Great Britain Grand Prix 2018

 Great Britain Grand Prix 2018

Racing data
10th of 21 races in the 2018 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Formula 1 2018 Rolex British Grand Prix
Date:	July 8, 2018
Place:	Silverstone
Course:	Silverstone Circuit
Length:	306.198 km in 52 laps of 5.891 km
Pole position
Driver:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time:	1: 25.892 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
Time:	1: 30.696 min (lap 47)
Podium
First:	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
Second:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Third:	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari

The Grand Prix of Great Britain in 2018 (officially Formula 1 2018 Rolex British Grand Prix ) took place on 8 July at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone instead and was the tenth race of the Formula 1 World Championship in 2018 .

report

backgrounds

After the Austrian Grand Prix , Sebastian Vettel led the drivers' standings with one point ahead of Lewis Hamilton and 45 points ahead of Kimi Räikkönen . In the constructors' championship, Ferrari was ahead of Mercedes with ten points and Red Bull Racing with 58 points .

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

The track was completely repaved after the race last year. The side curve of the route in Abbey , Brooklands , Vale and Club Corner was changed to increase the drainage effect. At the exit of the Stowe and at the apex of Club Corner , new curbs have been added behind the existing curbs.

For the first time there were three DRS zones on the route. The first two zones remained unchanged compared to the previous year. The first zone began 30 meters after Aintree Corner and the measuring point was 25 meters before Village Corner . The second DRS zone was on Hangar Straight , 55 meters after the chapel , the measuring point was at the entrance of the Maggotts . The third, new DRS zone began 62 meters behind the Club Corner , the measuring point was 83 meters in front of the Vale .

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

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

Race stewards were Tom Kristensen (DEN), Tim Mayer (USA), Steve Stringwell (GBR) and Mümtaz Tahincioğlu (TUR).

free training

In the first free practice, Hamilton set the fastest time in 1: 27.487 minutes ahead of Valtteri Bottas and Vettel. The training was interrupted by Grosjean after an accident.

In the second free practice, Vettel was fastest with a lap time of 1: 27.552 minutes ahead of Hamilton and Bottas. Since the monocoque of Grosjean's vehicle had to be changed after the accident in the first free practice session, Grosjeans could not take part in the training. Verstappen did not drive a timed lap because after a spin at the beginning of the training session, he hit the barrier and damaged his vehicle.

In the third free practice session, Hamilton was fastest in 1: 26.722 minutes ahead of Raikkonen and Bottas. The training was interrupted for a long time because of an accident by Hartley. Shortly before the Brooklands, the left front suspension of his Toro Rosso broke for no apparent cause, Hartley lost control and hit the barrier at high speed.

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. Hartley did not take part in qualifying after his accident in third free practice and did not qualify for the Grand Prix. The session was interrupted after an accident by Stroll, who therefore did not set any time and also did not qualify. His team-mate Sirotkin also lost control of his vehicle, but he was able to continue his lap after driving through the gravel bed . Vettel was fastest. Hartley, the Williams drivers, Vandoorne and Sainz were eliminated.

The second section (Q2) lasted 15 minutes. The ten fastest pilots qualified for the third part of qualifying. Hamilton was fastest. Ericsson, Gasly, Alonso, Pérez and Hülkenberg were eliminated.

The final section (Q3) lasted twelve minutes, during which the first ten starting positions were awarded. Hamilton drove the fastest time with a lap time of 1: 25.892 minutes ahead of Vettel and Raikkonen. It was Hamilton's 76th pole position in the Formula 1 World Championship and the fastest lap time ever recorded on this circuit.

When examining the causes of accidents from Sirotkin and stroll, it was found that in both cases, when you disable the DRS at a stall on the underbody of the Williams FW41 had come. The team therefore decided to replace the rear wings and the engine and radiator covers on both vehicles. Since this was done under parc fermé regulations , both drivers therefore had to start from the pit lane. Hartley also had to start out of the pit lane after changing the monocoque on his Toro Rosso. The team also decided to change the combustion engine and turbocharger, which would have meant moving back ten starting positions, but was obsolete due to the start from the pit lane.

run

Vettel and Bottas started well, both overtook Hamilton. Pérez spun in the first corner and fell back to 18th place behind the two Williams who had started out of the pit lane. When approaching turn three , Raikkonen attacked Hamilton, but braked himself and hit Hamilton. This turned and fell back to last place. Verstappen and Ricciardo overtook Raikkonen, who had to leave the track as a result of the collision. Both Haas drivers had to evade Hamilton to the outside and lost positions to Hülkenberg, Leclerc, Ocon and Sainz. Raikkonen overtook Ricciardo again on the first lap and was fourth. At the end of the first lap, Vettel was leading in front of Bottas, Verstappen, Räikkönen, Ricciardo, Hülkenberg, Leclerc, Ocon and Sainz. Hartley, who started the race from 20th place on the grid after his accident in third free practice, gave up the race after the first lap.

