Race · Round 2 of 21 · 8 April 2018

2018 Bahrain Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel won for Ferrari from pole at Bahrain International Circuit. 3 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 25 °C, 0.3 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: Bahrain International CircuitSakhir, Bahrain
Winner: Sebastian VettelFerrari
Pole: Sebastian Vettel
Fastest lap: Valtteri Bottas
Entries: 2017 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	SF71H	1	57	Finished	25
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	F1 W09	3	57	Finished	18	fastest lap
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W09	9	57	Finished	15
4	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR13	5	57	Finished	12
5	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	VF-18	6	57	Finished	10
6	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	R.S.18	7	57	Finished	8
7	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	MCL33	13	56	Finished	6
8	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	MCL33	14	56	Finished	4
9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	C37	17	56	Finished	2
10	Esteban Ocon	Force India	VJM11	8	56	Finished	1
11	Carlos Sainz	Renault	R.S.18	10	56	Finished	0
12	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	C37	19	56	Finished	0
13	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	VF-18	16	56	Finished	0
14	Lance Stroll	Williams	FW41	20	56	Finished	0
15	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	FW41	18	56	Finished	0
16	Sergio Perez	Force India	VJM11	12	56	Finished	0
17	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR13	11	56	Finished	0
DNF	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	SF71H	2	35	Wheel	0
DNF	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	RB14	15	3	Transmission	0
DNF	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	RB14	4	1	Electrical	0

F1DB layout bahrain-1 · 5.412 km · 15 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
Sebastian Vettel	1	1	57
Valtteri Bottas	3	2	57
Sir Lewis Hamilton	9	3	57
Pierre Gasly	5	4	57
Kevin Magnussen	6	5	57
Nico Hulkenberg	7	6	57
Fernando Alonso	13	7	56
Stoffel Vandoorne	14	8	56
Marcus Ericsson	17	9	56
Esteban Ocon	8	10	56
Carlos Sainz	10	11	56
Charles Leclerc	19	12	56
Romain Grosjean	16	13	56
Lance Stroll	20	14	56
Sergey Sirotkin	18	15	56
Sergio Perez	12	16	56
Brendon Hartley	11	17	56
Kimi Raikkonen	2	DNF	35
Max Verstappen	15	DNF	3
Daniel Ricciardo	4	DNF	1

