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Formula 1 2018 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix

08 Apr 2018Sakhir308.238 km (5412 m x 57 Laps - 246 m)

Pole Position: Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari SF71H, 1:27.958 (221.505 km/h) Fastest Lap: Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes F1 W09, 1:33.740 (207.842 km/h lap 22) Race Results: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF71H 1:32:01.940 200.954 km/h 2 77 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes F1 W09 1:32:02.639 200.928 km/h 3 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W09 1:32:08.452 200.717 km/h 4 10 Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso STR13-Honda 1:33:04.174 198.714 km/h 5 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas VF-18-Ferrari 1:33:16.986 198.259 km/h 6 27 Nico Hülkenberg Renault RS18 1:33:40.964 197.413 km/h 7 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren MCL33-Renault -1 Lap 8 2 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren MCL33-Renault -1 Lap 9 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber C37-Ferrari -1 Lap 10 31 Esteban Ocon Force India VJM11-Mercedes -1 Lap 11 55 Carlos Sainz Renault RS18 -1 Lap 12 16 Charles Leclerc Sauber C37-Ferrari -1 Lap 13 8 Romain Grosjean Haas VF-18-Ferrari -1 Lap 14 18 Lance Stroll Williams FW41-Mercedes -1 Lap 15 35 Sergey Sirotkin Williams FW41-Mercedes -1 Lap 16 11 Sergio Pérez* Force India VJM11-Mercedes -1 Lap 17 28 Brendon Hartley* Toro Rosso STR13-Honda -1 Lap Did Not Finish: 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari SF71H 35 Left rear wheel 33 Max Verstappen Red Bull RB14-TAG Heuer 3 Transmission 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull RB14-TAG Heuer 1 Electrics Lap Leaders: Car# Driver Car Laps Total 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF71H 1-17 49 77 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes F1 W09 18-20 3 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W09 21-25 5 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF71H 26-57 Fastest Laps: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Lap 1 77 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes F1 W09 1:33.740 207.842 22 2 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W09 1:33.953 207.371 51 3 8 Romain Grosjean Haas VF-18-Ferrari 1:34.053 207.151 47 4 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren MCL33-Renault 1:34.168 206.898 47 5 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas VF-18-Ferrari 1:34.327 206.549 29 6 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari SF71H 1:34.337 206.527 22 7 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF71H 1:34.453 206.274 21 8 35 Sergey Sirotkin Williams FW41-Mercedes 1:34.563 206.034 42 9 27 Nico Hülkenberg Renault RS18 1:34.667 205.807 50 10 28 Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso STR13-Honda 1:34.689 205.759 44 11 10 Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso STR13-Honda 1:34.863 205.382 46 12 31 Esteban Ocon Force India VJM11-Mercedes 1:35.043 204.993 38 13 16 Charles Leclerc Sauber C37-Ferrari 1:35.058 204.961 40 14 11 Sergio Pérez Force India VJM11-Mercedes 1:35.075 204.924 35 15 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber C37-Ferrari 1:35.093 204.885 26 16 2 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren MCL33-Renault 1:35.131 204.803 30 17 18 Lance Stroll Williams FW41-Mercedes 1:35.266 204.513 32 18 55 Carlos Sainz Renault RS18 1:35.535 203.937 35 Final Qualifying Times: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Entrant 1 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF71H 1:27.958 221.505 Scuderia Ferrari 2 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari SF71H 1:28.101 221.146 Scuderia Ferrari 3 77 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes F1 W09 1:28.124 221.088 Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport 4 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W09 1:28.220 220.847 Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport 5 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull RB14-TAG Heuer 1:28.398 220.403 Aston Martin Red Bull Racing 6 10 Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso STR13-Honda 1:29.329 218.106 Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda 7 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas VF-18-Ferrari 1:29.358 218.035 Haas F1 Team 8 27 Nico Hülkenberg Renault RS18 1:29.570 217.519 Renault Sport F1 Team 9 31 Esteban Ocon Force India VJM11-Mercedes 1:29.874 216.783 Sahara Force India F1 Team 10 55 Carlos Sainz Renault RS18 1:29.986 216.513 Renault Sport F1 Team 11 28 Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso STR13-Honda 1:30.105 216.227 Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda 12 11 Sergio Pérez Force India VJM11-Mercedes 1:30.156 216.105 Sahara Force India F1 Team 13 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren MCL33-Renault 1:30.212 215.971 McLaren F1 Team 14 2 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren MCL33-Renault 1:30.525 215.224 McLaren F1 Team 15 33 Max Verstappen Red Bull RB14-TAG Heuer - - Aston Martin Red Bull Racing 16 8 Romain Grosjean Haas VF-18-Ferrari 1:30.530 215.212 Haas F1 Team 17 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber