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2018 Austrian Grand Prix Results

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

Session Reports

FP1: Hamilton and Mercedes lead the way at Red Bull Ring

FP2: Hamilton and Bottas keep second practice locked down for Mercedes

FP3: Vettel fastest in final practice as Ferrari closes in on Mercedes!

Qualifying: Bottas back on pole in Austria ahead of Hamilton and Vettel

Race: Verstappen's dramatic home win for Red Bull amid Mercedes nightmare

Photos

Gallery: All the pictures from Thursday's build-up in Spielberg

Gallery: All the pictures from Friday in Spielberg

Gallery: All the pictures from Saturday in Spielberg

Gallery: All the pictures from Sunday in Spielberg

Results

Free Practice 1 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:04.839s		39
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:04.966s	+ 0.127s	39
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:05.072s	+ 0.233s	42
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:05.180s	+ 0.341s	29
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:05.483s	+ 0.644s	22
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:05.776s	+ 0.937s	31
7	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:06.028s	+ 1.189s	31
8	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:06.055s	+ 1.216s	40
9	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:06.215s	+ 1.376s	31
10	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:06.394s	+ 1.555s	36
11	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:06.400s	+ 1.561s	32
12	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:06.404s	+ 1.565s	23
13	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:06.427s	+ 1.588s	29
14	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:06.455s	+ 1.616s	42
15	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:06.479s	+ 1.640s	35
16	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:06.567s	+ 1.728s	32
17	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:06.612s	+ 1.773s	30
18	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:06.698s	+ 1.859s	30
19	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:06.871s	+ 2.032s	45
20	Robert Kubica	Williams	1:07.424s	+ 2.585s	38

Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:04.579s		37
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:04.755s	+ 0.176s	42
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:04.815s	+ 0.236s	53
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:05.031s	+ 0.452s	48
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:05.125s	+ 0.546s	48
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:05.265s	+ 0.686s	42
7	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:05.429s	+ 0.850s	38
8	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:05.559s	+ 0.980s	41
9	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:05.758s	+ 1.179s	31
10	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:05.930s	+ 1.351s	47
11	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:05.999s	+ 1.420s	38
12	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:06.096s	+ 1.517s	30
13	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:06.133s	+ 1.554s	43
14	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:06.199s	+ 1.620s	29
15	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:06.273s	+ 1.694s	42
16	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:06.326s	+ 1.747s	49
17	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:06.332s	+ 1.753s	55
18	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:06.354s	+ 1.775s	48
19	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:06.429s	+ 1.850s	33
20	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:06.626s	+ 2.047s	44

Free Practice 3 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:04.070s		22
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:04.099s	+ 0.029s	24
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:04.204s	+ 0.134s	24
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:04.470s	+ 0.400s	22
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:04.791s	+ 0.721s	14
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:04.891s	+ 0.821s	18
7	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:04.916s	+ 0.846s	17
8	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:05.013s	+ 0.943s	16
9	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:05.086s	+ 1.016s	22
10	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:05.219s	+ 1.149s	25
11	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:05.228s	+ 1.158s	19
12	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:05.264s	+ 1.194s	25
13	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:05.444s	+ 1.374s	21
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:05.448s	+ 1.378s	18
15	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:05.502s	+ 1.432s	24
16	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:05.699s	+ 1.629s	27
17	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:05.705s	+ 1.635s	23
18	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:05.837s	+ 1.767s	16
19	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:06.029s	+ 1.959s	23
20	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:06.318s	+ 2.248s	22

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:04.175s	1:03.756s	1:03.130s
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:04.080s	1:03.577s	1:03.149s
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:04.347s	1:03.544s	1:03.464s
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:04.234s	1:03.975s	1:03.660s
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:04.273s	1:04.001s	1:03.840s
6	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:04.242s	1:04.059s	1:03.892s
7	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:04.723s	1:04.403s	1:03.996s
8	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:04.460s	1:04.291s	1:04.051s
9	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:04.948s	1:04.561s	1:04.725s
10	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:04.864s	1:04.676s	1:05.019s
11	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:05.148s	1:04.845s
12	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:05.011s	1:04.874s
13	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:04.967s	1:04.979s
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:04.965s	1:05.058s
15	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:05.264s	1:05.286s
16	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:05.271s
17	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:05.279s
18	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:05.322s
19	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:05.366s
20	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:05.479s

Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	71 laps - 1:21:56.024s	1
2	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	+ 1.504s	1
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	+ 3.181s	1
4	Romain Grosjean	Haas	+ 1 lap	1
5	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+ 1 lap	1
6	Esteban Ocon	Force India	+ 1 lap	1
7	Sergio Pérez	Force India	+ 1 lap	1
8	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	+ 1 lap	1
9	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	+ 1 lap	1
10	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	+ 1 lap	1
11	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	+ 1 lap	1
12	Carlos Sainz	Renault	+ 1 lap	2
13	Lance Stroll	Williams	+ 2 laps	2
14	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	+ 2 laps	2
15	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	+ 6 laps	2
16	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	DNF	2
17	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	DNF	0
18	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	DNF	2
19	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	DNF	0
20	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	DNF	0

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