Season 2018 · Round 4

Azerbaijan Grand Prix

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2018-04-29 · Baku City Circuit · Azerbaijan · Azerbaijan Grand Prix · 51Lap · 306.049km
44 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 1:43:44.291
7 Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari +2.460
Team win 30pt P2 · P4
11 Sergio Pérez
Force India +4.024
Fastest Lap
77 Valtteri Bottas
1:45.149 · L37
DNF
7
Valtteri Bottas L48 Romain Grosjean L42 Max Verstappen L39 Daniel Ricciardo L39 Nico Hülkenberg L10 Esteban Ocon L0 Sergey Sirotkin L0
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most SC/VSC · all-time P31
Circuit Info
Baku City Circuit Baku, Azerbaijan
51Lap 306.049km 10 races held (2016–) Lap record 1:43.009 · Charles Leclerc (2019)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Sergio Pérez 2 wins · GP #1
P1 Max Verstappen 2 wins · GP #1
P3 Valtteri Bottas 1 wins · → Max Verstappen -1
Podiums
P1 Sergio Pérez 4 · GP #1
P2 Max Verstappen 3 · → Sergio Pérez -1
Starts
P1 Lewis Hamilton 8 starts · GP #1
P1 Carlos Sainz 8 starts · GP #1
P1 Lance Stroll 8 starts · GP #1
Race Trace · position by lap
standing start SG 1 5 9 13 17 21 25 29 33 37 41 45 49 Hamilton · pit stop L22 Hamilton · pit stop L40 Hamilton HAM Hamilton HAM Räikkönen · pit stop L1 Räikkönen · pit stop L40 Räikkönen RAI Räikkönen RAI Pérez · pit stop L2 Pérez · pit stop L40 Pérez PER Pérez PER Vettel · pit stop L30 Vettel · pit stop L40 Vettel VET Vettel VET Sainz · pit stop L15 Sainz · pit stop L40 Sainz SAI Sainz SAI Leclerc · pit stop L24 Leclerc · pit stop L40 Leclerc LEC Leclerc LEC Alonso · pit stop L1 Alonso · pit stop L40 Alonso ALO Alonso ALO Stroll · pit stop L23 Stroll · pit stop L40 Stroll STR Stroll STR Vandoorne · pit stop L17 Vandoorne · pit stop L25 Vandoorne · pit stop L39 Vandoorne · pit stop L46 Vandoorne VAN Vandoorne VAN Hartley · pit stop L1 Hartley · pit stop L22 Hartley · pit stop L39 Hartley HAR Hartley HAR Ericsson · pit stop L1 Ericsson · pit stop L18 Ericsson · pit stop L36 Ericsson · pit stop L39 Ericsson ERI Ericsson ERI Gasly · pit stop L12 Gasly · pit stop L39 Gasly GAS Gasly GAS Magnussen · pit stop L1 Magnussen · pit stop L39 Magnussen MAG Magnussen MAG Bottas · pit stop L40 Bottas · retired L48 Bottas BOT Bottas BOT Grosjean · pit stop L2 Grosjean · pit stop L40 Grosjean · retired L42 Grosjean GRO Grosjean GRO Verstappen · pit stop L38 Verstappen · retired L39 Verstappen VER Verstappen VER Ricciardo · pit stop L37 Ricciardo · retired L39 Ricciardo RIC Ricciardo RIC Hülkenberg · retired L10 Hülkenberg HUL Hülkenberg HUL Ocon · retired L0 Ocon OCO Ocon OCO Sirotkin · retired L0 Sirotkin SIR Sirotkin SIR
pit stop penalty served in the pits SG Starting grid car stopped position at each lap (1996+)
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 2 51 1:43:44.291 25
2 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 6 51 +2.460 18
3 11 Sergio Pérez Force India 8 51 +4.024 15
4 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1 51 +5.329 12
5 55 Carlos Sainz Renault 9 51 +7.515 10
6 16 Charles Leclerc Sauber 13 51 +9.158 8
7 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren 12 51 +10.931 6
8 18 Lance Stroll Williams 10 51 +12.546 4
