The 2018 British Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 2018 Rolex British Grand Prix)[1] was the tenth race of the 2018 Formula One season, the seventy-third time the British Grand Prix was held, and the fifty-fourth time it was held at the Silverstone Circuit. It was held between 6 July and 8 July 2018.
In qualifying, Lewis Hamilton took his fourth pole position of the season, also his sixth pole at the Silverstone Circuit. Sebastian Vettel qualified second, just 0.044 seconds behind Hamilton, while Kimi Räikkönen qualified third.
In the race, Hamilton made a poor start and fell behind Vettel and Valtteri Bottas, before Kimi Räikkönen collided with him at Turn 3 and left him at the back of the field. As Vettel controlled the race in first place, Hamilton fought his way back past the backmarkers and the midfield, and moved up into fifth place following Daniel Ricciardo's second pit stop. When the safety car came out after Marcus Ericsson spun off into the barrier at the Abbey corner at the end of lap 32, Vettel, Max Verstappen and Räikkönen all pitted while Bottas and Hamilton both stayed out, putting Bottas in the lead and Hamilton in third. One lap after the safety car came in at the end of lap 37, Romain Grosjean and Carlos Sainz, Jr. collided at Copse, and the safety car came back out for another four laps. With the race restarted at the end of lap 41, Bottas and Vettel fought for the lead, with Vettel finally passing Bottas on lap 47 with fresher tyres, and Hamilton passed Bottas a lap later. However, Hamilton's tyres were not fresh enough to let him fight for the lead, as Vettel took victory for the second time at the Silverstone Circuit, ending Hamilton's winning streak of four consecutive British Grand Prix wins, while Räikkönen finished third after passing Verstappen during the second restart and later passing Bottas.
Background[]
A third DRS zone was added, going along the pit straight and the Abbey and Farm corners, marking the first time that DRS was used on corners, as drivers can go fast on low fuel at those corners, although it would lack aerodynamic grip, which would make it harder to handle corners at fast speeds. However, the drivers would be able to manually deactivate DRS if they feel they would not be able to take the corners while using it.[2]
Entry list[]
Practice Overview[]
FP1[]
FP2[]
FP3[]
Practice Results[]
No | Driver | Team | |||||||||||
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Time | Pos | Time | Pos | Time | Pos | ||||||||
2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren-Renault | 1:30.416 | 17 | 1:30.121 | 17 | 1:30.004 | 18 | |||||
3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 1:28.144 | 4 | 1:28.408 | 5 | 1:28.018 | 6 | |||||
5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:27.998 | 3 | 1:27.552 | 1 | 1:27.851 | 4 | |||||
7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:28.218 | 5 | 1:28.045 | 4 | 1:26.815 | 2 | |||||
8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | 1:29.352 | 7 | No Time | 20 | 1:28.554 | 9 | |||||
9 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:29.942 | 11 | 1:30.046 | 14 | 1:28.814 | 10 | |||||
10 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda | 1:30.004 | 12 | 1:29.831 | 13 | 1:30.050 | 19 | |||||
11 | Sergio Pérez | Force India-Mercedes | 1:29.812 | 8 | 1:29.522 | 9 | 1:29.066 | 12 | |||||
14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Renault | 1:30.322 | 15 | 1:29.306 | 6 | 1:29.070 | 13 | |||||
16 | Charles Leclerc | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:30.027 | 13 | 1:29.557 | 10 | 1:28.146 | 7 | |||||
18 | Lance Stroll | Williams-Mercedes | 1:29.878 | 10 | 1:30.069 | 15 | 1:29.829 | 16 | |||||
20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 1:30.065 | 14 | 1:29.617 | 12 | 1:28.418 | 8 | |||||
27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 1:30.701 | 18 | 1:29.354 | 7 | 1:29.094 | 14 | |||||
28 | Brendon Hartley | Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda | 1:30.749 | 19 | 1:30.404 | 18 | No Time | 20 | |||||
31 | Esteban Ocon | Force India-Mercedes | 1:29.815 | 9 | 1:29.467 | 8 | 1:28.917 | 11 | |||||
33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 1:28.325 | 6 | No Time | 19 | 1:28.012 | 5 | |||||
35 | Sergey Sirotkin | Williams-Mercedes | 1:31.017 | 20 | 1:30.103 | 16 | 1:29.984 | 17 | |||||
44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:27.487 | 1 | 1:27.739 | 2 | 1:26.722 | 1 | |||||
