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Australian Grand Prix

Formula 1 2018 Rolex Australian Grand Prix

Round 1 of 21Albert Park Circuit, MelbourneMar 25 201858 laps

Podium

HAMMercedes

VETFerrari

RAIFerrari

Key facts

WinnerVET1:29:33.283 from P3

PoleHAM1:21.164

Fastest lapRIC1:25.945 on lap 54

Pit stops20recorded stops

Finishers15 / 20classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	VETSebastian Vettel	Ferrari	3	▲2	58	1:29:33.283	25	1:26.469	1
2	HAMLewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	▼1	58	+5.036s	18	1:26.444	1
3	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	2	▼1	58	+6.309s	15	1:26.373	1
4	RICDaniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	8	▲4	58	+7.069s	12	1:25.945	1
5	ALOFernando Alonso	McLaren	10	▲5	58	+27.886s	10	1:26.978	1
6	VERMax Verstappen	Red Bull	4	▼2	58	+28.945s	8	1:26.880	1
7	HULNico Hülkenberg	Renault	7	–	58	+32.671s	6	1:27.081	1
8	BOTValtteri Bottas	Mercedes	15	▲7	58	+34.339s	4	1:27.019	1
9	VANStoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	11	▲2	58	+34.921s	2	1:26.958	1
10	SAICarlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	9	▼1	58	+45.722s	1	1:27.944	1
11	PERSergio Pérez	Force India	12	▲1	58	+46.817s		1:27.633	1
12	OCOEsteban Ocon	Force India	14	▲2	58	+60.278s		1:27.600	1
13	LECCharles Leclerc	Sauber	18	▲5	58	+75.759s		1:28.759	2
14	STRLance Stroll	Williams	13	▼1	58	+78.288s		1:28.511	2
15	HARBrendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	16	▲1	57	+1 lap		1:28.176	2
DNF	GRORomain Grosjean	Haas	6		24	Wheel		1:28.805	1
DNF	MAGKevin Magnussen	Haas	5		22	Wheel		1:29.534	1
DNF	GASPierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	20		13	Engine		1:30.649
DNF	ERIMarcus Ericsson	Sauber	17		5	Hydraulics		1:32.210
DNF	SIRSergey Sirotkin	Williams	19		4	Brakes		1:32.573

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	VER	21	21.0s
2	STR	29	21.4s
3	RAI	18	21.4s
4	RIC	26	21.4s
5	BOT	25	21.7s
6	VET	26	21.8s
7	HAM	19	21.8s
8	OCO	23	21.9s
9	MAG	22	22.0s
10	HAR	1	22.2s
11	LEC	20	22.2s
12	HAR	22	22.3s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 20 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap to pole
1	HAMLewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:22.824	1:22.051	1:21.164
2	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:23.096	1:22.507	1:21.828	+0.664s
3	VETSebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:23.348	1:21.944	1:21.838	+0.674s
4	VERMax Verstappen	Red Bull	1:23.483	1:22.416	1:21.879	+0.715s
5	RICDaniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:23.494	1:22.897	1:22.152	+0.988s
6	MAGKevin Magnussen	Haas	1:23.909	1:23.300	1:23.187	+2.023s
7	GRORomain Grosjean	Haas	1:23.671	1:23.468	1:23.339	+2.175s
8	HULNico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:23.782	1:23.544	1:23.532	+2.368s
9	SAICarlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	1:23.529	1:23.061	1:23.577	+2.413s
10	BOTValtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:23.686	1:22.089	–	+0.925s
11	ALOFernando Alonso	McLaren	1:23.597	1:23.692	–	+2.528s
12	VANStoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:24.073	1:23.853	–	+2.689s
13	PERSergio Pérez	Force India	1:24.344	1:24.005	–	+2.841s
14	STRLance Stroll	Williams	1:24.464	1:24.230	–	+3.066s
15	OCOEsteban Ocon	Force India	1:24.503	1:24.786	–	+3.622s
16	HARBrendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:24.532	–	–	+3.368s
17	ERIMarcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:24.556	–	–	+3.392s
18	LECCharles Leclerc	Sauber	1:24.636	–	–	+3.472s
19	SIRSergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:24.922	–	–	+3.758s
20	GASPierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:25.295	–	–	+4.131s

Albert Park Circuit

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

Previous winners here

2017	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
2016	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
2015	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
2014	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
2013	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus
2012	Jenson Button	McLaren
2011	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull
2010	Jenson Button	McLaren
2009	Jenson Button	Brawn
2008	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren

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