Race · Round 21 of 21 · 25 November 2018

2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Sir Lewis Hamilton won for Mercedes from pole at Yas Marina Circuit. 5 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 34 °C, 0.4 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: Yas Marina CircuitAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Winner: Sir Lewis HamiltonMercedes
Pole: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Sebastian Vettel
Entries: 2015 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W09	1	55	Finished	25
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	SF71H	3	55	Finished	18	fastest lap
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	RB14	6	55	Finished	15
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	RB14	5	55	Finished	12
5	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	F1 W09	2	55	Finished	10
6	Carlos Sainz	Renault	R.S.18	11	55	Finished	8
7	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	C37	8	55	Finished	6
8	Sergio Perez	Force India	VJM11	14	55	Finished	4
9	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	VF-18	7	54	Finished	2
10	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	VF-18	13	54	Finished	1
11	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	MCL33	15	54	Finished	0
12	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR13	16	54	Finished	0
13	Lance Stroll	Williams	FW41	20	54	Finished	0
14	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	MCL33	18	54	Finished	0
15	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	FW41	19	54	Finished	0
DNF	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR13	17	46	Engine	0
DNF	Esteban Ocon	Force India	VJM11	9	44	Engine	0
DNF	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	C37	12	24	Power loss	0
DNF	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	SF71H	4	6	Power loss	0
DNF	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	R.S.18	10	0	Collision	0

F1DB layout yas-marina-1 · 5.554 km · 21 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	1	1	55
Sebastian Vettel	3	2	55
Max Verstappen	6	3	55
Daniel Ricciardo	5	4	55
Valtteri Bottas	2	5	55
Carlos Sainz	11	6	55
Charles Leclerc	8	7	55
Sergio Perez	14	8	55
Romain Grosjean	7	9	54
Kevin Magnussen	13	10	54
Fernando Alonso	15	11	54
Brendon Hartley	16	12	54
Lance Stroll	20	13	54
Stoffel Vandoorne	18	14	54
Sergey Sirotkin	19	15	54
Pierre Gasly	17	DNF	46
Esteban Ocon	9	DNF	44
Marcus Ericsson	12	DNF	24
Kimi Raikkonen	4	DNF	6
Nico Hulkenberg	10	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:36.828	1:35.693	1:34.794	—	0 m	—
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:36.789	1:36.392	1:34.956	+0.162	9 m	+0.162
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:36.775	1:36.345	1:35.125	+0.331	19 m	+0.169
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:37.010	1:36.735	1:35.365	+0.571	33 m	+0.240
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:37.117	1:36.964	1:35.401	+0.607	36 m	+0.036
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:37.195	1:36.144	1:35.589	+0.795	47 m	+0.188
7	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:37.575	1:36.732	1:36.192	+1.398	82 m	+0.603
8	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	16	1:37.124	1:36.580	1:36.237	+1.443	85 m	+0.045
9	Esteban Ocon	Force India	31	1:36.936	1:36.814	1:36.540	+1.746	102 m	+0.303
10	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:37.569	1:36.630	1:36.542	+1.748	102 m	+0.002
11	Carlos Sainz	Renault	55	1:37.757	1:36.982	—	—	75 m	—
12	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:37.619	1:37.132	—	—	84 m	—
13	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:37.934	1:37.309	—	—	94 m	—
14	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:37.255	1:37.541	—	—	107 m	—
15	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:37.890	1:37.743	—	—	119 m	—
16	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso	28	1:37.994	—	—	—	70 m	—
17	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso	10	1:38.166	—	—	—	80 m	—
18	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	2	1:38.577	—	—	—	103 m	—
19	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	35	1:38.635	—	—	—	107 m	—
20	Lance Stroll	Williams	18	1:38.682	—	—	—	109 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	55	1	7	21.3
Sebastian Vettel	2	55	1	15	22.6
Max Verstappen	3	55	1	17	21.1
Daniel Ricciardo	4	55	1	33	21.1
Valtteri Bottas	5	55	2	16, 40	21.6, 21.3
Carlos Sainz	6	55	1	37	22.0
Charles Leclerc	7	55	1	7	21.8
Sergio Perez	8	55	1	26	22.1
Romain Grosjean	9	54	1	7	22.4
Kevin Magnussen	10	54	1	41	21.6
Fernando Alonso	11	54	1	27	21.7
Brendon Hartley	12	54	1	1	41.0
Lance Stroll	13	54	1	40	22.2
Stoffel Vandoorne	14	54	1	35	22.3
Sergey Sirotkin	15	54	1	35	22.8
Pierre Gasly	DNF	46	1	29	22.5
Esteban Ocon	DNF	44	1	18	22.0
Marcus Ericsson	DNF	24	0	None recorded	—
Kimi Raikkonen	DNF	6	0	None recorded	—
Nico Hulkenberg	DNF	0	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
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Sebastian Vettel	1 · 3	1 · 2	7 · 15	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Valtteri Bottas	1 · 2	1 · 5	7 · 16	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Sebastian Vettel	2 · 3	5 · 2	16 · 15	Sebastian Vettel	Swapped places
Sebastian Vettel · Max Verstappen	3 · 6	2 · 3	15 · 17	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Max Verstappen	5 · 6	4 · 3	33 · 17	Max Verstappen	Swapped places
Max Verstappen · Romain Grosjean	6 · 7	3 · 9	17 · 7	Romain Grosjean	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Daniel Ricciardo	2 · 5	5 · 4	16 · 33	Valtteri Bottas	Swapped places
Valtteri Bottas · Carlos Sainz	2 · 11	5 · 6	16 · 37	Valtteri Bottas	Kept their order
Charles Leclerc · Carlos Sainz	8 · 11	7 · 6	7 · 37	Charles Leclerc	Swapped places
Romain Grosjean · Charles Leclerc	7 · 8	9 · 7	7 · 7	Same lap	Swapped places
Charles Leclerc · Sergio Perez	8 · 14	7 · 8	7 · 26	Charles Leclerc	Kept their order
Romain Grosjean · Sergio Perez	7 · 14	9 · 8	7 · 26	Romain Grosjean	Swapped places
Kevin Magnussen · Sergio Perez	13 · 14	10 · 8	41 · 26	Sergio Perez	Swapped places
Sergio Perez · Fernando Alonso	14 · 15	8 · 11	26 · 27	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Romain Grosjean · Kevin Magnussen	7 · 13	9 · 10	7 · 41	Romain Grosjean	Kept their order
Kevin Magnussen · Fernando Alonso	13 · 15	10 · 11	41 · 27	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Brendon Hartley	15 · 16	11 · 12	27 · 1	Brendon Hartley	Kept their order
Brendon Hartley · Lance Stroll	16 · 20	12 · 13	1 · 40	Brendon Hartley	Kept their order
Stoffel Vandoorne · Lance Stroll	18 · 20	14 · 13	35 · 40	Stoffel Vandoorne	Swapped places
Sergey Sirotkin · Lance Stroll	19 · 20	15 · 13	35 · 40	Sergey Sirotkin	Swapped places
Stoffel Vandoorne · Sergey Sirotkin	18 · 19	14 · 15	35 · 35	Same lap	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	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:38.491	—	0 m	—	27
2	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:38.945	+0.454	26 m	+0.454	19
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:39.452	+0.961	54 m	+0.507	29
4	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:39.543	+1.052	59 m	+0.091	26
5	Esteban Ocon	Force India	31	1:40.102	+1.611	91 m	+0.559	26
6	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:40.235	+1.744	98 m	+0.133	21
7	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:40.417	+1.926	109 m	+0.182	24
8	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:40.453	+1.962	111 m	+0.036	21
9	Carlos Sainz	Renault	55	1:40.588	+2.097	118 m	+0.135	21
10	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:40.663	+2.172	122 m	+0.075	24
11	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso	10	1:40.671	+2.180	123 m	+0.008	17
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:41.023	+2.532	143 m	+0.352	24
13	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:41.075	+2.584	146 m	+0.052	23
14	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso	28	1:41.137	+2.646	149 m	+0.062	26
15	Lance Stroll	Williams	18	1:41.493	+3.002	169 m	+0.356	22
16	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	36	1:41.662	+3.171	179 m	+0.169	24
17	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:41.928	+3.437	194 m	+0.266	22
18	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	2	1:42.114	+3.623	204 m	+0.186	22
19	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:42.313	+3.822	216 m	+0.199	16
20	Robert Kubica	Williams	40	1:42.992	+4.501	254 m	+0.679	26

