The 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix started April 29th, 2018 at 14:10 on Baku City Circuit in Baku, Azerbaijan. Sebastian Vettel started from pole position with Lewis Hamilton next to him. Valtteri Bottas started from third place.
After 1 hour, 43 minutes and 44 seconds Lewis Hamilton finished the race first. The podium was completed with Kimi Räikkönen in second and Sergio Pérez in third place.
The fastest laps was driven by Valtteri Bottas in a time of 1:45.149.
After the 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton is first in the Formula 1 World Championship with 70 points. Hamilton is 4 points ahead of Sebastian Vettel.
Location
Baku, Azerbaijan
Date
April 29th, 2018 at 14:10
Round
4/21
Winner
Lewis Hamilton
Winning time
1:43:44.291
Pole position
Sebastian Vettel
Fastest lap
Valtteri Bottas 1:45.149
Fastest pitstop
Marcus Ericsson 14.998 (lap 39)

Results

Pos Driver Car Time/Retired Grid Laps Pts
1 1
#44 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 1:43:44.291 2 51 25
2 4
#7 Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari +2.460 6 51 18
3 5
#11 Sergio Pérez
Force India +4.024 8 51 15
4 3
#5 Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari +5.329 1 51 12
5 4
#55 Carlos Sainz
Renault +7.515 9 51 10
6 7
#16 Charles Leclerc
Sauber +9.158 13 51 8
7 5
#14 Fernando Alonso
McLaren +10.931 12 51 6
8 2
#18 Lance Stroll
Williams +12.546 10 51 4
9 7
#2 Stoffel Vandoorne
McLaren +14.152 16 51 2
10 9
#28 Brendon Hartley
Toro Rosso +18.030 19 51 1
11 7
#9 Marcus Ericsson
Sauber +18.512 18 51 0
12 5
#10 Pierre Gasly
Toro Rosso +24.720 17 51 0
13 2
#20 Kevin Magnussen
Haas F1 Team +40.663 15 51 0
-
#77 Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes DNF (Puncture) 3 48 0
-
#8 Romain Grosjean
Haas F1 Team DNF (Accident) 20 42 0
-
#33 Max Verstappen
Red Bull DNF (Collision) 5 39 0
-
#3 Daniel Ricciardo
Red Bull DNF (Collision) 4 39 0
-
#27 Nico Hülkenberg
Renault DNF (Accident) 14 10 0
-
#31 Esteban Ocon
Force India DNF (Collision) 7 0 0
-
#35 Sergey Sirotkin
Williams DNF (Collision) 11 0 0
Pos Driver Car Q1 Q2 Q3 Delta
1
#5 Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari 1:42.762 1:43.015 1:41.498
2
#44 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 1:42.693 1:42.676 1:41.677 +0.179
3
#77 Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes 1:43.355 1:42.679 1:41.837 +0.339
4
#3 Daniel Ricciardo
Red Bull 1:42.857 1:43.482 1:41.911 +0.413
5
#33 Max Verstappen
Red Bull 1:42.642 1:42.901 1:41.994 +0.496
6
#7 Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari 1:42.538 1:42.510 1:42.490 +0.992
7
#31 Esteban Ocon
Force India 1:43.021 1:42.967 1:42.523 +1.025
8
#11 Sergio Pérez
Force India 1:43.992 1:43.366 1:42.547 +1.049
9
#27 Nico Hülkenberg
Renault 1:43.746 1:43.232 1:43.066 +1.568
10
#55 Carlos Sainz
Renault 1:43.426 1:43.464 1:43.351 +1.853
11
#18 Lance Stroll
Williams 1:44.359 1:43.585
12
#35 Sergey Sirotkin
Williams 1:44.261 1:43.886
13
#14 Fernando Alonso
McLaren 1:44.010 1:44.019
14
#16 Charles Leclerc
Sauber 1:43.752 1:44.074
15
#20 Kevin Magnussen
Haas F1 Team 1:43.674 1:44.759
16
#2 Stoffel Vandoorne
McLaren 1:44.489
17
#10 Pierre Gasly
Toro Rosso 1:44.496
18
#9 Marcus Ericsson
Sauber 1:45.541
19
#28 Brendon Hartley
Toro Rosso 1:57.354
20
#8 Romain Grosjean
Haas F1 Team
Pos Driver Car Time Delta Laps
1
#5 Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari 1:43.091 17
2
#44 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 1:43.452 +0.361 16
3
#7 Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari 1:43.493 +0.402 17
4
#33 Max Verstappen
Red Bull 1:43.519 +0.428 17
5
#77 Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes 1:43.569 +0.478 20
6
#11 Sergio Pérez
Force India 1:43.936 +0.845 9
7
#20 Kevin Magnussen
Haas F1 Team 1:43.958 +0.867 11
8
#18 Lance Stroll
Williams 1:44.123 +1.032 8
9
#31 Esteban Ocon
Force India 1:44.220 +1.129 11
10
#35 Sergey Sirotkin
Williams 1:44.534 +1.443 9
11
#14 Fernando Alonso
McLaren 1:44.763 +1.672 12
12
#3 Daniel Ricciardo
Red Bull 1:44.861 +1.770 17
13
#10 Pierre Gasly
Toro Rosso 1:44.905 +1.814 16
14
#16 Charles Leclerc
Sauber 1:45.218 +2.127 15
15
#8 Romain Grosjean
Haas F1 Team 1:45.261 +2.170 12
16
#55 Carlos Sainz
Renault 1:45.432 +2.341 15
17
#27 Nico Hülkenberg
Renault 1:45.456 +2.365 11
18
#2 Stoffel Vandoorne
McLaren 1:45.505 +2.414 13
19
#9 Marcus Ericsson
Sauber 1:45.910 +2.819 17
20
#28 Brendon Hartley
Toro Rosso 1:46.186 +3.095 11
Pos Driver Car Time Delta Laps
1
#3 Daniel Ricciardo
Red Bull 1:42.795 35
2
#7 Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari 1:42.864 +0.069 33
3
#33 Max Verstappen
Red Bull 1:42.911 +0.116 27
4
#77 Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes 1:43.570 +0.775 25
5
#44 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 1:43.603 +0.808 31
6
#14 Fernando Alonso
McLaren 1:43.700 +0.905 34
7
#31 Esteban Ocon
Force India 1:43.814 +1.019 30
8
#55 Carlos Sainz
Renault 1:43.834 +1.039 36
9
#20 Kevin Magnussen
Haas F1 Team 1:43.977 +1.182 29
10
#27 Nico Hülkenberg
Renault 1:44.091 +1.296 33
11
#5 Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari 1:44.127 +1.332 38
12
#11 Sergio Pérez
Force India 1:44.142 +1.347 31
13
#8 Romain Grosjean
Haas F1 Team 1:44.425 +1.630 27
14
#18 Lance Stroll
Williams 1:44.459 +1.664 31
15
#10 Pierre Gasly
Toro Rosso 1:44.712 +1.917 39
16
#16 Charles Leclerc
Sauber 1:44.940 +2.145 30
17
#35 Sergey Sirotkin
Williams 1:45.007 +2.212 33
18
#28 Brendon Hartley
Toro Rosso 1:45.051 +2.256 36
19
#2 Stoffel Vandoorne
McLaren 1:45.288 +2.493 29
20
#9 Marcus Ericsson
Sauber 1:46.042 +3.247 9
Pos Driver Car Time Delta Laps
1
#77 Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes 1:44.242 26
2
#3 Daniel Ricciardo
Red Bull 1:44.277 +0.035 24
3
#11 Sergio Pérez
Force India 1:45.075 +0.833 26
4
#44 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 1:45.200 +0.958 24
5
#31 Esteban Ocon
Force India 1:45.237 +0.995 29
6
#33 Max Verstappen
Red Bull 1:45.559 +1.317 11
7
#14 Fernando Alonso
McLaren 1:46.465 +2.223 25
8
#35 Sergey Sirotkin
Williams 1:46.480 +2.238 28
9
#10 Pierre Gasly
Toro Rosso 1:46.492 +2.250 18
10
#5 Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari 1:46.513 +2.271 18
11
#18 Lance Stroll
Williams 1:46.590 +2.348 26
12
#28 Brendon Hartley
Toro Rosso 1:46.747 +2.505 32
13
#27 Nico Hülkenberg
Renault 1:46.749 +2.507 11
14
#8 Romain Grosjean
Haas F1 Team 1:46.856 +2.614 23
15
#7 Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari 1:46.861 +2.619 10
16
#16 Charles Leclerc
Sauber 1:46.875 +2.633 21
17
#9 Marcus Ericsson
Sauber 1:47.073 +2.831 21
18
#20 Kevin Magnussen
Haas F1 Team 1:47.434 +3.192 18
19
#2 Stoffel Vandoorne
McLaren 1:47.967 +3.725 21
20
#55 Carlos Sainz
Renault 1:48.741 +4.499 11

