2018 Australian Grand Prix Results

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Welcome to our coverage of the 2018 Australian Grand Prix. From here you will be able to find links to all our latest reports, pictures and results from Melbourne.

Session Reports

FP1: Hamilton leads the way in Melbourne's opening practice session

FP2: Hamilton continues to set the pace in second practice

FP3: Vettel fastest in wet-to-dry final practice session

Qualifying: Hamilton seizes Melbourne pole after Bottas crashes out

Race: Vettel outsmarts Hamilton for victory in 2018 season opener

Photos

Gallery: All the pictures from Wednesday in Melbourne

Gallery: All the pictures from Thursday in Melbourne

Gallery: All the pictures from Friday in Melbourne

Gallery: all the pictures from Saturday in Melbourne

Gallery: All the pictures from Sunday in Melbourne

Results

Free Practice 1 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:24.026s		27
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:24.577s	+ 0.551s	29
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:24.771s	+ 0.745s	26
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:24.875s	+ 0.849s	23
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:24.995s	+ 0.969s	22
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:25.063s	+ 1.037s	25
7	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:25.730s	+ 1.704s	24
8	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:25.896s	+ 1.870s	16
9	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:25.922s	+ 1.896s	23
10	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:26.482s	+ 2.456s	15
11	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:26.494s	+ 2.468s	25
12	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:26.536s	+ 2.510s	25
13	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:26.583s	+ 2.557s	25
14	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:26.605s	+ 2.579s	30
15	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:26.636s	+ 2.610s	30
16	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:26.767s	+ 2.741s	26
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:27.035s	+ 3.009s	13
18	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:27.745s	+ 3.719s	16
19	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:27.964s	+ 3.938s	28
20	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:28.853s	+ 4.827s	28

Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:23.931s		34
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:24.058s	+ 0.127s	34
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:24.159s	+ 0.228s	33
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:24.214s	+ 0.283s	38
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:24.451s	+ 0.520s	37
6	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:24.648s	+ 0.717s	33
7	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:24.721s	+ 0.790s	28
8	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:25.200s	+ 1.269s	28
9	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:25.246s	+ 1.315s	30
10	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:25.285s	+ 1.354s	33
11	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:25.390s	+ 1.459s	35
12	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:25.413s	+ 1.482s	29
13	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:25.463s	+ 1.532s	35
14	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:25.543s	+ 1.612s	32
15	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:25.888s	+ 1.957s	33
16	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:25.925s	+ 1.994s	40
17	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:25.945s	+ 2.014s	39
18	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:25.974s	+ 2.043s	37
19	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:26.814s	+ 2.883s	30
20	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:26.815s	+ 2.884s	35

Free Practice 3 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:26.067s		15
2	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:28.499s	+ 2.432s	13
3	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:28.890s	+ 2.823s	14
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:31.680s	+ 5.613s	8
5	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:33.172s	+ 7.105s	11
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:34.043s	+ 7.976s	14
7	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:34.174s	+ 8.107s	14
8	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:34.225s	+ 8.158s	7
9	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:34.233s	+ 8.166s	15
10	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:34.298s	+ 8.231s	13
11	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:34.990s	+ 8.923s	16
12	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:35.438s	+ 9.371s	16
13	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:35.589s	+ 9.522s	16
14	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:35.828s	+ 9.761s	8
15	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:36.171s	+ 10.104s	6
16	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:36.448s	+ 10.381s	12
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:36.807s	+ 10.740s	7
18	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:38.482s	+ 12.415s	8
19	Esteban Ocon	Force India			1
20	Sergio Pérez	Force India			1

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:22.824s	1:22.051s	1:21.164s
2	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:23.096s	1:22.507s	1:21.828s
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:23.348s	1:21.944s	1:21.838s
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:23.483s	1:22.416s	1:21.879s
5	Daniel Ricciardo *	Red Bull	1:23.494s	1:22.897s	1:22.152s
6	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:23.909s	1:23.300s	1:23.187s
7	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:23.671s	1:23.468s	1:23.339s
8	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:23.782s	1:23.544s	1:23.532s
9	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:23.529s	1:23.061s	1:23.577s
10	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:23.686s	1:22.089s
11	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:23.597s	1:23.692s
12	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:24.073s	1:23.853s
13	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:24.344s	1:24.005s
14	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:24.464s	1:24.230s
15	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:24.503s	1:24.786s
16	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:24.532s
17	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:24.556s
18	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:24.636s
19	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:24.922s
20	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:25.295s

Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	58 laps - 1:29:33.283s	1
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 5.036s	1
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	+ 6.309s	1
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	+ 7.069s	1
5	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	+ 27.886s	1
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+ 28.945s	1
7	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	+ 32.671s	1
8	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	+ 34.339s	1
9	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	+ 34.921s	1
10	Carlos Sainz	Renault	+ 45.722s	1
11	Sergio Pérez	Force India	+ 46.817s	1
12	Esteban Ocon	Force India	+ 60.278s	1
13	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	+ 75.759s	2
14	Lance Stroll	Williams	+ 78.288s	2
15	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	+ 1 lap	2
16	Romain Grosjean	Haas	DNF	1
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	DNF	1
18	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	DNF	1
19	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	DNF	1
20	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	DNF	0

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