Australia Grand Prix — 2018

Australia · Formula 1

Race

Completed

25 Mar 2018, 06:10

Sebastian Vettel (Scuderia Ferrari) won the race at Albert Park Circuit in 1:29:33.283, with 20 drivers classified. Full race results with grid positions, gaps, pit stops, and championship points are shown below.

#DriverTime / Gap
1
SV
Sebastian VettelVET
1:29:33.283
Scuderia Ferrari25 PointsGrid: 3
2
LH
Lewis HamiltonHAM
+5.036
Mercedes-AMG Petronas18 PointsGrid: 1
3
KR
Kimi RaikkonenRAI
+6.309
Scuderia Ferrari15 PointsGrid: 2
4
DR
Daniel RicciardoRIC⚡FL
+7.069
Red Bull Racing13 PointsGrid: 8⚡ FL
5
FA
Fernando AlonsoALO
+27.886
McLaren Racing10 PointsGrid: 10
6
MV
Max VerstappenVER
+28.945
Red Bull Racing8 PointsGrid: 4
7
NH
Nico HulkenbergHUL
+32.671
Alpine F1 Team6 PointsGrid: 7
8
VB
Valtteri BottasBOT
+34.339
Mercedes-AMG Petronas4 PointsGrid: 15
9
SV
Stoffel VandoorneVAN
+34.921
McLaren Racing2 PointsGrid: 11
10
CJ
Carlos Sainz JrSAI
+45.722
Alpine F1 Team1 PointsGrid: 9
11
SP
Sergio PerezPER
+46.817
Force IndiaGrid: 12
12
EO
Esteban OconOCO
+1:00.278
Force IndiaGrid: 14
13
CL
Charles LeclercLEC
+1:15.759
Sauber F1 TeamGrid: 18
14
LS
Lance StrollSTR
+1:18.288
Williams F1 TeamGrid: 13
15
BH
Brendon HartleyHAR
—
Racing BullsGrid: 16
0
RG
Romain GrosjeanGRO
—
Haas F1 TeamGrid: 6
0
KM
Kevin MagnussenMAG
—
Haas F1 TeamGrid: 5
0
PG
Pierre GaslyGAS
—
Racing BullsGrid: 20
0
ME
Marcus EricssonERI
—
Sauber F1 TeamGrid: 17
0
SS
Sergey SirotkinSIR
—
Williams F1 TeamGrid: 19

3rd Qualifying

Completed

24 Mar 2018, 06:40

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-AMG Petronas) set the fastest time of 1:21.164 during 3rd Qualifying at Albert Park Circuit, ahead of 10 drivers. The table below shows lap times and gaps to the leader.

#DriverTime
1
LH
Lewis HamiltonHAM
1:21.164
Mercedes-AMG Petronas
2
KR
Kimi RaikkonenRAI
1:21.828
Scuderia Ferrari+0.664
3
SV
Sebastian VettelVET
1:21.838
Scuderia Ferrari+0.674
4
MV
Max VerstappenVER
1:21.879
Red Bull Racing+0.715
5
DR
Daniel RicciardoRIC
1:22.152
Red Bull Racing+0.988
6
KM
Kevin MagnussenMAG
1:23.187
Haas F1 Team+2.023
7
RG
Romain GrosjeanGRO
1:23.339
Haas F1 Team+2.175
8
NH
Nico HulkenbergHUL
1:23.532
Alpine F1 Team+2.368
9
CJ
Carlos Sainz JrSAI
1:23.577
Alpine F1 Team+2.413
10
VB
Valtteri BottasBOT
—
Mercedes-AMG Petronas

2nd Qualifying

Completed

24 Mar 2018, 06:20

Sebastian Vettel (Scuderia Ferrari) set the fastest time of 1:21.944 during 2nd Qualifying at Albert Park Circuit, ahead of 15 drivers. The table below shows lap times and gaps to the leader.

