2018 Belgian Grand Prix

 2018 Belgian Grand Prix

Racing data
13th of 21 races of the 2018 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Formula 1 2018 Johnnie Walker Belgian Grand Prix
Date:	August 26, 2018
Place:	spa
Course:	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Length:	308.052 km in 44 laps of 7.004 km
Pole position
Driver:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time:	1: 58.179 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
Time:	1: 46.286 min (lap 32)
Podium
First:	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
Second:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Third:	Max Verstappen	Aston Martin Red Bull Racing

The Belgian Grand Prix 2018 (official Formula 1 2018 Johnnie Walker Belgian Grand Prix ) took place on 26 August at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Spa place and was the thirteenth race of the Formula 1 World Championship in 2018 .

report

backgrounds

After the Hungarian Grand Prix , Lewis Hamilton led the drivers' standings with 24 points ahead of Sebastian Vettel and with 67 points ahead of Kimi Raikkonen . In the constructors' championship, Mercedes led Ferrari with ten points and Red Bull Racing with 122 points .

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

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

With Raikkonen (four times), Hamilton (three times), Vettel (twice) and Ricciardo (once), four former winners competed in this Grand Prix.

Race stewards this weekend were Yves Bacquelaine (BEL), Garry Connelly (AUS), Mika Salo (FIN) and Vincenzo Spano (VEN).

free training

In the first free practice Vettel was fastest in 1: 44.358 minutes ahead of Verstappen and Hamilton.

In the second free practice session, Raikkonen set the fastest time in 1: 43.355 minutes ahead of Hamilton and Bottas.

In the third free practice session, Vettel was again the fastest in 1: 42.661 minutes ahead of Raikkonen and Hamilton. The training had to be interrupted briefly after an accident by Vandoorne.

run

Vettel won the race ahead of Hamilton and Verstappen. It was the 52nd victory for Vettel in the Formula 1 World Championship, so he overtook Alain Prost and was in third place in the all-time best list behind Michael Schumacher and Hamilton. The other points were placed by Bottas, Sergio Pérez , Esteban Ocon , Grosjean, Magnussen, Gasly and Ericsson.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	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	Renault RE18	P
	33	Max Verstappen
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.
Haas F1 team	08th	Romain Grosjean	Haas VF-18	Ferrari 062 EVO	P
	20th	Kevin Magnussen
Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda	10	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso STR13	Honda RA618H	P
	28	Brendon Hartley
McLaren F1 Team	02	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren MCL33	Renault RE18	P
	14th	Fernando Alonso
	47	Lando Norris
Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team	09	Marcus Ericsson	Clean C37	Ferrari 062 EVO	P
	16	Charles Leclerc
Racing Point Force India F1 Team	11	Sergio Perez	Force India VJM11	Mercedes-AMG F1 M09 EQ Power +	P
	31	Esteban Ocon

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} The McLaren with the starting number 47 was used in the first free practice for Norris. Alonso then took over the vehicle with his number 14 for the rest of the race weekend.

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 42.977	1: 41.553	1: 58.179	01
02	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1: 43.035	1: 41.501	1: 58.905	02
03	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1: 44.003	1: 43.302	2: 01.851	03
04th	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1: 44.004	1: 43.014	2: 01.894	04th
05	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1: 43.597	1: 43.042	2: 02.122	05
06th	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1: 42.585	1: 41.533	2: 02.671	06th
07th	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	1: 43.199	1: 42.554	2: 02.769	07th
08th	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	1: 43.604	1: 43.126	2: 02.939	08th
09	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1: 43.834	1: 43.320	2: 04.933	09
10	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1: 42.805	1: 42.191	no time	17th
11	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	1: 44.221	1: 43.844	-	10
12	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	1: 44.153	1: 43.865	-	11
13	Charles Leclerc	Clean Ferrari	1: 43.654	1: 44.062	-	12
14th	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	1: 43.846	1: 44.301	-	13
15th	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1: 44.145	no time	-	18th
16	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	1: 44.489	-	-	19th
17th	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Renault	1: 44.917	-	-	14th
18th	Sergei Sirotkin	Williams-Mercedes	1: 44.998	-	-	15th
19th	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1: 45.134	-	-	16
20th	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Renault	1: 45.307	-	-	20th
107 percent time : 1: 49.766 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 42.585 min)

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Bottas, Hülkenberg, Sainz and Vandoorne were moved to the end of the field for exceeding the permitted number of drive units to be used this season.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	44	2	1: 23: 34.476	02	1: 46.644 (25.)
02	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	2	+ 11.061	01	1: 46.721 (23.)
03	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	44	2	+ 31,372	07th	1: 46.946 (36th)
04th	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	44	3	+1: 08.605	17th	1: 46.286 (32nd)
05	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	44	2	+1: 11.023	04th	1: 48.080 (38th)
06th	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	44	2	+1: 19.520	03	1: 48.078 (35.)
07th	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	44	2	+1: 25.953	05	1: 48.283 (35.)
08th	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	44	2	+1: 27.639	09	1: 47.937 (36th)
09	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	44	2	+1: 45.892	10	1: 48.588 (36th)
10	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	43	2	+ 1 lap	13	1: 48.694 (35th)
11	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	43	2	+ 1 lap	19th	1: 48.670 (32nd)
12	Sergei Sirotkin	Williams-Mercedes	43	2	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 49.113 (42nd)
13	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	43	2	+ 1 lap	16	1: 49.287 (39.)
14th	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	43	2	+ 1 lap	11	1: 48.756 (33rd)
15th	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Renault	43	3	+ 1 lap	20th	1: 48,956 (38th)
-	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	28	1	DNF	08th	1: 49.242 (27.)
-	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	8th	2	DNF	06th	1: 54.320 (6.)0
-	Charles Leclerc	Clean Ferrari	0	0	DNF	12	-
-	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Renault	0	0	DNF	14th	-
-	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	0	0	DNF	18th	-

Remarks

1. ↑ Bottas received a five-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 231 02  Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 214 03  Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 146 04th  Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 144 05  Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 120 06th  Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 118 07th  Nico Hulkenberg Renault 52 08th  Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 49 09  Fernando Alonso McLaren-Renault 44 10  Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 40

Item driver constructor Points 11  Esteban Ocon Force India-Mercedes 37 12  Carlos Sainz Jr. Renault 30th 13  Pierre Gasly Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 28 14th  Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 27 15th  Charles Leclerc Clean Ferrari 13 16  Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren-Renault 8th 17th  Marcus Ericsson Clean Ferrari 6th 18th  Lance Stroll Williams-Mercedes 4th 19th  Brendon Hartley Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 2 20th  Sergei Sirotkin Williams-Mercedes 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 1  Mercedes 375 2  Ferrari 360 3  Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 238 4th  Renault 82 5  Haas-Ferrari 76

Item constructor Points 06th  McLaren-Renault 52 07th  Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 30th 08th  Clean Ferrari 19th 09  Force India-Mercedes 18th 10  Williams-Mercedes 4th

Individual evidence