Germany 2018: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Vettel	Ferrari	1:12.538	1:12.505	1:11.212
2	Bottas	Mercedes	1:12.962	1:12.152	1:11.416	+0.204
3	Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:12.505	1:12.336	1:11.547	+0.335
4	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:13.127	1:12.188	1:11.822	+0.610
5	Magnussen	Haas	1:13.105	1:12.523	1:12.200	+0.988
6	Grosjean	Haas	1:12.986	1:12.722	1:12.544	+1.332
7	Hülkenberg	Renault	1:13.479	1:12.946	1:12.560	+1.348
8	Sainz Jr.	Renault	1:13.324	1:13.032	1:12.692	+1.480
9	Leclerc	Sauber	1:13.077	1:12.995	1:12.717	+1.505
10	Pérez	Force India	1:13.427	1:13.072	1:12.774	+1.562
11	Alonso	McLaren	1:13.614	1:13.657		+1.505
12	Sirotkin	Williams	1:13.708	1:13.702		+1.550
13	Ericsson	Sauber	1:13.562	1:13.736		+1.584
14	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:13.012			+0.507
15	Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:13.318			+0.813
16	Ocon	Force India	1:13.720			+1.215
17	Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:13.749			+1.244
18	Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:14.045			+1.540
19	Stroll	Williams	1:14.206			+1.701
20	Vandoorne	McLaren	1:14.401			+1.896

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine
1	Lewis HamiltonFastest lapDriver of the Day	Mercedes	14	67	1:32:29.845	1	Mercedes
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	2	67	+4.535	2	Mercedes
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	3	67	+6.732	2	Ferrari
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	4	67	+7.654	3	TAG Heuer
5	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	7	67	+26.609	3	Renault
6	Romain Grosjean	Haas	6	67	+28.871	3	Ferrari
7	Sergio Pérez	Force India	10	67	+30.556	1	Mercedes
8	Esteban Ocon	Force India	15	67	+31.750	1	Mercedes
9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	13	67	+32.362	1	Ferrari
10	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	16	67	+34.197	2	Honda
11	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	5	67	+34.919	3	Ferrari
12	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	8	67	+43.069	3	Renault
13	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	18	67	+46.617	2	Renault
14	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	20	66	+1 lap	2	Honda
15	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	9	66	+1 lap	3	Ferrari
16	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	11	65	Gearbox	3	Renault
DNF	Lance Stroll	Williams	17	53	Brakes	2	Mercedes
DNF	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1	51	Accident	1	Ferrari
DNF	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	12	51	Oil leak	2	Mercedes
DNF	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	19	27	Power loss	0	TAG Heuer

Starting grid vs qualifying

Ricciardo Qualified 15, started 19 · 20-place penalty
Gasly Qualified 17, started 20 · Penalty: start from the back of the grid

Penalties and pit lane starts. Everyone else moves up accordingly.

Race

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Places gained

Hamilton14→1+13
Ocon15→8+7
Hartley16→10+6
Gasly20→14+6
Vandoorne18→13+5
Ericsson13→9+4
Pérez10→7+3
Hülkenberg7→5+2
Bottas2→20
Räikkönen3→30
Verstappen4→40
Grosjean6→60
Sainz Jr.8→12-4
Alonso11→16-5
Magnussen5→11-6
Leclerc9→15-6

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Vettel18.657R25
2Ericsson18.840R38
3Alonso18.956R31
4Hamilton18.978R42
5Verstappen19.087R48
6Bottas19.188R28
7Leclerc19.267R20
8Verstappen19.297R46
9Hartley19.309R28
10Stroll19.476R27

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Hamilton42251 stop
Bottas2824152 stops
Räikkönen1439142 stops
Verstappen29172193 stops
Hülkenberg18334123 stops
Grosjean21304123 stops
Pérez22451 stop
Ocon25421 stop
Ericsson38291 stop
Hartley2824152 stops

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

Retirements

AlonsoGearbox, classified P16McLaren
StrollBrakesWilliams
VettelAccidentFerrari
SirotkinOil leakWilliams
RicciardoPower lossRed Bull

This race in history

35 races here since 1970Won from pole: 18 of 35

Win from furthest back (P18): Rubens Barrichello 2000

Most wins here

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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