#DriverTime
1
SV
Sebastian VettelVET
1:21.944
Scuderia Ferrari
2
LH
Lewis HamiltonHAM
1:22.051
Mercedes-AMG Petronas+0.107
3
VB
Valtteri BottasBOT
1:22.089
Mercedes-AMG Petronas+0.145
4
MV
Max VerstappenVER
1:22.416
Red Bull Racing+0.472
5
KR
Kimi RaikkonenRAI
1:22.507
Scuderia Ferrari+0.563
6
DR
Daniel RicciardoRIC
1:22.897
Red Bull Racing+0.953
7
CJ
Carlos Sainz JrSAI
1:23.061
Alpine F1 Team+1.117
8
KM
Kevin MagnussenMAG
1:23.300
Haas F1 Team+1.356
9
RG
Romain GrosjeanGRO
1:23.468
Haas F1 Team+1.524
10
NH
Nico HulkenbergHUL
1:23.544
Alpine F1 Team+1.600
11
FA
Fernando AlonsoALO
1:23.692
McLaren Racing+1.748
12
SV
Stoffel VandoorneVAN
1:23.853
McLaren Racing+1.909
13
SP
Sergio PerezPER
1:24.005
Force India+2.061
14
LS
Lance StrollSTR
1:24.230
Williams F1 Team+2.286
15
EO
Esteban OconOCO
1:24.786
Force India+2.842

1st Qualifying

Completed

24 Mar 2018, 06:00

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-AMG Petronas) set the fastest time of 1:22.824 during 1st Qualifying at Albert Park Circuit, ahead of 20 drivers. The table below shows lap times and gaps to the leader.

#DriverTime
1
LH
Lewis HamiltonHAM
1:22.824
Mercedes-AMG Petronas
2
KR
Kimi RaikkonenRAI
1:23.096
Scuderia Ferrari+0.272
3
SV
Sebastian VettelVET
1:23.348
Scuderia Ferrari+0.524
4
MV
Max VerstappenVER
1:23.483
Red Bull Racing+0.659
5
DR
Daniel RicciardoRIC
1:23.494
Red Bull Racing+0.670
6
CJ
Carlos Sainz JrSAI
1:23.529
Alpine F1 Team+0.705
7
FA
Fernando AlonsoALO
1:23.597
McLaren Racing+0.773
8
RG
Romain GrosjeanGRO
1:23.671
Haas F1 Team+0.847
9
VB
Valtteri BottasBOT
1:23.686
Mercedes-AMG Petronas+0.862
10
NH
Nico HulkenbergHUL
1:23.782
Alpine F1 Team+0.958
11
KM
Kevin MagnussenMAG
1:23.909
Haas F1 Team+1.085
12
SV
Stoffel VandoorneVAN
1:24.073
McLaren Racing+1.249
13
SP
Sergio PerezPER
1:24.344
Force India+1.520
14
LS
Lance StrollSTR
1:24.464
Williams F1 Team+1.640
15
EO
Esteban OconOCO
1:24.503
Force India+1.679
16
BH
Brendon HartleyHAR
1:24.532
Racing Bulls+1.708
17
ME
Marcus EricssonERI
1:24.556
Sauber F1 Team+1.732
18
CL
Charles LeclercLEC
1:24.636
Sauber F1 Team+1.812
19
SS
Sergey SirotkinSIR
1:24.922
Williams F1 Team+2.098
20
PG
Pierre GaslyGAS
1:25.295
Racing Bulls+2.471

3rd Practice

Completed

24 Mar 2018, 03:00

Sebastian Vettel (Scuderia Ferrari) set the fastest time of 1:26.067 during 3rd Practice at Albert Park Circuit, ahead of 20 drivers. The table below shows lap times and gaps to the leader.

