Bahrain 2018: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Vettel	Ferrari	1:29.060	1:28.341	1:27.958
2	Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:28.951	1:28.515	1:28.101	+0.143
3	Bottas	Mercedes	1:29.275	1:28.794	1:28.124	+0.166
4	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:29.396	1:28.458	1:28.220	+0.262
5	Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:29.552	1:28.962	1:28.398	+0.440
6	Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:30.121	1:29.836	1:29.329	+1.371
7	Magnussen	Haas	1:29.594	1:29.623	1:29.358	+1.400
8	Hülkenberg	Renault	1:30.260	1:29.187	1:29.570	+1.612
9	Ocon	Force India	1:30.338	1:30.009	1:29.874	+1.916
10	Sainz Jr.	Renault	1:29.893	1:29.802	1:29.986	+2.028
11	Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:30.412	1:30.105		+1.764
12	Pérez	Force India	1:30.218	1:30.156		+1.815
13	Alonso	McLaren	1:30.530	1:30.212		+1.871
14	Vandoorne	McLaren	1:30.479	1:30.525		+2.184
15	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:29.374			+0.423
16	Grosjean	Haas	1:30.530			+1.579
17	Ericsson	Sauber	1:31.063			+2.112
18	Sirotkin	Williams	1:31.414			+2.463
19	Leclerc	Sauber	1:31.420			+2.469
20	Stroll	Williams	1:31.503			+2.552

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	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1	57	1:32:01.940	1	Ferrari
2	Valtteri BottasFastest lap	Mercedes	3	57	+0.699	1	Mercedes
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	9	57	+6.512	1	Mercedes
4	Pierre GaslyDriver of the Day	Toro Rosso	5	57	+1:02.234	2	Honda
5	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	6	57	+1:15.046	2	Ferrari
6	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	7	57	+1:39.024	2	Renault
7	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	13	56	+1 lap	2	Renault
8	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	14	56	+1 lap	2	Renault
9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	17	56	+1 lap	1	Ferrari
10	Esteban Ocon	Force India	8	56	+1 lap	2	Mercedes
11	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	10	56	+1 lap	2	Renault
12	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	19	56	+1 lap	2	Ferrari
13	Romain Grosjean	Haas	16	56	+1 lap	3	Ferrari
14	Lance Stroll	Williams	20	56	+1 lap	2	Mercedes
15	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	18	56	+1 lap	2	Mercedes
16	Sergio Pérez	Force India	12	56	+1 lap	2	Mercedes
17	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	11	56	+1 lap	2	Honda
DNF	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	2	35	Wheel	1	Ferrari
DNF	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	15	3	Transmission	1	TAG Heuer
DNF	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	4	1	Electrical	0	TAG Heuer

Starting grid vs qualifying

Hamilton Qualified 4, started 9 · 5-place penalty

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

Race

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Places gained

Ericsson17→9+8
Leclerc19→12+7
Hamilton9→3+6
Alonso13→7+6
Vandoorne14→8+6
Stroll20→14+6
Grosjean16→13+3
Sirotkin18→15+3
Bottas3→2+1
Gasly5→4+1
Magnussen6→5+1
Hülkenberg7→6+1
Vettel1→10
Sainz Jr.10→11-1
Ocon8→10-2
Pérez12→16-4
Hartley11→17-6

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

Fastest pit stops

1Hamilton24.302R26
2Hülkenberg24.382R39
3Hülkenberg24.454R15
4Vettel24.524R18
5Alonso24.581R39
6Ocon24.596R35
7Magnussen24.629R27
8Stroll24.638R30
9Sirotkin24.672R22
10Pérez24.677R32

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

Stints of the top 10

Vettel18391 stop
Bottas20371 stop
Hamilton26311 stop
Gasly1519232 stops
Magnussen1314302 stops
Hülkenberg1524182 stops
Alonso1425172 stops · +1 lap
Vandoorne1018282 stops · +1 lap
Ericsson23331 stop · +1 lap
Ocon1520212 stops · +1 lap

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

This race in history

13 races here since 2004Won from pole: 5 of 13

Win from furthest back (P4): Fernando Alonso 2006

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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