2018 Season/Races

Chinese Grand Prix

Round 3 · Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China

2018-04-15

Winner: Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull)

Race Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Time	Status	Pts
1	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	6	▲5	1:35:36.380	Finished	25
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	3	▲1	+8.894	Finished	18
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	2	▼1	+9.637	Finished	15
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	4	—	+16.985	Finished	12
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	5	—	+20.436	Finished	10
6	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	7	▲1	+21.052	Finished	8
7	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	13	▲6	+30.639	Finished	6
8	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1	▼7	+35.286	Finished	4
9	Carlos Sainz	Renault	9	—	+35.763	Finished	2
10	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	11	▲1	+39.594	Finished	1
11	Esteban Ocon	Force India	12	▲1	+44.050	Finished	0
12	Sergio Pérez	Force India	8	▼4	+44.725	Finished	0
13	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	14	▲1	+49.373	Finished	0
14	Lance Stroll	Williams	18	▲4	+55.490	Finished	0
15	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	16	▲1	+58.241	Finished	0
16	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	20	▲4	+1:02.604	Finished	0
17	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	10	▼7	+1:05.296	Finished	0
18	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	17	▼1	+1:06.330	Finished	0
19	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	19	—	+1:22.575	Finished	0
20	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	15	▼5	—	Collision damage	0

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:32.171	1:32.385	1:31.095
2	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:32.474	1:32.286	1:31.182
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:32.921	1:32.063	1:31.625
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:33.283	1:31.914	1:31.675
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:32.932	1:32.809	1:31.796
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:33.877	1:32.688	1:31.948
7	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:33.545	1:32.494	1:32.532
8	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:33.464	1:32.931	1:32.758
9	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:33.315	1:32.970	1:32.819
10	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	1:33.238	1:32.524	1:32.855
11	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:33.359	1:32.986	—
12	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:33.585	1:33.057	—
13	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:33.428	1:33.232	—
14	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:33.824	1:33.505	—
15	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:34.013	1:33.795	—
16	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:34.062	—	—
17	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:34.101	—	—
18	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:34.285	—	—
19	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:34.454	—	—
20	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:34.914	—	—

Pit Stop Strategy

2 stops

1 stop

1 stop

1 stop

2 stops

2 stops

1 stop

1 stop

2 stops

1 stop

Lap 1

Lap 56

Position Changes

Lap Positions (Top 5)

Driver	L5	L10	L15	L20	L25	L30	L35	L40	L45	L50	L55	Final
Ricciardo	P6	P6	P6	P6	P6	P5	P6	P3	P1	P1	P1	P1
Bottas	P2	P2	P2	P3	P2	P1	P1	P1	P2	P2	P2	P2
Räikkönen	P4	P4	P4	P2	P1	P6	P5	P6	P3	P3	P3	P3
Hamilton	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5	P4	P3	P4	P4	P5	P5	P4
Verstappen	P3	P3	P3	P4	P4	P3	P4	P5	P5	P4	P4	P5

Pit Stops

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time of Day	Duration
Brendon Hartley	1	10	14:30:52	23.172
Esteban Ocon	1	11	14:32:18	23.281
Carlos Sainz	1	12	14:33:53	23.935
Sergio Pérez	1	12	14:34:05	22.856
Nico Hülkenberg	1	13	14:35:30	23.654
Romain Grosjean	1	16	14:40:41	22.981
Max Verstappen	1	17	14:41:50	22.715
Daniel Ricciardo	1	17	14:41:56	23.042
Lewis Hamilton	1	18	14:43:33	22.464
Valtteri Bottas	1	19	14:45:02	22.097
Sebastian Vettel	1	20	14:46:38	23.009
Pierre Gasly	1	20	14:47:48	23.950
Charles Leclerc	1	21	14:49:28	23.392
Stoffel Vandoorne	1	22	14:50:55	23.730
Lance Stroll	1	23	14:52:34	22.661
Kevin Magnussen	1	24	14:53:57	22.973
Kimi Räikkönen	1	27	14:58:28	22.913
Sergey Sirotkin	1	28	15:01:08	23.716
Fernando Alonso	1	29	15:02:24	24.110
Marcus Ericsson	1	29	15:03:02	22.785
Brendon Hartley	2	30	15:05:08	24.070
Pierre Gasly	2	31	15:07:01	34.650
Nico Hülkenberg	2	31	15:06:04	23.297
Max Verstappen	2	31	15:05:06	22.596
Daniel Ricciardo	2	31	15:05:15	22.691
Carlos Sainz	2	31	15:06:18	23.117
Esteban Ocon	2	31	15:06:24	22.637
Sergio Pérez	2	32	15:08:44	22.334
Sergey Sirotkin	2	33	15:11:07	22.723
Romain Grosjean	2	46	15:33:38	23.735