Round 5 · 13 May 2018
2018 Spanish Grand Prix: results
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) won the 2018 Spanish Grand Prix, round 5 of the championship, held on 13 May 2018 at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya (Spain), starting from position 1. Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) and Max Verstappen (Red Bull) completed the podium. He won from pole. The fastest lap was set by Daniel Ricciardo (1:18.441).
Final classification
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / gap | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1 | 1:35:29.972 | 25 | Finished |
| 2 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 2 | +20.593 s | 18 | Finished |
| 3 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 5 | +26.873 s | 15 | Finished |
| 4 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 3 | +27.584 s | 12 | Finished |
| 5 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 6 | +50.058 s | 10 | Finished |
| 6 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 7 | +1 Lap | 8 | +1 Lap |
| 7 | Carlos Sainz | Renault | 9 | +1 Lap | 6 | +1 Lap |
| 8 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 8 | +1 Lap | 4 | +1 Lap |
| 9 | Sergio Pérez | Force India | 15 | +2 Laps | 2 | +2 Laps |
| 10 | Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 14 | +2 Laps | 1 | +2 Laps |
| 11 | Lance Stroll | Williams | 18 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 12 | Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 20 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 13 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 17 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 14 | Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 19 | +3 Laps | — | +3 Laps |
| 15 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 11 | — | — | Gearbox |
| 16 | Esteban Ocon | Force India | 13 | — | — | Oil leak |
| 17 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 4 | — | — | Turbo |
| 18 | Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 10 | — | — | Collision |
| 19 | Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 12 | — | — | Collision |
| 20 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 16 | — | — | Collision |
Tyres and strategy at the Spanish Grand Prix 2018
Lewis Hamilton won with 2 pit stop(s): nan (laps 1-2), soft (laps 3-25), medium (laps 26-66). The top ten used 3 different strategies. Estimated degradation by compound (ms per lap lost by the tyre, fuel excluded): medium 18 ± 2.
- 1. Lewis Hamilton: nan (laps 1-2), soft (laps 3-25), medium (laps 26-66)
- 2. Valtteri Bottas: nan (laps 1-1), soft (laps 2-19), medium (laps 20-66)
- 3. Max Verstappen: nan (laps 1-1), soft (laps 2-34), medium (laps 35-66)
- 4. Sebastian Vettel: nan (laps 1-1), soft (laps 2-17), medium (laps 18-66)
- 5. Daniel Ricciardo: nan (laps 1-1), soft (laps 2-33), medium (laps 34-66)
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.