9 2 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren 16 51 +14.152 2
10 28 Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso 19 51 +18.030 1
11 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber 18 51 +18.512
12 10 Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso 17 51 +24.720
13 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas F1 Team 15 51 +40.663
R 77 Valtteri Bottas FL Mercedes 3 48 Puncture
R 8 Romain Grosjean Haas F1 Team 20 42 Accident
R 33 Max Verstappen Red Bull 5 39 Collision
R 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 4 39 Collision
R 27 Nico Hülkenberg Renault 14 10 Accident
R 31 Esteban Ocon Force India 7 0 Collision
R 35 Sergey Sirotkin Williams 11 0 Collision
PosDriverTeamQ1Q2Q3Gap to pole
1 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1:42.762 1:43.015 1:41.498 POLE Q3
2 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:42.693 1:42.676 1:41.677 +0.179 Q3
3 77 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:43.355 1:42.679 1:41.837 +0.339 Q3
4 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 1:42.857 1:43.482 1:41.911 +0.413 Q3
5 33 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:42.642 1:42.901 1:41.994 +0.496 Q3
6 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:42.538 1:42.510 1:42.490 +0.992 Q3
7 31 Esteban Ocon Force India 1:43.021 1:42.967 1:42.523 +1.025 Q3
8 11 Sergio Pérez Force India 1:43.992 1:43.366 1:42.547 +1.049 Q3
9 27 Nico Hülkenberg Renault 1:43.746 1:43.232 1:43.066 +1.568 Q3
10 55 Carlos Sainz Renault 1:43.426 1:43.464 1:43.351 +1.853 Q3
11 18 Lance Stroll Williams 1:44.359 1:43.585 — +2.087 Q2
12 35 Sergey Sirotkin Williams 1:44.261 1:43.886 — +2.388 Q2
13 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren 1:44.010 1:44.019 — +2.512 Q1
14 16 Charles Leclerc Sauber 1:43.752 1:44.074 — +2.254 Q1
15 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas F1 Team 1:43.674 1:44.759 — +2.176 Q1
16 2 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren 1:44.489 — — +2.991 Q1
17 10 Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso 1:44.496 — — +2.998 Q1
18 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber 1:45.541 — — +4.043 Q1
19 28 Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso 1:57.354 — — +15.856 Q1
20 8 Romain Grosjean Haas F1 Team — —
Starting grid
Official
1
5 Sebastian Vettel
2
44 Lewis Hamilton
3
77 Valtteri Bottas
4
3 Daniel Ricciardo
5
33 Max Verstappen
6
7 Kimi Räikkönen
7
31 Esteban Ocon
8
11 Sergio Pérez
9
55 Carlos Sainz ▲1
10
18 Lance Stroll ▲1
11
35 Sergey Sirotkin ▲1
12
14 Fernando Alonso ▲1
13
16 Charles Leclerc ▲1
14
27 Nico Hülkenberg ▼5
15
20 Kevin Magnussen
16
2 Stoffel Vandoorne
17
10 Pierre Gasly
18
9 Marcus Ericsson
19
28 Brendon Hartley
20
8 Romain Grosjean
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
#DriverLap timeLap
1 77 Valtteri Bottas 1:45.149 L37
2 44 Lewis Hamilton 1:45.412 L35
3 3 Daniel Ricciardo 1:45.419 L34
4 77 Valtteri Bottas 1:45.454 L39
5 5 Sebastian Vettel 1:45.530 L38
6 77 Valtteri Bottas 1:45.547 L38
7 44 Lewis Hamilton 1:45.550 L38
8 44 Lewis Hamilton 1:45.578 L39
9 77 Valtteri Bottas 1:45.595 L33
10 3 Daniel Ricciardo 1:45.602 L39
Top 10 fastest race laps — #1 is the fastest lap of the race(FL).