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:29.060	1:28.341	1:27.958	—	0 m	—
2	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:28.951	1:28.515	1:28.101	+0.143	9 m	+0.143
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:29.275	1:28.794	1:28.124	+0.166	10 m	+0.023
4	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:29.396	1:28.458	1:28.220	+0.262	16 m	+0.096
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:29.552	1:28.962	1:28.398	+0.440	27 m	+0.178
6	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso	10	1:30.121	1:29.836	1:29.329	+1.371	84 m	+0.931
7	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:29.594	1:29.623	1:29.358	+1.400	86 m	+0.029
8	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:30.260	1:29.187	1:29.570	+1.612	99 m	+0.212
9	Esteban Ocon	Force India	31	1:30.338	1:30.009	1:29.874	+1.916	118 m	+0.304
10	Carlos Sainz	Renault	55	1:29.893	1:29.802	1:29.986	+2.028	125 m	+0.112
11	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso	28	1:30.412	1:30.105	—	—	108 m	—
12	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:30.218	1:30.156	—	—	111 m	—
13	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:30.530	1:30.212	—	—	115 m	—
14	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	2	1:30.479	1:30.525	—	—	134 m	—
15	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:29.374	—	—	—	26 m	—
16	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:30.530	—	—	—	96 m	—
17	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:31.063	—	—	—	128 m	—
18	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	35	1:31.414	—	—	—	150 m	—
19	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	16	1:31.420	—	—	—	150 m	—
20	Lance Stroll	Williams	18	1:31.503	—	—	—	155 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)
Sebastian Vettel	1	57	1	18	24.5
Valtteri Bottas	2	57	1	20	26.1
Sir Lewis Hamilton	3	57	1	26	24.3
Pierre Gasly	4	57	2	15, 34	24.8, 25.0
Kevin Magnussen	5	57	2	13, 27	25.1, 24.6
Nico Hulkenberg	6	57	2	15, 39	24.5, 24.4
Fernando Alonso	7	56	2	14, 39	25.0, 24.6
Stoffel Vandoorne	8	56	2	10, 28	25.1, 25.1
Marcus Ericsson	9	56	1	23	25.2
Esteban Ocon	10	56	2	15, 35	24.7, 24.6
Carlos Sainz	11	56	2	16, 26	25.8, 25.3
Charles Leclerc	12	56	2	3, 34	25.6, 25.1
Romain Grosjean	13	56	3	18, 30, 45	25.0, 25.5, 26.3
Lance Stroll	14	56	2	10, 30	33.6, 24.6
Sergey Sirotkin	15	56	2	22, 40	24.7, 25.7
Sergio Perez	16	56	2	9, 32	25.0, 24.7
Brendon Hartley	17	56	2	20, 42	36.6, 25.0
Kimi Raikkonen	DNF	35	1	19	25.0
Max Verstappen	DNF	3	1	2	30.4
Daniel Ricciardo	DNF	1	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
Sebastian Vettel · Valtteri Bottas	1 · 3	1 · 2	18 · 20	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Sir Lewis Hamilton	3 · 9	2 · 3	20 · 26	Valtteri Bottas	Kept their order
Pierre Gasly · Sir Lewis Hamilton	5 · 9	4 · 3	15 · 26	Pierre Gasly	Swapped places
Esteban Ocon · Sir Lewis Hamilton	8 · 9	10 · 3	15 · 26	Esteban Ocon	Swapped places
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Carlos Sainz	9 · 10	3 · 11	26 · 16	Carlos Sainz	Kept their order
Pierre Gasly · Kevin Magnussen	5 · 6	4 · 5	15 · 13	Kevin Magnussen	Kept their order
Kevin Magnussen · Nico Hulkenberg	6 · 7	5 · 6	13 · 15	Kevin Magnussen	Kept their order
Nico Hulkenberg · Fernando Alonso	7 · 13	6 · 7	15 · 14	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Nico Hulkenberg · Esteban Ocon	7 · 8	6 · 10	15 · 15	Same lap	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Fernando Alonso	12 · 13	16 · 7	9 · 14	Sergio Perez	Swapped places
Fernando Alonso · Stoffel Vandoorne	13 · 14	7 · 8	14 · 10	Stoffel Vandoorne	Kept their order
Stoffel Vandoorne · Marcus Ericsson	14 · 17	8 · 9	10 · 23	Stoffel Vandoorne	Kept their order
Esteban Ocon · Marcus Ericsson	8 · 17	10 · 9	15 · 23	Esteban Ocon	Swapped places
Romain Grosjean · Marcus Ericsson	16 · 17	13 · 9	18 · 23	Romain Grosjean	Swapped places
Marcus Ericsson · Sergey Sirotkin	17 · 18	9 · 15	23 · 22	Sergey Sirotkin	Kept their order
Esteban Ocon · Carlos Sainz	8 · 10	10 · 11	15 · 16	Esteban Ocon	Kept their order
Carlos Sainz · Charles Leclerc	10 · 19	11 · 12	16 · 3	Charles Leclerc	Kept their order
Carlos Sainz · Brendon Hartley	10 · 11	11 · 17	16 · 20	Carlos Sainz	Kept their order
Romain Grosjean · Charles Leclerc	16 · 19	13 · 12	18 · 3	Charles Leclerc	Swapped places
Sergey Sirotkin · Charles Leclerc	18 · 19	15 · 12	22 · 3	Charles Leclerc	Swapped places
Charles Leclerc · Lance Stroll	19 · 20	12 · 14	3 · 10	Charles Leclerc	Kept their order
Romain Grosjean · Lance Stroll	16 · 20	13 · 14	18 · 10	Lance Stroll	Kept their order
Sergey Sirotkin · Lance Stroll	18 · 20	15 · 14	22 · 10	Lance Stroll	Swapped places
Sergio Perez · Sergey Sirotkin	12 · 18	16 · 15	9 · 22	Sergio Perez	Swapped places
Brendon Hartley · Sergio Perez	11 · 12	17 · 16	20 · 9	Sergio Perez	Swapped places

