2018 Austrian Grand Prix - wikipedia 2018 Austrian Grand Prix 2018 Austrian Grand Prix Race 9 of 21 in the 2018 Formula One World Championship ← Previous race Next race → Layout of the Red Bull Ring Race details Date 1 July 2018 Official name Formula 1 Eyetime Großer Preis von Österreich 2018 Location Red Bull Ring Spielberg, Styria, Austria Course Permanent racing facility Course length 4.318 km ( 2.683 mi ) Distance 71 laps, 306.452 km ( 190.420 mi ) Weather Sunny Pole position Driver Valtteri Bottas Mercedes Time 1 : 03.130 Fastest lap Driver Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari Time 1 : 06.957 on lap 71 ( lap record ) Podium First Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing - TAG Heuer Second Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari Third Sebastian Vettel Ferrari Lap leaders The 2018 Austrian Grand Prix ( formally known as the Formula 1 Eyetime Großer Preis von Österreich 2018 ) was a Formula One motor race held on 1 July 2018 at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria. The race, which was contested over seventy - one laps, was the ninth round of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship, and marked the 32nd running of the Austrian Grand Prix and the 31st time it had been held as a round of the Formula One World Championship since the series inception in 1950. Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton entered the round with a fourteen - point lead over Sebastian Vettel in the drivers ' championship. In the constructors ' championship, Mercedes held a twenty - five - point lead over Ferrari. The race was won by Max Verstappen for Red Bull, marking the first time that Red Bull has won at their home Grand Prix. This race also marked the first double retirement for Mercedes since the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix and the first retirement for Hamilton since the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix. Contents 1 Report 1.1 Background 1.2 Qualifying 1.3 Race 2 Classification 2.1 Qualifying 2.2 Race 2.3 Championship standings after the race 3 See also 4 References 5 External links Report Background The circuit included three drag reduction system ( DRS ) zones for the first time. These included a zone along the main straight, with the second zone on the straight from Turn 1 to Turns 2 and 3, and a third zone extending from Turn 3 to Turn 4. Qualifying In Q2, Carlos Sainz had to avoid Vettel, who was going slowly on the racing line. Vettel was later awarded a 3 place grid penalty for the incident. Mercedes locked out the front row in Q3 and Valtteri Bottas took his first pole of 2018. The Ferraris locked out the second row however Romain Grosjean outqualified Daniel Ricciardo to take P6. Race Bottas had a poor start from pole position. Initially passed by Hamilton, Räikkönen and Verstappen, he reclaimed P2 overtaking Verstappen and Räikkönen around the outside of Turn 4. Stoffel Vandoorne broke his front wing at Turn 3, requiring a pitstop, dropping him to the back of the field. On lap 12, Nico Hülkenberg 's engine failed on the start / finish straight, causing his immediate retirement from the race. On lap 14, Bottas retired with a gearbox failure, causing a Virtual Safety Car. During the VSC period, Ferrari and Red Bull pitted both their cars. However Mercedes chose not to pit Hamilton. Hamilton pitted on lap 25, and rejoined in P4, ahead of Vettel, who overtook him on lap 39. On lap 54 Ricciardo retired with an exhaust problem and then Brendon Hartley retired on the next lap with a hydraulics issue. Hamilton retired on lap 64 with a fuel pressure problem giving Mercedes only their 2nd double retirement since returning to F1 and Hamilton 's first retirement since the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix. Verstappen won the race, giving Red Bull their first win at the Red Bull Ring, and Verstappen his first win of the season. The Haas cars finished P4 and P5, giving them their best points finish ever and Grosjean his first points of the season. Classification Qualifying Pos. Car no. Driver Constructor Qualifying times Final grid Q1 Q2 Q3 77 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1 : 04.175 1 : 03.756 1 : 03.130 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1 : 04.080 1 : 03.577 1 : 03.149 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1 : 04.347 1 : 03.544 1 : 03.464 6 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1 : 04.234 1 : 03.975 1 : 03.660 5 33 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing - TAG Heuer 1 : 04.273 1 : 04.001 1 : 03.840 6 8 Romain Grosjean Haas - Ferrari 1 : 04.242 1 : 04.059 1 : 03.892 5 7 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing - TAG Heuer 1 : 04.723 1 : 04.403 1 : 03.996 7 8 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas - Ferrari 1 : 04.460 1 : 04.291 1 : 04.051 8 9 55 Carlos Sainz Jr. Renault 1 : 04.948 1 : 04.561 1 : 04.725 9 10 27 Nico Hülkenberg Renault 1 : 04.864 1 : 04.676 1 : 05.019 10 11 31 Esteban Ocon Force India - Mercedes 1 : 05.148 1 : 04.845 11 12 10 Pierre Gasly Scuderia Toro Rosso - Honda 1 : 05.011 1 : 04.874 12 13 16 Charles Leclerc Sauber - Ferrari 1 : 04.967 1 : 04.979 17 14 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren - Renault 1 : 04.965 1 : 05.058 PL 15 18 Lance Stroll Williams - Mercedes 1 : 05.264 1 : 05.286 13 16 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren - Renault 1 : 05.271 14 17 11 Sergio Pérez Force India - Mercedes 1 : 05.279 15 18 35 Sergey Sirotkin Williams - Mercedes 1 : 05.322 16 19 28 Brendon Hartley Scuderia Toro Rosso - Honda 1 : 05.366 19 20 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber - Ferrari 1 : 05.479 18 107 % time : 1 : 08.565 Source : Notes ^ 1 -- Sebastian Vettel received a three - place grid penalty for impeding Carlos Sainz Jr. in Q2. ^ 2 -- Charles Leclerc received a five - place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change. ^ 3 -- Fernando Alonso required to start from the pit lane for changing to a new specification of front wing assembly and a new MGU - K. ^ 4 -- Brendon Hartley received a 35 - place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of power unit components. Race Pos. No. Driver Constructor Laps Time / Retired Grid Points 33 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing - TAG Heuer 71 1 : 21 : 56.024 25 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 71 + 1.504 18 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 71 + 3.181 6 15 8 Romain Grosjean Haas - Ferrari 70 + 1 lap 5 12 5 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas - Ferrari 70 + 1 lap 8 10 6 31 Esteban Ocon Force India - Mercedes 70 + 1 lap 11 8 7 11 Sergio Pérez Force India - Mercedes 70 + 1 lap 15 6 8 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren - Renault 70 + 1 lap PL 9 16 Charles Leclerc Sauber - Ferrari 70 + 1 lap 17 10 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber - Ferrari 70 + 1 lap 18 11 10 Pierre Gasly Scuderia Toro Rosso - Honda 70 + 1 lap 12 12 55 Carlos Sainz Jr. Renault 70 + 1 lap 9 13 35 Sergey Sirotkin Williams - Mercedes 69 + 2 laps 16 14 18 Lance Stroll Williams - Mercedes 69 + 2 laps 13 15 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren - Renault 65 Collision damage 14 Ret 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 62 Fuel pressure Ret 28 Brendon Hartley Scuderia Toro Rosso - Honda 54 Hydraulics 19 Ret Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing - TAG Heuer 53 Exhaust 7 Ret 77 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 13 Hydraulics Ret 27 Nico Hülkenberg Renault 11 Engine 10 Source : Notes ^ 1 -- Lance Stroll originally finished 13th, but had 10 seconds added to his race time for ignoring blue flags. ^ 2 -- Stoffel Vandoorne retired from the race, but was classified as he completed more than 90 % of the race distance. Championship standings after the race Drivers ' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points Sebastian Vettel 146 Lewis Hamilton 145 Kimi Räikkönen 101 Daniel Ricciardo 96 5 Max Verstappen 93 Constructors ' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points Ferrari 247 Mercedes 237 Red Bull Racing - TAG Heuer 189 Renault 62 5 Haas - Ferrari 49 See also 2018 Red Bull Ring FIA Formula 2 round References Jump up ^ `` Austria ''. Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. Retrieved 22 June 2018. Jump up ^ Coch, Mat ( 26 June 2018 ). `` Third DRS zone added for Austrian Grand Prix ''. speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 26 June 2018. