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data-title="Velika nagrada Australije 2018." data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Premi_d%27Austr%C3%A0lia_del_2018" title="Gran Premi d'Austràlia del 2018 – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Gran Premi d'Austràlia del 2018" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Prix_Austr%C3%A1lie_2018" title="Grand Prix Austrálie 2018 – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Grand Prix Austrálie 2018" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a 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Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Γκραν Πρι Αυστραλίας 2018 (Φόρμουλα 1)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Gran_Premio_de_Australia_de_2018" title="Anexo:Gran Premio de Australia de 2018 – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Anexo:Gran Premio de Australia de 2018" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Prix_automobile_d%27Australie_2018" title="Grand Prix automobile d'Australie 2018 – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Grand Prix automobile d'Australie 2018" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_m._Australijos_Grand_Prix" title="2018 m. Australijos Grand Prix – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="2018 m. 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Circuit</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#efefef;">Race details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Date</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2018-03-25">25 March 2018</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Official name</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> Formula 1 2018 <a href="/wiki/Rolex" title="Rolex">Rolex</a> Australian Grand Prix<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Location</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data location"> <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Grand_Prix_Circuit" class="mw-redirect" title="Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit">Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit</a>, Melbourne, Australia</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Course</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> <a href="/wiki/Street_circuit" title="Street circuit">Temporary street circuit</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Course length</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 5.303 km (3.295 miles)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Distance</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 58 laps, 307.574 km (191.118 miles)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Weather</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> Sunny</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#efefef;"><a href="/wiki/Pole_position" title="Pole position">Pole position</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Driver</th><td class="infobox-data 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href="/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton" title="Lewis Hamilton">Lewis Hamilton</a></li></ul></div></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b"> <a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_in_Formula_One" title="Mercedes-Benz in Formula One">Mercedes</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Time</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 1:21.164</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#efefef;"><a href="/wiki/Fastest_lap" title="Fastest lap">Fastest lap</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Driver</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a"> <span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" 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</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Motor car race</div> <p>The <b>2018 Australian Grand Prix</b> (officially known as the <b>Formula 1 2018 Rolex Australian Grand Prix</b>)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was a <a href="/wiki/Formula_One" title="Formula One">Formula One</a> <a href="/wiki/Motor_race" class="mw-redirect" title="Motor race">motor race</a> held on 25 March 2018 in Melbourne, Victoria. The race was contested at the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Grand_Prix_Circuit" class="mw-redirect" title="Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit">Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit</a> and was the first round of the <a href="/wiki/2018_FIA_Formula_One_World_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="2018 FIA Formula One World Championship">2018 FIA Formula One World Championship</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The race marked the 83rd race in the combined history of the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Grand_Prix" title="Australian Grand Prix">Australian Grand Prix</a> – which dates back to the <a href="/wiki/1928_Australian_Grand_Prix" title="1928 Australian Grand Prix">100 Miles Road Race</a> of 1928 – and the 23rd time the event was held at the Albert Park circuit. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> driver <a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Vettel" title="Sebastian Vettel">Sebastian Vettel</a> was the defending race winner.<sup id="cite_ref-race_result_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-race_result-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton" title="Lewis Hamilton">Lewis Hamilton</a> started the race from pole – his seventh pole position in Australia,<sup id="cite_ref-quali_result_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-quali_result-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a record for the event – while Vettel successfully defended his race win, the 48th of his career and stood on the podium for the 100th time.<sup id="cite_ref-race_result_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-race_result-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was the Grand Prix debut of future race winner <a href="/wiki/Charles_Leclerc" title="Charles Leclerc">Charles Leclerc</a>, who drove for <a href="/wiki/Sauber_Motorsport" title="Sauber Motorsport">Sauber</a>. The race was also the first race since the official introduction of the <a href="/wiki/Halo_(safety_device)" title="Halo (safety device)">halo</a> cockpit safety device. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Report">Report</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_Australian_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Report"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Background">Background</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_Australian_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2014_Melbourne_Grand_Prix_(From_Eureka_Skydeck).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/2014_Melbourne_Grand_Prix_%28From_Eureka_Skydeck%29.jpg/220px-2014_Melbourne_Grand_Prix_%28From_Eureka_Skydeck%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/2014_Melbourne_Grand_Prix_%28From_Eureka_Skydeck%29.jpg/330px-2014_Melbourne_Grand_Prix_%28From_Eureka_Skydeck%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/2014_Melbourne_Grand_Prix_%28From_Eureka_Skydeck%29.jpg/440px-2014_Melbourne_Grand_Prix_%28From_Eureka_Skydeck%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3689" data-file-height="2200" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Grand_Prix_Circuit" class="mw-redirect" title="Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit">Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit</a> <i>(pictured in 2014)</i>, where the race was held.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Australian Grand Prix was officially confirmed as the first of 21 races of the <a href="/wiki/2018_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="2018 Formula One World Championship">2018 Formula One World Championship</a> in an <a href="/wiki/FIA_World_Motor_Sport_Council" title="FIA World Motor Sport Council">FIA World Motor Sport Council</a> meeting in <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a> in December 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It took place at the 15-turn 5.303 km (3.295 mi) <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Grand_Prix_Circuit" class="mw-redirect" title="Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit">Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit</a> in <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a> on 25 March 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-ESPNPreview_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ESPNPreview-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Formula_One_tyre" class="mw-redirect" title="Formula One tyre">Tyre</a> supplier <a href="/wiki/Pirelli" title="Pirelli">Pirelli</a> brought three types of tyre to the Grand Prix: three dry compounds (the purple-banded ultrasoft "option", the red-banded supersoft and the yellow-banded soft "prime" tyres).<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the week before the Grand Prix, race officials confirmed the inclusion of a third <a href="/wiki/Drag_reduction_system" title="Drag reduction system">drag reduction system</a> (DRS) zone. The detection point for the third zone was positioned on the approach to the turns 11 and 12 <a href="/wiki/Chicane" title="Chicane">chicane</a> with the activation point on the exit to turn 12. The existing DRS zones were unchanged from previous years, with one positioned on the main straight and the second on the straight between turns two and three.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The race marked the competitive début of the "<a href="/wiki/Halo_(safety_device)" title="Halo (safety device)">halo</a>" cockpit protection device after 18 months of rigorous testing. The <a href="/wiki/Furcula" title="Furcula">wishbone</a>-shaped frame mounted above and around the driver's head was developed following a series of major accidents in <a href="/wiki/Open-wheel_car" title="Open-wheel car">open wheel racing</a>, such as the death of <a href="/wiki/Henry_Surtees" title="Henry Surtees">Henry Surtees</a> in a <a href="/wiki/2009_FIA_Formula_Two_Championship" title="2009 FIA Formula Two Championship">Formula Two</a> race at <a href="/wiki/Brands_Hatch" title="Brands Hatch">Brands Hatch</a> in 2009 and <a href="/wiki/Felipe_Massa" title="Felipe Massa">Felipe Massa</a> sustaining a head injury from being struck in the helmet by a detached <a href="/wiki/Coil_spring" title="Coil spring">coil spring</a> from <a href="/wiki/Rubens_Barrichello" title="Rubens Barrichello">Rubens Barrichello</a>'s car at the <a href="/wiki/Hungaroring" title="Hungaroring">Hungaroring</a> six days later.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTimesHalo_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTimesHalo-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response to concerns about the halo impairing drivers' visibility, the world governing body of motorsport, the <a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_Internationale_de_l%27Automobile" title="Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile">Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile</a> (FIA), lowered the starting gantries at circuits to improve the starting lights visibility. Furthermore, drivers were permitted to execute practice <a href="/wiki/Standing_start" title="Standing start">standing starts</a> after the conclusion of both Friday practice sessions to acquaint themselves with the lowered gantries.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:232px;max-width:232px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:104px;max-width:104px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:152px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Charles_Leclerc_after_winning_F2_championship-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Charles_Leclerc_after_winning_F2_championship-2.jpg/102px-Charles_Leclerc_after_winning_F2_championship-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="102" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Charles_Leclerc_after_winning_F2_championship-2.jpg/153px-Charles_Leclerc_after_winning_F2_championship-2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Charles_Leclerc_after_winning_F2_championship-2.jpg/204px-Charles_Leclerc_after_winning_F2_championship-2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="510" data-file-height="763" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:124px;max-width:124px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:152px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sergey_Sirotkin_SMP_Racing.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Sergey_Sirotkin_SMP_Racing.jpg/122px-Sergey_Sirotkin_SMP_Racing.jpg" decoding="async" width="122" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Sergey_Sirotkin_SMP_Racing.jpg/183px-Sergey_Sirotkin_SMP_Racing.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Sergey_Sirotkin_SMP_Racing.jpg/244px-Sergey_Sirotkin_SMP_Racing.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Leclerc_(racing_driver)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Leclerc (racing driver)">Charles Leclerc</a> (left) and <a href="/wiki/Sergey_Sirotkin_(racing_driver)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sergey Sirotkin (racing driver)">Sergey Sirotkin</a> (right) made their Formula One debuts with <a href="/wiki/Sauber" class="mw-redirect" title="Sauber">Sauber</a> and <a href="/wiki/Williams_Grand_Prix_Engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Williams Grand Prix Engineering">Williams</a> respectively.</div></div></div></div> <p>Out of the 10 teams and 20 drivers on the starting <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_motorsport_terms#G" title="Glossary of motorsport terms">grid</a>, two drivers made their debut. <a href="/wiki/Charles_Leclerc_(racing_driver)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Leclerc (racing driver)">Charles Leclerc</a>, the <a href="/wiki/2017_FIA_Formula_2_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship">reigning Formula 2 champion</a> and <a href="/wiki/2016_GP3_Series" title="2016 GP3 Series">2016 GP3 Series</a> title winner, made his competitive début with <a href="/wiki/Sauber" class="mw-redirect" title="Sauber">Sauber</a>. Leclerc, who had previously driven in Friday practice sessions in <a href="/wiki/2016_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="2016 Formula One World Championship">2016</a> and <a href="/wiki/2017_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="2017 Formula One World Championship">2017</a>, was hired by the team to replace <a href="/wiki/Pascal_Wehrlein" title="Pascal Wehrlein">Pascal Wehrlein</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who could not find a race seat and was instead enlisted as one of <a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_in_Formula_One" title="Mercedes-Benz in Formula One">Mercedes</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Test_driver" title="Test driver">test</a> and reserve drivers while racing full-time in the <a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Tourenwagen_Masters" title="Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters">Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters</a> series.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Massa retired from Formula One at the conclusion of the 2017 championship, and was replaced at <a href="/wiki/Williams_Grand_Prix_Engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Williams Grand Prix Engineering">Williams</a> by former Renault test driver and <a href="/wiki/SMP_Racing" title="SMP Racing">SMP Racing</a> driver <a href="/wiki/Sergey_Sirotkin_(racing_driver)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sergey Sirotkin (racing driver)">Sergey Sirotkin</a>, who made his competitive début with the team.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Elsewhere, <a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Toro_Rosso" title="Scuderia Toro Rosso">Toro Rosso</a> employed <a href="/wiki/2016_GP2_Series" title="2016 GP2 Series">2016 GP2 Series</a> champion <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Gasly" title="Pierre Gasly">Pierre Gasly</a> and two-time <a href="/wiki/FIA_World_Endurance_Championship" title="FIA World Endurance Championship">World Endurance co-champion</a> <a href="/wiki/Brendon_Hartley" title="Brendon Hartley">Brendon Hartley</a> as their full-time drivers for 2018 after the pair debuted with the squad in the latter stages of the 2017 championship.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the front of the field, <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton" title="Lewis Hamilton">Lewis Hamilton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Vettel" title="Sebastian Vettel">Sebastian Vettel</a> in the Mercedes and <a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> cars respectively were the favourites to battle for the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Formula_One_World_Drivers%27_Champions" title="List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions">Drivers' Championship</a>, with both drivers having the opportunity to equal <a href="/wiki/Juan_Manuel_Fangio" title="Juan Manuel Fangio">Juan Manuel Fangio</a> in number of championships with five.<sup id="cite_ref-IndependentPreview_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IndependentPreview-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hamilton said he had not mulled about the prospects of equalling Fangio during the winter hiatus but the potential of doing so excited him,<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "In my mind I want to break barriers, push the envelope and see how far I can take the ability I have and reach my full potential. I don’t know what that is, so that’s what I’m discovering. I hope that I haven’t reached my peak yet. I’m sure there is one, when your fitness level is harder to reach or your interest or drive starts to decline, but I’m definitely not there. I’m in a good range right now and aim to continue to extract the most that I can."