Round 4 · 2018

Azerbaijan Grand Prix

CircuitBaku City CircuitLocationBaku, AzerbaijanDates27 Apr – 29 Apr 2018Final

WinnerHAMMercedes · from P2

PoleVET

Fastest lap1:45.149Bottas · L37

Most laps led28Vettel

Biggest gain+9Hartley P19→P10

Retirements7of 20 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	2	+1	51	1:43:44.291	2	25
2	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	6	+4	51	+2.460	2	18
3	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	8	+5	51	+4.024	2	15
4	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1	-3	51	+5.329	2	12
5	Carlos Sainz SAI	Renault (2016–20)	9	+4	51	+7.515	2	10
6	Charles Leclerc LEC	Sauber	13	+7	51	+9.158	2	8
7	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	12	+5	51	+10.931	2	6
8	Lance Stroll STR	Williams	10	+2	51	+12.546	2	4
9	Stoffel Vandoorne VND	McLaren	16	+7	51	+14.152	4	2
10	Brendon Hartley HAR	Toro Rosso	19	+9	51	+18.030	3	1
11	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	18	+7	51	+18.512	4
12	Pierre Gasly GAS	Toro Rosso	17	+5	51	+24.720	2
13	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	15	+2	51	+30.663	2
—	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	3		48	DNF · L48 FL	1
—	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	20		42	DNF · L42	2
—	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	5		39	DNF · L39	1
—	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	4		39	DNF · L39	1
—	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Renault (2016–20)	14		10	DNF · L10	—
—	Esteban Ocon OCO	Force India	7		0	DNF · L0	—
—	Sergey Sirotkin SIR	Williams	11		0	DNF · L0	—

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	—	—	—	19
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	—	—	—	21
3	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	—	—	—	21
4	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	20
5	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	19
6	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	—	—	—	20
7	Esteban Ocon OCO	Force India	—	—	—	20
8	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	—	—	—	20
9	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Renault (2016–20)	—	—	—	20
10	Carlos Sainz SAI	Renault (2016–20)	—	—	—	20
11	Lance Stroll STR	Williams	—	—	—	16
12	Sergey Sirotkin SIR	Williams	—	—	—	17
13	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	—	—	—	16
14	Charles Leclerc LEC	Sauber	—	—	—	17
15	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	—	—	—	14
16	Stoffel Vandoorne VND	McLaren	—	—	—	8
17	Pierre Gasly GAS	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	9
18	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	—	—	—	10
19	Brendon Hartley HAR	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	5
20	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	—	—	—	2

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:43.091		17
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:43.452	+0.361	16
3	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1:43.493	+0.402	17
4	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:43.519	+0.428	17
5	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	1:43.569	+0.478	20
6	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	1:43.936	+0.845	9
7	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	1:43.958	+0.867	11
8	Lance Stroll STR	Williams	1:44.123	+1.032	8
9	Esteban Ocon OCO	Force India	1:44.220	+1.129	11
10	Sergey Sirotkin SIR	Williams	1:44.534	+1.443	9
11	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	1:44.763	+1.672	12
12	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	1:44.861	+1.770	17
13	Pierre Gasly GAS	Toro Rosso	1:44.905	+1.814	16
14	Charles Leclerc LEC	Sauber	1:45.218	+2.127	15
15	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	1:45.261	+2.170	12
16	Carlos Sainz SAI	Renault (2016–20)	1:45.432	+2.341	15
17	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Renault (2016–20)	1:45.456	+2.365	11
18	Stoffel Vandoorne VND	McLaren	1:45.505	+2.414	13
19	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	1:45.910	+2.819	17
20	Brendon Hartley HAR	Toro Rosso	1:46.186	+3.095	11

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	1:42.795		35
2	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1:42.864	+0.069	33
3	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:42.911	+0.116	27
4	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	1:43.570	+0.775	25
5	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:43.603	+0.808	31
6	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	1:43.700	+0.905	34
7	Esteban Ocon OCO	Force India	1:43.814	+1.019	30
8	Carlos Sainz SAI	Renault (2016–20)	1:43.834	+1.039	36
9	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	1:43.977	+1.182	29
10	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Renault (2016–20)	1:44.091	+1.296	33
11	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:44.127	+1.332	38
12	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	1:44.142	+1.347	31
13	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	1:44.425	+1.630	27
14	Lance Stroll STR	Williams	1:44.459	+1.664	31
15	Pierre Gasly GAS	Toro Rosso	1:44.712	+1.917	39
16	Charles Leclerc LEC	Sauber	1:44.940	+2.145	30
17	Sergey Sirotkin SIR	Williams	1:45.007	+2.212	33
18	Brendon Hartley HAR	Toro Rosso	1:45.051	+2.256	36
19	Stoffel Vandoorne VND	McLaren	1:45.288	+2.493	29
20	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	1:46.042	+3.247	9

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	1:44.242		26
2	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	1:44.277	+0.035	24
3	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	1:45.075	+0.833	26
4	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:45.200	+0.958	24
5	Esteban Ocon OCO	Force India	1:45.237	+0.995	29
6	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:45.559	+1.317	11
7	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	1:46.465	+2.223	25
8	Sergey Sirotkin SIR	Williams	1:46.480	+2.238	28
9	Pierre Gasly GAS	Toro Rosso	1:46.492	+2.250	18
10	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:46.513	+2.271	18
11	Lance Stroll STR	Williams	1:46.590	+2.348	26
12	Brendon Hartley HAR	Toro Rosso	1:46.747	+2.505	32
13	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Renault (2016–20)	1:46.749	+2.507	11
14	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	1:46.856	+2.614	23
15	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1:46.861	+2.619	10
16	Charles Leclerc LEC	Sauber	1:46.875	+2.633	21
17	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	1:47.073	+2.831	21
18	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	1:47.434	+3.192	18
19	Stoffel Vandoorne VND	McLaren	1:47.967	+3.725	21
20	Carlos Sainz SAI	Renault (2016–20)	1:48.741	+4.499	11

Session schedule

Practice 1Final27 Apr 2018 09:00 UTC

Practice 2Final27 Apr 2018 13:00 UTC

Practice 3Final28 Apr 2018 10:00 UTC

QualifyingFinal28 Apr 2018 13:00 UTC

Grand PrixFinal29 Apr 2018 13:00 UTC

Championship after round 4

Pos	Driver	Pts	Δ
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	70	▲1
2	Sebastian Vettel VET	66	▼1
3	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	48	▲2
4	Valtteri Bottas BOT	40	▼1
5	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	37	▼1
6	Fernando Alonso ALO	28
7	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	22
8	Max Verstappen VER	18

Running totals from published race points.

Teammate qualifying gaps

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

Deepest knockout session both drivers set a time in.

Season	Event	Winner	Team	Grid
2017	Azerbaijan Grand Prix	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	1
2016	European Grand Prix	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1