Pit Stops · how they compare
15s 20s 25s 30s 35s 40s 45s 50s 55s median 21.2s Marcus Ericsson · L39 · 14.998s Lance Stroll · L23 · 19.737s Max Verstappen · L38 · 19.765s Daniel Ricciardo · L37 · 19.925s Sebastian Vettel · L30 · 20.037s Valtteri Bottas · L40 · 20.192s Lewis Hamilton · L22 · 20.377s Stoffel Vandoorne · L39 · 20.760s Pierre Gasly · L12 · 20.782s Brendon Hartley · L22 · 20.809s Sebastian Vettel · L40 · 20.823s Stoffel Vandoorne · L25 · 20.887s Carlos Sainz · L40 · 20.967s Stoffel Vandoorne · L46 · 20.978s Charles Leclerc · L24 · 21.058s Brendon Hartley · L39 · 21.072s Stoffel Vandoorne · L17 · 21.103s Kimi Räikkönen · L40 · 21.149s Lance Stroll · L40 · 21.236s Pierre Gasly · L39 · 21.287s Lewis Hamilton · L40 · 21.329s Fernando Alonso · L40 · 21.371s Brendon Hartley · L1 · 21.376s Carlos Sainz · L15 · 21.516s Romain Grosjean · L2 · 21.725s Kevin Magnussen · L39 · 21.778s Charles Leclerc · L40 · 22.030s Romain Grosjean · L40 · 22.757s Marcus Ericsson · L18 · 25.378s Sergio Pérez · L40 · 26.174s Sergio Pérez · L2 · 28.109s Kimi Räikkönen · L1 · 30.012s Marcus Ericsson · L36 · 32.629s Kevin Magnussen · L1 · 35.608s Marcus Ericsson · L1 · 44.107s Fernando Alonso · L1 · 56.710s
fastest 14.998s Marcus Ericsson slowest 56.710s Fernando Alonso pit lane transit time — one dot per stop
DriverStopLapTimeLane transit
14 Fernando Alonso 1 1 16:16:58 56.710s
20 Kevin Magnussen 1 1 16:17:11 35.608s
9 Marcus Ericsson 1 1 16:17:16 44.107s
7 Kimi Räikkönen 1 1 16:16:15 30.012s
28 Brendon Hartley 1 1 16:16:35 21.376s
11 Sergio Pérez 1 2 16:19:26 28.109s
8 Romain Grosjean 1 2 16:19:32 21.725s
10 Pierre Gasly 1 12 16:40:48 20.782s
55 Carlos Sainz 1 15 16:46:02 21.516s
2 Stoffel Vandoorne 1 17 16:49:58 21.103s
9 Marcus Ericsson 2 18 16:52:18 25.378s
44 Lewis Hamilton 1 22 16:58:07 20.377s
28 Brendon Hartley 2 22 16:59:24 20.809s
18 Lance Stroll 1 23 17:00:38 19.737s
16 Charles Leclerc 1 24 17:02:20 21.058s
2 Stoffel Vandoorne 2 25 17:05:01 20.887s
5 Sebastian Vettel 1 30 17:12:13 20.037s
9 Marcus Ericsson 3 36 17:25:51 32.629s
3 Daniel Ricciardo 1 37 17:25:09 19.925s
33 Max Verstappen 1 38 17:26:56 19.765s
20 Kevin Magnussen 2 39 17:30:36 21.778s
10 Pierre Gasly 2 39 17:30:54 21.287s
2 Stoffel Vandoorne 3 39 17:31:27 20.760s
28 Brendon Hartley 3 39 17:31:04 21.072s
9 Marcus Ericsson 4 39 17:32:40 14.998s
77 Valtteri Bottas 1 40 17:30:08 20.192s
8 Romain Grosjean 2 40 17:31:39 22.757s
14 Fernando Alonso 2 40 17:32:15 21.371s
7 Kimi Räikkönen 2 40 17:31:21 21.149s
5 Sebastian Vettel 2 40 17:30:26 20.823s
44 Lewis Hamilton 2 40 17:30:37 21.329s
18 Lance Stroll 2 40 17:32:03 21.236s
11 Sergio Pérez 2 40 17:31:34 26.174s
55 Carlos Sainz 2 40 17:31:48 20.967s
16 Charles Leclerc 2 40 17:32:00 22.030s
2 Stoffel Vandoorne 4 46 17:47:50 20.978s
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Most positions gained on track
14
Fernando Alonso
+14
P12→P7
2
Stoffel Vandoorne
+14
P16→P9
55
Carlos Sainz
+13
P9→P5
11
Sergio Pérez
+12
P8→P3
7
Kimi Räikkönen
+11
P6→P2
16
Charles Leclerc
+11
P13→P6
28
Brendon Hartley
+11
P19→P10
9
Marcus Ericsson
+10
P18→P11
Most positions lost
Carlos Sainz −11 Pierre Gasly −11 Stoffel Vandoorne −10
Race · Sum of lap-by-lap positions gained on track — start lap and own pit laps excluded. Race lap data 1996+.
DriverTypeLapServedIssuedReason
27 Nico Hülkenberg Grid penalty ▼5 (P9 → P14)
▼5 (P9 → P14)
Lap = lap the penalty was issued · Served = lap it was served in the pits (blank means it was added to the race time instead)
Time, drive-through and stop-go penalties come from race control messages (OpenF1, 2023+). Grid penalties never appear there — the stewards publish them as documents after the session — so they are worked back from the starting grid against the qualifying classification, which gives places actually lost rather than the figure written in the decision.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15