<sup id="cite_ref-IndependentPreview_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IndependentPreview-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Vettel stated he was unconcerned with it as he anticipated the events of the upcoming season and not those in the far future, "That’s a long way ahead, and we all know how many things need to come together to fight for the championship to the end of the season, and to win it. Times are also very different to when Fangio achieved his five titles, and every era has its different challenges. So it’s not in my mind now, let’s say."<sup id="cite_ref-IndependentPreview_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IndependentPreview-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Practice">Practice</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_Australian_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Practice"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Per the regulations for the 2018 season, three practice sessions were held, two 90-minute sessions on Friday and another 60-minute session before qualifying on Saturday.<sup id="cite_ref-2018SportingRegs_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2018SportingRegs-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first practice session took place in sunny weather conditions.<sup id="cite_ref-SkyFP1_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SkyFP1-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the supersoft compound tyres, Hamilton set the fastest time in the opening practice session with a 1-minute and 24.026 seconds lap, followed by his teammate <a href="/wiki/Valtteri_Bottas" title="Valtteri Bottas">Valtteri Bottas</a> who was 0.551 seconds slower in second place and <a href="/wiki/Max_Verstappen" title="Max Verstappen">Max Verstappen</a> of <a href="/wiki/Red_Bull_Racing" title="Red Bull Racing">Red Bull</a> was third. The Ferrari duo of <a href="/wiki/Kimi_R%C3%A4ikk%C3%B6nen" title="Kimi Räikkönen">Kimi Räikkönen</a> and Vettel were fourth and fifth with <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Ricciardo" title="Daniel Ricciardo">Daniel Ricciardo</a> sixth in the second Red Bull car. <a href="/wiki/Haas_F1_Team" title="Haas F1 Team">Haas</a>' <a href="/wiki/Romain_Grosjean" title="Romain Grosjean">Romain Grosjean</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fernando_Alonso" title="Fernando Alonso">Fernando Alonso</a> of <a href="/wiki/McLaren" title="McLaren">McLaren</a> (who remained in the garage for first practice's first hour with an <a href="/wiki/Exhaust_system" title="Exhaust system">exhaust</a> problem), <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Sainz_Jr." title="Carlos Sainz Jr.">Carlos Sainz Jr.</a> for Renault and Alonso's teammate <a href="/wiki/Stoffel_Vandoorne" title="Stoffel Vandoorne">Stoffel Vandoorne</a> (who had driveability issues) rounded out the session's top ten drivers.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though the session passed without any major incidents, Vettel and Haas driver <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Magnussen" title="Kevin Magnussen">Kevin Magnussen</a> both ran into the grass beside the track surface.<sup id="cite_ref-SkyFP1_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SkyFP1-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the second practice session, Verstappen was the early pace setter after ten minutes and held the top position until Bottas beat his time. Hamilton went to the top of the time sheets soon after until Räikkönen moved ahead of him 35 minutes into the session. Hamilton later switched onto the ultrasoft compound tyres and then recorded the fastest lap of the day with a time of 1 minute and 23.931 seconds, which was not bettered for the remainder of practice as drivers conducted qualifying simulations and then driving on track for a long period of time. Verstappen, Bottas, Räikkönen, Vettel, Grosjean, Ricciardo, Alonso, Magnussen and Vandoorne followed in positions two through ten.<sup id="cite_ref-AutosportFP2_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AutosportFP2-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Early in the session, <a href="/wiki/Esteban_Ocon" title="Esteban Ocon">Esteban Ocon</a> lost control of his <a href="/wiki/Force_India" title="Force India">Force India</a> and ran into the turn three <a href="/wiki/Run-off_area" title="Run-off area">gravel trap</a> but he rejoined without trouble.<sup id="cite_ref-MMagazinFP2_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MMagazinFP2-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Räikkönen was slow in turn three as Bottas approached him. He steered to the middle and Bottas swerved to the outside under braking due to a miscommunication that sent him into the gravel trap.<sup id="cite_ref-FSPYKimiBottas_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FSPYKimiBottas-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The session was <a href="/wiki/Racing_flags#Red_flag" title="Racing flags">stopped</a> for five minutes when a timing cable wire detached and fell onto the start/finish straight and was picked up by <a href="/wiki/Motorsport_marshal" title="Motorsport marshal">track marshals</a> quickly.<sup id="cite_ref-AutosportFP2_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AutosportFP2-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MMagazinFP2_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MMagazinFP2-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the second practice session, Ricciardo incurred a three-place grid penalty and two <a href="/wiki/FIA_Super_Licence" title="FIA Super Licence">super licence</a> penalty points from the stewards for not staying above the minimum time as established in the FIA's <a href="/wiki/Electronic_control_unit" title="Electronic control unit">electronic control unit</a> under red flag conditions.<sup id="cite_ref-RicciardoPenalty_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RicciardoPenalty-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They also concluded that Räikkönen had not "unnecessarily impeded" Bottas and was not penalised.<sup id="cite_ref-FSPYKimiBottas_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FSPYKimiBottas-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thunderstorms on Saturday morning saturated the track and made it slippery to drive on. Wet-weather tyres were used for the majority of the session before it dried sufficiently enough to warrant the use of dry tyre compounds. Vettel set the fastest lap at 1 minute and 26.067 seconds with his teammate Räikkönen in second. Sauber's <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Ericsson" title="Marcus Ericsson">Marcus Ericsson</a> was third, ahead of Verstappen, Sainz and Ricciardo. The Mercedes of Bottas and Hamilton along with the McLarens of Vandoorne and Alonso completed the top ten ahead of qualifying.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the session, in which Verstappen and <a href="/wiki/Nico_H%C3%BClkenberg" title="Nico Hülkenberg">Nico Hülkenberg</a> of Renault slithered exiting turn ten, the steering wheel on Hamilton's car was replaced in the pit lane when it developed a technical fault,<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and owing to a lack of spare car parts, Force India chose not to set any timed laps during the one-hour period.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Qualifying">Qualifying</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_Australian_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Qualifying"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FIA_F1_Austria_2018_Hamilton_after_Qualifying_2_cropped_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/FIA_F1_Austria_2018_Hamilton_after_Qualifying_2_cropped_2.jpg/170px-FIA_F1_Austria_2018_Hamilton_after_Qualifying_2_cropped_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="209" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/FIA_F1_Austria_2018_Hamilton_after_Qualifying_2_cropped_2.jpg/255px-FIA_F1_Austria_2018_Hamilton_after_Qualifying_2_cropped_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/FIA_F1_Austria_2018_Hamilton_after_Qualifying_2_cropped_2.jpg/340px-FIA_F1_Austria_2018_Hamilton_after_Qualifying_2_cropped_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="784" data-file-height="966" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton" title="Lewis Hamilton">Lewis Hamilton</a> had the 73rd pole position of his career</figcaption></figure> <p>Saturday afternoon's <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_motorsport_terms#Q" title="Glossary of motorsport terms">qualifying session</a> was divided into three parts. The first part ran for 18 minutes, eliminating cars that finished 16th or below. The <a href="/wiki/107%25_rule" title="107% rule">107% rule</a> was in effect during this part, requiring drivers to set a time within 107% of the fastest lap in order to qualify. The second part lasted 15 minutes, eliminating cars that finished 11th to 15th, before the third and final part that ran for 12 minutes and determined <a href="/wiki/Pole_position" title="Pole position">pole position</a> to tenth.