C37-Ferrari 1:31.063 213.952 Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team 18 35 Sergey Sirotkin Williams FW41-Mercedes 1:31.414 213.131 Williams Martini Racing 19 16 Charles Leclerc Sauber C37-Ferrari 1:31.420 213.117 Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team 20 18 Lance Stroll Williams FW41-Mercedes 1:31.503 212.924 Williams Martini Racing Starting Order: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF71H 1:27.958 221.505 2 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari SF71H 1:28.101 221.146 3 77 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes F1 W09 1:28.124 221.088 4 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull RB14-TAG Heuer 1:28.398 220.403 5 10 Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso STR13-Honda 1:29.329 218.106 6 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas VF-18-Ferrari 1:29.358 218.035 7 27 Nico Hülkenberg Renault RS18 1:29.570 217.519 8 31 Esteban Ocon Force India VJM11-Mercedes 1:29.874 216.783 9 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W09 1:28.220 220.847 Penalty 10 55 Carlos Sainz Renault RS18 1:29.986 216.513 11 28 Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso STR13-Honda 1:30.105 216.227 12 11 Sergio Pérez Force India VJM11-Mercedes 1:30.156 216.105 13 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren MCL33-Renault 1:30.212 215.971 14 2 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren MCL33-Renault 1:30.525 215.224 15 33 Max Verstappen Red Bull RB14-TAG Heuer - - 16 8 Romain Grosjean Haas VF-18-Ferrari 1:30.530 215.212 17 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber C37-Ferrari 1:31.063 213.952 18 35 Sergey Sirotkin Williams FW41-Mercedes 1:31.414 213.131 19 16 Charles Leclerc Sauber C37-Ferrari 1:31.420 213.117 20 18 Lance Stroll Williams FW41-Mercedes 1:31.503 212.924 1st Qualifying Session: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Laps 1 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari SF71H 1:28.951 219.032 3 2 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF71H 1:29.060 218.764 3 3 77 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes F1 W09 1:29.275 218.238 3 4 33 Max Verstappen Red Bull RB14-TAG Heuer 1:29.374 217.996 4 5 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W09 1:29.396 217.942 4 6 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull RB14-TAG Heuer 1:29.552 217.562 3 7 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas VF-18-Ferrari 1:29.594 217.460 7 8 55 Carlos Sainz Renault RS18 1:29.893 216.737 6 9 10 Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso STR13-Honda 1:30.121 216.189 6 10 11 Sergio Pérez Force India VJM11-Mercedes 1:30.218 215.956 5 11 27 Nico Hülkenberg Renault RS18 1:30.260 215.856 6 12 31 Esteban Ocon Force India VJM11-Mercedes 1:30.338 215.670 6 13 28 Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso STR13-Honda 1:30.412 215.493 9 14 2 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren MCL33-Renault 1:30.479 215.333 6 15 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren MCL33-Renault 1:30.530 215.212 6 16 8 Romain Grosjean Haas VF-18-Ferrari 1:30.530 215.212 7 17 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber C37-Ferrari 1:31.063 213.952 9 18 35 Sergey Sirotkin Williams FW41-Mercedes 1:31.414 213.131 8 19 16 Charles Leclerc Sauber C37-Ferrari 1:31.420 213.117 8 20 18 Lance Stroll Williams FW41-Mercedes 1:31.503 212.924 8 2nd Qualifying Session: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Laps 1 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF71H 1:28.341 220.545 3 2 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W09 1:28.458 220.253 6 3 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari SF71H 1:28.515 220.111 3 4 77 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes F1 W09 1:28.794 219.420 6 5 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull RB14-TAG Heuer 1:28.962 219.005 3 6 27 Nico Hülkenberg Renault RS18 1:29.187 218.453 6 7 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas VF-18-Ferrari 1:29.623 217.390 6 8 55 Carlos Sainz Renault RS18 1:29.802 216.957 6 9 10 Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso STR13-Honda 1:29.836 216.875 6 10 31 Esteban Ocon Force India VJM11-Mercedes 1:30.009 216.458 6 11 28 Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso STR13-Honda 1:30.105 216.227 6 12 11 Sergio Pérez Force India VJM11-Mercedes 1:30.156 216.105 6 13 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren MCL33-Renault 1:30.212 215.971 6 14 2 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren MCL33-Renault 1:30.525 215.224 6 3rd Qualifying Session: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Laps 1 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF71H 1:27.958 221.505 6 2 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari SF71H 1:28.101 221.146 6 3 77 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes F1 W09 1:28.124 221.088 6 4 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W09 1:28.220 220.847 6 5 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull RB14-TAG Heuer 1:28.398 220.403 6 6 10 Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso STR13-Honda 1:29.329 218.106 6 7 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas VF-18-Ferrari 1:29.358 