2018 Italian Grand Prix
2018 Italian Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 14 of 21 in the 2018 Formula One World Championship
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Layout of the Monza circuit | |||||
Race details[1] | |||||
Date | 2 September 2018 | ||||
Official name | Formula 1 Gran Premio Heineken d'Italia 2018 | ||||
Location |
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Monza, Italy | ||||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
Course length | 5.793 km (3.600 mi) | ||||
Distance | 53 laps, 306.720 km (190.587 mi) | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Ferrari | ||||
Time | 1:19.119 | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | |||
Time | 1:22.497 on lap 30 | ||||
Podium | |||||
First |
| Mercedes | |||
Second | Ferrari | ||||
Third |
| Mercedes | |||
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Lap leaders |
The 2018 Italian Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Gran Premio Heineken d'Italia 2018) was a Formula One motor race held on 2 September 2018 at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in Monza, Italy. The race was the fourteenth round of the 2018 Formula One World Championship and marked the 88th running of the Italian Grand Prix and the 83rd time the race was held at Monza.
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton entered the round with a 17-point lead over Sebastian Vettel in the Drivers' Championship. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes led Ferrari by 15 points.
Qualifying[]
Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Qualifying times | Final grid | ||
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Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | |||||
1 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:20.722 | 1:19.846 | 1:19.119 | 1 |
2 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:20.542 | 1:19.629 | 1:19.280 | 2 |
3 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:20.810 | 1:19.798 | 1:19.294 | 3 |
4 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:21.381 | 1:20.427 | 1:19.656 | 4 |
5 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | 1:21.381 | 1:20.333 | 1:20.615 | 5 |
6 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | 1:21.887 | 1:21.239 | 1:20.936 | 6 |
7 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Renault | 1:21.732 | 1:21.552 | 1:21.041 | 7 |
8 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Force India-Mercedes | 1:21.570 | 1:21.315 | 1:21.099 | 8 |
9 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda | 1:21.834 | 1:21.667 | 1:21.350 | 9 |
10 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Williams-Mercedes | 1:21.838 | 1:21.494 | 1:21.627 | 10 |
11 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 1:21.783 | 1:21.669 | 11 | |
12 | 35 | Sergey Sirotkin | Williams-Mercedes | 1:21.813 | 1:21.732 | 12 | |
13 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Renault | 1:21.850 | 1:22.568 | 13 | |
14 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 1:21.801 | No time | 201 | |
15 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | 1:21.280 | No time | 192 | |
16 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Force India-Mercedes | 1:21.888 | 14 | ||
17 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:21.889 | 15 | ||
18 | 28 | Brendon Hartley | Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda | 1:21.934 | 16 | ||
19 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:22.048 | 183 | ||
20 | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren-Renault | 1:22.085 | 17 | ||
107% time: 1:26.179 | |||||||
Source:[2] |
- Notes
- ^1 – Nico Hülkenberg received a 40-place grid penalty: 10 places for causing a collision at previous round and 30 places for exceeding his quota of power unit elements.
- ^2 – Daniel Ricciardo received a 30-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of power unit elements.
- ^3 – Marcus Ericsson received a 10-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of power unit elements.
Race report[]
The race was won by Lewis Hamilton after a battle with Kimi Räikkönen, Hamilton caught and passed Räikkönen with 9 laps remaining. On the opening lap Hamilton and Vettel collided causing Vettel to spin off. Despite Vettel's complaints, the stewards deemed it just a racing incident. Vettel would later fight back to 4th place, behind Valtteri Bottas in third. Max Verstappen was penalised 5 seconds after forcing Bottas off the track after a pit stop and was classified 5th. [3]
Race classification[]
Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 53 | 1:16:54.484 | 3 | 25 |
2 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 53 | +8.705 | 1 | 18 |
3 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 53 | +14.066 | 4 | 15 |
4 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 53 | +16.151 | 2 | 12 |
5 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | 53 | +18.2081 | 5 | 10 |
6 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Force India-Mercedes | 53 | +57.761 | 8 | 8 |
7 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Force India-Mercedes | 53 | +58.678 | 14 | 6 |
8 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Renault | 53 | +1:18.140 | 7 | 4 |
9 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Williams-Mercedes | 52 | +1 lap | 10 | 2 |
10 | 35 | Sergey Sirotkin | Williams-Mercedes | 52 | +1 lap | 12 | 1 |
11 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Sauber-Ferrari | 52 | +1 lap | 15 | |
12 | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren-Renault | 52 | +1 lap | 17 | |
13 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 52 | +1 lap | 20 | |
14 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda | 52 | +1 lap | 9 | |
15 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber-Ferrari | 52 | +1 lap | 18 | |
16 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 52 | +1 lap | 11 | |
Ret | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | 23 | Clutch | 19 | |
Ret | 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Renault | 9 | Electrics | 13 | |
Ret | 28 | Brendon Hartley | Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda | 0 | Collision | 16 | |
DSQ | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | 53 | Illegal floor2 | 6 | |
Source:[4] |
- Notes
- ^1 – Max Verstappen originally finished third, but received a 5-second time penalty for causing a collision with Valtteri Bottas.
- ^2 – Romain Grosjean originally finished sixth, but was disqualified for a technical infringement with the floor of his car.
Championship standings after the race[]
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also[]
- 2018 Monza FIA Formula 2 round
References[]
- ^ "Formula 1 Gran Premio Heineken d'Italia 2018". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ^ "Formula 1 Gran Premio Heineken d'Italia 2018 – Qualifying". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. 1 September 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ "Hamilton wins thrilling Italian GP" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Formula 1 Gran Premio Heineken d'Italia 2018 – Race Result". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. 2 September 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Italy 2018 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
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