<sup id="cite_ref-2018SportingRegs_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2018SportingRegs-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the first part of qualifying (Q1), track conditions improved greatly as drivers settled into undertaking long-distance runs to acquaint themselves with the evolving conditions.<sup id="cite_ref-RaceFansQuali_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RaceFansQuali-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hamilton led the session with a lap of 1 minute and 22.824 seconds that he recorded on his second attempt, ahead of the Ferrari duo of Räikkönen and Vettel. The Red Bulls of Verstappen and Ricciardo were fourth and fifth.<sup id="cite_ref-FoxSportsQuali_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FoxSportsQuali-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The five drivers who were eliminated from qualifying in Q1 were Hartley, the Saubers of Ericsson and Leclerc, Sirotkin,<sup id="cite_ref-RaceFansQuali_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RaceFansQuali-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Gasly after he made a driving error and ran into the turn three gravel trap after he locked his tyres.<sup id="cite_ref-QualiQuotes_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QualiQuotes-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>To commence the second qualifying session (Q2), Red Bull elected to send their drivers out on the supersoft compound tyres rather than the ultrasoft compound tyres and this determined which type of tyre the team would start the race on.<sup id="cite_ref-RaceFansQuali_33-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RaceFansQuali-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Räikkönen was the early pace setter after all competitors set their first timed laps but it was Hamilton who improved his effort and lowered his own pole position lap time <a href="/wiki/2017_Australian_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Australian Grand Prix">from the previous year</a>. But it was Vettel in the second Ferrari who was the first driver to set a lap time below the 1 minute and 22 seconds mark all weekend with a 1-minute and 21.944 seconds effort.<sup id="cite_ref-FoxSportsQuali_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FoxSportsQuali-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alonso and Vandoorne in the two McLarens were eliminated from contending for pole position when both Haas and Renault drivers bettered their personal best laps despite the latter team's drivers locking their tyres. <a href="/wiki/Sergio_P%C3%A9rez" title="Sergio Pérez">Sergio Pérez</a> for Force India, Williams' <a href="/wiki/Lance_Stroll" title="Lance Stroll">Lance Stroll</a> (who went off the track at the third corner) and Ocon were the final three drivers not to progress into the final qualifying session (Q3).<sup id="cite_ref-RaceFansQuali_33-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RaceFansQuali-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FoxSportsQuali_34-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FoxSportsQuali-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As he began his first timed lap in Q3,<sup id="cite_ref-FoxSportsQuali_34-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FoxSportsQuali-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bottas took too much <a href="/wiki/Curb" title="Curb">kerb</a> on the exit to the first turn,<sup id="cite_ref-RaceFansQuali_33-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RaceFansQuali-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was damp from the earlier rain, causing him to run wide, and he spun from having excessive <a href="/wiki/Wheelspin" title="Wheelspin">wheelspin</a> into the right-hand side barrier at turn two, and crashed heavily in an impact measured at 27 <a href="/wiki/G-force" title="G-force">g</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BottasGearbox_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BottasGearbox-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His car spun ending up in the middle of the track with debris littered across it. The session was temporarily stopped to repair the barriers and clean up the debris.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCSportQuali_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCSportQuali-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Q3 restarted, Hamilton paced the field but his first lap was slower than in Q2, possibly because of fluid deposited by his teammate Bottas between turns one and two. He then improved his lap to a circuit-record 1 minute and 21.164 seconds to clinch pole position.<sup id="cite_ref-RaceFansQuali_33-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RaceFansQuali-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was his fifth consecutive pole position at the track, his seventh overall in Melbourne to move past <a href="/wiki/Ayrton_Senna" title="Ayrton Senna">Ayrton Senna</a> in the number of pole positions in Australia, and the 73rd of his career.<sup id="cite_ref-GuardianPole_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GuardianPole-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was joined on the <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_motorsport_terms#G" title="Glossary of motorsport terms">grid</a>'s front row by Räikkönen who recorded a lap 0.664 seconds slower and his teammate Vettel was third after a driving error at turn 13. Verstappen qualified in the fourth position.<sup id="cite_ref-RaceFansQuali_33-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RaceFansQuali-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-qualifying">Post-qualifying</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_Australian_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Post-qualifying"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following his crash that brought Q3 to a stop, Bottas was transported to the circuit's medical centre for a precautionary check-up and he was declared fit to race. However, he was handed a five-place grid penalty because Mercedes discovered his car's <a href="/wiki/Transmission_(mechanics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Transmission (mechanics)">gearbox</a> was damaged in the crash.<sup id="cite_ref-BottasGearbox_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BottasGearbox-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The grid lined up after penalties as Hamilton, Räikkönen, Vettel, Verstappen, Magnussen, Grosjean, Hülkenberg, Ricciardo, Sainz, Alonso, Vandoorne, Pérez, Stroll, Ocon, Bottas, Hartley, Ericsson, Leclerc, Sirotkin and Gasly.<sup id="cite_ref-RaceFansQuali_33-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RaceFansQuali-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Race">Race</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_Australian_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Race"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Before the race, a tribute was paid to the late former Australian Grand Prix promoter <a href="/wiki/Ron_Walker_(businessman)" title="Ron Walker (businessman)">Ron Walker</a> by officially naming the Albert Park circuit's main straight the Walker Straight.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the start the top three stayed in the same order they started while Verstappen lost a place to Magnussen at the start. Sergey Sirotkin was the first retirement of the race when on lap 4 he retired due to a brake failure caused by overheating. On lap 9, Verstappen spun at turn one while chasing Magnussen and dropped down to eighth. Hamilton led Räikkönen, Vettel, Magnussen, Grosjean, Ricciardo, Hülkenberg, Verstappen, Sainz and Alonso. They stayed in that order until the first round of pit stops. On lap 18 Räikkönen pitted for softs. On lap 19 Hamilton pitted for softs to cover Räikkönen and emerged on track ahead of him. Verstappen pitted on lap 20. Magnussen pitted at the end of lap 21, but retired the next lap due to the cross-threaded wheel-nut being fitted loosely. On lap 24, Grosjean retired at turn 2 from seventh after pitting with the same problem as his teammate Magnussen resulting in a Virtual Safety Car (VSC) being called out. On lap 26 Vettel pitted under the VSC and emerged ahead of Hamilton and Räikkönen. Mercedes miscalculated the required gap between Vettel and Hamilton to prevent a jump under the safety car before Vettel's pit stop due to a software glitch. After the first round of pit stops Vettel led with Hamilton second and Räikkönen in third. Alonso pitted under the VSC to emerge ahead of Verstappen. On lap 27 the full-course Safety Car was called out. The safety car came in at the end of lap 31. This left the top ten Vettel, Hamilton, Räikkönen, Ricciardo, Alonso, Verstappen, Hülkenberg, Bottas, Vandoorne and Sainz. None of the top ten pitted again. Ricciardo hounded Räikkönen for the rest of the race, setting the fastest lap in the process. Alonso resisted the pressure from Verstappen while holding on to fifth place. Vettel took the chequered flag to win the Australian Grand Prix for the second consecutive year, followed by Hamilton and Räikkönen rounding the podium. Ricciardo, Alonso, Verstappen, Hülkenberg, Bottas, Vandoorne and Sainz in that order completed the top ten, with Renault scoring their first double-points-finish since the <a href="/wiki/2011_Turkish_Grand_Prix" title="2011 Turkish Grand Prix">2011 Turkish Grand Prix</a>. Ricciardo's 4th-placed finish marked his joint best finish at Albert Park, but also the joint best finish for an Australian at the Australian Grand Prix, equalling his 2016 result, and <a href="/wiki/Mark_Webber_(racing_driver)" title="Mark Webber (racing driver)">Mark Webber</a>'s 4th place in 2012. </p><p>After the race, Haas was fined €10,000 by the FIA for sending both of its drivers back to the track without the tyres properly attached to the car.