2018 Chinese Grand Prix Results

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

Session Reports

FP1: Hamilton leads first free practice in Shanghai

FP2: Hamilton just ahead on Friday in Shanghai

FP3: Vettel leaps to the front as Ferrari take charge of final practice

Qualifying: Vettel scorches the opposition for pole in chilly Shanghai

Race: Mighty Ricciardo overtakes his way to surprise Shanghai win

Photos

Gallery: All the pictures from Thursday in Shanghai

Gallery: All the pictures from Friday in Shanghai

Gallery: All the pictures from Saturday in Shanghai

Gallery: All the pictures from Sunday in Shanghai

Results

Free Practice 1 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:33.999s		22
2	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:34.358s	+ 0.359s	14
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:34.457s	+ 0.458s	28
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:34.537s	+ 0.538s	22
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:34.668s	+ 0.669s	22
6	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:34.861s	+ 0.862s	18
7	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:35.178s	+ 1.179s	21
8	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:35.616s	+ 1.617s	23
9	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:35.718s	+ 1.719s	21
10	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:35.800s	+ 1.801s	18
11	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:36.037s	+ 2.038s	21
12	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:36.044s	+ 2.045s	29
13	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:36.051s	+ 2.052s	28
14	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:36.351s	+ 2.352s	32
15	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:36.691s	+ 2.692s	31
16	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:36.715s	+ 2.716s	23
17	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:36.723s	+ 2.724s	23
18	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:36.756s	+ 2.757s	25
19	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:36.909s	+ 2.910s	21
20	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:37.277s	+ 3.278s	28

Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:33.482s		26
2	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:33.489s	+ 0.007s	26
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:33.515s	+ 0.033s	27
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:33.590s	+ 0.108s	27
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:33.823s	+ 0.341s	26
6	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:34.313s	+ 0.831s	30
7	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:34.458s	+ 0.976s	26
8	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:34.473s	+ 0.991s	28
9	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:34.557s	+ 1.075s	26
10	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:34.632s	+ 1.150s	23
11	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:34.792s	+ 1.310s	30
12	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:34.849s	+ 1.367s	33
13	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:34.874s	+ 1.392s	30
14	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:35.163s	+ 1.681s	22
15	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:35.333s	+ 1.851s	37
16	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:35.340s	+ 1.858s	31
17	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:35.624s	+ 2.142s	29
18	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:35.916s	+ 2.434s	26
19	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:36.471s	+ 2.989s	26
20	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:37.147s	+ 3.665s	19

Free Practice 3 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:33.018s		14
2	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:33.469s	+ 0.451s	21
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:33.761s	+ 0.743s	16
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:33.969s	+ 0.951s	14
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:34.057s	+ 1.039s	14
6	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:34.329s	+ 1.311s	25
7	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:34.445s	+ 1.427s	14
8	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:34.456s	+ 1.438s	16
9	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:34.582s	+ 1.564s	20
10	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:34.741s	+ 1.723s	13
11	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:34.841s	+ 1.823s	16
12	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:34.851s	+ 1.833s	13
13	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:34.977s	+ 1.959s	16
14	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:34.991s	+ 1.973s	20
15	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:35.061s	+ 2.043s	4
16	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:35.079s	+ 2.061s	16
17	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:35.375s	+ 2.357s	16
18	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:35.497s	+ 2.479s	14
19	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:35.679s	+ 2.661s	13
20	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:35.756s	+ 2.738s	6

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:32.171s	1:32.385s	1:31.095s
2	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:32.474s	1:32.286s	1:31.182s
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:32.921s	1:32.063s	1:31.625s
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:33.283s	1:31.914s	1:31.675s
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:32.932s	1:32.809s	1:31.796s
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:33.877s	1:32.688s	1:31.948s
7	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:33.545s	1:32.494s	1:32.532s
8	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:33.464s	1:32.931s	1:32.758s
9	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:33.315s	1:32.970s	1:32.819s
10	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:33.238s	1:32.524s	1:32.855s
11	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:33.359s	1:32.986s
12	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:33.585s	1:33.057s
13	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:33.428s	1:33.232s
14	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:33.824s	1:33.505s
15	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:34.013s	1:33.795s
16	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:34.062s
17	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:34.101s
18	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:34.285s
19	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:34.454s
20	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:34.914s

Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	56 laps - 1:35:36.380s	2
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	+ 8.894s	1
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	+ 9.637s	1
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 16.985s	1
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+ 20.436s	2
6	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	+ 21.052s	2
7	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	+ 30.639s	1
8	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	+ 35.286s	1
9	Carlos Sainz	Renault	+ 35.763s	2
10	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+ 39.594s	1
11	Esteban Ocon	Force India	+ 44.050s	2
12	Sergio Pérez	Force India	+ 44.725s	2
13	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	+ 49.373s	1
14	Lance Stroll	Williams	+ 55.490s	1
15	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	+ 58.241s	2
16	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	+ 62.604s	1
17	Romain Grosjean	Haas	+ 65.296s	2
18	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	+ 66.330s	2
19	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	+ 82.575s	1
20	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	DNF	3

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