Round 3 · 2018

Chinese Grand Prix

CircuitShanghai International CircuitLocationShanghai, ChinaDates13 Apr – 15 Apr 2018Final

WinnerRICRed Bull Racing · from P6

PoleVET

Fastest lap1:35.785Ricciardo · L55

Most laps led20Vettel

Biggest gain+6Alonso P13→P7

Retirements1of 20 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	6	+5	56	1:35:36.380 FL	2	25
2	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	3	+1	56	+8.894	1	18
3	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	2	-1	56	+9.637	1	15
4	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	4	0	56	+16.985	1	12
5	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	5	0	56	+20.436	2	10
6	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Renault (2016–20)	7	+1	56	+21.052	2	8
7	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	13	+6	56	+30.639	1	6
8	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1	-7	56	+35.286	1	4
9	Carlos Sainz SAI	Renault (2016–20)	9	0	56	+35.763	2	2
10	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	11	+1	56	+39.594	1	1
11	Esteban Ocon OCO	Force India	12	+1	56	+44.050	2
12	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	8	-4	56	+44.725	2
13	Stoffel Vandoorne VND	McLaren	14	+1	56	+49.373	1
14	Lance Stroll STR	Williams	18	+4	56	+55.490	1
15	Sergey Sirotkin SIR	Williams	16	+1	56	+58.241	2
16	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	20	+4	56	+1:02.604	1
17	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	10	-7	56	+1:05.296	2
18	Pierre Gasly GAS	Toro Rosso	17	-1	56	+1:06.330	2
19	Charles Leclerc LEC	Sauber	19	0	56	+1:22.575	1
—	Brendon Hartley HAR	Toro Rosso	15		51	DNF · L51	3

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

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:33.018		14
2	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1:33.469	+0.451	21
3	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	1:33.761	+0.743	16
4	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:33.969	+0.951	14
5	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:34.057	+1.039	14
6	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	1:34.329	+1.311	25
7	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	1:34.445	+1.427	14
8	Esteban Ocon OCO	Force India	1:34.456	+1.438	16
9	Carlos Sainz SAI	Renault (2016–20)	1:34.582	+1.564	20
10	Sergey Sirotkin SIR	Williams	1:34.741	+1.723	13
11	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Renault (2016–20)	1:34.841	+1.823	16
12	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	1:34.851	+1.833	13
13	Stoffel Vandoorne VND	McLaren	1:34.977	+1.959	16
14	Brendon Hartley HAR	Toro Rosso	1:34.991	+1.973	20
15	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	1:35.061	+2.043	4
16	Pierre Gasly GAS	Toro Rosso	1:35.079	+2.061	16
17	Lance Stroll STR	Williams	1:35.375	+2.357	16
18	Charles Leclerc LEC	Sauber	1:35.497	+2.479	14
19	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	1:35.679	+2.661	13
20	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	1:35.756	+2.738	6

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:33.482		26
2	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1:33.489	+0.007	26
3	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	1:33.515	+0.033	27
4	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:33.590	+0.108	27
5	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:33.823	+0.341	26
6	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Renault (2016–20)	1:34.313	+0.831	30
7	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	1:34.458	+0.976	26
8	Carlos Sainz SAI	Renault (2016–20)	1:34.473	+0.991	28
9	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	1:34.557	+1.075	26
10	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	1:34.632	+1.150	23
11	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	1:34.792	+1.310	30
12	Pierre Gasly GAS	Toro Rosso	1:34.849	+1.367	33
13	Esteban Ocon OCO	Force India	1:34.874	+1.392	30
14	Stoffel Vandoorne VND	McLaren	1:35.163	+1.681	22
15	Brendon Hartley HAR	Toro Rosso	1:35.333	+1.851	37
16	Sergey Sirotkin SIR	Williams	1:35.340	+1.858	31
17	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	1:35.624	+2.142	29
18	Charles Leclerc LEC	Sauber	1:35.916	+2.434	26
19	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	1:36.471	+2.989	26
20	Lance Stroll STR	Williams	1:37.147	+3.665	19

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:33.999		22
2	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1:34.358	+0.359	14
3	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	1:34.457	+0.458	28
4	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	1:34.537	+0.538	22
5	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:34.668	+0.669	22
6	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:34.861	+0.862	18
7	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	1:35.178	+1.179	21
8	Carlos Sainz SAI	Renault (2016–20)	1:35.616	+1.617	23
9	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	1:35.718	+1.719	21
10	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Renault (2016–20)	1:35.800	+1.801	18
11	Pierre Gasly GAS	Toro Rosso	1:36.037	+2.038	21
12	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	1:36.044	+2.045	29
13	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	1:36.051	+2.052	28
14	Esteban Ocon OCO	Force India	1:36.351	+2.352	32
15	Sergey Sirotkin SIR	Williams	1:36.691	+2.692	31
16	Brendon Hartley HAR	Toro Rosso	1:36.715	+2.716	23
17	Charles Leclerc LEC	Sauber	1:36.723	+2.724	23
18	Stoffel Vandoorne VND	McLaren	1:36.756	+2.757	25
19	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	1:36.909	+2.910	21
20	Lance Stroll STR	Williams	1:37.277	+3.278	28

Session schedule

Practice 1Final13 Apr 2018 02:00 UTC

Practice 2Final13 Apr 2018 06:00 UTC

Practice 3Final14 Apr 2018 04:00 UTC

QualifyingFinal14 Apr 2018 07:00 UTC

Grand PrixFinal15 Apr 2018 06:00 UTC

Championship after round 3

Pos	Driver	Pts	Δ
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	54
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	45
3	Valtteri Bottas BOT	40
4	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	37	▲3
5	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	30
6	Fernando Alonso ALO	22	▼2
7	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	22	▼1
8	Max Verstappen VER	18	▲2

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	Max Verstappen VER	—	Daniel Ricciardo RIC
Renault (2016–20)	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	—	Carlos Sainz SAI
Force India	Sergio Pérez PER	—	Esteban Ocon OCO
Haas	Romain Grosjean GRO	—	Kevin Magnussen MAG
McLaren	Fernando Alonso ALO	—	Stoffel Vandoorne VND
Toro Rosso	Brendon Hartley HAR	—	Pierre Gasly GAS
Williams	Sergey Sirotkin SIR	—	Lance Stroll STR
Sauber	Charles Leclerc LEC	—	Marcus Ericsson ERI

Deepest knockout session both drivers set a time in.

Season	Event	Winner	Team	Grid
2017	Chinese Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1
2016	Chinese Grand Prix	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1
2015	Chinese Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1
2014	Chinese Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1
2013	Chinese Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	3
2012	Chinese Grand Prix	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1
2011	Chinese Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	3
2010	Chinese Grand Prix	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	5