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Classification">Classification</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_Australian_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Classification"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Qualifying_2">Qualifying</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_Australian_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Qualifying"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 85%;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Qualifying position">Pos.</span> </th> <th rowspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Number">Car<br />no.</span> </th> <th rowspan="2">Driver </th> <th rowspan="2">Constructor </th> <th style="background:#eaecf0; text-align:center;" colspan="3"><span class="nowrap">Qualifying times</span> </th> <th rowspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Final grid position">Final<br />grid</span> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col">Q1 </th> <th scope="col">Q2 </th> <th scope="col">Q3 </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1 </th> <td align="center">44 </td> <td data-sort-value="HAM"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton" title="Lewis Hamilton">Lewis Hamilton</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_in_Formula_One" title="Mercedes-Benz in Formula One">Mercedes</a> </td> <td><b>1:22.824</b> </td> <td>1:22.051 </td> <td><b>1:21.164</b> </td> <td align="center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2 </th> <td align="center">7 </td> <td data-sort-value="RAI"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kimi_R%C3%A4ikk%C3%B6nen" title="Kimi Räikkönen">Kimi Räikkönen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td>1:23.096 </td> <td>1:22.507 </td> <td>1:21.828 </td> <td align="center">2 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">3 </th> <td align="center">5 </td> <td data-sort-value="VET"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Vettel" title="Sebastian Vettel">Sebastian Vettel</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td>1:23.348 </td> <td><b>1:21.944</b> </td> <td>1:21.838 </td> <td align="center">3 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">4 </th> <td align="center">33 </td> <td data-sort-value="VER"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Max_Verstappen" title="Max Verstappen">Max Verstappen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Red_Bull_Racing" title="Red Bull Racing">Red Bull Racing</a>-<a href="/wiki/TAG_Heuer" title="TAG Heuer">TAG Heuer</a> </td> <td>1:23.483 </td> <td>1:22.416 </td> <td>1:21.879 </td> <td align="center">4 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">5 </th> <td align="center">3 </td> <td data-sort-value="RIC"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Ricciardo" title="Daniel Ricciardo">Daniel Ricciardo</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Red_Bull_Racing" title="Red Bull Racing">Red Bull Racing</a>-<a href="/wiki/TAG_Heuer" title="TAG Heuer">TAG Heuer</a> </td> <td>1:23.494 </td> <td>1:22.897 </td> <td>1:22.152 </td> <td align="center">8<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_1"><a href="#endnote_1">1</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">6 </th> <td align="center">20 </td> <td data-sort-value="MAG"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark"><img alt="Denmark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Magnussen" title="Kevin Magnussen">Kevin Magnussen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Haas_F1_Team" title="Haas F1 Team">Haas</a>-<a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td>1:23.909 </td> <td>1:23.300 </td> <td>1:23.187 </td> <td align="center">5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">7 </th> <td align="center">8 </td> <td data-sort-value="GRO"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Romain_Grosjean" title="Romain Grosjean">Romain Grosjean</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Haas_F1_Team" title="Haas F1 Team">Haas</a>-<a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td>1:23.671 </td> <td>1:23.468 </td> <td>1:23.339 </td> <td align="center">6 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">8 </th> <td align="center">27 </td> <td data-sort-value="HUL"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nico_H%C3%BClkenberg" title="Nico Hülkenberg">Nico Hülkenberg</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a> </td> <td>1:23.782 </td> <td>1:23.544 </td> <td>1:23.532 </td> <td align="center">7 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">9 </th> <td align="center">55 </td> <td data-sort-value="SAI"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Sainz_Jr." title="Carlos Sainz Jr.">Carlos Sainz Jr.</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a> </td> <td>1:23.529 </td> <td>1:23.061 </td> <td>1:23.577 </td> <td align="center">9 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">10 </th> <td align="center">77 </td> <td data-sort-value="BOT"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Valtteri_Bottas" title="Valtteri Bottas">Valtteri Bottas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_in_Formula_One" title="Mercedes-Benz in Formula One">Mercedes</a> </td> <td>1:23.686 </td> <td>1:22.089 </td> <td data-sort-value="2">No time </td> <td align="center">15<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_2"><a href="#endnote_2">2</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">11 </th> <td align="center">14 </td> <td data-sort-value="ALO"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Fernando_Alonso" title="Fernando Alonso">Fernando Alonso</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/McLaren" title="McLaren">McLaren</a>-<a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a> </td> <td>1:23.597 </td> <td>1:23.692 </td> <td style="background: silver" align="center"><small>N/A</small> </td> <td align="center">10 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">12 </th> <td align="center">2 </td> <td data-sort-value="VAN"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium"><img alt="Belgium" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Stoffel_Vandoorne" title="Stoffel Vandoorne">Stoffel Vandoorne</a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/McLaren" title="McLaren">McLaren</a>-<a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a> </td> <td>1:24.073 </td> <td>1:23.853 </td> <td style="background: silver" align="center"><small>N/A</small> </td> <td align="center">11 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">13 </th> <td align="center">11 </td> <td data-sort-value="PER"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sergio_P%C3%A9rez" title="Sergio Pérez">Sergio Pérez</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Force_India" title="Force India">Force India</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a> </td> <td>1:24.344 </td> <td>1:24.005 </td> <td style="background: silver" align="center"><small>N/A</small> </td> <td align="center">12 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">14 </th> <td align="center">18 </td> <td data-sort-value="STR"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada"><img alt="Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lance_Stroll" title="Lance Stroll">Lance Stroll</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Williams_Grand_Prix_Engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Williams Grand Prix Engineering">Williams</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a> </td> <td>1:24.464 </td> <td>1:24.230 </td> <td style="background: silver" align="center"><small>N/A</small> </td> <td align="center">13 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">15 </th> <td align="center">31 </td> <td data-sort-value="OCO"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Esteban_Ocon" title="Esteban Ocon">Esteban Ocon</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Force_India" title="Force India">Force India</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a> </td> <td>1:24.503 </td> <td>1:24.786 </td> <td style="background: silver" align="center"><small>N/A</small> </td> <td align="center">14 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">16 </th> <td align="center">28 </td> <td data-sort-value="HAR"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Brendon_Hartley" title="Brendon Hartley">Brendon Hartley</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Toro_Rosso" title="Scuderia Toro Rosso">Scuderia Toro Rosso</a>-<a href="/wiki/Honda_in_Formula_One" title="Honda in Formula One">Honda</a> </td> <td>1:24.532 </td> <td style="background: silver" align="center"><small>N/A</small> </td> <td style="background: silver" align="center"><small>N/A</small> </td> <td align="center">16 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">17 </th> <td align="center">9 </td> <td data-sort-value="ERI"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Ericsson" title="Marcus Ericsson">Marcus Ericsson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sauber" class="mw-redirect" title="Sauber">Sauber</a>-<a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td>1:24.556 </td> <td style="background: silver" align="center"><small>N/A</small> </td> <td style="background: silver" align="center"><small>N/A</small> </td> <td align="center">17 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">18 </th> <td align="center">16 </td> <td data-sort-value="LEC"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Monaco" title="Monaco"><img alt="Monaco" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Monaco.svg/19px-Flag_of_Monaco.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Monaco.svg/29px-Flag_of_Monaco.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Monaco.svg/38px-Flag_of_Monaco.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Charles_Leclerc_(racing_driver)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Leclerc (racing driver)">Charles Leclerc</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sauber" class="mw-redirect" title="Sauber">Sauber</a>-<a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td>1:24.636 </td> <td style="background: silver" align="center"><small>N/A</small> </td> <td style="background: silver" align="center"><small>N/A</small> </td> <td align="center">18 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">19 </th> <td align="center">35 </td> <td data-sort-value="SIR"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sergey_Sirotkin_(racing_driver)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sergey Sirotkin (racing driver)">Sergey Sirotkin</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Williams_Grand_Prix_Engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Williams Grand Prix Engineering">Williams</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a> </td> <td>1:24.922 </td> <td style="background: silver" align="center"><small>N/A</small> </td> <td style="background: silver" align="center"><small>N/A</small> </td> <td align="center">19 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">20 </th> <td align="center">10 </td> <td data-sort-value="GAS"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Gasly" title="Pierre Gasly">Pierre Gasly</a> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Toro_Rosso" title="Scuderia Toro Rosso">Scuderia Toro Rosso</a>-<a href="/wiki/Honda_in_Formula_One" title="Honda in Formula One">Honda</a></span> </td> <td>1:25.295 </td> <td style="background: silver" align="center"><small>N/A</small> </td> <td style="background: silver" align="center"><small>N/A</small> </td> <td align="center">20 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="8"><a href="/wiki/107%25_rule" title="107% rule">107% time</a>: 1:28.621 </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="8">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-quali_result_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-quali_result-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Notes</dt></dl> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_1"><b><a href="#ref_1">^1</a></b></span>  – <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Ricciardo" title="Daniel Ricciardo">Daniel Ricciardo</a> received a three-place grid penalty for failing to adequately slow down for a red flag during free practice.<sup id="cite_ref-RicciardoPenalty_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RicciardoPenalty-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_2"><b><a href="#ref_2">^2</a></b></span>  – <a href="/wiki/Valtteri_Bottas" title="Valtteri Bottas">Valtteri Bottas</a> received a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.<sup id="cite_ref-BottasGearbox_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BottasGearbox-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Race_2">Race</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_Australian_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Race"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 85%;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Position">Pos.</span> </th> <th scope="col"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Car number">No.</span> </th> <th scope="col">Driver </th> <th scope="col">Constructor </th> <th scope="col" class="unsortable"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Laps completed">Laps</span> </th> <th scope="col" class="unsortable">Time/Retired </th> <th scope="col"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Final grid position">Grid</span> </th> <th scope="col">Points </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1 </th> <td align="center">5 </td> <td data-sort-value="VET"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" 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align="center">14 </td> <td data-sort-value="ALO"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Fernando_Alonso" title="Fernando Alonso">Fernando Alonso</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/McLaren" title="McLaren">McLaren</a>-<a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a></b> </td> <td align="center">58 </td> <td>+27.886 </td> <td align="center">10 </td> <td align="center"><b>10</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">6 </th> <td align="center">33 </td> <td data-sort-value="VER"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Max_Verstappen" title="Max Verstappen">Max Verstappen</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Red_Bull_Racing" title="Red Bull Racing">Red Bull Racing</a>-<a href="/wiki/TAG_Heuer" title="TAG Heuer">TAG Heuer</a></b> </td> <td align="center">58 </td> <td>+28.945 </td> <td align="center">4 </td> <td align="center"><b>8</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">7 </th> <td align="center">27 </td> <td data-sort-value="HUL"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Nico_H%C3%BClkenberg" title="Nico Hülkenberg">Nico Hülkenberg</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a></b> </td> <td align="center">58 </td> <td>+32.671 </td> <td align="center">7 </td> <td align="center"><b>6</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">8 </th> <td align="center">77 </td> <td data-sort-value="BOT"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Valtteri_Bottas" title="Valtteri Bottas">Valtteri Bottas</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_in_Formula_One" title="Mercedes-Benz in Formula One">Mercedes</a></b> </td> <td align="center">58 </td> <td>+34.339 </td> <td align="center">15 </td> <td align="center"><b>4</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">9 </th> <td align="center">2 </td> <td data-sort-value="VAN"><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium"><img alt="Belgium" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Stoffel_Vandoorne" title="Stoffel Vandoorne">Stoffel Vandoorne</a> </b></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/McLaren" title="McLaren">McLaren</a>-<a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a></b> </td> <td align="center">58 </td> <td>+34.921 </td> <td align="center">11 </td> <td align="center"><b>2</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">10 </th> <td align="center">55 </td> <td data-sort-value="SAI"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Sainz_Jr." title="Carlos Sainz Jr.">Carlos Sainz Jr.</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a></b> </td> <td align="center">58 </td> <td>+45.722 </td> <td align="center">9 </td> <td align="center"><b>1</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">11 </th> <td align="center">11 </td> <td data-sort-value="PER"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sergio_P%C3%A9rez" title="Sergio Pérez">Sergio Pérez</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Force_India" title="Force India">Force India</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance 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AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a> </td> <td align="center">58 </td> <td>+1:00.278 </td> <td align="center">14 </td> <td align="center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">13 </th> <td align="center">16 </td> <td data-sort-value="LEC"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Monaco" title="Monaco"><img alt="Monaco" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Monaco.svg/19px-Flag_of_Monaco.