio Perez	Force India VJM11	Mercedes-AMG F1 M09 EQ Power +	P
	31	Esteban Ocon
Williams Martini Racing	18th	Lance Stroll	Williams FW41	Mercedes-AMG F1 M09 EQ Power +	P
	35	Sergei Sirotkin
Renault Sport F1 Team	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault RS18	Renault RE18	P
	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.
Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda	28	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso STR13	Honda RA618H	P
	10	Pierre Gasly
Haas F1 team	08th	Romain Grosjean	Haas VF-18	Ferrari 062 EVO	P
	20th	Kevin Magnussen
McLaren F1 Team	14th	Fernando Alonso	McLaren MCL33	Renault RE18	P
	02	Stoffel Vandoorne
Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team	09	Marcus Ericsson	Clean C37	Ferrari 062 EVO	P
	16	Charles Leclerc

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1: 42.762	1: 43.015	1: 41.498	01
02	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 42.693	1: 42.676	1: 41.677	02
03	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1: 43.355	1: 42.679	1: 41.837	03
04th	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	1: 42.857	1: 43.482	1: 41.911	04th
05	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	1: 42.642	1: 42.901	1: 41.994	05
06th	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1: 42.538	1: 42.510	1: 42.490	06th
07th	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1: 43.021	1: 42.967	1: 42.523	07th
08th	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1: 43.992	1: 43.366	1: 42.547	08th
09	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1: 43.746	1: 43.232	1: 43.066	14th
10	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	1: 43.426	1: 43.464	1: 43.351	09
11	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1: 44.359	1: 43.585	-	10
12	Sergei Sirotkin	Williams-Mercedes	1: 44.261	1: 43.886	-	11
13	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Renault	1: 44.010	1: 44.019	-	12
14th	Charles Leclerc	Clean Ferrari	1: 43.752	1: 44.074	-	13
15th	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1: 43.674	1: 44.759	-	15th
16	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Renault	1: 44.489	-	-	16
17th	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda	1: 44.496	-	-	17th
18th	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	1: 45.541	-	-	18th
107 percent time : 1: 49.715 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 42.538 min)
-	Brendon Hartley	Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda	1: 57.354	-	-	19th
-	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	no time	-	-	20th

Remarks

1. ↑ Hülkenberg was moved five starting positions back due to a premature gear change.
2. ↑ Hartley was allowed to start because he was fast enough in free practice.
3. ↑ Grosjean was moved five starting positions back due to a premature gearbox change.
4. ↑ Grosjean was allowed to start because he was fast enough in free practice.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	51	2	1: 43: 44.291	02	1: 45.412 (35.)
02	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	51	2	+ 2.460	06th	1: 46.523 (50.)
03	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	51	2	+ 4.024	08th	1: 46.206 (51.)
04th	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	51	2	+ 5.329	01	1: 45,530 (38th)
05	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	51	2	+ 7.515	09	1: 46.856 (50.)
06th	Charles Leclerc	Clean Ferrari	51	2	+ 9.158	13	1: 47.403 (31st)
07th	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Renault	51	2	+ 10.931	12	1: 47.449 (32nd)
08th	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	51	2	+ 12,546	10	1: 46.815 (50.)
09	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Renault	51	4th	+ 14.152	16	1: 47.666 (50th)
10	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	51	3	+ 18.030	19th	1: 48.288 (51.)
11	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	51	4th	+ 18.512	18th	1: 47.925 (51.)
12	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	51	2	+ 24.720	17th	1: 48.035 (38th)
13	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	51	2	+ 40.663	15th	1: 48,155 (35.)
14th	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	48	1	DNF	03	1: 45,149 (37.)
-	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	42	2	DNF	20th	1: 46.880 (34th)
-	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	39	1	DNF	05	1: 45.771 (31st)
-	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	39	1	DNF	04th	1: 45.419 (34.)
-	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	10	0	DNF	14th	1: 48.867 (10.)
-	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	0	0	DNF	07th	-
-	Sergei Sirotkin	Williams-Mercedes	0	0	DNF	11	-

Remarks

1. ↑ Magnussen received a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision.

World Cup stands after the race

The first ten of the race got 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 70 02  Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 66 03  Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 48 04th  Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 40 05  Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 37 06th  Fernando Alonso McLaren-Renault 28 07th  Nico Hulkenberg Renault 22nd 08th  Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 18th 09  Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 15th 10  Carlos Sainz Jr. Renault 13

Item driver constructor Points 11  Pierre Gasly Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 12 12  Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 11 13  Charles Leclerc Clean Ferrari 8th 14th  Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren-Renault 8th 15th  Lance Stroll Williams-Mercedes 4th 16  Marcus Ericsson Clean Ferrari 2 17th  Esteban Ocon Force India-Mercedes 1 18th  Brendon Hartley Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 1 19th  Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 0 20th  Sergei Sirotkin Williams-Mercedes 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 1  Ferrari 114 2  Mercedes 110 3  Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 55 4th  McLaren-Renault 36 5  Renault 35

Item constructor Points 06th  Force India-Mercedes 16 07th  Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 13 08th  Haas-Ferrari 11 09  Clean Ferrari 10 10  Williams-Mercedes 4th

Individual evidence

1. ^ All driver points results from Monaco (Nation). In: Formula 1 database: results and statistics since 1950. motorsport-total.com , accessed on April 30, 2018 .