F1 News, Reports and Race Results

2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Results

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

Session Reports

FP1: Red Bull and Verstappen lead the way in Abu Dhabi

FP2: Bottas puts Mercedes in charge in Abu Dhabi

FP3: Hamilton keeps Mercedes ahead in Abu Dhabi

Qualifying: Hamilton and Bottas deliver final Mercedes lock-out of 2018

Race: Hamilton finishes off 2018 with victory in Abu Dhabi

Photos

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

Gallery: All the pictures from practice day in Abu Dhabi

Gallery: All the pictures from qualifying day in Abu Dhabi

Gallery: All the pictures from race day in Abu Dhabi

Results

Free Practice 1 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:38.491s		27
2	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:38.945s	+ 0.454s	19
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:39.452s	+ 0.961s	29
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:39.543s	+ 1.052s	26
5	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:40.102s	+ 1.611s	26
6	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:40.235s	+ 1.744s	21
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:40.417s	+ 1.926s	24
8	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:40.453s	+ 1.962s	21
9	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:40.588s	+ 2.097s	21
10	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:40.663s	+ 2.172s	24
11	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:40.671s	+ 2.180s	17
12	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:41.023s	+ 2.532s	24
13	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:41.075s	+ 2.584s	23
14	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:41.137s	+ 2.646s	26
15	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:41.493s	+ 3.002s	22
16	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	1:41.662s	+ 3.171s	24
17	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:41.928s	+ 3.437s	22
18	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:42.114s	+ 3.623s	22
19	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:42.313s	+ 3.822s	16
20	Robert Kubica	Williams	1:42.992s	+ 4.501s	26

Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:37.236s		36
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:37.280s	+ 0.044s	31
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:37.428s	+ 0.192s	30
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:37.443s	+ 0.207s	34
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:37.461s	+ 0.225s	39
6	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:37.569s	+ 0.333s	38
7	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:38.060s	+ 0.824s	29
8	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:38.230s	+ 0.994s	35
9	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:38.318s	+ 1.082s	29
10	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:38.402s	+ 1.166s	32
11	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:38.506s	+ 1.270s	31
12	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:38.511s	+ 1.275s	36
13	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:38.725s	+ 1.489s	34
14	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:38.806s	+ 1.570s	30
15	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:38.831s	+ 1.595s	32
16	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:38.957s	+ 1.721s	34
17	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:39.502s	+ 2.266s	35
18	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:39.938s	+ 2.702s	17
19	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:40.046s	+ 2.810s	32
20	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:40.935s	+ 3.699s	38

Free Practice 3 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:37.176s		16
2	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:37.464s	+ 0.288s	18
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:37.587s	+ 0.411s	14
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:37.747s	+ 0.571s	14
5	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:37.933s	+ 0.757s	15
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:38.090s	+ 0.914s	11
7	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:38.304s	+ 1.128s	13
8	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:38.850s	+ 1.674s	15
9	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:38.970s	+ 1.794s	15
10	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:39.011s	+ 1.835s	7
11	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:39.053s	+ 1.877s	14
12	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:39.074s	+ 1.898s	17
13	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:39.282s	+ 2.106s	9
14	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:39.612s	+ 2.436s	12
15	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:39.740s	+ 2.564s	12
16	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:39.974s	+ 2.798s	12
17	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:39.997s	+ 2.821s	19
18	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:40.117s	+ 2.941s	18
19	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:40.233s	+ 3.057s	13
20	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:41.182s	+ 4.006s	21

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:36.828s	1:35.693s	1:34.794s
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:36.789s	1:36.392s	1:34.956s
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:36.775s	1:36.345s	1:35.125s
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:37.010s	1:36.735s	1:35.365s
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:37.117s	1:36.964s	1:35.401s
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:37.195s	1:36.144s	1:35.589s
7	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:37.575s	1:36.732s	1:36.192s
8	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:37.124s	1:36.580s	1:36.237s
9	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:36.936s	1:36.814s	1:36.540s
10	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:37.569s	1:36.630s	1:36.542s
11	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:37.757s	1:36.982s
12	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:37.619s	1:37.132s
13	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:37.934s	1:37.309s
14	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:37.255s	1:37.541s
15	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:37.890s	1:37.743s
16	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:37.994s
17	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:38.166s
18	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:38.577s
19	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:38.635s
20	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:38.682s

Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	55 laps - 1:39:40.382s	1
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	+ 2.581s	1
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+ 12.706s	1
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	+ 15.379s	1
5	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	+ 47.957s	2
6	Carlos Sainz	Renault	+ 72.548s	1
7	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	+ 90.789s	1
8	Sergio Pérez	Force India	+ 91.275s	1
9	Romain Grosjean	Haas	+ 1 lap	1
10	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+ 1 lap	1
11	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	+ 1 lap	1
12	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	+ 1 lap	1
13	Lance Stroll	Williams	+ 1 lap	1
14	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	+ 1 lap	1
15	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	+ 1 lap	1
16	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	DNF	1
17	Esteban Ocon	Force India	DNF	1
18	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	DNF	0
19	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	DNF	0
20	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	DNF	0

Gallery: The beautiful wives and girlfriends of F1 drivers

Keep up to date with all the F1 news via Facebook and Twitter

Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.