Race results 2018 Austrian F1 grand prix

Podium Austria 2018: 1. Verstappen, 2. Raikkonen, 3. Vettel

Event: Austrian Grand Prix
Track: Red Bull Ring

Weather:  Dry 22.9ºC
Tarmac: Dry 48.2ºC
Wind speed: 6.1 km/h
Humidity: 38.5%

Max Verstappen won the 2018 Austrian Grand Prix today. It was Verstappen's 4th F1 victory and the 58th win for the Red Bull Racing team.

All cars started off clean. Kimi Raikkonen who started from 3rd in the Ferrari had the best start and was able to get between both Mercedes cars.

In the first lap we saw a lot of overtaking by several drivers. Raikkonen and Verstappen overtook Valtteri Bottas between turn 1 and 2 then Bottas passed Raikkonen and Verstappen back in the braking zone of turn 3 to get P2. Then in turn 4 Verstappen passed Raikkonen with a touch for P3.

In lap 11 Nico Hulkenberg blew up his engine and retired his Renault RS18 from the race. A few laps later it was Valtteri Bottas who retired his Mercedes W09 due to an hydraulic problem and gave Verstappen P2.

The retirement of Bottas causes a Virtual Safety Car period in which both Red Bull pit to get rid of their Supersoft tyres and get yellow Soft tyres. Mercedes makes an error by not pitting Lewis Hamilton during the VSC.

All cars going into turn 1`of the Red Bull Ring in Austra 2018 - 2

In lap 20 Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo made a passing move on Raikkonen and got P3. Ricciardo got some heavy blistering on his rear right tyre and gets passed by Raikkonen in lap 38 again for P2.

Hamilton does his pitstop in lap 26 and falls back from 1st to 4th and also gets passed in lap 39 by drivers championship rival Sebastian Vettel in the Ferrari and retires his car with a fuel pressure problem in race lap 64.

Best of the rest is the Haas team from the US. Both their driver Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen finish on P4 and P5 and earn 9 important points.

Lewis Hamilton ended his record of most amount point scoring finishes and set to record to 33 consecutive races.

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F1 Classification 2018 Austrian GP

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Car & Engine	Grid	Laps	Led	Time	Pts
1	33	MaxVerstappen	Red Bull	Red Bull RB14Renault R.E.18	4	71	46	1:21:56.024	25
2	7	KimiRäikkönen	Ferrari	Ferrari SF71-HFerrari 062 EVO	3	71		1:21:57.528+1.504s	18
3	5	SebastianVettel	Ferrari	Ferrari SF71-HFerrari 062 EVO	6	71		1:21:59.205+3.181s	15
4	8	RomainGrosjean	Haas	Haas VF-18Ferrari 062 EVO	5	70		1:22:17.446+21.422s	12
5	20	KevinMagnussen	Haas	Haas VF-18Ferrari 062 EVO	8	70		1:22:19.025+23.001s	10
6	31	EstebanOcon	Force India	Force India VJM11Mercedes M09 EQ Power+	11	70		1:22:29.945+33.921s	8
7	11	SergioPérez	Force India	Force India VJM11Mercedes M09 EQ Power+	15	70		1:22:31.443+35.419s	6
8	14	FernandoAlonso	McLaren	McLaren MCL33Renault R.E.18	20	70		1:22:46.163+50.139s	4
9	16	CharlesLeclerc	Sauber	Sauber C37Ferrari 062 EVO	17	70		1:22:50.469+54.445s	2
10	9	MarcusEricsson	Sauber	Sauber C37Ferrari 062 EVO	18	70		1:22:51.013+54.989s	1
11	10	PierreGasly	Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR13Honda RA618H	12	70		1:22:57.320+1:01.296
12	55	CarlosSainz	Renault	Renault Sport R.S.18Renault R.E.18	9	70		1:23:02.341+1:06.317
13	35	SergeySirotkin	Williams	Williams FW41 Mercedes M09 EQ Power+	16	69		1:22:32.059+36.035s
14	18	LanceStroll	Williams	Williams FW41 Mercedes M09 EQ Power+	13	69		1:22:33.890+37.866s
15	2	StoffelVandoorne	McLaren	McLaren MCL33Renault R.E.18	14	65		Gearbox
DNF	44	LewisHamilton	Mercedes	Mercedes W09Mercedes M09 EQ Power+	2	62	25	Fuel pressure
DNF	28	BrendonHartley	Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR13Honda RA618H	19	54		Rear suspension
DNF	3	DanielRicciardo	Red Bull	Red Bull RB14Renault R.E.18	7	53		Gearbox
DNF	77	ValtteriBottas	Mercedes	Mercedes W09Mercedes M09 EQ Power+	1	13		Hydraulic
DNF	27	NicoHülkenberg	Renault	Renault Sport R.S.18Renault R.E.18	10	11		Power unit

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