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Monaco.svg/29px-Flag_of_Monaco.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Monaco.svg/38px-Flag_of_Monaco.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Charles_Leclerc_(racing_driver)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Leclerc (racing driver)">Charles Leclerc</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sauber" class="mw-redirect" title="Sauber">Sauber</a>-<a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td align="center">58 </td> <td>+1:15.759 </td> <td align="center">18 </td> <td align="center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">14 </th> <td align="center">18 </td> <td data-sort-value="STR"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada"><img alt="Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lance_Stroll" title="Lance Stroll">Lance Stroll</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Williams_Grand_Prix_Engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Williams Grand Prix Engineering">Williams</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a> </td> <td align="center">58 </td> <td>+1:18.288 </td> <td align="center">13 </td> <td align="center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">15 </th> <td align="center">28 </td> <td data-sort-value="HAR"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand"><img alt="New Zealand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Brendon_Hartley" title="Brendon Hartley">Brendon Hartley</a> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Toro_Rosso" title="Scuderia Toro Rosso">Scuderia Toro Rosso</a>-<a href="/wiki/Honda_in_Formula_One" title="Honda in Formula One">Honda</a></span> </td> <td align="center">57 </td> <td>+1 lap </td> <td align="center">16 </td> <td align="center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" data-sort-value="16">Ret </th> <td align="center">8 </td> <td data-sort-value="GRO"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Romain_Grosjean" title="Romain Grosjean">Romain Grosjean</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Haas_F1_Team" title="Haas F1 Team">Haas</a>-<a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td align="center">24 </td> <td>Wheel </td> <td align="center">6 </td> <td align="center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" data-sort-value="17">Ret </th> <td align="center">20 </td> <td data-sort-value="MAG"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark"><img alt="Denmark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Magnussen" title="Kevin Magnussen">Kevin Magnussen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Haas_F1_Team" title="Haas F1 Team">Haas</a>-<a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td align="center">22 </td> <td>Wheel </td> <td align="center">5 </td> <td align="center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" data-sort-value="18">Ret </th> <td align="center">10 </td> <td data-sort-value="GAS"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Gasly" title="Pierre Gasly">Pierre Gasly</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Toro_Rosso" title="Scuderia Toro Rosso">Scuderia Toro Rosso</a>-<a href="/wiki/Honda_in_Formula_One" title="Honda in Formula One">Honda</a> </td> <td align="center">13 </td> <td>Engine </td> <td align="center">20 </td> <td align="center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" data-sort-value="19">Ret </th> <td align="center">9 </td> <td data-sort-value="ERI"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Ericsson" title="Marcus Ericsson">Marcus Ericsson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sauber" class="mw-redirect" title="Sauber">Sauber</a>-<a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td align="center">5 </td> <td>Hydraulics </td> <td align="center">17 </td> <td align="center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" data-sort-value="20">Ret </th> <td align="center">35 </td> <td data-sort-value="SIR"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" 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data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kimi_R%C3%A4ikk%C3%B6nen" title="Kimi Räikkönen">Kimi Räikkönen</a> </td> <td align="left">15 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">4 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Ricciardo" title="Daniel Ricciardo">Daniel Ricciardo</a> </td> <td align="left">12 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">5 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Fernando_Alonso" title="Fernando Alonso">Fernando Alonso</a> </td> <td align="left">10 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-champ_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-champ-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><del><a href="/wiki/2011_Bahrain_Grand_Prix" title="2011 Bahrain Grand Prix">BHR</a></del></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Australian_Grand_Prix" title="2011 Australian Grand Prix">AUS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Malaysian_Grand_Prix" title="2011 Malaysian Grand Prix">MAL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Chinese_Grand_Prix" title="2011 Chinese Grand Prix">CHN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Turkish_Grand_Prix" title="2011 Turkish Grand Prix">TUR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Spanish_Grand_Prix" title="2011 Spanish Grand Prix">ESP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Monaco_Grand_Prix" title="2011 Monaco Grand Prix">MON</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Canadian_Grand_Prix" title="2011 Canadian Grand Prix">CAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_European_Grand_Prix" title="2011 European Grand Prix">EUR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_British_Grand_Prix" title="2011 British Grand Prix">GBR</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/2012_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="2012 Formula One World Championship">2012</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Australian_Grand_Prix" title="2012 Australian Grand Prix">AUS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Malaysian_Grand_Prix" title="2012 Malaysian Grand Prix">MAL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Chinese_Grand_Prix" title="2012 Chinese Grand Prix">CHN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Bahrain_Grand_Prix" title="2012 Bahrain Grand Prix">BHR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Spanish_Grand_Prix" title="2012 Spanish Grand Prix">ESP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Monaco_Grand_Prix" title="2012 Monaco Grand Prix">MON</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Canadian_Grand_Prix" title="2012 Canadian Grand Prix">CAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_European_Grand_Prix" title="2012 European Grand Prix">EUR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_British_Grand_Prix" title="2012 British Grand Prix">GBR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_German_Grand_Prix" title="2012 German Grand Prix">GER</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Hungarian_Grand_Prix" title="2012 Hungarian Grand Prix">HUN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Belgian_Grand_Prix" title="2012 Belgian Grand Prix">BEL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Italian_Grand_Prix" title="2012 Italian Grand Prix">ITA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Singapore_Grand_Prix" title="2012 Singapore Grand Prix">SIN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Japanese_Grand_Prix" title="2012 Japanese Grand Prix">JPN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Korean_Grand_Prix" title="2012 Korean Grand Prix">KOR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Indian_Grand_Prix" title="2012 Indian Grand Prix">IND</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix" title="2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix">ABU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Grand_Prix" title="2012 United States Grand Prix">USA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Brazilian_Grand_Prix" title="2012 Brazilian Grand Prix">BRA</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2013_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="2013 Formula One World Championship">2013</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2013_Australian_Grand_Prix" title="2013 Australian Grand Prix">AUS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Malaysian_Grand_Prix" title="2013 Malaysian Grand Prix">MAL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Chinese_Grand_Prix" title="2013 Chinese Grand Prix">CHN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Bahrain_Grand_Prix" title="2013 Bahrain Grand Prix">BHR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Spanish_Grand_Prix" title="2013 