#DriverTime
1
SV
Sebastian VettelVET
1:26.067
Scuderia Ferrari
2
KR
Kimi RaikkonenRAI
1:28.499
Scuderia Ferrari+2.432
3
ME
Marcus EricssonERI
1:28.890
Sauber F1 Team+2.823
4
MV
Max VerstappenVER
1:31.680
Red Bull Racing+5.613
5
CJ
Carlos Sainz JrSAI
1:33.172
Alpine F1 Team+7.105
6
DR
Daniel RicciardoRIC
1:34.043
Red Bull Racing+7.976
7
VB
Valtteri BottasBOT
1:34.174
Mercedes-AMG Petronas+8.107
8
LH
Lewis HamiltonHAM
1:34.225
Mercedes-AMG Petronas+8.158
9
SV
Stoffel VandoorneVAN
1:34.233
McLaren Racing+8.166
10
FA
Fernando AlonsoALO
1:34.298
McLaren Racing+8.231
11
PG
Pierre GaslyGAS
1:34.990
Racing Bulls+8.923
12
BH
Brendon HartleyHAR
1:35.438
Racing Bulls+9.371
13
SS
Sergey SirotkinSIR
1:35.589
Williams F1 Team+9.522
14
LS
Lance StrollSTR
1:35.828
Williams F1 Team+9.761
15
RG
Romain GrosjeanGRO
1:36.171
Haas F1 Team+10.104
16
CL
Charles LeclercLEC
1:36.448
Sauber F1 Team+10.381
17
KM
Kevin MagnussenMAG
1:36.807
Haas F1 Team+10.740
18
NH
Nico HulkenbergHUL
1:38.482
Alpine F1 Team+12.415
19
EO
Esteban OconOCO
—
Force India
20
SP
Sergio PerezPER
—
Force India

2nd Practice

Completed

23 Mar 2018, 05:00

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-AMG Petronas) set the fastest time of 1:23.931 during 2nd Practice at Albert Park Circuit, ahead of 20 drivers. The table below shows lap times and gaps to the leader.

#DriverTime
1
LH
Lewis HamiltonHAM
1:23.931
Mercedes-AMG Petronas
2
MV
Max VerstappenVER
1:24.058
Red Bull Racing+0.127
3
VB
Valtteri BottasBOT
1:24.159
Mercedes-AMG Petronas+0.228
4
KR
Kimi RaikkonenRAI
1:24.214
Scuderia Ferrari+0.283
5
SV
Sebastian VettelVET
1:24.451
Scuderia Ferrari+0.520
6
RG
Romain GrosjeanGRO
1:24.648
Haas F1 Team+0.717
7
DR
Daniel RicciardoRIC
1:24.721
Red Bull Racing+0.790
8
FA
Fernando AlonsoALO
1:25.200
McLaren Racing+1.269
9
KM
Kevin MagnussenMAG
1:25.246
Haas F1 Team+1.315
10
SV
Stoffel VandoorneVAN
1:25.285
McLaren Racing+1.354
11
CJ
Carlos Sainz JrSAI
1:25.390
Alpine F1 Team+1.459
12
SP
Sergio PerezPER
1:25.413
Force India+1.482
13
NH
Nico HulkenbergHUL
1:25.463
Alpine F1 Team+1.532
14
LS
Lance StrollSTR
1:25.543
Williams F1 Team+1.612
15
EO
Esteban OconOCO
1:25.888
Force India+1.957
16
BH
Brendon HartleyHAR
1:25.925
Racing Bulls+1.994
17
PG
Pierre GaslyGAS
1:25.945
Racing Bulls+2.014
18
SS
Sergey SirotkinSIR
1:25.974
Williams F1 Team+2.043
19
ME
Marcus EricssonERI
1:26.814
Sauber F1 Team+2.883
20
CL
Charles LeclercLEC
1:26.815
Sauber F1 Team+2.884

1st Practice

Completed

23 Mar 2018, 01:00

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-AMG Petronas) set the fastest time of 1:24.026 during 1st Practice at Albert Park Circuit, ahead of 20 drivers. The table below shows lap times and gaps to the leader.

