Round 16 · 2018

Russian Grand Prix

CircuitSochi AutodromLocationSochi, RussiaDates28 Sep – 30 Sep 2018Final

WinnerHAMMercedes · from P2

PoleBOT

Fastest lap1:35.861Bottas · L51

Most laps led20Verstappen

Biggest gain+14Verstappen P19→P5

Retirements2of 20 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	2	+1	53	1:27:25.181	1	25
2	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	1	-1	53	+2.545 FL	1	18
3	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	3	0	53	+7.487	1	15
4	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	4	0	53	+16.543	1	12
5	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	19	+14	53	+31.016	1	10
6	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	18	+12	53	+1:20.451	1	8
7	Charles Leclerc LEC	Sauber	7	0	53	+1:38.390	1	6
8	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	5	-3	52	+1 lap	1	4
9	Esteban Ocon OCO	Force India	6	-3	52	+1 lap	1	2
10	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	8	-2	52	+1 lap	1	1
11	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	9	-2	52	+1 lap	1
12	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Renault (2016–20)	12	0	52	+1 lap	1
13	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	10	-3	52	+1 lap	2
14	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	16	+2	52	+1 lap	1
15	Lance Stroll STR	Williams	14	-1	52	+1 lap	1
16	Stoffel Vandoorne VND	McLaren	15	-1	51	+2 laps	1
17	Carlos Sainz SAI	Renault (2016–20)	11	-6	51	+2 laps	1
18	Sergey Sirotkin SIR	Williams	13	-5	51	+2 laps	1
—	Pierre Gasly GAS	Toro Rosso	17		4	DNF · L4	1
—	Brendon Hartley HAR	Toro Rosso	20		4	DNF · L4	2

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

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:33.067		13
2	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	1:33.321	+0.254	16
3	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:33.667	+0.600	14
4	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1:33.688	+0.621	11
5	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:33.937	+0.870	11
6	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	1:34.394	+1.327	14
7	Charles Leclerc LEC	Sauber	1:34.628	+1.561	15
8	Esteban Ocon OCO	Force India	1:34.809	+1.742	16
9	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	1:34.820	+1.753	15
10	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	1:34.916	+1.849	14
11	Carlos Sainz SAI	Renault (2016–20)	1:34.988	+1.921	13
12	Pierre Gasly GAS	Toro Rosso	1:35.125	+2.058	21
13	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	1:35.185	+2.118	18
14	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Renault (2016–20)	1:35.213	+2.146	12
15	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	1:35.370	+2.303	16
16	Brendon Hartley HAR	Toro Rosso	1:36.033	+2.966	22
17	Sergey Sirotkin SIR	Williams	1:36.071	+3.004	16
18	Lance Stroll STR	Williams	1:36.274	+3.207	20
19	Stoffel Vandoorne VND	McLaren	1:36.597	+3.530	14
20	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	1:36.992	+3.925	21

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:33.385		35
2	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	1:33.584	+0.199	33
3	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:33.827	+0.442	32
4	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	1:33.844	+0.459	37
5	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:33.928	+0.543	33
6	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1:34.388	+1.003	31
7	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	1:35.122	+1.737	30
8	Pierre Gasly GAS	Toro Rosso	1:35.137	+1.752	28
9	Esteban Ocon OCO	Force India	1:35.147	+1.762	33
10	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	1:35.295	+1.910	35
11	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	1:35.331	+1.946	33
12	Carlos Sainz SAI	Renault (2016–20)	1:35.341	+1.956	37
13	Charles Leclerc LEC	Sauber	1:35.432	+2.047	32
14	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Renault (2016–20)	1:35.568	+2.183	35
15	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	1:35.911	+2.526	35
16	Brendon Hartley HAR	Toro Rosso	1:36.024	+2.639	29
17	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	1:36.074	+2.689	34
18	Stoffel Vandoorne VND	McLaren	1:36.617	+3.232	31
19	Sergey Sirotkin SIR	Williams	1:36.861	+3.476	39
20	Lance Stroll STR	Williams	1:37.001	+3.616	35

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:34.488		19
2	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:34.538	+0.050	22
3	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:34.818	+0.330	23
4	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	1:34.999	+0.511	28
5	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	1:35.524	+1.036	11
6	Esteban Ocon OCO	Force India	1:35.663	+1.175	24
7	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1:35.696	+1.208	19
8	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	1:36.196	+1.708	21
9	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Renault (2016–20)	1:36.274	+1.786	18
10	Antonio Giovinazzi GIO	Sauber	1:36.712	+2.224	22
11	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	1:36.816	+2.328	23
12	Pierre Gasly GAS	Toro Rosso	1:36.944	+2.456	25
13	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	1:37.022	+2.534	25
14	Charles Leclerc LEC	Sauber	1:37.054	+2.566	24
15	Artem Markelov MRK	Renault (2016–20)	1:37.183	+2.695	22
16	Stoffel Vandoorne VND	McLaren	1:37.187	+2.699	27
17	Nicholas Latifi LAT	Force India	1:37.206	+2.718	24
18	Sergey Sirotkin SIR	Williams	1:37.225	+2.737	25
19	Brendon Hartley HAR	Toro Rosso	1:37.944	+3.456	28
20	Lance Stroll STR	Williams	1:39.137	+4.649	13

Session schedule

Practice 1Final28 Sep 2018 07:00 UTC

Practice 2Final28 Sep 2018 11:00 UTC

Practice 3Final29 Sep 2018 08:00 UTC

QualifyingFinal29 Sep 2018 11:00 UTC

Grand PrixFinal30 Sep 2018 11:00 UTC

Championship after round 16

Pos	Driver	Pts	Δ
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	306
2	Sebastian Vettel VET	256
3	Valtteri Bottas BOT	189	▲1
4	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	186	▼1
5	Max Verstappen VER	158
6	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	134
7	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	53
8	Kevin Magnussen MAG	53	▲1

Running totals from published race points.

Teammate qualifying gaps

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

Deepest knockout session both drivers set a time in.

Season	Event	Winner	Team	Grid
2017	Russian Grand Prix	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	3
2016	Russian Grand Prix	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1
2015	Russian Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	2
2014	Russian Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1