Standings after race

Pos Driver Car Wins Podiums Pts Gap
1
#44 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 1 3 70
2
#5 Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari 2 2 66 -4
3
#7 Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari 3 48 -22
4
#77 Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes 2 40 -30
5
#3 Daniel Ricciardo
Red Bull 1 1 37 -33
6
#14 Fernando Alonso
McLaren 28 -42
7
#27 Nico Hülkenberg
Renault 22 -48
8
#1 Max Verstappen
Red Bull 18 -52
9
#11 Sergio Pérez
Force India 1 15 -55
10
#55 Carlos Sainz
Renault 13 -57
11
#10 Pierre Gasly
Toro Rosso 12 -58
12
#20 Kevin Magnussen
Haas F1 Team 11 -59
13
#16 Charles Leclerc
Sauber 8 -62
14
#2 Stoffel Vandoorne
McLaren 8 -62
15
#18 Lance Stroll
Williams 4 -66
16
#9 Marcus Ericsson
Sauber 2 -68
17
#31 Esteban Ocon
Force India 1 -69
18
#28 Brendon Hartley
Toro Rosso 1 -69
19
#8 Romain Grosjean
Haas F1 Team 0 -70
20
#35 Sergey Sirotkin
Williams 0 -70
Pos Team Wins Podiums Pts Gap
1 Ferrari 2 5 114
2 Mercedes 1 5 110 -4
3 Red Bull 1 1 55 -59
4 McLaren 36 -78
5 Renault 35 -79
6 Force India 1 16 -98
7 Toro Rosso 13 -101
8 Haas F1 Team 11 -103
9 Sauber 10 -104
10 Williams 4 -110

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2023
#11 Sergio Pérez
Max Verstappen
Charles Leclerc
1:43.370 -
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2022
#1 Max Verstappen
Sergio Pérez
George Russell
1:46.046 -
Sergio Pérez
Charles Leclerc
2021
#11 Sergio Pérez
Sebastian Vettel
Pierre Gasly
1:44.481 -
Max Verstappen
Charles Leclerc
2019
#77 Valtteri Bottas
Lewis Hamilton
Sebastian Vettel
1:43.009 -
Charles Leclerc
Valtteri Bottas
2017
#3 Daniel Ricciardo
Valtteri Bottas
Lance Stroll
1:43.441 -
Sebastian Vettel
Lewis Hamilton