2018 Chinese Grand Prix
2018 Chinese Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 3 of 21 in the 2018 Formula One World Championship
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![]() Layout of the Shanghai International Circuit | |||||
Race details[1] | |||||
Date | 15 April 2018 | ||||
Official name | Formula 1 2018 Heineken Chinese Grand Prix | ||||
Location | Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China | ||||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
Course length | 5.451 km (3.387 miles) | ||||
Distance | 56 laps, 305.066 km (189.559 miles) | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Ferrari | ||||
Time | 1:31.095 |
The 2018 Chinese Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 2018 Heineken Chinese Grand Prix) is a Formula One motor race that is scheduled to take place between 13 and 15 April 2018 at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China. The race is due to be the third round of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship,[2] and mark the fifteenth time that the Chinese Grand Prix has been run as a round of the Formula One World Championship.
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton is the defending race winner.[3] Sebastian Vettel enters the round with a seventeen-point lead over Hamilton in the World Drivers' Championship. His team, Ferrari, lead Mercedes by ten points in the World Constructors' Championship. Vettel started the race from pole position, and in doing so recorded Ferrari's first pole position in China in fourteen years.
Classification
Qualifying
Pos. | Car no. |
Driver | Constructor | Qualifying times | Final grid | ||
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Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | |||||
1 | 5 | ![]() |
Ferrari | 1:32.171 | 1:32.385 | 1:31.095 | 1 |
2 | 7 | ![]() |
Ferrari | 1:32.474 | 1:32.286 | 1:31.182 | 2 |
3 | 77 | ![]() |
Mercedes | 1:32.921 | 1:32.063 | 1:31.625 | 3 |
4 | 44 | ![]() |
Mercedes | 1:33.283 | 1:31.914 | 1:31.675 | 4 |
5 | 33 | ![]() |
Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | 1:32.932 | 1:32.809 | 1:31.796 | 5 |
6 | 3 | ![]() |
Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | 1:33.877 | 1:32.688 | 1:31.948 | 6 |
7 | 27 | ![]() |
Renault | 1:33.545 | 1:32.494 | 1:32.532 | 7 |
8 | 11 | ![]() |
Force India-Mercedes | 1:33.464 | 1:32.931 | 1:32.758 | 8 |
9 | 55 | ![]() |
Renault | 1:33.315 | 1:32.970 | 1:32.819 | 9 |
10 | 8 | ![]() |
Haas-Ferrari | 1:33.238 | 1:32.524 | 1:32.855 | 10 |
11 | 20 | ![]() |
Haas-Ferrari | 1:33.359 | 1:32.986 | 11 | |
12 | 31 | ![]() |
Force India-Mercedes | 1:33.585 | 1:33.057 | 12 | |
13 | 14 | ![]() |
McLaren-Renault | 1:33.428 | 1:33.232 | 13 | |
14 | 2 | ![]() |
McLaren-Renault | 1:33.824 | 1:33.505 | 14 | |
15 | 28 | ![]() |
Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda | 1:34.013 | 1:33.795 | 15 | |
16 | 35 | ![]() |
Williams-Mercedes | 1:34.062 | 16 | ||
17 | 10 | ![]() |
Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda | 1:34.101 | 17 | ||
18 | 18 | ![]() |
Williams-Mercedes | 1:34.285 | 18 | ||
19 | 16 | ![]() |
Sauber-Ferrari | 1:34.454 | 19 | ||
20 | 9 | ![]() |
Sauber-Ferrari | 1:34.914 | 20 | ||
107% time:1:38.622 | |||||||
Source:[4] |
References
- ^ "Formula 1 2018 Chinese Grand Prix". formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ "FIA announces World Motor Sport Council decisions". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 6 December 2017. Archived from the original on 7 December 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ "2017 Chinese Grand Prix Race – Official Classification". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 9 April 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
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External links
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