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2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix Results

Here's our comprehensive recap of the 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix. From here you will be able to find links to all our session and race reports, pictures and results from Baku.

Session Reports

FP1: Bottas leads the way in first practice, Verstappen hits a wall

FP2: Ricciardo and Raikkonen looking racy on the streets of Baku

FP3: Ferrari's Vettel bounces back to the top in final practice

Qualifying: Vettel takes pole in Baku ahead of Hamilton and Bottas

Race: Hamilton wins from Raikkonen as Red Bull wipes out in Baku

Photos

Gallery: All the pictures from Thursday in Baku

Gallery: All the pictures from Friday in Baku

Gallery: All the pictures from Saturday in Baku

Gallery: All the pictures from Sunday in Baku

Results

Free Practice 1 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:44.242s		26
2	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:44.277s	+ 0.035s	24
3	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:45.075s	+ 0.833s	26
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:45.200s	+ 0.958s	24
5	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:45.237s	+ 0.995s	29
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:45.559s	+ 1.317s	11
7	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:46.465s	+ 2.223s	25
8	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:46.480s	+ 2.238s	28
9	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:46.492s	+ 2.250s	18
10	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:46.513s	+ 2.271s	18
11	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:46.590s	+ 2.348s	26
12	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:46.747s	+ 2.505s	32
13	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:46.749s	+ 2.507s	11
14	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:46.856s	+ 2.614s	23
15	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:46.861s	+ 2.619s	10
16	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:46.875s	+ 2.633s	21
17	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:47.073s	+ 2.831s	21
18	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:47.434s	+ 3.192s	18
19	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:47.967s	+ 3.725s	21
20	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:48.741s	+ 4.499s	11

Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:42.795s		35
2	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:42.864s	+ 0.069s	33
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:42.911s	+ 0.116s	27
4	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:43.570s	+ 0.775s	25
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:43.603s	+ 0.808s	31
6	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:43.700s	+ 0.905s	34
7	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:43.814s	+ 1.019s	30
8	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:43.834s	+ 1.039s	36
9	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:43.977s	+ 1.182s	29
10	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:44.091s	+ 1.296s	33
11	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:44.127s	+ 1.332s	38
12	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:44.142s	+ 1.347s	31
13	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:44.425s	+ 1.630s	27
14	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:44.459s	+ 1.664s	31
15	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:44.712s	+ 1.917s	39
16	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:44.940s	+ 2.145s	30
17	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:45.007s	+ 2.212s	33
18	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:45.051s	+ 2.256s	36
19	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:45.288s	+ 2.493s	29
20	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:46.042s	+ 3.247s	9

Free Practice 3 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:43.091s		17
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:43.452s	+ 0.361s	16
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:43.493s	+ 0.402s	17
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:43.519s	+ 0.428s	17
5	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:43.569s	+ 0.478s	20
6	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:43.936s	+ 0.845s	9
7	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:43.958s	+ 0.867s	11
8	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:44.123s	+ 1.032s	8
9	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:44.220s	+ 1.129s	11
10	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:44.534s	+ 1.443s	9
11	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:44.763s	+ 1.672s	12
12	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:44.861s	+ 1.770s	17
13	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:44.905s	+ 1.814s	16
14	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:45.218s	+ 2.127s	15
15	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:45.261s	+ 2.170s	12
16	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:45.432s	+ 2.341s	15
17	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:45.456s	+ 2.365s	11
18	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:45.505s	+ 2.414s	13
19	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:45.910s	+ 2.819s	17
20	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:46.186s	+ 3.095s	11

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:42.762s	1:43.015s	1:41.498s
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:42.693s	1:42.676s	1:41.677s
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:43.355s	1:42.679s	1:41.837s
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:42.857s	1:43.482s	1:41.911s
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:42.642s	1:42.901s	1:41.994s
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:42.538s	1:42.510s	1:42.490s
7	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:43.021s	1:42.967s	1:42.523s
8	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:43.992s	1:43.366s	1:42.547s
9	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:43.746s	1:43.232s	1:43.066s
10	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:43.426s	1:43.464s	1:43.351s
11	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:44.359s	1:43.585s
12	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:44.261s	1:43.886s
13	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:44.010s	1:44.019s
14	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:43.752s	1:44.074s
15	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:43.674s	1:44.759s
16	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:44.489s
17	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:44.496s
18	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:45.541s
19	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:57.354s
20	Romain Grosjean	Haas

Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	51 laps - 1:43:44.291s	2
2	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	+ 2.460s	2
3	Sergio Pérez	Force India	+ 4.024s	2
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	+ 5.329s	2
5	Carlos Sainz	Renault	+ 7.515s	2
6	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	+ 9.158s	2
7	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	+ 10.931s	2
8	Lance Stroll	Williams	+ 12.546s	2
9	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	+ 14.152s	4
10	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	+ 18.030s	3
11	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	+ 18.512s	4
12	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	+ 24.720s	2
13	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+ 30.663s	2
14	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	+ 3 laps	1
15	Romain Grosjean	Haas	DNF	2
16	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	DNF	1
17	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	DNF	1
18	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	DNF	0
19	Esteban Ocon	Force India	DNF	0
20	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	DNF	0

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