2018 China Grand Prix

 2018 China Grand Prix

Racing data
3rd of 21 races in the 2018 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Formula 1 2018 Heineken Chinese Grand Prix
Date:	April 15, 2018
Place:	Shanghai
Course:	Shanghai International Circuit
Length:	305.066 km in 56 laps of 5.451 km
Pole position
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Ferrari
Time:	1: 31.095 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer
Time:	1: 35.785 min (lap 55)
Podium
First:	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer
Second:	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
Third:	Kimi Raikkonen	Scuderia Ferrari

The Chinese Grand Prix 2018 (official Formula 1 2018 Heineken Chinese Grand Prix ) took place on 15 April at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai instead and was the third race of the Formula 1 World Championship in 2018 .

report

backgrounds

After the Bahrain Grand Prix , Sebastian Vettel led the drivers' standings with 17 points ahead of Lewis Hamilton and 28 points ahead of Valtteri Bottas . In the constructors' championship, Ferrari led with ten points ahead of Mercedes and with 43 points ahead of McLaren .

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

Compared to the previous year there was only one small change to the track, the inner concrete surface in the pit lane was renewed.

The DRS zones remained unchanged compared to the previous year, the measuring point for the first zone was 35 meters before turn 16 , the zone itself was on the start-finish straight and began 98 meters after the last curve. The measuring point for the second DRS zone was in turn twelve , the DRS was then allowed to be activated 752 meters before turn 14 .

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

With Hamilton (five times), Fernando Alonso (twice), Raikkonen and Vettel (once each), four former winners competed in this Grand Prix.

Race stewards were Zheng Honghai (CHN), Michael Masi (AUS), Nish Shetty (SIN) and Danny Sullivan (USA).

free training

In the first free practice, Hamilton set the fastest time in 1: 33.999 minutes, ahead of Raikkonen and Bottas.

In the second free practice, Hamilton was again fastest with a lap time of 1: 33.482 minutes ahead of Raikkonen and Bottas.

In the third free practice session, Vettel set the fastest time in 1: 33.018 minutes ahead of Raikkonen and Bottas.

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. Vettel was fastest. The Sauber, the Williams drivers and Pierre Gasly were eliminated.

The second section (Q2) lasted 15 minutes. The ten fastest pilots qualified for the third part of qualifying. Hamilton was fastest. The Ferrari and Mercedes drivers achieved their best time on the soft mix, all other drivers on Ultrasoft . Hartley, the McLaren drivers, Ocon and Magnussen were eliminated.

The final section (Q3) lasted twelve minutes, during which the first ten starting positions were awarded. With a lap time of 1: 31.095 minutes, Vettel drove the best time ahead of Raikkonen and Bottas. It was the 52nd pole position for Vettel and the fastest lap time ever achieved on this track.

Ericsson was moved five places back for disregarding double-waved yellow flags. He also received three penalty points.

run

Ricciardo won the race ahead of Bottas and Raikkonen. It was the sixth victory for Ricciardo in the Formula 1 World Championship. Bottas and Räikkönen each achieved the second podium finish of the season. The remaining points were placed by Hamilton, Verstappen, Hülkenberg, Alonso, Vettel, Sainz and Magnussen.

In the drivers' championship, the first three positions remained unchanged, but the gaps narrowed. In the constructors' championship, Mercedes took the lead from Ferrari, Red Bull was now third again.

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: 32.171	1: 32.385	1: 31.095	01
02	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1: 32.474	1: 32.286	1: 31.182	02
03	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1: 32.921	1: 32.063	1: 31.625	03
04th	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 33.283	1: 31.914	1: 31.675	04th
05	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	1: 32.932	1: 32.809	1: 31.839	05
06th	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	1: 33.877	1: 32.688	1: 31.948	06th
07th	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1: 33.545	1: 32.494	1: 32.602	07th
08th	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1: 33.464	1: 32.931	1: 32.845	08th
09	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1: 33.238	1: 32.524	1: 32.942	09
10	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	1: 33.315	1: 32.970	1: 33.543	10
11	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1: 33.359	1: 32.986	-	11
12	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1: 33.585	1: 33.057	-	12
13	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Renault	1: 33.428	1: 33.232	-	13
14th	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Renault	1: 33.824	1: 33.505	-	14th
15th	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	1: 34.013	1: 33.795	-	15th
16	Sergei Sirotkin	Williams-Mercedes	1: 34.062	-	-	16
17th	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	1: 34.101	-	-	17th
18th	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1: 34.285	-	-	18th
19th	Charles Leclerc	Clean Ferrari	1: 34.454	-	-	19th
20th	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	1: 34.914	-	-	20th
107 percent time : 1: 38.623 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 32.171 min)