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	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:37.236	—	0 m	—	37
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:37.280	+0.044	3 m	+0.044	32
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:37.428	+0.192	11 m	+0.148	31
4	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:37.443	+0.207	12 m	+0.015	35
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:37.461	+0.225	13 m	+0.018	40
6	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:37.569	+0.333	19 m	+0.108	39
7	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:38.060	+0.824	47 m	+0.491	30
8	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:38.230	+0.994	57 m	+0.170	36
9	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:38.318	+1.082	62 m	+0.088	30
10	Esteban Ocon	Force India	31	1:38.402	+1.166	67 m	+0.084	33
11	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso	10	1:38.506	+1.270	73 m	+0.104	32
12	Carlos Sainz	Renault	55	1:38.511	+1.275	73 m	+0.005	37
13	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:38.725	+1.489	85 m	+0.214	35
14	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:38.806	+1.570	90 m	+0.081	31
15	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	16	1:38.831	+1.595	91 m	+0.025	33
16	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso	28	1:38.957	+1.721	98 m	+0.126	35
17	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:39.502	+2.266	129 m	+0.545	36
18	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	2	1:39.938	+2.702	154 m	+0.436	18
19	Lance Stroll	Williams	18	1:40.046	+2.810	161 m	+0.108	33
20	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	35	1:40.935	+3.699	211 m	+0.889	39

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	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:37.176	—	0 m	—	17
2	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:37.464	+0.288	16 m	+0.288	18
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:37.587	+0.411	23 m	+0.123	15
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:37.747	+0.571	33 m	+0.160	15
5	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:37.933	+0.757	43 m	+0.186	16
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:38.090	+0.914	52 m	+0.157	11
7	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:38.304	+1.128	64 m	+0.214	13
8	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:38.850	+1.674	96 m	+0.546	15
9	Carlos Sainz	Renault	55	1:38.970	+1.794	103 m	+0.120	16
10	Esteban Ocon	Force India	31	1:39.011	+1.835	105 m	+0.041	7
11	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:39.053	+1.877	107 m	+0.042	15
12	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso	28	1:39.074	+1.898	108 m	+0.021	18
13	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	16	1:39.282	+2.106	120 m	+0.208	10
14	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:39.612	+2.436	139 m	+0.330	13
15	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso	10	1:39.740	+2.564	147 m	+0.128	12
16	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:39.974	+2.798	160 m	+0.234	13
17	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:39.997	+2.821	161 m	+0.023	20
18	Lance Stroll	Williams	18	1:40.117	+2.941	168 m	+0.120	18
19	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	2	1:40.233	+3.057	175 m	+0.116	14
20	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	35	1:41.182	+4.006	229 m	+0.949	22

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: 21 of 2018
Grand Prix: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Dates: 25 Nov 2018
Layout raced: Original layout · 5.554 km · 21 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.