Race · Round 11 of 21 · 22 July 2018

2018 German Grand Prix

Sir Lewis Hamilton won for Mercedes from 14th on the grid at Hockenheimring. 4 of the starters were not classified.

Wet · High of 26 °C, 1.1 mm of rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

Circuit: HockenheimringHockenheim, Germany
Winner: Sir Lewis HamiltonMercedes
Pole: Sebastian Vettel
Fastest lap: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Entries: 2016 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W09	14	67	Finished	25	fastest lap
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	F1 W09	2	67	Finished	18
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	SF71H	3	67	Finished	15
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	RB14	4	67	Finished	12
5	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	R.S.18	7	67	Finished	10
6	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	VF-18	6	67	Finished	8
7	Sergio Perez	Force India	VJM11	10	67	Finished	6
8	Esteban Ocon	Force India	VJM11	15	67	Finished	4
9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	C37	13	67	Finished	2
10	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR13	16	67	Finished	1
11	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	VF-18	5	67	Finished	0
12	Carlos Sainz	Renault	R.S.18	8	67	Finished	0
13	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	MCL33	18	67	Finished	0
14	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR13	20	66	Finished	0
15	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	C37	9	66	Finished	0
16	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	MCL33	11	65	Gearbox	0
DNF	Lance Stroll	Williams	FW41	17	53	Brakes	0
DNF	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	SF71H	1	51	Accident	0
DNF	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	FW41	12	51	Oil leak	0
DNF	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	RB14	19	27	Power loss	0

F1DB layout hockenheimring-4 · 4.574 km · 17 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Sir Lewis Hamilton	14	1	67
Valtteri Bottas	2	2	67
Kimi Raikkonen	3	3	67
Max Verstappen	4	4	67
Nico Hulkenberg	7	5	67
Romain Grosjean	6	6	67
Sergio Perez	10	7	67
Esteban Ocon	15	8	67
Marcus Ericsson	13	9	67
Brendon Hartley	16	10	67
Kevin Magnussen	5	11	67
Carlos Sainz	8	12	67
Stoffel Vandoorne	18	13	67
Pierre Gasly	20	14	66
Charles Leclerc	9	15	66
Fernando Alonso	11	16	65
Lance Stroll	17	DNF	53
Sebastian Vettel	1	DNF	51
Sergey Sirotkin	12	DNF	51
Daniel Ricciardo	19	DNF	27

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:12.538	1:12.505	1:11.212	—	0 m	—
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:12.962	1:12.152	1:11.416	+0.204	13 m	+0.204
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:12.505	1:12.336	1:11.547	+0.335	22 m	+0.131
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:13.127	1:12.188	1:11.822	+0.610	39 m	+0.275
5	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:13.105	1:12.523	1:12.200	+0.988	63 m	+0.378
6	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:12.986	1:12.722	1:12.544	+1.332	86 m	+0.344
7	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:13.479	1:12.946	1:12.560	+1.348	87 m	+0.016
8	Carlos Sainz	Renault	55	1:13.324	1:13.032	1:12.692	+1.480	95 m	+0.132
9	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	16	1:13.077	1:12.995	1:12.717	+1.505	97 m	+0.025
10	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:13.427	1:13.072	1:12.774	+1.562	100 m	+0.057
11	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:13.614	1:13.657	—	—	95 m	—
12	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	35	1:13.708	1:13.702	—	—	98 m	—
13	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:13.562	1:13.736	—	—	100 m	—
14	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:13.012	—	—	—	32 m	—
15	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:13.318	—	—	—	51 m	—
16	Esteban Ocon	Force India	31	1:13.720	—	—	—	77 m	—
17	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso	10	1:13.749	—	—	—	78 m	—
18	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso	28	1:14.045	—	—	—	97 m	—
19	Lance Stroll	Williams	18	1:14.206	—	—	—	107 m	—
20	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	2	1:14.401	—	—	—	120 m	—

