Race results 2018 Azerbaijan F1 grand prix

Top 3 Azerbaijan 2018: 1. Hamilton, 2. Raikkonen, 3. Perez

Event: Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Track:  Baku street circuit.

Weather:  Dry  17.1ºC
Tarmac: Dry 26.9ºC
Wind speed : 31.6 km/h
Humidity: 45.3%

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton won the 2018 Azerbaijan Formula 1 Grand Prix for the first time in his career. It was his 63rd formula 1 victory, his first win of the 2018 season and the 78th F1 victory for Mercedes.

At the start all cars got away clean, but In turn 3 of the first lap there were a few incidents which caused the safety car to deploy. Ocon and Sirotkin had to retire, Raikkonen pitted for a new nose and Alonso for a new nose and 2 punctures. Hartley Grosjean, Perez, Magnussen en Ericsson also made did a pitstop.

The safety car returned to the pit at the end of lap 5 and the race restarted when Verstappen passed Ricciardo and had a good fight on his hands with Carlos Sainz in the Renault who was driving on a softer compound and also had passed Ricciardo.

In the 11th lap Hulkenberg hit the wall in turn 7 and retired with a broken left rear suspension. In Lap 16 Carlos Sainz pitted to get rid of the ultra's and return to the track on the soft yellow tyres.

At the beginning of lap 22 Lewis Hamilton had a full lock to get into turn 1 and left the track. He pitted ride after this incident to get rid of the heavy vibrations the flat spots generate.

Daniel Ricciardo collides with Max Verstappen's Red Bull RB14 in Azerbaijan 2018

Race leader Sebastian Vettel didn't react to the pitstop of Hamilton and was able to drive good lap times until lap 30, when he got fresh soft tyres to drive to the finish.

In lap 36 Ricciardo had a good tow from his team mate Verstappen on the long straight to pass him with 344 km/h. He pitted for ultra's in lap 38 to attack the guys in front. A lap later Verstappen also got the purple ultra's and came back on the track in front of team mate Ricciardo.

The lap after Ricciardo wanted to pass his team mate again on the long straight with DRS. He did his best, but got blocked by Verstappen and then drove into the back of Verstappen's Red Bull RB14. Both drivers had to retire from the race! The safety car deployed again to clean up the track while Valtteri Bottas was able to pit quickly when the safety car deployed and kept the lead in front of Vettel.

Romain Grosjean had a very bad afternoon when he was waving his car over the track and lost control to crash into the wall behind the safety car when he tried to warm-up his tyres. In lap 4? the safety car came in and Valtteri Bottas got passed by Sebastian Vettel at the end of the long straight to take the lead, but out braked himself and lost 2 places.

Next lap (50) race leader Bottas his right rear tyre blew up and retired his Mercedes from the race, while Sergio Pérez passed Vettel for P3.

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Classification 2018 Azerbaijan GP

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Car & Engine	Grid	Laps	Led	Time	Pts
1	44	LewisHamilton	Mercedes	Mercedes W09Mercedes M09 EQ Power+	2	51	3	1:43:44.391	25
2	7	KimiRäikkönen	Ferrari	Ferrari SF71-HFerrari 062 EVO	6	51	0	1:43:46.751+2.360s	18
3	11	SergioPérez	Force India	Force India VJM11Mercedes M09 EQ Power+	8	51	0	1:43:48.315+3.924s	15
4	5	SebastianVettel	Ferrari	Ferrari SF71-HFerrari 062 EVO	1	51	30	1:43:49.620+5.229s	12
5	55	CarlosSainz	Renault	Renault Sport R.S.18Renault R.E.18	9	51	0	1:43:51.806+7.415s	10
6	16	CharlesLeclerc	Sauber	Sauber C37Ferrari 062 EVO	13	51	0	1:43:53.449+9.058s	8
7	14	FernandoAlonso	McLaren	McLaren MCL33Renault R.E.18	12	51	0	1:43:55.222+10.831s	6
8	18	LanceStroll	Williams	Williams FW41 Mercedes M09 EQ Power+	10	51	0	1:43:56.837+12.446s	4
9	2	StoffelVandoorne	McLaren	McLaren MCL33Renault R.E.18	16	51	0	1:43:58.443+14.052s	2
10	28	BrendonHartley	Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR13Honda RA618H	19	51	0	1:44:02.321+17.930s	1
11	9	MarcusEricsson	Sauber	Sauber C37Ferrari 062 EVO	18	51	0	1:44:02.803+18.412s	0
12	10	PierreGasly	Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR13Honda RA618H	17	51	0	1:44:09.011+24.620s	0
13	20	KevinMagnussen	Haas	Haas VF-18Ferrari 062 EVO	15	51	0	1:44:24.954+40.563s	0
14	77	ValtteriBottas	Mercedes	Mercedes W09Mercedes M09 EQ Power+	3	48	18	1:38:22.444	0
DNF	8	RomainGrosjean	Haas	Haas VF-18Ferrari 062 EVO	20	42	0	Spun off	0
DNF	33	MaxVerstappen	Red Bull	Red Bull RB14Renault R.E.18	5	39	0	Collision	0
DNF	3	DanielRicciardo	Red Bull	Red Bull RB14Renault R.E.18	4	39	0	Collision	0
DNF	27	NicoHülkenberg	Renault	Renault Sport R.S.18Renault R.E.18	14	10	0	Spun off	0
DNF	31	EstebanOcon	Force India	Force India VJM11Mercedes M09 EQ Power+	7	0	0	Collision	0
DNF	35	SergeySirotkin	Williams	Williams FW41 Mercedes M09 EQ Power+	11	0	0	Collision	0

Penalties:

• Kevin Magnussen (Haas) no. 20 10 sec. penalty for causing a collision

Fastest lap: 1:45.149 min by Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes W09) no. 77 in lap 48
Highest speed: 344.4 km/h by Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull RB14)

Below you can see the how the race went virtually. Watch Sergio Pérez climb to rd place.

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