Race · Round 5 of 21 · 13 May 2018

2018 Spanish Grand Prix

Sir Lewis Hamilton won for Mercedes from pole at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. 6 of the starters were not classified.

Dry, with cloud · High of 17 °C, 25.4 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: Circuit de Barcelona-CatalunyaMontmelo, Spain
Winner: Sir Lewis HamiltonMercedes
Pole: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Daniel Ricciardo
Entries: 2014 classified

Two sources disagree about this race

Conditions

dryagainst25.4 mm of rain on the day, modelled

The race's Wikipedia article's words are read as dry: by data/harvest.py's rule, which finds no rain, showers or wet track in them, or by a reading declared there (race_weather_reported holds the words). ERA5's reanalysis of 13 May 2018, through Open-Meteo, holds 25.4 mm of rain over 14 hours of that day in the grid cell the circuit is in - a heavy-precipitation day, 10 mm or more. A daily total cannot say whether the rain fell during the race, and a grid cell is not the track, so neither is overruled. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Spanish_Grand_Prix; weather data by Open-Meteo.com, https://open-meteo.com/

Recorded rather than resolved, and open for somebody to settle. Every one is listed on the quality page. If you can settle it against a source that can be checked, report what you have.

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W09	1	66	Finished	25
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	F1 W09	2	66	Finished	18
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	RB14	5	66	Finished	15
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	SF71H	3	66	Finished	12
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	RB14	6	66	Finished	10	fastest lap
6	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	VF-18	7	65	Finished	8
7	Carlos Sainz	Renault	R.S.18	9	65	Finished	6
8	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	MCL33	8	65	Finished	4
9	Sergio Perez	Force India	VJM11	15	64	Finished	2
10	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	C37	14	64	Finished	1
11	Lance Stroll	Williams	FW41	18	64	Finished	0
12	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR13	20	64	Finished	0
13	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	C37	17	64	Finished	0
14	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	FW41	19	63	Finished	0
DNF	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	MCL33	11	45	Gearbox	0
DNF	Esteban Ocon	Force India	VJM11	13	38	Oil leak	0
DNF	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	SF71H	4	25	Turbo	0
DNF	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	VF-18	10	0	Collision	0
DNF	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR13	12	0	Collision	0
DNF	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	R.S.18	16	0	Collision	0

