Race results 2018 Bahrain F1 Grand Prix

Top 3 Bahrain 2018: 1. Vettel, 2. Bottas, 3. Hamilton

Event: Bahrain Grand Prix
Track: Bahrain International Circuit

Weather: Dry 29,6ºC
Tarmac: Dry 43ºC
Humidity: 45,1%

Sebastian Vettel won the 2018 Bahrain Grand Prix for Ferrari. He scored his 49th F1 race win and his 4th win in Bahrain in his 200th GP start.

Valtteri Bottas finished 2nd and other Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton who started form P9 crossed the finish line as 3rd.

Valtteri Bottas was able to pass the Ferrari of Raikkonen at the start of the race with no incidents in the first corner after the start. In the second corner Renault driver Nico Hulkenberg hit the Haas car of Kevin Magnussen and had Kevin had to leave the track. In the 3rd corner Sergio Pérez spun his Force India VJM11 because he got hit by Brendon Hartley's Toro Rosso STR13.

In the second lap of the race Red Bull driver Max Verstappen passed Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton and because they touched, Verstappen got a puncture and had to limp back to the pit. At the same time Daniel Ricciardo had to retire his RB14 and caused a VSR (Virtual Safety Car) period. During this VSR the car of Ricciardo was pushed behind the barriers.

In the 5th lap Max Verstappen also had to retire his car. While Lewis Hamilton who started with soft tyres on P9 passed 4 cars and drove already 5th. In the 8th lap Hamilton took 4th place of Pierre Gasly in the Toro Rosso.

Max Verstappen & Lewis Hamilton Bahrain GP F1/2018

In lap 9 Brendon Hartley received a 10 sec. pit penalty for his collision with Perez in the first corner of the 1st lap.

In lap 18 race leader Sebastian Vettel pitted his Ferrari SF71H and got soft tyres. Valterri Bottas got the lead of the race. Next lap Kimi Raikkonen also switched to the soft Pirelli tyres. In lap 20 Bottas got medium tyres from his team and returned on the track as 3rd, while Hamilton took the lead.

In lap 25 Sebastian Vettel was on the tail of Hamilton's Mercedes and passed him in lap 26 on the start/finish straight. Hamilton pitted that lap to go to medium tyres and drive to the finish\.

In lap 36 Kimi Raikkonen stopped his Ferrari for his second pit stop. The mechanics struggled with the rear left tyre.  Raikkonen got the green light to drive away while his mechanic was still waiting in front of his right rear wheel. The mechanic got hit by the soft tyre that was still on the Ferrari when Raikkonen drove away which fractured his lower leg bone. Raikkonen had to stop in the pit and retired his car.

Vettel managed to drive much longer on the soft tyres than everybody thought and was able to keep Bottas behind in the last laps who was only 0,7 sec. behind.

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F1 classification 2018 Bahrain GP

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Car & Engine	Grid	Laps	Led	Time	Pts
1	5	SebastianVettel	Ferrari	Ferrari SF71-HFerrari 062 EVO	1	57	49	1:32:01.940	25
2	77	ValtteriBottas	Mercedes	Mercedes W09Mercedes M09 EQ Power+	3	57	3	1:32:02.639+0.699s	18
3	44	LewisHamilton	Mercedes	Mercedes W09Mercedes M09 EQ Power+	9	57	5	1:32:08.452+6.512s	15
4	10	PierreGasly	Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR13Honda RA618H	5	57		1:33:04.174+1:02.234	12
5	20	KevinMagnussen	Haas	Haas VF-18Ferrari 062 EVO	6	56		1:33:16.986+1:15.046	10
6	27	NicoHülkenberg	Renault	Renault Sport R.S.18Renault R.E.18	7	56		1:33:40.964+1:39.024	8
7	14	FernandoAlonso	McLaren	McLaren MCL33Renault R.E.18	13	56		1:32:03.550+1.610s	6
8	2	StoffelVandoorne	McLaren	McLaren MCL33Renault R.E.18	14	56		1:32:13.129+11.189s	4
9	9	MarcusEricsson	Sauber	Sauber C37Ferrari 062 EVO	17	56		1:32:17.556+15.616s	2
10	31	EstebanOcon	Force India	Force India VJM11Mercedes M09 EQ Power+	8	56		1:32:23.685+21.745s	1
11	55	CarlosSainz	Renault	Renault Sport R.S.18Renault R.E.18	10	56		1:32:30.305+28.365s
12	16	CharlesLeclerc	Sauber	Sauber C37Ferrari 062 EVO	19	56		1:32:58.939+56.999s
13	8	RomainGrosjean	Haas	Haas VF-18Ferrari 062 EVO	16	56		1:32:59.675+57.735s
14	18	LanceStroll	Williams	Williams FW41 Mercedes M09 EQ Power+	20	56		1:33:01.470+59.530s
15	35	SergeySirotkin	Williams	Williams FW41 Mercedes M09 EQ Power+	19	56		1:33:01.497+59.557s
16	11	SergioPérez	Force India	Force India VJM11Mercedes M09 EQ Power+	12	56		1:32:35.575+33.635s
17	28	BrendonHartley	Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR13Honda RA618H	11	56		1:32:39.046+37.106s
DNF	7	KimiRäikkönen	Ferrari	Ferrari SF71-HFerrari 062 EVO	2	35		Pit stop incident
DNF	33	MaxVerstappen	Red Bull	Red Bull RB14Renault R.E.18	15	3		Differential
DNF	3	DanielRicciardo	Red Bull	Red Bull RB14Renault R.E.18	4	1		Battery

Fastest lap: 1:33.740 on lap 22 by Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes W09 @207.842 km/h
Highest speed: 340.0 km/h / 211,3 mph Romain Grosjean, Haas VF-18

Notes:

• Sergio Pérez (Force India) 30 second time penalty - Overtaking on the formation lap
• Brendon Hartley (Toro Rosso) 30 second time penalty - Failing to re-establish original start order by SC1

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