Round 1 · 2018

Australian Grand Prix

CircuitAlbert ParkLocationMelbourne, AustraliaDates23 Feb – 25 Mar 2018Final

WinnerVETFerrari · from P3

PoleHAM

Fastest lap1:25.945Ricciardo · L54

Most laps led39Vettel

Biggest gain+7Bottas P15→P8

Retirements5of 20 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	3	+2	58	1:29:33.283	1	25
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1	-1	58	+5.036	1	18
3	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	2	-1	58	+6.309	1	15
4	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	8	+4	58	+7.069 FL	1	12
5	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	10	+5	58	+27.886	1	10
6	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	4	-2	58	+28.945	1	8
7	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Renault (2016–20)	7	0	58	+32.671	1	6
8	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	15	+7	58	+34.339	1	4
9	Stoffel Vandoorne VND	McLaren	11	+2	58	+34.921	1	2
10	Carlos Sainz SAI	Renault (2016–20)	9	-1	58	+45.722	1	1
11	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	12	+1	58	+46.817	1
12	Esteban Ocon OCO	Force India	14	+2	58	+1:00.278	1
13	Charles Leclerc LEC	Sauber	18	+5	58	+1:15.759	2
14	Lance Stroll STR	Williams	13	-1	58	+1:18.288	2
15	Brendon Hartley HAR	Toro Rosso	16	+1	57	+1 lap	2
—	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	6		24	DNF · L24	1
—	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	5		22	DNF · L22	1
—	Pierre Gasly GAS	Toro Rosso	20		13	DNF · L13	1
—	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	17		5	DNF · L5	1
—	Sergey Sirotkin SIR	Williams	19		4	DNF · L4	—

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	—	—	—	20
2	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	—	—	—	17
3	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	—	—	—	20
4	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	18
5	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	17
6	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	—	—	—	17
7	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	—	—	—	17
8	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Renault (2016–20)	—	—	—	16
9	Carlos Sainz SAI	Renault (2016–20)	—	—	—	17
10	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	—	—	—	14
11	Stoffel Vandoorne VND	McLaren	—	—	—	14
12	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	—	—	—	14
13	Lance Stroll STR	Williams	—	—	—	13
14	Esteban Ocon OCO	Force India	—	—	—	16
15	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	—	—	—	16
16	Brendon Hartley HAR	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	8
17	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	—	—	—	9
18	Charles Leclerc LEC	Sauber	—	—	—	9
19	Sergey Sirotkin SIR	Williams	—	—	—	8
20	Pierre Gasly GAS	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	7

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:26.067		15
2	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1:28.499	+2.432	13
3	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	1:28.890	+2.823	14
4	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:31.680	+5.613	8
5	Carlos Sainz SAI	Renault (2016–20)	1:33.172	+7.105	11
6	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	1:34.043	+7.976	14
7	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	1:34.174	+8.107	14
8	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:34.225	+8.158	7
9	Stoffel Vandoorne VND	McLaren	1:34.233	+8.166	15
10	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	1:34.298	+8.231	13
11	Pierre Gasly GAS	Toro Rosso	1:34.990	+8.923	16
12	Brendon Hartley HAR	Toro Rosso	1:35.438	+9.371	16
13	Sergey Sirotkin SIR	Williams	1:35.589	+9.522	16
14	Lance Stroll STR	Williams	1:35.828	+9.761	8
15	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	1:36.171	+10.104	6
16	Charles Leclerc LEC	Sauber	1:36.448	+10.381	12
17	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	1:36.807	+10.740	7
18	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Renault (2016–20)	1:38.482	+12.415	8
19	Esteban Ocon OCO	Force India	—		1
20	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	—		1