In the eleventh lap, Vettel was already six seconds ahead of Bottas, who was five seconds ahead of Verstappen. Hamilton had worked his way back to sixth place by then, but was 27 seconds behind Vettel. Raikkonen received a ten-second time penalty for causing the collision with Hamilton. On lap 14, Raikkonen drove to the pits to change tires and served his sentence. He switched from soft to medium . He fell back to tenth behind Sainz. With his fresh tires he then drove the fastest race lap up to that point several times and overtook Ocon, Leclerc and Hülkenberg.

Leclerc drove to the pit stop on lap 19, he also switched to medium . However, since a wheel was not correctly attached during the pit stop, he had to park his car shortly afterwards. Ricciardo and Verstappen also pitted to change tires on medium , both came back on the track before Raikkonen.

On lap 21 Vettel then pitted, he also switched to medium . Vettel came back on track before Hamilton, who was now in third place. One lap later, Bottas also switched to Medium , he came back on the track behind Hamilton, who let him pass immediately and then turned into the pit lane himself. He also switched to medium , just like the two Haas pilots.

Ricciardo was the first driver to change tires for the second time, he switched to soft and fell back to sixth place. After 30 laps, Vettel was leading in front of Bottas, Verstappen, Räikkönen, Hamilton, Ricciardo, Hülkenberg, Ocon, Alonso and Magnussen. On lap 32, Ericsson turned in corner one while lying in 14th place and hit the tire wall. The race management sent the safety car out onto the track to rescue the vehicle . Vettel, Verstappen, Raikkonen, Alonso, Sainz, Gasly and Pérez used this to switch to soft again . Bottas led before Vettel, Hamilton, Verstappen, Raikkonen and Ricciardo.

At the restart on lap 38 there were no changes in position. Shortly afterwards, Raikkonen overtook Verstappen, but a few corners later he passed Raikkonen again. Sainz collided with Grosjean while attempting to overtake, and both vehicles then hit the lane. Rennleitunc sent the safety car out again.

The race was reopened on lap 42. On the following lap, Raikkonen overtook Verstappen. This spun on lap 46 shortly afterwards gave up the race with transmission problems. Vettel increased the pressure on Bottas and passed on lap 47. Then he drove the fastest race lap. Bottas also had to let Hamilton and Raikkonen pass.

Gasly overtook Pérez shortly before the finish, but pushed him off the track. Since he then did not let Pérez pass voluntarily, he received a subsequent five-second time penalty and thus fell back to 11th place.

Vettel won the race ahead of Hamilton and Raikkonen. It was the 51st victory for Vettel in the Formula 1 World Championship, the fourth of which this season. With 51 victories, he was now together with Alain Prost in third place in the list of Formula 1 Grand Prix winners . It was also his second British Grand Prix victory after 2009 , with a different route at the time. Hamilton took his 123rd Formula 1 World Championship podium but failed to win the Great Britain Grand Prix for the first time since 2013 . Raikkonen achieved his 97th podium finish in the Formula 1 World Championship. The other points were placed by Bottas, Ricciardo, Hülkenberg, Ocon, Alonso, Magnussen and Pérez.

In the drivers 'and constructors' championships, the first three positions remained unchanged.

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	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 26.818	1: 26.256	1: 25.892	01
02	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1: 26.585	1: 26.372	1: 25.936	02
03	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1: 27.549	1: 26.483	1: 25.990	03
04th	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1: 27.025	1: 26.413	1: 26.217	04th
05	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	1: 27.309	1: 27.013	1: 26.602	05
06th	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	1: 27.979	1: 27.369	1: 27.099	06th
07th	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1: 28.143	1: 27.730	1: 27.244	07th
08th	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1: 28.086	1: 27.522	1: 27.455	08th
09	Charles Leclerc	Clean Ferrari	1: 27.962	1: 27.790	1: 27.879	09
10	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1: 28.279	1: 27.843	1: 28.194	10
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1: 28.017	1: 27.901	-	11
12	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1: 28.210	1: 27.928	-	12
13	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Renault	1: 28.187	1: 28.139	-	13
14th	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	1: 28.399	1: 28.341	-	14th
15th	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	1: 28.249	1: 28.391	-	15th
16	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	1: 28.456	-	-	16
17th	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Renault	1: 29.096	-	-	17th
18th	Sergei Sirotkin	Williams-Mercedes	1: 29.252	-	-	box
107 percent time : 1: 34.786 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 26.585 min)
19th	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	no time	-	-	box
20th	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	no time	-	-	box

