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Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Formula 1 2018 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Round 21 of 21Yas Marina Circuit, Abu DhabiNov 25 201855 laps

Podium

VETFerrari

HAMMercedes

VERRed Bull

Key facts

WinnerHAM1:39:40.382 from P1

PoleHAM1:34.794

Fastest lapVET1:40.867 on lap 54

Pit stops18recorded stops

Finishers15 / 20classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	HAMLewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	–	55	1:39:40.382	25	1:41.357	1
2	VETSebastian Vettel	Ferrari	3	▲1	55	+2.581s	18	1:40.867	1
3	VERMax Verstappen	Red Bull	6	▲3	55	+12.706s	15	1:41.909	1
4	RICDaniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	5	▲1	55	+15.379s	12	1:41.249	1
5	BOTValtteri Bottas	Mercedes	2	▼3	55	+47.957s	10	1:40.953	2
6	SAICarlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	11	▲5	55	+72.548s	8	1:41.351	1
7	LECCharles Leclerc	Sauber	8	▲1	55	+90.789s	6	1:42.876	1
8	PERSergio Pérez	Force India	14	▲6	55	+91.275s	4	1:42.816	1
9	GRORomain Grosjean	Haas	7	▼2	54	+1 lap	2	1:43.195	1
10	MAGKevin Magnussen	Haas	13	▲3	54	+1 lap	1	1:42.822	1
11	ALOFernando Alonso	McLaren	15	▲4	54	+1 lap		1:42.393	1
12	HARBrendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	16	▲4	54	+1 lap		1:44.174	1
13	STRLance Stroll	Williams	20	▲7	54	+1 lap		1:44.033	1
14	VANStoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	18	▲4	54	+1 lap		1:43.249	1
15	SIRSergey Sirotkin	Williams	19	▲4	54	+1 lap		1:43.831	1
DNF	GASPierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	17		46	Engine		1:43.988	1
DNF	OCOEsteban Ocon	Force India	9		44	Engine		1:43.591	1
DNF	ERIMarcus Ericsson	Sauber	12		24	Power loss		1:46.077
DNF	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	4		6	Power loss		1:45.198
DNF	HULNico Hülkenberg	Renault	10		0	Collision		–

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	VER	17	21.1s
2	RIC	33	21.1s
3	HAM	7	21.3s
4	BOT	40	21.3s
5	MAG	41	21.6s
6	BOT	16	21.6s
7	ALO	27	21.7s
8	LEC	7	21.8s
9	SAI	37	22.0s
10	OCO	18	22.0s
11	PER	26	22.1s
12	STR	40	22.2s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 18 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap to pole
1	HAMLewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:36.828	1:35.693	1:34.794
2	BOTValtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:36.789	1:36.392	1:34.956	+0.162s
3	VETSebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:36.775	1:36.345	1:35.125	+0.331s
4	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:37.010	1:36.735	1:35.365	+0.571s
5	RICDaniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:37.117	1:36.964	1:35.401	+0.607s
6	VERMax Verstappen	Red Bull	1:37.195	1:36.144	1:35.589	+0.795s
7	GRORomain Grosjean	Haas	1:37.575	1:36.732	1:36.192	+1.398s
8	LECCharles Leclerc	Sauber	1:37.124	1:36.580	1:36.237	+1.443s
9	OCOEsteban Ocon	Force India	1:36.936	1:36.814	1:36.540	+1.746s
10	HULNico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:37.569	1:36.630	1:36.542	+1.748s
11	SAICarlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	1:37.757	1:36.982	–	+2.188s
12	ERIMarcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:37.619	1:37.132	–	+2.338s
13	MAGKevin Magnussen	Haas	1:37.934	1:37.309	–	+2.515s
14	PERSergio Pérez	Force India	1:37.255	1:37.541	–	+2.747s
15	ALOFernando Alonso	McLaren	1:37.890	1:37.743	–	+2.949s
16	HARBrendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:37.994	–	–	+3.200s
17	GASPierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:38.166	–	–	+3.372s
18	VANStoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:38.577	–	–	+3.783s
19	SIRSergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:38.635	–	–	+3.841s
20	STRLance Stroll	Williams	1:38.682	–	–	+3.888s

Yas Marina Circuit

Layout of the circuit as raced in 2018. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

2017	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
2016	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
2015	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
2014	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
2013	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull
2012	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus
2011	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren
2010	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull
2009	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull

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