Lando Norris, Artem Markelov, Antonio Giovinazzi, Sean Gelael and Robert Kubica drove in free practice sessions for McLaren, Renault, Sauber, Scuderia Toro Rosso and Williams respectively. [48] The FIA ultimately settled on the "halo", a wishbone-shaped frame mounted above and around the driver's head and anchored to the monocoque forward of the cockpit. If circuit conditions are suitable for racing but the race director deems a standing start inappropriate, the race would resume with a rolling start where the safety car returns to pit lane and drivers proceed around the circuit in single file until they are shown the green flag. Standings are updated with the completion of each race. 2018 Formula 1 Season Next Formula 1 race. Up-to-date Formula 1 news, race results, schedules, standings, photos & videos on MSN Sports. The 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship was the motor racing championship for Formula One cars and the 69th running of the Formula One World Championship. McLaren ended the first race of their partnership with Renault with a fifth and ninth pla… [101] In his final race for Ferrari, Raikkonen retired on lap 7 when his engine failed, triggering the virtual safety car. Half points are awarded if the race winner completes less than 75% of the race distance provided that at least two laps are completed. [17] The other teams later agreed to allow the Racing Point Force India team to retain prize money accrued by Sahara Force India in the preceding years. Lewis Hamilton won the World Drivers' Championship title, while his team, Mercedes, secured the World Constructors' Championship title. [47] Each design was created to deflect debris away from a driver's head without compromising their visibility or the ability of safety marshals to access the cockpit and extract a driver and their seat in the event of a serious accident or medical emergency,[48] with a series of serious accidents – such as the fatal accidents of Jules Bianchi and Dan Wheldon – recreated to simulate the ability of devices to withstand a serious impact. [36], The FIA introduced tighter restrictions on racing licences issued to drivers taking part in free practice sessions. Räikkönen finished third, passing Ricciardo in the closing laps of the race. The race concluded with a victory for Ferrari and Sebastian Vettel, who used a timely virtual safety car period – triggered by the stricken Haas of Romain Grosjean – to pass Mercedes's Lewis Hamilton, after which Vettel successfully defended his position until the finish. The standings are sorted by best result, rows are not related to the drivers. [18][15] The new team began with zero points in the Constructors' Championship, though their drivers retained the points they had scored in the Drivers' Championship. [81], In Germany, Vettel took his fifth pole of the season on home turf. Formula One | The world's largest repository of motor racing results and statistics from F1 to WRC, from MotoGP, covering 50 events every weekend with stats dating back to 1894 | Motorsport Stats Reigning Champion Lewis Hamilton is Leading The Championship Table As We Head Towards The Sixth Race of The Season. This, combined with Hamilton's win and Bottas's fifth-place finish, allowed Mercedes to clinch their fifth successive Constructors' Championship.[100]. Worst Bad Average Good Best Vote distribution. Strategy and pit stops. Previously, Pirelli had to provide sequential compounds; for example, ultrasoft, supersoft and soft. Which F1 driver is making the best starts in 2018. Hamilton finished third despite a 5 place grid penalty for a gearbox change and contact with Verstappen on the second lap. Calendar & Results for the FIA Formula 2 2018 Championship: The Road to F1.Round: 1 Sakhir Bahrain 06-08 Apr 2018,Round: 2 Baku Azerbaijan 27-29 Apr 2018,Round: 3 Barcelona Spain 11-13 May 2018,Round: 4 Monte Carlo Monaco 24-26 May 2018,Round: 5 Le Castellet France 22-24 Jun 2018,Round: 6 Spielberg Austria 29-01 Jul 2018,Round: 7 Silverstone Great Britain 06-08 Jul 2018… This page was last edited on 18 December 2020, at 21:05. [84] Also notable was a first-corner crash that saw a lock-up by Hülkenberg send Alonso over the top of Leclerc, while Räikkönen and Ricciardo had their own incident that eventually ended both drivers' races. [22] Leclerc, who had previously driven in Friday practice sessions in 2016 and 2017, was hired by the team to replace Pascal Wehrlein. The hard compound, which previously used orange markings, was changed to ice blue. [57] The technical regulations were updated mid-season to allow teams to mount rear view mirrors to the halo instead of affixing them to the bodywork. [60], Tyre supplier Pirelli provided teams with two new tyre compounds in 2018. Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo secured his latest pole position, but would eventually retire from the Grand Prix with an engine failure, his eighth failure to finish during the season. [37], The schedule of a Grand Prix weekend was changed, with the start time of most European races pushed back by one hour in an attempt to accommodate a larger television audience. RaceFans > 2018 F1 season > 2018 F1 statistics. Red Bull Racing used Renault R.E.18 power units. However, he dropped down to 18th on the first lap after contact with Räikkönen sent him into a spin. So far 5 races have been completed, it the reigning champion Lewis Hamilton who is on the top. [13] After speculation of a purchase,[14] any sale of the team in a short time-span was complicated by legal proceedings against certain shareholders and the need for debt settlement. Hamilton finished in 4th place, which was enough to secure his fifth Drivers' Championship. Drivers and teams competed in twenty-one Grands Prix for the World Drivers' and World Constructors' championship titles. The following twenty-one Grands Prix were run as part of the 2018 World Championship: The French Grand Prix returned to the calendar for the first time since 2008. [92], In Japan, Hamilton took the pole which he then converted into victory after leading every lap, he was followed by Bottas in second and Max Vertappen in third. 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For the video game based on the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship, see, 69th season of FIA Formula One World Championship, World Constructors' Championship standings. The following teams and drivers participated in the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship. Share: 0. Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo had set two fastest laps on laps 69 and 70, but because the chequered flag mistakenly waved early and the results were taken from lap 68, the fastest lap went to Max Verstappen, who had set it back on lap 65. 2018 F1 season results and records at-a-glance. With just one day remaining in the year 2018, let’s take a look back at everything that the 21-race 2018 Formula 1 season had to offer. The introduction of the halo was the first stage of a planned rollout that would see the device adopted in all FIA-sanctioned open wheel series by 2020. The race result was counted back to the standings at the end of lap 68 (of 70) after the chequered flag was waved a lap early in error – although this did not impact the top 10 standings. In the end, Hamilton won comfortably in Spain, extending his lead to seventeen points. [96] Verstappen finished second and Hamilton third, as Vettel finished fourth. Read more Facebook Twitter. 2018 Formula 1 Season - Driver votes. F1. Candidate drivers are required to complete a minimum number of Formula 2 races or earn twenty-five superlicense points over a three-year period. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1570701821262-0');}); … [63] The hypersoft compound made its début at the Monaco Grand Prix. Follow your favorite team and driver's progress with daily updates [30] The German Grand Prix also returned to the championship after a one-year absence, with the Hockenheimring hosting the race. 10 Mar 2018. Aggregate results. [64] The rules dictating which tyres are available were relaxed to allow Pirelli to supply a wider range of compounds. Check out the 2018 F1 Standings on ESPN. Following a series of serious incidents in open-wheel racing – including the fatal accidents of Henry Surtees and Justin Wilson – in which drivers were struck in the head by tyres or debris, the FIA announced plans to introduce additional mandatory cockpit protection with 2018 given as the first year for its introduction. Meanwhile, Hamilton took the lead of the race after starting 14th having made one less pit stop. Vettel closed his points deficit to Hamilton, while Ricciardo gained two spots in the Drivers' Championship to be third overall.[77]. Browse through 2018 Formula 1 results, statistics, rankings and championship standings. In Canada, Vettel won from pole taking the world championship lead by one point from Hamilton. Bottas pitted under safety car and came out still leading but a puncture on the penultimate lap caused him to retire. [82], In Hungary, Hamilton started from pole after a soaking Q3 and won the race, with Vettel and Räikkönen completing the podium.[83]. Which F1 driver is making the best starts in 2018. [50] Once introduced, the halo concept is scheduled to be applied to other FIA-sanctioned open-wheel racing categories including Formula 2, Formula 3 and Formula E,[51][52][53][54] with 2020 earmarked as the deadline for all FIA-sanctioned open-wheel racing series to adopt the halo. [68] McLaren ended the first race of their partnership with Renault with a fifth and ninth place for Alonso and Vandoorne respectively. Portuguese GP. The best and worst F1 qualifiers of 2018. Lewis Hamilton strips off as F1 season comes to a close [34], The rules governing starting procedures were changed for 2018, granting race stewards the power to issue penalties for improper race starts even if a driver's start does not trigger the automated detection system. [31], The Malaysian Grand Prix, which was part of the championship from 1999 to 2017, was discontinued. [41], The quantity of power unit components a driver may use during the season was reduced from four complete power units during the entire season in 2017 to a new system where each of the power unit components is considered separately. ... Australian Grand Prix: Sebastian Vettel wins F1 2018 season opener. Hamilton recovered from his first lap crash to take second ahead of Räikkönen. [d] In the event of a tie at the conclusion of the championship, a count-back system is used as a tie-breaker, with a driver's/constructor's best result used to decide the standings. View the latest results for Formula 1 2018. Across the season six drivers served as third or free practice drivers for teams. [19][15], Toro Rosso signed 2016 GP2 Series champion Pierre Gasly and two-time World Endurance champion Brendon Hartley as their full-time drivers for 2018. [61] Each of the 2017 compounds was made softer, with a new "hypersoft" tyre becoming the softest of the nine and a new "superhard" tyre to be the hardest. Verstappen's spin allowed Hamilton to retake the lead and subsequently win the race. R . In the event that a driver changes a power unit component, they are still subject to a five- or ten-place grid penalty depending on the component being changed; however, should they then replace a second component, they will be moved to the back of the starting grid. Carlos Sainz Jr. completed the points-scoring positions in tenth. The race was almost down to 18 cars due to the original Sahara Force India team having gone into administration earlier on, but a new Racing Point Force India team (whose owners includes Williams driver Lance Stroll's father Lawrence) was accepted to the grid in time for the race. [33], Following widespread criticism of the grid penalty system in 2017 that regularly saw multiple drivers start races outside their qualifying positions, the FIA introduced a revised set of regulations for 2018. Summary Results. Ricciardo also retired from the race. [69] Max Verstappen finished sixth after an early spin ahead of Nico Hülkenberg. [22] Wehrlein was ultimately unable to secure a race seat and was instead enlisted as one of Mercedes's test and reserve drivers while racing full-time in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters series. However, in the race, both Mercedes suffered from technical problems and neither one was able to finish the race. He had spun back onto the track, but his spinning rear tyres caused a plume of smoke to bellow, which Pierre Gasly of Toro Rosso and Nico Hülkenberg of Renault got caught in and led to a 3-car retirement. RaceFans > 2018 F1 season > 2018 F1 statistics > 2018 F1 qualifying data. Get all the race results from 2020, right here at ESPN.com. [93], At the United States Grand Prix Hamilton could win the world championship if he outscored Vettel by 8 points or more.