Azerbaijan Grand Prix

Round 4 · Baku City Circuit, Baku, Azerbaijan

2018-04-29

Winner: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes

Kimi Räikkönen

Ferrari · +2.460

Sergio Pérez

Force India · +4.024

Who won the 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix?

The 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix was won by Lewis Hamilton driving for Mercedes, starting from 2nd on the grid. Kimi Räikkönen finished second, +2.460 behind, with Sergio Pérez completing the podium. The fastest lap of the race was set by Valtteri Bottas with a time of 1:45.149. It was an attrition-heavy race with 7 retirements. This was Round 4 of the 2018 Formula 1 World Championship, held at the Baku City Circuit in Baku, Azerbaijan. Brendon Hartley was the biggest mover of the race, gaining 9 positions from P19 to finish P10.

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Race Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Time	Status	Pts
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2	▲1	1:43:44.291	Finished	25
2	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	6	▲4	+2.460	Finished	18
3	Sergio Pérez	Force India	8	▲5	+4.024	Finished	15
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1	▼3	+5.329	Finished	12
5	Carlos Sainz	Renault	9	▲4	+7.515	Finished	10
6	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	13	▲7	+9.158	Finished	8
7	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	12	▲5	+10.931	Finished	6
8	Lance Stroll	Williams	10	▲2	+12.546	Finished	4
9	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	16	▲7	+14.152	Finished	2
10	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	19	▲9	+18.030	Finished	1
11	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	18	▲7	+18.512	Finished	0
12	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	17	▲5	+24.720	Finished	0
13	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	15	▲2	+40.663	Finished	0
R	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	3	—	—	Puncture	0
R	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	20	—	—	Accident	0
R	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	5	—	—	Collision	0
R	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	4	—	—	Collision	0
R	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	14	—	—	Accident	0
R	Esteban Ocon	Force India	7	—	—	Collision	0
R	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	11	—	—	Collision	0

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:42.762	1:43.015	1:41.498
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:42.693	1:42.676	1:41.677
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:43.355	1:42.679	1:41.837
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:42.857	1:43.482	1:41.911
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:42.642	1:42.901	1:41.994
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:42.538	1:42.510	1:42.490
7	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:43.021	1:42.967	1:42.523
8	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:43.992	1:43.366	1:42.547
9	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:43.746	1:43.232	1:43.066
10	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:43.426	1:43.464	1:43.351
11	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:44.359	1:43.585	—
12	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:44.261	1:43.886	—
13	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:44.010	1:44.019	—
14	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:43.752	1:44.074	—
15	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:43.674	1:44.759	—
16	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:44.489	—	—
17	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:44.496	—	—
18	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:45.541	—	—
19	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:57.354	—	—
20	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	—	—	—

Pit Stop Strategy

P1Hamilton

2 stops

P2Räikkönen

2 stops

P3Pérez

2 stops

P4Vettel

2 stops

P5Sainz

2 stops

P6Leclerc

2 stops

P7Alonso

2 stops

P8Stroll

2 stops

P9Vandoorne

4 stops

P10Hartley

3 stops

Lap 1

Lap 51

Position Changes

Lap Positions (Top 5)

Driver	L5	L10	L15	L20	L25	L30	L35	L40	L45	L50	Final
Hamilton	P2	P2	P2	P2	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P1	P1
Räikkönen	P12	P10	P7	P6	P6	P6	P6	P4	P4	P2	P2
Pérez	P15	P12	P10	P9	P7	P7	P7	P5	P5	P3	P3
Vettel	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P2	P2	P2	P4	P4
Sainz	P6	P4	P9	P12	P9	P9	P9	P7	P6	P5	P5

2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix — FAQ

Who won the 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix?+

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) won the 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix on 2018-04-29 at Baku City Circuit.

Who finished P1, P2 and P3 at the 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix?+

P1: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes). P2: Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari), +2.460 behind. P3: Sergio Pérez (Force India), +4.024 behind.

Who was on pole position for the 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix?+

Sebastian Vettel took pole position for the 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

Who set the fastest lap at the 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix?+

Valtteri Bottas set the fastest lap of the 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix with a time of 1:45.149.

Which team won the 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix?+

Mercedes won the 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix with Lewis Hamilton taking victory.

Pit Stops

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time of Day	Duration
Kimi Räikkönen	1	1	16:16:15	30.012
Brendon Hartley	1	1	16:16:35	21.376
Fernando Alonso	1	1	16:16:58	56.710
Kevin Magnussen	1	1	16:17:11	35.608
Marcus Ericsson	1	1	16:17:16	44.107
Sergio Pérez	1	2	16:19:26	28.109
Romain Grosjean	1	2	16:19:32	21.725
Pierre Gasly	1	12	16:40:48	20.782
Carlos Sainz	1	15	16:46:02	21.516
Stoffel Vandoorne	1	17	16:49:58	21.103
Marcus Ericsson	2	18	16:52:18	25.378
Lewis Hamilton	1	22	16:58:07	20.377
Brendon Hartley	2	22	16:59:24	20.809
Lance Stroll	1	23	17:00:38	19.737
Charles Leclerc	1	24	17:02:20	21.058
Stoffel Vandoorne	2	25	17:05:01	20.887
Sebastian Vettel	1	30	17:12:13	20.037
Marcus Ericsson	3	36	17:25:51	32.629
Daniel Ricciardo	1	37	17:25:09	19.925
Max Verstappen	1	38	17:26:56	19.765
Kevin Magnussen	2	39	17:30:36	21.778
Pierre Gasly	2	39	17:30:54	21.287
Stoffel Vandoorne	3	39	17:31:27	20.760
Brendon Hartley	3	39	17:31:04	21.072
Marcus Ericsson	4	39	17:32:40	14.998
Valtteri Bottas	1	40	17:30:08	20.192
Sergio Pérez	2	40	17:31:34	26.174
Romain Grosjean	2	40	17:31:39	22.757
Carlos Sainz	2	40	17:31:48	20.967
Charles Leclerc	2	40	17:32:00	22.030
Lance Stroll	2	40	17:32:03	21.236
Fernando Alonso	2	40	17:32:15	21.371
Lewis Hamilton	2	40	17:30:37	21.329
Kimi Räikkönen	2	40	17:31:21	21.149
Sebastian Vettel	2	40	17:30:26	20.823
Stoffel Vandoorne	4	46	17:47:50	20.978