| 2018 Austrian Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 9 of 21 in the2018 Formula One World Championship
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 Layout of the Red Bull Ring | |||||
| Race details[1] | |||||
| Date | 1 July 2018 | ||||
| Official name | Formula 1 EyetimeGrosser Preis von Österreich 2018 | ||||
| Location | Red Bull Ring Spielberg,Styria, Austria | ||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
| Course length | 4.318 km (2.683 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 71 laps, 306.452 km (190.420 miles) | ||||
| Weather | Sunny | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Mercedes | ||||
| Time | 1:03.130 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |  Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | |||
| Time | 1:06.957 on lap 71 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | ||||
| Second | Ferrari | ||||
| Third | Ferrari | ||||
Lap leaders | |||||
The2018 Austrian Grand Prix (formally known as theFormula 1 Eyetime Grosser Preis von Österreich 2018) was aFormula Onemotor race held on 1 July 2018 at theRed Bull Ring inSpielberg, Austria. The race was the 9th round of the2018 FIA Formula One World Championship, and marked the 32nd running of theAustrian Grand Prix and the 31st time it had been held as a round of the Formula One World Championship since the series inception in1950.
The race was won byMax Verstappen, driving forRed Bull, marking the first time that Red Bull has won at their home Grand Prix.
The circuit included threedrag reduction system (DRS) zones for the first time. These included a zone along the main straight, with the second zone on the straight from turn 1 to turns 2 and 3, and a third zone extending from turn 3 to turn 4.[2]Mercedes driverLewis Hamilton entered the round with a 14-point lead overSebastian Vettel in the Drivers' Championship. In the Constructors' Championship, Mercedes held a 23-point lead overFerrari.
In Q2,Carlos Sainz had to avoid Vettel, who was going slowly on the racing line. Vettel was later awarded a 3-place grid penalty for the incident. Mercedes locked out the front row in Q3 andValtteri Bottas took his first pole of 2018. The Ferraris locked out the second row.Romain Grosjean outqualifiedDaniel Ricciardo to take P6.
Bottas had a poor start from pole position. Initially passed by Hamilton, Räikkönen and Verstappen, he reclaimed P2 overtaking Verstappen and Räikkönen around the outside of Turn 4. Shortly after Verstappen overtook Räikkönen for P3.Stoffel Vandoorne broke his front wing at Turn 3, requiring a pitstop, dropping him to the back of the field. On lap 12,Nico Hülkenberg's engine failed on the start/finish straight, causing his immediate retirement from the race. On lap 14, Bottas retired with a gearbox failure which was originally caused by hydraulic problems, causing a Virtual Safety Car. During the VSC period, Ferrari and Red Bull pitted both their cars. Mercedes however, chose not to pit Hamilton, an error for whichJames Vowles, Mercedes' chief strategist, was heard to apologize via team radio. Hamilton pitted on lap 25, ceding the lead to Verstappen, and rejoined in P4, ahead of Vettel, who overtook him on lap 39. On lap 54 Ricciardo retired with an exhaust problem and thenBrendon Hartley retired on the next lap with a hydraulics issue. Hamilton retired on lap 64 with a fuel pressure problem, giving Mercedes only their third double retirement since returning to F1 as a constructor in 2010 (afterAustralia 2011 andSpain 2016), their first double retirement due to mechanical failures, and Hamilton's first non-finish since the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix. Verstappen won the race, giving Red Bull their first win at the Red Bull Ring, and Verstappen his first win of the season. TheHaas cars finished P4 and P5, giving them their best points finish ever and Grosjean his first points of the season.
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 33 |  Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | 71 | 1:21:56.024 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 71 | +1.504 | 3 | 18 |
| 3 | 5 |  Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 71 | +3.181 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | 8 |  Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | 70 | +1 lap | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | 20 |  Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 70 | +1 lap | 8 | 10 |
| 6 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Force India-Mercedes | 70 | +1 lap | 11 | 8 |
| 7 | 11 |  Sergio Pérez | Force India-Mercedes | 70 | +1 lap | 15 | 6 |
| 8 | 14 |  Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Renault | 70 | +1 lap | PL | 4 |
| 9 | 16 |  Charles Leclerc | Sauber-Ferrari | 70 | +1 lap | 17 | 2 |
| 10 | 9 |  Marcus Ericsson | Sauber-Ferrari | 70 | +1 lap | 18 | 1 |
| 11 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda | 70 | +1 lap | 12 | |
| 12 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Renault | 70 | +1 lap | 9 | |
| 13 | 35 |  Sergey Sirotkin | Williams-Mercedes | 69 | +2 laps | 16 | |
| 14 | 18 |  Lance Stroll | Williams-Mercedes | 69 | +2 laps1 | 13 | |
| 152 | 2 |  Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren-Renault | 65 | Collision damage | 14 | |
| Ret | 44 |  Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 62 | Fuel pressure | 2 | |
| Ret | 28 |  Brendon Hartley | Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda | 54 | Hydraulics | 19 | |
| Ret | 3 |  Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | 53 | Exhaust | 7 | |
| Ret | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 13 | Hydraulics | 1 | |
| Ret | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 11 | Engine | 10 | |
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