55 | Carlos Sainz, Jr. | Renault | 1:30.358 | 16 | 1:29.563 | 11 | 1:29.133 | 15 | |||||
77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:27.854 | 2 | 1:27.909 | 3 | 1:27.364 | 3 | |||||
Source: [3][4][5] |
Qualifying[]
Q1[]
Q2[]
Q3[]
Qualifying Results[]
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Grid | ||||||
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Pos | Time | Pos | Time | Pos | Time | ||||||||
1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 2 | 1:26.818 | 1 | 1:26.256 | 1 | 1:25.892 | 1 | |||
2 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1 | 1:26.585 | 2 | 1:26.372 | 2 | 1:25.936 | 2 | |||
3 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 5 | 1:27.549 | 4 | 1:26.483 | 3 | 1:25.990 | 3 | |||
4 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 3 | 1:27.025 | 3 | 1:26.413 | 4 | 1:26.217 | 4 | |||
5 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 4 | 1:27.309 | 5 | 1:27.013 | 5 | 1:26.602 | 5 | |||
6 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 7 | 1:27.979 | 6 | 1:27.369 | 6 | 1:27.099 | 6 | |||
7 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 10 | 1:28.143 | 8 | 1:27.730 | 7 | 1:27.244 | 7 | |||
8 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | 9 | 1:28.086 | 7 | 1:27.522 | 8 | 1:27.455 | 8 | |||
9 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Sauber-Ferrari | 6 | 1:27.962 | 9 | 1:27.790 | 9 | 1:27.879 | 9 | |||
10 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Force India-Mercedes | 14 | 1:28.279 | 10 | 1:27.843 | 10 | 1:28.194 | 10 | |||
11 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 8 | 1:28.017 | 11 | 1:27.901 | 11 | |||||
12 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Force India-Mercedes | 12 | 1:28.210 | 12 | 1:27.928 | 12 | |||||
13 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Renault | 11 | 1:28.187 | 13 | 1:28.139 | 13 | |||||
14 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda | 15 | 1:28.399 | 14 | 1:28.343 | 14 | |||||
15 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber-Ferrari | 13 | 1:28.249 | 15 | 1:28.391 | 15 | |||||
16 | 55 | Carlos Sainz, Jr. | Renault | 16 | 1:28.456 | 16 | |||||||
17 | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren-Renault | 17 | 1:29.096 | 17 | |||||||
18 | 35 | Sergey Sirotkin | Williams-Mercedes | 18 | 1:29.252 | PL* | |||||||
107% time: 1:32.645 | |||||||||||||
19 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Williams-Mercedes | 19 | no time | PL† | |||||||
20 | 28 | Brendon Hartley | Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda | 20 | no time | PL‡ | |||||||
Source: [6] |
- * Sirotkin had to start from the pit lane due to changes on his front wing and car floor.[7]
- † Stroll failed to set a lap time within the 107% rule, but was given permission from the stewards to race. He later had to start from he pit lane due to changes on his front wing and car floor.[7]
- ‡ Hartley did not compete due to damaging his car in FP3,[6] but was given permission from the stewards to race. He later had to start from the pit lane due to changes on his chassis and exceeding the use of internal combustion engines and MGU-Ks.[7]
Grid[]
Pos. | Pos. | |
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Driver | Driver | |
______________ | ||
Row 1 | 1 | ______________ |
Lewis Hamilton | 2 | |
______________ | Sebastian Vettel | |
Row 2 | 3 | ______________ |
Kimi Räikkönen | 4 | |
______________ | Valtteri Bottas | |
Row 3 | 5 | ______________ |
Max Verstappen | 6 | |
______________ | Daniel Ricciardo | |
Row 4 | 7 | ______________ |
Kevin Magnussen | 8 | |
______________ | Romain Grosjean | |
Row 5 | 9 | ______________ |
Charles Leclerc | 10 | |
______________ | Esteban Ocon | |
Row 6 | 11 | ______________ |
Nico Hülkenberg | 12 | |
______________ | Sergio Pérez | |
Row 7 | 13 | ______________ |
Fernando Alonso | 14 | |
______________ | Pierre Gasly | |
Row 8 | 15 | ______________ |
Marcus Ericsson | 16 | |
______________ | Carlos Sainz, Jr. | |
Row 9 | 17 | ______________ |
Stoffel Vandoorne | 18 | |
______________ |
- * Note - Stroll and Sirotkin required to start from the pit lane due to cars being modified whilst under Parc Ferme conditions. Hartley failed to set a time within the Q1 107% requirement so races at the stewards’ discretion. He will start from the pit lane after a change of survival cell.
