Round 2 · 2018

Bahrain Grand Prix

CircuitBahrain International Circuit Outer TrackLocationSakhir, BahrainDates6 Apr – 8 Apr 2018Final

WinnerVETFerrari · from P1

PoleVET

Fastest lap1:33.740Bottas · L22

Most laps led49Vettel

Biggest gain+8Ericsson P17→P9

Retirements3of 20 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1	0	57	1:32:01.940	1	25
2	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	3	+1	57	+0.699 FL	1	18
3	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	9	+6	57	+6.512	1	15
4	Pierre Gasly GAS	Toro Rosso	5	+1	57	+1:02.234	2	12
5	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	6	+1	57	+1:15.046	2	10
6	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Renault (2016–20)	7	+1	57	+1:39.024	2	8
7	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	13	+6	56	+1 lap	2	6
8	Stoffel Vandoorne VND	McLaren	14	+6	56	+1 lap	2	4
9	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	17	+8	56	+1 lap	1	2
10	Esteban Ocon OCO	Force India	8	-2	56	+1 lap	2	1
11	Carlos Sainz SAI	Renault (2016–20)	10	-1	56	+1 lap	2
12	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	12	0	56	+1 lap	2
13	Brendon Hartley HAR	Toro Rosso	11	-2	56	+1 lap	2
14	Charles Leclerc LEC	Sauber	19	+5	56	+1 lap	2
15	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	16	+1	56	+1 lap	3
16	Lance Stroll STR	Williams	20	+4	56	+1 lap	2
17	Sergey Sirotkin SIR	Williams	18	+1	56	+1 lap	2
—	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	2		35	DNF · L35	2
—	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	15		3	DNF · L3	1
—	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	4		1	DNF · L1	—

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

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1:29.868		15
2	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:30.393	+0.525	8
3	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	1:30.452	+0.584	8
4	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:30.691	+0.823	14
5	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:30.719	+0.851	8
6	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	1:30.781	+0.913	16
7	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Renault (2016–20)	1:31.144	+1.276	11
8	Carlos Sainz SAI	Renault (2016–20)	1:31.200	+1.332	12
9	Pierre Gasly GAS	Toro Rosso	1:31.438	+1.570	18
10	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	1:31.445	+1.577	13
11	Brendon Hartley HAR	Toro Rosso	1:31.460	+1.592	18
12	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	1:31.513	+1.645	14
13	Esteban Ocon OCO	Force India	1:31.554	+1.686	17
14	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	1:31.564	+1.696	14
15	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	1:31.737	+1.869	14
16	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	1:31.859	+1.991	17
17	Stoffel Vandoorne VND	McLaren	1:31.860	+1.992	14
18	Charles Leclerc LEC	Sauber	1:32.047	+2.179	19
19	Sergey Sirotkin SIR	Williams	1:32.463	+2.595	11
20	Lance Stroll STR	Williams	1:32.865	+2.997	12

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1:29.817		32
2	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:29.828	+0.011	37
3	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	1:30.380	+0.563	31
4	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:30.472	+0.655	32
5	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:30.745	+0.928	32
6	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	1:30.751	+0.934	31
7	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Renault (2016–20)	1:31.220	+1.403	34
8	Pierre Gasly GAS	Toro Rosso	1:31.232	+1.415	38
9	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	1:31.282	+1.465	29
10	Stoffel Vandoorne VND	McLaren	1:31.422	+1.605	35
11	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	1:31.591	+1.774	33
12	Carlos Sainz SAI	Renault (2016–20)	1:31.601	+1.784	34
13	Esteban Ocon OCO	Force India	1:31.809	+1.992	31
14	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	1:31.868	+2.051	34
15	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	1:31.969	+2.152	35
16	Charles Leclerc LEC	Sauber	1:32.372	+2.555	37
17	Lance Stroll STR	Williams	1:32.382	+2.565	30
18	Sergey Sirotkin SIR	Williams	1:32.474	+2.657	37
19	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	1:32.733	+2.916	32
20	Brendon Hartley HAR	Toro Rosso	1:32.908	+3.091	38

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	1:31.060		14
2	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	1:31.364	+0.304	24
3	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1:31.458	+0.398	18
4	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:31.470	+0.410	17
5	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:32.272	+1.212	21
6	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	1:32.516	+1.456	23
7	Pierre Gasly GAS	Toro Rosso	1:32.779	+1.719	26
8	Carlos Sainz SAI	Renault (2016–20)	1:32.885	+1.825	21
9	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	1:32.971	+1.911	19
10	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Renault (2016–20)	1:33.104	+2.044	18
11	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	1:33.223	+2.163	24
12	Charles Leclerc LEC	Sauber	1:33.278	+2.218	20
13	Stoffel Vandoorne VND	McLaren	1:33.364	+2.304	25
14	Lance Stroll STR	Williams	1:33.379	+2.319	22
15	Sergey Sirotkin SIR	Williams	1:33.467	+2.407	29
16	Brendon Hartley HAR	Toro Rosso	1:33.497	+2.437	27
17	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	1:33.508	+2.448	22
18	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	1:33.662	+2.602	26
19	Esteban Ocon OCO	Force India	1:33.794	+2.734	23
20	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	—		2

Session schedule

Practice 1Final6 Apr 2018 11:00 UTC

Practice 2Final6 Apr 2018 15:00 UTC

Practice 3Final7 Apr 2018 12:00 UTC

QualifyingFinal7 Apr 2018 15:00 UTC

Grand PrixFinal8 Apr 2018 15:00 UTC

Championship after round 2

Pos	Driver	Pts	Δ
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	50
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	33
3	Valtteri Bottas BOT	22	▲5
4	Fernando Alonso ALO	16	▲1
5	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	15	▼2
6	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	14	▲1
7	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	12	▼3
8	Pierre Gasly GAS	12	▲10

Running totals from published race points.

Teammate qualifying gaps

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

Deepest knockout session both drivers set a time in.

Season	Event	Winner	Team	Grid
2017	Bahrain Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	3
2016	Bahrain Grand Prix	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	2
2015	Bahrain Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1
2014	Bahrain Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	2
2013	Bahrain Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	2
2012	Bahrain Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1
2010	Bahrain Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	3
2009	Bahrain Grand Prix	Jenson Button BUT	Brawn GP	4