Round 4 · 29 April 2018
2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix: results
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) won the 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, round 4 of the championship, held on 29 April 2018 at Baku City Circuit (Azerbaijan), starting from position 2. Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) and Sergio Pérez (Force India) completed the podium. Pole position went to Sebastian Vettel. The fastest lap was set by Valtteri Bottas (1:45.149).
Final classification
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / gap | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 2 | 1:43:44.291 | 25 | Finished |
| 2 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 6 | +2.460 s | 18 | Finished |
| 3 | Sergio Pérez | Force India | 8 | +4.024 s | 15 | Finished |
| 4 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1 | +5.329 s | 12 | Finished |
| 5 | Carlos Sainz | Renault | 9 | +7.515 s | 10 | Finished |
| 6 | Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 13 | +9.158 s | 8 | Finished |
| 7 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 12 | +10.931 s | 6 | Finished |
| 8 | Lance Stroll | Williams | 10 | +12.546 s | 4 | Finished |
| 9 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 16 | +14.152 s | 2 | Finished |
| 10 | Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 19 | +18.030 s | 1 | Finished |
| 11 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 18 | +18.512 s | — | Finished |
| 12 | Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 17 | +24.720 s | — | Finished |
| 13 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 15 | +40.663 s | — | Finished |
| 14 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 3 | — | — | Puncture |
| 15 | Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 20 | — | — | Accident |
| 16 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 5 | — | — | Collision |
| 17 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 4 | — | — | Collision |
| 18 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 14 | — | — | Accident |
| 19 | Esteban Ocon | Force India | 7 | — | — | Collision |
| 20 | Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 11 | — | — | Collision |
Tyres and strategy at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2018
Lewis Hamilton won with 3 pit stop(s): nan (laps 1-1), supersoft (laps 2-22), soft (laps 23-40), ultrasoft (laps 41-51). The top ten used 6 different strategies.
- 1. Lewis Hamilton: nan (laps 1-1), supersoft (laps 2-22), soft (laps 23-40), ultrasoft (laps 41-51)
- 2. Kimi Räikkönen: ultrasoft (laps 1-1), soft (laps 2-40), ultrasoft (laps 41-51)
- 3. Sergio Pérez: nan (laps 1-1), ultrasoft (laps 2-2), soft (laps 3-40), supersoft (laps 41-51)
- 4. Sebastian Vettel: nan (laps 1-2), supersoft (laps 3-30), soft (laps 31-40), ultrasoft (laps 41-51)
- 5. Carlos Sainz: nan (laps 1-1), ultrasoft (laps 2-15), soft (laps 16-40), ultrasoft (laps 41-51)
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.