218.035 3 8 27 Nico Hülkenberg Renault RS18 1:29.570 217.519 3 9 31 Esteban Ocon Force India VJM11-Mercedes 1:29.874 216.783 4 10 55 Carlos Sainz Renault RS18 1:29.986 216.513 6 1st Friday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Laps 1 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull RB14-TAG Heuer 1:31.060 213.960 14 2 77 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes F1 W09 1:31.364 213.248 24 3 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari SF71H 1:31.458 213.028 18 4 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF71H 1:31.470 213.000 17 5 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W09 1:32.272 211.149 21 6 8 Romain Grosjean Haas VF-18-Ferrari 1:32.516 210.592 23 7 10 Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso STR13-Honda 1:32.779 209.995 26 8 55 Carlos Sainz Renault RS18 1:32.885 209.756 21 9 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas VF-18-Ferrari 1:32.971 209.562 19 10 27 Nico Hülkenberg Renault RS18 1:33.104 209.262 18 11 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren MCL33-Renault 1:33.223 208.995 24 12 16 Charles Leclerc Sauber C37-Ferrari 1:33.278 208.872 20 13 2 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren MCL33-Renault 1:33.364 208.680 25 14 18 Lance Stroll Williams FW41-Mercedes 1:33.379 208.646 22 15 35 Sergey Sirotkin Williams FW41-Mercedes 1:33.467 208.450 29 16 28 Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso STR13-Honda 1:33.497 208.383 27 17 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber C37-Ferrari 1:33.508 208.358 22 18 11 Sergio Pérez Force India VJM11-Mercedes 1:33.662 208.016 26 19 31 Esteban Ocon Force India VJM11-Mercedes 1:33.794 207.723 23 20 33 Max Verstappen Red Bull RB14-TAG Heuer - - 2 2nd Friday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Laps 1 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari SF71H 1:29.817 216.921 32 2 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF71H 1:29.828 216.894 37 3 77 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes F1 W09 1:30.380 215.569 31 4 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W09 1:30.472 215.350 32 5 33 Max Verstappen Red Bull RB14-TAG Heuer 1:30.745 214.702 32 6 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull RB14-TAG Heuer 1:30.751 214.688 31 7 27 Nico Hülkenberg Renault RS18 1:31.220 213.584 34 8 10 Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso STR13-Honda 1:31.232 213.556 38 9 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren MCL33-Renault 1:31.282 213.439 29 10 2 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren MCL33-Renault 1:31.422 213.112 35 11 8 Romain Grosjean Haas VF-18-Ferrari 1:31.591 212.719 33 12 55 Carlos Sainz Renault RS18 1:31.601 212.696 34 13 31 Esteban Ocon Force India VJM11-Mercedes 1:31.809 212.214 31 14 11 Sergio Pérez Force India VJM11-Mercedes 1:31.868 212.078 34 15 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas VF-18-Ferrari 1:31.969 211.845 35 16 16 Charles Leclerc Sauber C37-Ferrari 1:32.372 210.921 37 17 18 Lance Stroll Williams FW41-Mercedes 1:32.382 210.898 30 18 35 Sergey Sirotkin Williams FW41-Mercedes 1:32.474 210.688 37 19 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber C37-Ferrari 1:32.733 210.099 32 20 28 Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso STR13-Honda 1:32.908 209.704 38 Saturday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Laps 1 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari SF71H 1:29.868 216.797 15 2 33 Max Verstappen Red Bull RB14-TAG Heuer 1:30.393 215.538 8 3 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull RB14-TAG Heuer 1:30.452 215.398 8 4 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes F1 W09 1:30.691 214.830 14 5 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF71H 1:30.719 214.764 8 6 77 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes F1 W09 1:30.781 214.617 16 7 27 Nico Hülkenberg Renault RS18 1:31.144 213.762 11 8 55 Carlos Sainz Renault RS18 1:31.200 213.631 12 9 10 Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso STR13-Honda 1:31.438 213.075 18 10 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren MCL33-Renault 1:31.445 213.059 13 11 28 Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso STR13-Honda 1:31.460 213.024 18 12 8 Romain Grosjean Haas VF-18-Ferrari 1:31.513 212.900 14 13 31 Esteban Ocon Force India VJM11-Mercedes 1:31.554 212.805 17 14 11 Sergio Pérez Force India VJM11-Mercedes 1:31.564 212.782 14 15 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas VF-18-Ferrari 1:31.737 212.381 14 16 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber C37-Ferrari 1:31.859 212.098 17 17 2 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren MCL33-Renault 1:31.860 212.096 14 18 16 Charles Leclerc Sauber C37-Ferrari 1:32.047 211.665 19 19 35 Sergey Sirotkin Williams FW41-Mercedes 1:32.463 210.713 11 20 18 Lance Stroll Williams FW41-Mercedes 1:32.865 209.801 12 Notes:
  • Hamilton was demoted 5 places on starting grid (gearbox change).
  • Hartley got 10 second penalty (causing a collision with Pérez).
  • Pérez got 30 seconds added to his race result (overtaking Hartley on formation lap).
  • Hartley got 30 seconds added to his race result (failed to re-establish original start order on formation lap).
  • Weather: Hot, Dry.