Remarks

1. ↑ Ericsson was moved five starting positions back because he had ignored double waved yellow flags.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	56	2	1: 35: 36.380	06th	1: 35.785 (55th)
02	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	56	1	+ 0-08.894	03	1: 36.987 (50th)
03	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	56	1	+ 0-09.637	02	1: 36.456 (48th)
04th	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	56	1	+ 0:16.985	04th	1: 36.878 (20.)
05	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	56	2	+ 0:20.436	05	1: 36.206 (50.)
06th	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	56	2	+ 0:21.052	07th	1: 36.881 (56.)
07th	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Renault	56	1	+ 0:30.639	13	1: 37.234 (56.)
08th	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	56	1	+ 0:35.286	01	1: 37.479 (24.)
09	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	56	2	+ 0:35.763	10	1: 37.754 (54th)
10	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	56	1	+ 0:39,594	11	1: 38,152 (54.)
11	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	56	2	+ 0:44.050	12	1: 37.985 (47th)
12	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	56	2	+ 0:44.725	08th	1: 37.673 (54th)
13	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Renault	56	1	+ 0:49.373	14th	1: 38.137 (54.)
14th	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	56	1	+ 0:55,490	18th	1: 38,500 (54th)
15th	Sergei Sirotkin	Williams-Mercedes	56	2	+ 0:58.241	16	1: 38.624 (47th)
16	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	56	1	+1: 02.604	20th	1: 38.386 (52nd)
17th	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	56	2	+1: 05.296	09	1: 37.410 (51st)
18th	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	56	2	+1: 06.330	17th	1: 38.367 (54th)
19th	Charles Leclerc	Clean Ferrari	56	1	+1: 22,575	19th	1: 38.808 (23.)
20th	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	51	2	DNF	15th	1: 39.376 (50.)

Remarks

1. ↑ Verstappen received a ten-second penalty for causing a collision.
2. ↑ Gasly received a ten-second 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  Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 54 02  Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 45 03  Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 40 04th  Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 37 05  Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 30th 06th  Fernando Alonso McLaren-Renault 22nd 07th  Nico Hulkenberg Renault 22nd 08th  Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 18th 09  Pierre Gasly Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 12 10  Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 11

Item driver constructor Points 11  Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren-Renault 6th 12  Carlos Sainz Jr. Renault 3 13  Marcus Ericsson Clean Ferrari 2 14th  Esteban Ocon Force India-Mercedes 1 15th  Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 0 16  Charles Leclerc Clean Ferrari 0 17th  Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 0 18th  Lance Stroll Williams-Mercedes 0 19th  Brendon Hartley Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 0 20th  Sergei Sirotkin Williams-Mercedes 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 1  Mercedes 85 2  Ferrari 84 3  Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 55 4th  McLaren-Renault 28 5  Renault 25th

Item constructor Points 06th  Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 12 07th  Haas-Ferrari 11 08th  Clean Ferrari 2 09  Force India-Mercedes 1 10  Williams-Mercedes 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Adam Cooper, Christian Nimmervoll, Dominik Sharaf: Race preview China: The diva is dead! Motorsport-Total.com, April 11, 2018, accessed April 12, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Chinese Grand Prix 2018 in Shanghai - 1st free practice result. Motorsport-Total.com, April 13, 2018, accessed April 13, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Chinese Grand Prix 2018 in Shanghai - result of 2nd free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, April 13, 2018, accessed April 13, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Chinese Grand Prix 2018 in Shanghai - 3rd free practice result. Motorsport-Total.com, April 14, 2018, accessed April 14, 2018 .