2018 German Grand Prix

2018 German Grand Prix
Race 11 of 21 in the 2018 Formula One World Championship ← Previous race Next race →
The layout of the Hockenheimring
Race details
Date	22 July 2018
Official name	Formula 1 Emirates Großer Preis von Deutschland 2018
Location	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.574 km (2.842 miles)
Distance	67 laps, 306.458 km (190.424 miles)
Weather	Cloudy, rainy, then cloudy
Attendance	165,000
Pole position
Driver	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
Time	1:11.212
Fastest lap
Driver	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time	1:15.545 on lap 66
Podium
First	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Second	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
Third	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 2018 German Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Emirates Großer Preis von Deutschland 2018) was a Formula One motor race held on 22 July 2018. After a one-year absence from the championship (the previous race was in 2016), the race returned to the Hockenheimring near Hockenheim in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It was the eleventh round of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship, and it marked the 77th running of the German Grand Prix, and the 63rd time the race had been run as a round of the World Championship since the series' inception in 1950.

Before the race, Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel was the leader of the World Drivers' Championship, while Lewis Hamilton was in second place, eight points behind Vettel. In the World Constructors' Championship, Ferrari held a twenty-point lead over Mercedes. Hamilton won the race from 14th on the grid, leading a Mercedes 1–2 ahead of teammate Valtteri Bottas after race leader Vettel crashed out. The race was not without controversy as Hamilton was seen to abort a planned pit stop late in the race, cutting across the infield to rejoin the circuit. He was reprimanded for the rules violation, but was allowed to keep his race win. As a result of the race, Mercedes and Hamilton advanced to the first places in the Constructors' and the Drivers' championship standings respectively.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	Car no.	Driver	Constructor	Qualifying times			Final grid
				Q1	Q2	Q3
1	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:12.538	1:12.505	1:11.212	1
2	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:12.962	1:12.152	1:11.416	2
3	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:12.505	1:12.336	1:11.547	3
4	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	1:13.127	1:12.188	1:11.822	4
5	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:13.105	1:12.523	1:12.200	5
6	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:12.986	1:12.722	1:12.544	6
7	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:13.479	1:12.946	1:12.560	7
8	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	1:13.324	1:13.032	1:12.692	8
9	16	Charles Leclerc	Sauber-Ferrari	1:13.077	1:12.995	1:12.717	9
10	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	1:13.427	1:13.072	1:12.774	10
11	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Renault	1:13.614	1:13.657		11
12	35	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams-Mercedes	1:13.708	1:13.702		12
13	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:13.562	1:13.736		13
14	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:13.012	no time		14
15	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	1:13.318	no time		191
16	31	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1:13.720			15
17	10	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	1:13.749			202
18	28	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	1:14.045			16
19	18	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1:14.206			17
20	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Renault	1:14.401			18
107% time: 1:17.580
Source:

Notes

• ^1  – Daniel Ricciardo received a 20-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of power unit elements.
• ^2  – Pierre Gasly received a 30-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of power unit elements.

Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	67	1:32:29.845	14	25
2	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	67	+4.535	2	18
3	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	67	+6.732	3	15
4	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	67	+7.654	4	12
5	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	67	+26.609	7	10
6	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	67	+28.871	6	8
7	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	67	+30.556	10	6
8	31	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	67	+31.750	15	4
9	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	67	+32.362	13	2
10	28	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	67	+34.197	16	1
11	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	67	+34.919	5
12	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	67	+43.0691	8
13	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Renault	67	+46.617	18
14	10	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	66	+1 lap	20
15	16	Charles Leclerc	Sauber-Ferrari	66	+1 lap	9
162	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Renault	65	Gearbox	11
Ret	18	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	53	Brakes	17
Ret	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	51	Accident	1
Ret	35	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams-Mercedes	51	Oil leak	12
Ret	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	27	Power loss	19
Source:

Notes

• ^1  – Carlos Sainz Jr. originally finished 10th, but received a 10-second penalty for overtaking under safety car conditions.
• ^2  – Fernando Alonso retired from the race, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos.	Driver	Points
1	1	Lewis Hamilton	188
1	2	Sebastian Vettel	171
	3	Kimi Räikkönen	131
1	4	Valtteri Bottas	122
1	5	Daniel Ricciardo	106

Constructors' Championship standings

	Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	1	Mercedes	310
1	2	Ferrari	302
	3	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	211
	4	Renault	80
1	5	Force India-Mercedes	59

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Points accurate at final declaration of results. Force India's points were subsequently voided.