Race[]
Report[]
Results[]
Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 52 | 1h 27m 29.784s | 2 | 25 |
2 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 52 | +2.264s | 1 | 18 |
3 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 52 | +3.652s | 3 | 15 |
4 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 52 | +8.883s | 4 | 12 |
5 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 52 | +9.500s | 6 | 10 |
6 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 52 | +28.220s | 11 | 8 |
7 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Force India-Mercedes | 52 | +29.930s | 10 | 6 |
8 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Renault | 52 | +31.115s | 13 | 4 |
9 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 52 | +33.188s | 7 | 2 |
10 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Force India-Mercedes | 52 | +34.708s | 12 | 1 |
11 | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren-Renault | 52 | +35.774s | 17 | |
12 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Williams-Mercedes | 52 | +38.106s | PL | |
13 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda | 52 | +39.129s* | 14 | |
14 | 35 | Sergey Sirotkin | Williams-Mercedes | 52 | +48.113s | PL | |
15 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 46 | Oil pressure | 5 | |
Ret | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | 37 | Brakes/Accident | 8 | |
Ret | 55 | Carlos Sainz, Jr. | Renault | 37 | Brakes/Accident | 16 | |
Ret | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber-Ferrari | 31 | Spun off/Accident | 15 | |
Ret | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Sauber-Ferrari | 18 | Mechanical | 9 | |
Ret | 28 | Brendon Hartley | Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda | 1 | Electrics | PL | |
Source: [8] |
- * Gasly was given a five-second time penalty for causing a collision.[8]
Milestones[]
- Stoffel Vandoorne's 30th start (31st entry).
- Pierre Gasly's 15th entry and start.
- Lance Stroll's 30th entry and start.
- Charles Leclerc and Sergey Sirotkin's 10th entry and start.
- Lewis Hamilton's winning streak of four consecutive home/British Grand Prix wins ends with Sebastian Vettel's victory.
- Kimi Räikkönen levels with Fernando Alonso for fifth place in scoring the most podiums, scoring 97 podiums.
- Vettel levels with Alain Prost for third place in scoring the most victories, scoring 51 wins.
Standings[]
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Notes[]
- ↑ "Formula 1 2018 Rolex British Grand Prix". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. https://www.formula1.com/en/championship/races/2018/Great_Britain.html. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ↑ Noble, Jonathan; Reyer, Maria (2 July 2018). "F1 drivers to have option of using DRS through Silverstone corners". autosport.com (Motorsport Network). https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/137157/new-british-gp-drs-zone-adds-corners-challenge. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ↑ "2018 British Grand Prix – Practice 1 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 6 July 2018. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2018/races/988/great-britain/practice-1.html. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ↑ "2018 British Grand Prix – Practice 2 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 6 July 2018. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2018/races/988/great-britain/practice-2.html. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ↑ "2018 British Grand Prix – Practice 3 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 7 July 2018. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2018/races/988/great-britain/practice-3.html. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "2018 British Grand Prix – Qualifying results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 7 July 2018. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2018/races/988/great-britain/qualifying.html. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Williams duo to start British GP from the pit lane". Formula1.com (FOM). 8 July 2018. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/headlines/2018/7/both-williams-cars-to-start-from-the-pit-lane.html. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Britain Grand Prix 2018 Race Results". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 8 July 2018. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2018/races/988/great-britain/race-result.html. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
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