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:23.931		35
2	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:24.058	+0.127	34
3	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	1:24.159	+0.228	33
4	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1:24.214	+0.283	38
5	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:24.451	+0.520	37
6	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	1:24.648	+0.717	33
7	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	1:24.721	+0.790	28
8	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	1:25.200	+1.269	28
9	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	1:25.246	+1.315	30
10	Stoffel Vandoorne VND	McLaren	1:25.285	+1.354	33
11	Carlos Sainz SAI	Renault (2016–20)	1:25.390	+1.459	35
12	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	1:25.413	+1.482	29
13	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Renault (2016–20)	1:25.463	+1.532	35
14	Lance Stroll STR	Williams	1:25.543	+1.612	32
15	Esteban Ocon OCO	Force India	1:25.888	+1.957	33
16	Brendon Hartley HAR	Toro Rosso	1:25.925	+1.994	40
17	Pierre Gasly GAS	Toro Rosso	1:25.945	+2.014	39
18	Sergey Sirotkin SIR	Williams	1:25.974	+2.043	37
19	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	1:26.814	+2.883	30
20	Charles Leclerc LEC	Sauber	1:26.815	+2.884	35

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:24.026		27
2	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	1:24.577	+0.551	29
3	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:24.771	+0.745	26
4	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1:24.875	+0.849	23
5	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:24.995	+0.969	22
6	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	1:25.063	+1.037	25
7	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	1:25.730	+1.704	24
8	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	1:25.896	+1.870	16
9	Carlos Sainz SAI	Renault (2016–20)	1:25.922	+1.896	23
10	Stoffel Vandoorne VND	McLaren	1:26.482	+2.456	15
11	Pierre Gasly GAS	Toro Rosso	1:26.494	+2.468	25
12	Sergey Sirotkin SIR	Williams	1:26.536	+2.510	25
13	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Renault (2016–20)	1:26.583	+2.557	25
14	Esteban Ocon OCO	Force India	1:26.605	+2.579	30
15	Lance Stroll STR	Williams	1:26.636	+2.610	30
16	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	1:26.767	+2.741	26
17	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	1:27.035	+3.009	13
18	Brendon Hartley HAR	Toro Rosso	1:27.745	+3.719	16
19	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	1:27.964	+3.938	28
20	Charles Leclerc LEC	Sauber	1:28.853	+4.827	28

Session schedule

Practice 2Final23 Feb 2018 05:00 UTC

Practice 1Final23 Mar 2018 01:00 UTC

Practice 3Final24 Mar 2018 03:00 UTC

QualifyingFinal24 Mar 2018 06:00 UTC

Grand PrixFinal25 Mar 2018 05:00 UTC

Championship after round 1

Pos	Driver	Pts
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	25
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	18
3	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	15
4	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	12
5	Fernando Alonso ALO	10
6	Max Verstappen VER	8
7	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	6
8	Valtteri Bottas BOT	4

Running totals from published race points.

Teammate qualifying gaps

Team	Ahead	Gap	Behind
Mercedes	Lewis Hamilton HAM	—	Valtteri Bottas BOT
Ferrari	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	—	Sebastian Vettel VET
Red Bull Racing	Max Verstappen VER	—	Daniel Ricciardo RIC
Haas	Kevin Magnussen MAG	—	Romain Grosjean GRO
Renault (2016–20)	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	—	Carlos Sainz SAI
McLaren	Fernando Alonso ALO	—	Stoffel Vandoorne VND
Force India	Sergio Pérez PER	—	Esteban Ocon OCO
Williams	Lance Stroll STR	—	Sergey Sirotkin SIR
Toro Rosso	Brendon Hartley HAR	—	Pierre Gasly GAS
Sauber	Marcus Ericsson ERI	—	Charles Leclerc LEC

Deepest knockout session both drivers set a time in.

Season	Event	Winner	Team	Grid
2017	Australian Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	2
2016	Australian Grand Prix	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	2
2015	Australian Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1
2014	Australian Grand Prix	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	3
2013	Australian Grand Prix	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	7
2012	Australian Grand Prix	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	2
2011	Australian Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1
2010	Australian Grand Prix	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	4