Spanish Grand Prix">ESP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Monaco_Grand_Prix" title="2013 Monaco Grand Prix">MON</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Canadian_Grand_Prix" 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title="2013 United States Grand Prix">USA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Brazilian_Grand_Prix" title="2013 Brazilian Grand Prix">BRA</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2014_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="2014 Formula One World Championship">2014</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2014_Australian_Grand_Prix" title="2014 Australian Grand Prix">AUS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Malaysian_Grand_Prix" title="2014 Malaysian Grand Prix">MAL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Bahrain_Grand_Prix" title="2014 Bahrain Grand Prix">BHR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Chinese_Grand_Prix" title="2014 Chinese Grand Prix">CHN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Spanish_Grand_Prix" title="2014 Spanish Grand Prix">ESP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Monaco_Grand_Prix" title="2014 Monaco Grand 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Grand Prix">USA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Brazilian_Grand_Prix" title="2014 Brazilian Grand Prix">BRA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix" title="2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix">ABU</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2015_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="2015 Formula One World Championship">2015</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2015_Australian_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Australian Grand Prix">AUS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Malaysian_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Malaysian Grand Prix">MAL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Chinese_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Chinese Grand Prix">CHN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Bahrain_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Bahrain Grand Prix">BHR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Spanish_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Spanish Grand Prix">ESP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Monaco_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Monaco Grand Prix">MON</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Canadian_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Canadian Grand Prix">CAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Austrian_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Austrian Grand Prix">AUT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_British_Grand_Prix" title="2015 British Grand Prix">GBR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Hungarian_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Hungarian Grand Prix">HUN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Belgian_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Belgian Grand Prix">BEL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Italian_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Italian Grand Prix">ITA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Singapore_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Singapore Grand Prix">SIN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Japanese_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Japanese Grand Prix">JPN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Russian_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Russian Grand Prix">RUS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_United_States_Grand_Prix" title="2015 United States Grand Prix">USA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Mexican_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Mexican Grand Prix">MEX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Brazilian_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Brazilian Grand Prix">BRA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix" title="2015 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix">ABU</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2016_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="2016 Formula One World Championship">2016</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2016_Australian_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Australian Grand Prix">AUS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Bahrain_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Bahrain Grand Prix">BHR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Chinese_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Chinese Grand Prix">CHN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Russian_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Russian Grand Prix">RUS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Spanish_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Spanish Grand Prix">ESP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Monaco_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Monaco Grand Prix">MON</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Canadian_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Canadian Grand Prix">CAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_European_Grand_Prix" title="2016 European Grand Prix">EUR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Austrian_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Austrian Grand Prix">AUT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_British_Grand_Prix" title="2016 British Grand Prix">GBR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Hungarian_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Hungarian Grand Prix">HUN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_German_Grand_Prix" title="2016 German Grand Prix">GER</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Belgian_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Belgian Grand Prix">BEL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Italian_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Italian Grand Prix">ITA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Singapore_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Singapore Grand Prix">SIN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Malaysian_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Malaysian Grand Prix">MAL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Japanese_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Japanese Grand Prix">JPN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_Grand_Prix" title="2016 United States Grand Prix">USA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Mexican_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Mexican Grand Prix">MEX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Brazilian_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Brazilian Grand Prix">BRA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix" title="2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix">ABU</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2017_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="2017 Formula One World Championship">2017</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2017_Australian_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Australian Grand Prix">AUS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Chinese_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Chinese Grand Prix">CHN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Bahrain_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Bahrain Grand Prix">BHR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Russian_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Russian Grand Prix">RUS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Spanish_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Spanish Grand Prix">ESP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Monaco_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Monaco Grand Prix">MON</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Canadian_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Canadian Grand Prix">CAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Azerbaijan_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix">AZE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Austrian_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Austrian Grand Prix">AUT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_British_Grand_Prix" title="2017 British Grand Prix">GBR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Hungarian_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Hungarian Grand Prix">HUN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Belgian_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Belgian Grand Prix">BEL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Italian_Grand_Prix" title="2017 Italian Grand 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