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year. Each driver is measured against the fastest lap of the last part they set a time in.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked at each stop. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Ticks and strip mark the lap, not cause, tyres or gain; the table gives times.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap	Pit-lane time (s)
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	67	1	42	19.0
Valtteri Bottas	2	67	2	28, 52	19.2, 33.3
Kimi Raikkonen	3	67	2	14, 53	19.6, 20.0
Max Verstappen	4	67	3	29, 46, 48	19.7, 19.3, 19.1
Nico Hulkenberg	5	67	3	18, 51, 55	19.6, 20.8, 20.8
Romain Grosjean	6	67	3	21, 51, 55	20.2, 22.7, 19.8
Sergio Perez	7	67	1	22	25.1
Esteban Ocon	8	67	1	25	19.6
Marcus Ericsson	9	67	1	38	18.8
Brendon Hartley	10	67	2	28, 52	19.3, 20.0
Kevin Magnussen	11	67	3	20, 51, 55	19.8, 34.7, 27.7
Carlos Sainz	12	67	3	20, 50, 56	20.2, 19.6, 20.5
Stoffel Vandoorne	13	67	2	29, 52	19.8, 19.6
Pierre Gasly	14	66	2	43, 46	19.8, 19.5
Charles Leclerc	15	66	3	20, 43, 46	19.3, 21.2, 20.7
Fernando Alonso	16	65	3	31, 43, 47	19.0, 21.1, 20.9
Lance Stroll	DNF	53	2	27, 50	19.5, 19.5
Sebastian Vettel	DNF	51	1	25	18.7
Sergey Sirotkin	DNF	51	2	28, 51	24.2, 21.7
Daniel Ricciardo	DNF	27	0	None recorded	—

A pit-lane time is all of a stop’s time in the pit lane, any wait or repair there included.

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Valtteri Bottas · Sir Lewis Hamilton	2 · 14	2 · 1	28 · 42	Valtteri Bottas	Swapped places
Marcus Ericsson · Sir Lewis Hamilton	13 · 14	9 · 1	38 · 42	Marcus Ericsson	Swapped places
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Esteban Ocon	14 · 15	1 · 8	42 · 25	Esteban Ocon	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Kimi Raikkonen	2 · 3	2 · 3	28 · 14	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Max Verstappen	3 · 4	3 · 4	14 · 29	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Max Verstappen · Nico Hulkenberg	4 · 7	4 · 5	29 · 18	Nico Hulkenberg	Kept their order
Max Verstappen · Kevin Magnussen	4 · 5	4 · 11	29 · 20	Kevin Magnussen	Kept their order
Romain Grosjean · Nico Hulkenberg	6 · 7	6 · 5	21 · 18	Nico Hulkenberg	Swapped places
Nico Hulkenberg · Carlos Sainz	7 · 8	5 · 12	18 · 20	Nico Hulkenberg	Kept their order
Kevin Magnussen · Romain Grosjean	5 · 6	11 · 6	20 · 21	Kevin Magnussen	Swapped places
Romain Grosjean · Sergio Perez	6 · 10	6 · 7	21 · 22	Romain Grosjean	Kept their order
Charles Leclerc · Sergio Perez	9 · 10	15 · 7	20 · 22	Charles Leclerc	Swapped places
Sergio Perez · Esteban Ocon	10 · 15	7 · 8	22 · 25	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Fernando Alonso	10 · 11	7 · 16	22 · 31	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Marcus Ericsson · Esteban Ocon	13 · 15	9 · 8	38 · 25	Esteban Ocon	Swapped places
Esteban Ocon · Brendon Hartley	15 · 16	8 · 10	25 · 28	Esteban Ocon	Kept their order
Marcus Ericsson · Brendon Hartley	13 · 16	9 · 10	38 · 28	Brendon Hartley	Kept their order
Kevin Magnussen · Brendon Hartley	5 · 16	11 · 10	20 · 28	Kevin Magnussen	Swapped places
Kevin Magnussen · Carlos Sainz	5 · 8	11 · 12	20 · 20	Same lap	Kept their order
Carlos Sainz · Stoffel Vandoorne	8 · 18	12 · 13	20 · 29	Carlos Sainz	Kept their order
Carlos Sainz · Charles Leclerc	8 · 9	12 · 15	20 · 20	Same lap	Kept their order
Stoffel Vandoorne · Pierre Gasly	18 · 20	13 · 14	29 · 43	Stoffel Vandoorne	Kept their order
Charles Leclerc · Pierre Gasly	9 · 20	15 · 14	20 · 43	Charles Leclerc	Swapped places
Charles Leclerc · Fernando Alonso	9 · 11	15 · 16	20 · 31	Charles Leclerc	Kept their order