Remarks

1. ↑ Sirotkin had to start from the pit lane because the rear wing and the engine and radiator cover on his vehicle had been changed when it was under parc fermé regulations .
2. ↑ Although he did not qualify, Stroll was allowed to start because he was fast enough in training.
3. ↑ Stroll had to start from the pit lane because the rear wing and the engine and radiator cover on his vehicle were changed when it was under parc fermé regulations .
4. ↑ Although he did not qualify, Hartley was allowed to start because he was fast enough in practice.
5. ↑ Hartley had to start from the pit lane because the monocoque on his vehicle was changed when it was under parc fermé regulations .

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	52	1	1: 27: 29.784	02	1: 30.696 (47th)
02	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	52	1	+ 2.264	01	1: 31.245 (52nd)
03	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	52	1	+ 3.652	03	1: 30.795 (51st)
04th	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	52	1	+ 8.883	04th	1: 31.377 (43.)
05	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	52	1	+ 9,500	06th	1: 31,589 (46.)
06th	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	52	1	+ 28.220	11	1: 33,405 (48.)
07th	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	52	1	+ 29.930	10	1: 33.606 (48th)
08th	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Renault	52	1	+ 31.115	13	1: 33,482 (52nd)
09	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	52	1	+ 33.188	07th	1: 33.604 (48th)
10	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	52	1	+ 34.708	12	1: 33,472 (48th)
11	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Renault	52	1	+ 35.774	17th	1: 33,551 (48th)
12	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	52	2	+ 38.106	box	1: 33.869 (48th)
13	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	52	2	+ 39.129	14th	1: 33.465 (48th)
14th	Sergei Sirotkin	Williams-Mercedes	52	2	+ 48.113	box	1: 34.620 (52nd)
15th	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	46	2	DNF	05	1: 32.007 (42nd)
-	Romain Grosjean	Force India-Mercedes	37	2	DNF	08th	1: 34.391 (28th)
-	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	37	0	DNF	16	1: 34.602 (25.)
-	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	31	2	DNF	15th	1: 33.675 (26.)
-	Charles Leclerc	Clean Ferrari	18th	0	DNF	09	1: 35.209 ( 03.)
-	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso-Renault	01	0	DNF	box	-

Remarks

1. ↑ Gasly 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  Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 171 02  Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 163 03  Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 116 04th  Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 106 05  Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 104 06th  Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 93 07th  Nico Hulkenberg Renault 42 08th  Fernando Alonso McLaren-Renault 40 09  Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 39 10  Carlos Sainz Jr. Renault 28

Item driver constructor Points 11  Esteban Ocon Force India-Mercedes 25th 12  Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 24 13  Pierre Gasly Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 18th 14th  Charles Leclerc Clean Ferrari 13 15th  Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 12 16  Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren-Renault 8th 17th  Lance Stroll Williams-Mercedes 4th 18th  Marcus Ericsson Clean Ferrari 3 19th  Brendon Hartley Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 1 20th  Sergei Sirotkin Williams-Mercedes 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 1  Ferrari 287 2  Mercedes 267 3  Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 199 4th  Renault 70 5  Haas-Ferrari 51

Item constructor Points 06th  Force India-Mercedes 49 07th  McLaren-Renault 48 08th  Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 19th 09  Clean Ferrari 16 10  Williams-Mercedes 4th

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Great Britain Grand Prix 2018 in Silverstone - 1st free practice result. Motorsport-Total.com, July 6, 2018, accessed July 7, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Great Britain Grand Prix 2018 in Silverstone - result of 2nd free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, July 6, 2018, accessed July 7, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: Formula 1 Silverstone 2018: Vettel pulls past Mercedes. Motorsport-Total.com, July 6, 2018, accessed July 7, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: Formula 1 Silverstone 2018: Vettel struck before qualifying. Motorsport-Total.com, July 6, 2018, accessed July 7, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Adam Cooper, Maria Reyer: After qualifying debacle: Williams start from the pit lane. Motorsport-Total.com, July 8, 2018, accessed July 8, 2018 .