Round 16 · 30 September 2018
2018 Russian Grand Prix: results
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) won the 2018 Russian Grand Prix, round 16 of the championship, held on 30 September 2018 at Sochi Autodrom (Russia), starting from position 2. Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) and Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) completed the podium. Pole position went to Valtteri Bottas. The fastest lap was set by Valtteri Bottas (1:35.861).
Final classification
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / gap | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 2 | 1:27:25.181 | 25 | Finished |
| 2 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1 | +2.545 s | 18 | Finished |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 3 | +7.487 s | 15 | Finished |
| 4 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 4 | +16.543 s | 12 | Finished |
| 5 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 19 | +31.016 s | 10 | Finished |
| 6 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 18 | +80.451 s | 8 | Finished |
| 7 | Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 7 | +98.390 s | 6 | Finished |
| 8 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 5 | +1 Lap | 4 | +1 Lap |
| 9 | Esteban Ocon | Force India | 6 | +1 Lap | 2 | +1 Lap |
| 10 | Sergio Pérez | Force India | 8 | +1 Lap | 1 | +1 Lap |
| 11 | Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 9 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 12 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 12 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 13 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 10 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 16 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 15 | Lance Stroll | Williams | 14 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 16 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 15 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 17 | Carlos Sainz | Renault | 11 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 18 | Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 13 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 19 | Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 17 | — | — | Brakes |
| 20 | Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 20 | — | — | Brakes |
Tyres and strategy at the Russian Grand Prix 2018
Lewis Hamilton won with 2 pit stop(s): nan (laps 1-1), ultrasoft (laps 2-14), soft (laps 15-53). The top ten used 3 different strategies.
- 1. Lewis Hamilton: nan (laps 1-1), ultrasoft (laps 2-14), soft (laps 15-53)
- 2. Valtteri Bottas: nan (laps 1-2), ultrasoft (laps 3-12), soft (laps 13-53)
- 3. Sebastian Vettel: nan (laps 1-1), ultrasoft (laps 2-13), soft (laps 14-53)
- 4. Kimi Räikkönen: nan (laps 1-1), ultrasoft (laps 2-18), soft (laps 19-53)
- 5. Max Verstappen: nan (laps 1-1), soft (laps 2-43), ultrasoft (laps 44-53)
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.