F1DB layout catalunya-4 · 4.655 km · 16 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	66
Valtteri Bottas	2	2	66
Max Verstappen	5	3	66
Sebastian Vettel	3	4	66
Daniel Ricciardo	6	5	66
Kevin Magnussen	7	6	65
Carlos Sainz	9	7	65
Fernando Alonso	8	8	65
Sergio Perez	15	9	64
Charles Leclerc	14	10	64
Lance Stroll	18	11	64
Brendon Hartley	20	12	64
Marcus Ericsson	17	13	64
Sergey Sirotkin	19	14	63
Stoffel Vandoorne	11	DNF	45
Esteban Ocon	13	DNF	38
Kimi Raikkonen	4	DNF	25
Romain Grosjean	10	DNF	0
Pierre Gasly	12	DNF	0
Nico Hulkenberg	16	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:17.633	1:17.166	1:16.173	—	0 m	—
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:17.674	1:17.111	1:16.213	+0.040	2 m	+0.040
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:17.031	1:16.802	1:16.305	+0.132	8 m	+0.092
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:17.483	1:17.071	1:16.612	+0.439	27 m	+0.307
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:17.411	1:17.266	1:16.816	+0.643	39 m	+0.204
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:17.623	1:17.638	1:16.818	+0.645	40 m	+0.002
7	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:18.169	1:17.618	1:17.676	+1.503	92 m	+0.858
8	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:18.276	1:18.100	1:17.721	+1.548	95 m	+0.045
9	Carlos Sainz	Renault	55	1:18.480	1:17.803	1:17.790	+1.617	99 m	+0.069
10	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:18.305	1:17.699	1:17.835	+1.662	102 m	+0.045
11	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	2	1:18.885	1:18.323	—	—	93 m	—
12	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso	10	1:18.550	1:18.463	—	—	101 m	—
13	Esteban Ocon	Force India	31	1:18.813	1:18.696	—	—	115 m	—
14	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	16	1:18.661	1:18.910	—	—	128 m	—
15	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:18.740	1:19.098	—	—	140 m	—
16	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:18.923	—	—	—	115 m	—
17	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:19.493	—	—	—	149 m	—
18	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	35	1:19.695	—	—	—	162 m	—
19	Lance Stroll	Williams	18	1:20.225	—	—	—	194 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	66	1	25	22.1
Valtteri Bottas	2	66	1	19	23.2
Max Verstappen	3	66	1	34	21.7
Sebastian Vettel	4	66	2	17, 41	22.1, 24.3
Daniel Ricciardo	5	66	1	33	21.6
Kevin Magnussen	6	65	1	32	22.9
Carlos Sainz	7	65	1	25	22.4
Fernando Alonso	8	65	1	21	21.7
Sergio Perez	9	64	2	26, 40	22.4, 22.2
Charles Leclerc	10	64	1	20	22.0
Lance Stroll	11	64	1	20	21.4
Brendon Hartley	12	64	2	1, 33	22.6, 22.5
Marcus Ericsson	13	64	1	35	22.1
Sergey Sirotkin	14	63	3	1, 24, 41	22.0, 22.0, 23.9
Stoffel Vandoorne	DNF	45	1	34	27.4
Esteban Ocon	DNF	38	1	29	47.9
Kimi Raikkonen	DNF	25	0	None recorded	—
Romain Grosjean	DNF	0	0	None recorded	—
Pierre Gasly	DNF	0	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 · Valtteri Bottas	1 · 2	1 · 2	25 · 19	Valtteri Bottas	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Max Verstappen	2 · 5	2 · 3	19 · 34	Valtteri Bottas	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Sebastian Vettel	2 · 3	2 · 4	19 · 17	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Max Verstappen	3 · 5	4 · 3	17 · 34	Sebastian Vettel	Swapped places
Max Verstappen · Daniel Ricciardo	5 · 6	3 · 5	34 · 33	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Daniel Ricciardo	3 · 6	4 · 5	17 · 33	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Kevin Magnussen	6 · 7	5 · 6	33 · 32	Kevin Magnussen	Kept their order
Kevin Magnussen · Carlos Sainz	7 · 9	6 · 7	32 · 25	Carlos Sainz	Kept their order
Kevin Magnussen · Fernando Alonso	7 · 8	6 · 8	32 · 21	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Carlos Sainz	8 · 9	8 · 7	21 · 25	Fernando Alonso	Swapped places
Fernando Alonso · Sergio Perez	8 · 15	8 · 9	21 · 26	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Charles Leclerc · Sergio Perez	14 · 15	10 · 9	20 · 26	Charles Leclerc	Swapped places
Charles Leclerc · Lance Stroll	14 · 18	10 · 11	20 · 20	Same lap	Kept their order
Marcus Ericsson · Lance Stroll	17 · 18	13 · 11	35 · 20	Lance Stroll	Swapped places
Lance Stroll · Brendon Hartley	18 · 20	11 · 12	20 · 1	Brendon Hartley	Kept their order
Lance Stroll · Sergey Sirotkin	18 · 19	11 · 14	20 · 1	Sergey Sirotkin	Kept their order
Marcus Ericsson · Brendon Hartley	17 · 20	13 · 12	35 · 1	Brendon Hartley	Swapped places
Sergey Sirotkin · Brendon Hartley	19 · 20	14 · 12	1 · 1	Same lap	Swapped places
Marcus Ericsson · Sergey Sirotkin	17 · 19	13 · 14	35 · 1	Sergey Sirotkin	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	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:18.148	—	0 m	—	32
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:18.997	+0.849	51 m	+0.849	22
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:19.098	+0.950	57 m	+0.101	24
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:19.187	+1.039	62 m	+0.089	26
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:19.499	+1.351	81 m	+0.312	19
6	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:19.858	+1.710	102 m	+0.359	26
7	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:19.871	+1.723	103 m	+0.013	11
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:19.906	+1.758	105 m	+0.035	24
9	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	2	1:20.083	+1.935	116 m	+0.177	28
10	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso	10	1:20.508	+2.360	141 m	+0.425	29
11	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:20.637	+2.489	149 m	+0.129	28
12	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	16	1:20.665	+2.517	151 m	+0.028	23
13	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:20.924	+2.776	166 m	+0.259	36
14	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:20.984	+2.836	170 m	+0.060	18
15	Carlos Sainz	Renault	55	1:21.053	+2.905	174 m	+0.069	28
16	Esteban Ocon	Force India	31	1:21.144	+2.996	179 m	+0.091	27
17	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:21.159	+3.011	180 m	+0.015	26
18	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso	28	1:21.373	+3.225	193 m	+0.214	28
19	Robert Kubica	Williams	40	1:21.510	+3.362	201 m	+0.137	24
20	Lance Stroll	Williams	18	1:22.756	+4.608	276 m	+1.246	15

