Spanish Grand Prix

Round 5 · Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

2018-05-13

Winner: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes

Valtteri Bottas

Mercedes · +20.593

Max Verstappen

Red Bull · +26.873

Who won the 2018 Spanish Grand Prix?

The 2018 Spanish Grand Prix was won by Lewis Hamilton driving for Mercedes, starting from pole position. Valtteri Bottas finished second, +20.593 behind, with Max Verstappen completing the podium. The fastest lap of the race was set by Daniel Ricciardo with a time of 1:18.441. It was an attrition-heavy race with 6 retirements, many due to mechanical issues. This was Round 5 of the 2018 Formula 1 World Championship, held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain. Brendon Hartley was the biggest mover of the race, gaining 8 positions from P20 to finish P12.

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Race Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Time	Status	Pts
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	—	1:35:29.972	Finished	25
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	2	—	+20.593	Finished	18
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	5	▲2	+26.873	Finished	15
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	3	▼1	+27.584	Finished	12
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	6	▲1	+50.058	Finished	10
6	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	7	▲1	—	+1 Lap	8
7	Carlos Sainz	Renault	9	▲2	—	+1 Lap	6
8	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	8	—	—	+1 Lap	4
9	Sergio Pérez	Force India	15	▲6	—	+2 Laps	2
10	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	14	▲4	—	+2 Laps	1
11	Lance Stroll	Williams	18	▲7	—	+2 Laps	0
12	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	20	▲8	—	+2 Laps	0
13	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	17	▲4	—	+2 Laps	0
14	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	19	▲5	—	+3 Laps	0
R	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	11	—	—	Gearbox	0
R	Esteban Ocon	Force India	13	—	—	Oil leak	0
R	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	4	—	—	Turbo	0
R	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	10	—	—	Collision	0
R	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	12	—	—	Collision	0
R	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	16	—	—	Collision	0

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:17.633	1:17.166	1:16.173
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:17.674	1:17.111	1:16.213
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:17.031	1:16.802	1:16.305
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:17.483	1:17.071	1:16.612
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:17.411	1:17.266	1:16.816
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:17.623	1:17.638	1:16.818
7	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:18.169	1:17.618	1:17.676
8	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:18.276	1:18.100	1:17.721
9	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:18.480	1:17.803	1:17.790
10	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	1:18.305	1:17.699	1:17.835
11	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:18.885	1:18.323	—
12	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:18.550	1:18.463	—
13	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:18.813	1:18.696	—
14	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:18.661	1:18.910	—
15	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:18.740	1:19.098	—
16	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:18.923	—	—
17	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:19.493	—	—
18	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:19.695	—	—
19	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:20.225	—	—
20	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	—	—	—

Pit Stop Strategy

P1Hamilton

1 stop

P2Bottas

1 stop

P3Verstappen

1 stop

P4Vettel

2 stops

P5Ricciardo

1 stop

P6Magnussen

1 stop

P7Sainz

1 stop

P8Alonso

1 stop

P9Pérez

2 stops

P10Leclerc

1 stop

Lap 1

Lap 66

Position Changes

Lap Positions (Top 5)

Driver	L5	L10	L15	L20	L25	L30	L35	L40	L45	L50	L55	L60	L65	Final
Hamilton	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P2	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1
Bottas	P3	P3	P3	P7	P5	P5	P3	P3	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2
Verstappen	P5	P5	P5	P3	P2	P1	P4	P4	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3
Vettel	P2	P2	P2	P5	P4	P4	P2	P2	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4
Ricciardo	P6	P6	P6	P4	P3	P3	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5

2018 Spanish Grand Prix — FAQ

Who won the 2018 Spanish Grand Prix?+

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) won the 2018 Spanish Grand Prix on 2018-05-13 at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

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

P1: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes). P2: Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes), +20.593 behind. P3: Max Verstappen (Red Bull), +26.873 behind.

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

Lewis Hamilton took pole position for the 2018 Spanish Grand Prix.

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

Daniel Ricciardo set the fastest lap of the 2018 Spanish Grand Prix with a time of 1:18.441.

Which team won the 2018 Spanish Grand Prix?+

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

Pit Stops

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time of Day	Duration
Brendon Hartley	1	1	15:15:19	22.631
Sergey Sirotkin	1	1	15:15:23	22.049
Sebastian Vettel	1	17	15:41:29	22.054
Valtteri Bottas	1	19	15:44:12	23.213
Charles Leclerc	1	20	15:46:09	21.995
Lance Stroll	1	20	15:46:18	21.351
Fernando Alonso	1	21	15:47:34	21.721
Sergey Sirotkin	2	24	15:52:02	22.034
Lewis Hamilton	1	25	15:52:11	22.085
Carlos Sainz	1	25	15:53:03	22.409
Sergio Pérez	1	26	15:54:45	22.438
Esteban Ocon	1	29	15:58:45	47.910
Kevin Magnussen	1	32	16:02:35	22.917
Daniel Ricciardo	1	33	16:03:28	21.618
Brendon Hartley	2	33	16:04:40	22.472
Stoffel Vandoorne	1	34	16:05:53	27.416
Max Verstappen	1	34	16:04:41	21.740
Marcus Ericsson	1	35	16:07:20	22.100
Sergio Pérez	2	40	16:14:56	22.242
Sebastian Vettel	2	41	16:14:52	24.273
Sergey Sirotkin	3	41	16:17:36	23.865