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	1:31.060	—	0 m	—	14
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:31.364	+0.304	18 m	+0.304	24
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:31.458	+0.398	24 m	+0.094	18
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:31.470	+0.410	24 m	+0.012	17
5	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:32.272	+1.212	72 m	+0.802	21
6	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:32.516	+1.456	87 m	+0.244	23
7	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso	10	1:32.779	+1.719	102 m	+0.263	26
8	Carlos Sainz	Renault	55	1:32.885	+1.825	108 m	+0.106	21
9	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:32.971	+1.911	114 m	+0.086	19
10	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:33.104	+2.044	121 m	+0.133	18
11	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:33.223	+2.163	129 m	+0.119	24
12	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	16	1:33.278	+2.218	132 m	+0.055	20
13	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	2	1:33.364	+2.304	137 m	+0.086	25
14	Lance Stroll	Williams	18	1:33.379	+2.319	138 m	+0.015	22
15	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	35	1:33.467	+2.407	143 m	+0.088	29
16	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso	28	1:33.497	+2.437	145 m	+0.030	27
17	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:33.508	+2.448	145 m	+0.011	22
18	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:33.662	+2.602	155 m	+0.154	26
19	Esteban Ocon	Force India	31	1:33.794	+2.734	162 m	+0.132	23
20	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	—	—	—	—	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.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:29.817	—	0 m	—	32
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:29.828	+0.011	1 m	+0.011	37
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:30.380	+0.563	34 m	+0.552	31
4	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:30.472	+0.655	39 m	+0.092	32
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:30.745	+0.928	56 m	+0.273	32
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:30.751	+0.934	56 m	+0.006	31
7	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:31.220	+1.403	85 m	+0.469	34
8	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso	10	1:31.232	+1.415	85 m	+0.012	38
9	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:31.282	+1.465	88 m	+0.050	29
10	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	2	1:31.422	+1.605	97 m	+0.140	35
11	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:31.591	+1.774	107 m	+0.169	33
12	Carlos Sainz	Renault	55	1:31.601	+1.784	107 m	+0.010	34
13	Esteban Ocon	Force India	31	1:31.809	+1.992	120 m	+0.208	31
14	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:31.868	+2.051	124 m	+0.059	34
15	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:31.969	+2.152	130 m	+0.101	35
16	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	16	1:32.372	+2.555	154 m	+0.403	37
17	Lance Stroll	Williams	18	1:32.382	+2.565	155 m	+0.010	30
18	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	35	1:32.474	+2.657	160 m	+0.092	37
19	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:32.733	+2.916	176 m	+0.259	32
20	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso	28	1:32.908	+3.091	186 m	+0.175	38

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	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:29.868	—	0 m	—	15
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:30.393	+0.525	32 m	+0.525	8
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:30.452	+0.584	35 m	+0.059	8
4	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:30.691	+0.823	50 m	+0.239	14
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:30.719	+0.851	51 m	+0.028	8
6	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:30.781	+0.913	55 m	+0.062	16
7	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:31.144	+1.276	77 m	+0.363	11
8	Carlos Sainz	Renault	55	1:31.200	+1.332	80 m	+0.056	12
9	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso	10	1:31.438	+1.570	95 m	+0.238	18
10	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:31.445	+1.577	95 m	+0.007	13
11	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso	28	1:31.460	+1.592	96 m	+0.015	18
12	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:31.513	+1.645	99 m	+0.053	14
13	Esteban Ocon	Force India	31	1:31.554	+1.686	102 m	+0.041	17
14	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:31.564	+1.696	102 m	+0.010	14
15	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:31.737	+1.869	113 m	+0.173	14
16	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:31.859	+1.991	120 m	+0.122	17
17	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	2	1:31.860	+1.992	120 m	+0.001	14
18	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	16	1:32.047	+2.179	131 m	+0.187	19
19	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	35	1:32.463	+2.595	156 m	+0.416	11
20	Lance Stroll	Williams	18	1:32.865	+2.997	180 m	+0.402	12

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: 2 of 2018
Grand Prix: Bahrain Grand Prix
Dates: 8 Apr 2018
Layout raced: Grand Prix circuit · 5.412 km · 15 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Ferrari
Entrant: Ferrari
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.