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	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:18.259	—	0 m	—	39
2	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:18.392	+0.133	8 m	+0.133	41
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:18.533	+0.274	16 m	+0.141	39
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:18.585	+0.326	19 m	+0.052	34
5	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:18.611	+0.352	21 m	+0.026	39
6	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:18.829	+0.570	34 m	+0.218	16
7	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:19.579	+1.320	79 m	+0.750	24
8	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:19.643	+1.384	83 m	+0.064	39
9	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	2	1:19.722	+1.463	87 m	+0.079	32
10	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:19.962	+1.703	102 m	+0.240	28
11	Esteban Ocon	Force India	31	1:20.024	+1.765	105 m	+0.062	38
12	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:20.035	+1.776	106 m	+0.011	35
13	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:20.183	+1.924	115 m	+0.148	43
14	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso	10	1:20.373	+2.114	126 m	+0.190	32
15	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:20.501	+2.242	134 m	+0.128	37
16	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	16	1:20.514	+2.255	135 m	+0.013	29
17	Carlos Sainz	Renault	55	1:20.672	+2.413	144 m	+0.158	31
18	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso	28	1:21.265	+3.006	180 m	+0.593	34
19	Lance Stroll	Williams	18	1:21.556	+3.297	197 m	+0.291	35
20	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	35	1:22.060	+3.801	227 m	+0.504	36

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	1:17.281	—	0 m	—	15
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:17.294	+0.013	1 m	+0.013	19
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:17.550	+0.269	16 m	+0.256	16
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:17.581	+0.300	18 m	+0.031	17
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:17.981	+0.700	42 m	+0.400	16
6	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:18.357	+1.076	65 m	+0.376	15
7	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:18.706	+1.425	86 m	+0.349	16
8	Carlos Sainz	Renault	55	1:18.783	+1.502	91 m	+0.077	16
9	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:18.847	+1.566	95 m	+0.064	14
10	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso	10	1:18.886	+1.605	97 m	+0.039	17
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:18.905	+1.624	98 m	+0.019	16
12	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:19.013	+1.732	105 m	+0.108	5
13	Esteban Ocon	Force India	31	1:19.121	+1.840	111 m	+0.108	20
14	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	2	1:19.236	+1.955	118 m	+0.115	17
15	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	16	1:19.292	+2.011	122 m	+0.056	19
16	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:19.376	+2.095	127 m	+0.084	17
17	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso	28	1:19.428	+2.147	130 m	+0.052	23
18	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:19.744	+2.463	149 m	+0.316	17
19	Lance Stroll	Williams	18	1:19.900	+2.619	158 m	+0.156	15
20	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	35	1:19.909	+2.628	159 m	+0.009	13

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.

Photographs from this race

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Where this comes from

Round: 5 of 2018
Grand Prix: Spanish Grand Prix
Dates: 13 May 2018
Layout raced: With Turn 10 chicane · 4.675 km · 16 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.