Round 13 · 26 August 2018
2018 Belgian Grand Prix: results
Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) won the 2018 Belgian Grand Prix, round 13 of the championship, held on 26 August 2018 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium), starting from position 2. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) and Max Verstappen (Red Bull) completed the podium. Pole position went to Lewis Hamilton. The fastest lap was set by Valtteri Bottas (1:46.286).
Final classification
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / gap | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 2 | 1:23:34.476 | 25 | Finished |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1 | +11.061 s | 18 | Finished |
| 3 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 7 | +31.372 s | 15 | Finished |
| 4 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 19 | +63.605 s | 12 | Finished |
| 5 | Sergio Pérez | Force India | 4 | +71.023 s | 10 | Finished |
| 6 | Esteban Ocon | Force India | 3 | +79.520 s | 8 | Finished |
| 7 | Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 5 | +85.953 s | 6 | Finished |
| 8 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 9 | +87.639 s | 4 | Finished |
| 9 | Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 10 | +105.892 s | 2 | Finished |
| 10 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 13 | +1 Lap | 1 | +1 Lap |
| 11 | Carlos Sainz | Renault | 14 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 12 | Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 16 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 13 | Lance Stroll | Williams | 17 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 14 | Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 11 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 15 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 18 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 16 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 8 | — | — | Retired |
| 17 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 6 | — | — | Brakes |
| 18 | Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 12 | — | — | Accident |
| 19 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 15 | — | — | Accident |
| 20 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 20 | — | — | Accident |
Tyres and strategy at the Belgian Grand Prix 2018
Sebastian Vettel won with 1 pit stop(s): supersoft (laps 1-22), soft (laps 23-44). The top ten used 5 different strategies.
- 1. Sebastian Vettel: supersoft (laps 1-22), soft (laps 23-44)
- 2. Lewis Hamilton: supersoft (laps 1-21), soft (laps 22-44)
- 3. Max Verstappen: nan (laps 1-1), supersoft (laps 2-26), soft (laps 27-44)
- 4. Valtteri Bottas: soft (laps 1-2), supersoft (laps 3-29), soft (laps 30-44)
- 5. Sergio Pérez: supersoft (laps 1-25), soft (laps 26-44)
Data from FastF1; the degradation is an estimate from Formuradar's tyre analysis and the full lap-by-lap view is in the race analysis.