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:13.525	—	0 m	—	22
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:13.529	+0.004	0 m	+0.004	29
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:13.714	+0.189	12 m	+0.185	34
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:13.796	+0.271	17 m	+0.082	23
5	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:13.903	+0.378	24 m	+0.107	30
6	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:14.267	+0.742	46 m	+0.364	24
7	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:14.691	+1.166	73 m	+0.424	29
8	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:14.853	+1.328	83 m	+0.162	28
9	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	16	1:15.097	+1.572	98 m	+0.244	25
10	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:15.282	+1.757	109 m	+0.185	32
11	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:15.415	+1.890	118 m	+0.133	29
12	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:15.544	+2.019	126 m	+0.129	13
13	Lance Stroll	Williams	18	1:15.629	+2.104	131 m	+0.085	32
14	Carlos Sainz	Renault	55	1:15.769	+2.244	140 m	+0.140	10
15	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso	28	1:15.864	+2.339	146 m	+0.095	36
16	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	35	1:15.876	+2.351	146 m	+0.012	34
17	Nicholas Latifi	Force India	34	1:16.023	+2.498	155 m	+0.147	27
18	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso	10	1:16.071	+2.546	158 m	+0.048	32
19	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	36	1:16.136	+2.611	162 m	+0.065	23
20	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	2	1:16.149	+2.624	163 m	+0.013	14

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:13.085	—	0 m	—	18
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:13.111	+0.026	2 m	+0.026	39
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:13.190	+0.105	7 m	+0.079	39
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:13.310	+0.225	14 m	+0.120	46
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:13.427	+0.342	21 m	+0.117	41
6	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:13.973	+0.888	56 m	+0.546	34
7	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:14.189	+1.104	69 m	+0.216	36
8	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	16	1:14.374	+1.289	81 m	+0.185	41
9	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:14.496	+1.411	88 m	+0.122	31
10	Esteban Ocon	Force India	31	1:14.508	+1.423	89 m	+0.012	39
11	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:14.552	+1.467	92 m	+0.044	38
12	Carlos Sainz	Renault	55	1:14.592	+1.507	94 m	+0.040	43
13	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:14.682	+1.597	100 m	+0.090	36
14	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:14.783	+1.698	106 m	+0.101	38
15	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso	10	1:14.793	+1.708	107 m	+0.010	44
16	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso	28	1:14.830	+1.745	109 m	+0.037	45
17	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:14.836	+1.751	110 m	+0.006	38
18	Lance Stroll	Williams	18	1:15.269	+2.184	137 m	+0.433	36
19	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	35	1:15.408	+2.323	145 m	+0.139	41
20	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	2	1:15.454	+2.369	148 m	+0.046	34

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	16	1:34.577	—	0 m	—	8
2	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:35.000	+0.423	20 m	+0.423	9
3	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	35	1:35.334	+0.757	37 m	+0.334	9
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:35.573	+0.996	48 m	+0.239	5
5	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso	10	1:35.659	+1.082	52 m	+0.086	6
6	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso	28	1:36.151	+1.574	76 m	+0.492	6
7	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:36.873	+2.296	111 m	+0.722	4
8	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:37.755	+3.178	154 m	+0.882	4
9	Lance Stroll	Williams	18	1:38.393	+3.816	185 m	+0.638	7
10	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	—	—	—	—	2
11	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	—	—	—	—	2
12	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	—	—	—	—	1
13	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	—	—	—	—	1
14	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	2	—	—	—	—	2
15	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	—	—	—	—	1
16	Carlos Sainz	Renault	55	—	—	—	—	2
17	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	—	—	—	—	2
18	Esteban Ocon	Force India	31	—	—	—	—	2
19	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	—	—	—	—	1
20	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	—	—	—	—	2

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

3 more photographs

Where this comes from

Round: 11 of 2018
Grand Prix: German Grand Prix
Dates: 22 Jul 2018
Layout raced: Shortened circuit · 4.574 km · 17 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Mercedes
Entrant: Mercedes
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.