#DriverTime
1
LH
Lewis HamiltonHAM
1:24.026
Mercedes-AMG Petronas
2
VB
Valtteri BottasBOT
1:24.577
Mercedes-AMG Petronas+0.551
3
MV
Max VerstappenVER
1:24.771
Red Bull Racing+0.745
4
KR
Kimi RaikkonenRAI
1:24.875
Scuderia Ferrari+0.849
5
SV
Sebastian VettelVET
1:24.995
Scuderia Ferrari+0.969
6
DR
Daniel RicciardoRIC
1:25.063
Red Bull Racing+1.037
7
RG
Romain GrosjeanGRO
1:25.730
Haas F1 Team+1.704
8
FA
Fernando AlonsoALO
1:25.896
McLaren Racing+1.870
9
CJ
Carlos Sainz JrSAI
1:25.922
Alpine F1 Team+1.896
10
SV
Stoffel VandoorneVAN
1:26.482
McLaren Racing+2.456
11
PG
Pierre GaslyGAS
1:26.494
Racing Bulls+2.468
12
SS
Sergey SirotkinSIR
1:26.536
Williams F1 Team+2.510
13
NH
Nico HulkenbergHUL
1:26.583
Alpine F1 Team+2.557
14
EO
Esteban OconOCO
1:26.605
Force India+2.579
15
LS
Lance StrollSTR
1:26.636
Williams F1 Team+2.610
16
SP
Sergio PerezPER
1:26.767
Force India+2.741
17
KM
Kevin MagnussenMAG
1:27.035
Haas F1 Team+3.009
18
BH
Brendon HartleyHAR
1:27.745
Racing Bulls+3.719
19
ME
Marcus EricssonERI
1:27.964
Sauber F1 Team+3.938
20
CL
Charles LeclercLEC
1:28.853
Sauber F1 Team+4.827

2018 Drivers' Championship

The 2018 Drivers' Championship standings across 20 drivers. Lewis Hamilton leads with 408 points and 11 wins, followed by Sebastian Vettel (320) and Kimi Raikkonen (251). The field has accumulated 2,121 points combined.

#DriverPoints
1
LH
Lewis Hamilton#44 HAM
408
Mercedes-AMG Petronas11 Wins
2
SV
Sebastian Vettel#5 VET
320
Scuderia Ferrari5 Wins
3
KR
Kimi Raikkonen#7 RAI
251
Scuderia Ferrari1 Wins
4
MV
Max Verstappen#3 VER
249
Red Bull Racing2 Wins
5
VB
Valtteri Bottas#77 BOT
247
Mercedes-AMG Petronas
6
DR
Daniel Ricciardo#3 RIC
170
Red Bull Racing2 Wins
7
NH
Nico Hulkenberg#27 HUL
69
Alpine F1 Team
8
SP
Sergio Perez#11 PER
62
Force India
9
KM
Kevin Magnussen#20 MAG
56
Haas F1 Team
10
CJ
Carlos Sainz Jr#55 SAI
53
Alpine F1 Team
11
FA
Fernando Alonso#14 ALO
50
McLaren Racing
12
EO
Esteban Ocon#31 OCO
49
Force India
13
CL
Charles Leclerc#16 LEC
39
Sauber F1 Team
14
RG
Romain Grosjean#28 GRO
37
Haas F1 Team
15
PG
Pierre Gasly#10 GAS
29
Racing Bulls
16
SV
Stoffel Vandoorne#5 VAN
12
McLaren Racing
17
ME
Marcus Ericsson#8 ERI
9
Sauber F1 Team
18
LS
Lance Stroll#18 STR
6
Williams F1 Team
19
BH
Brendon Hartley#28 HAR
4
Racing Bulls
20
SS
Sergey Sirotkin#35 SIR
1
Williams F1 Team

2018 Constructors' Championship

The 2018 Constructors' Championship featuring 10 teams. Mercedes-AMG Petronas lead with 655 points and 0 wins, ahead of Scuderia Ferrari (571). All teams have scored 2,062 points combined.

#TeamPoints
1
MPMercedes-AMG Petronas
655
2
SFScuderia Ferrari
571
3
RRRed Bull Racing
419
4
ATAlpine F1 Team
122
5
HTHaas F1 Team
93
6
MRMcLaren Racing
62
7
FIForce India
52
8
STSauber F1 Team
48
9
RBRacing Bulls
33
10
WTWilliams F1 Team
7

API data: 6 May 2026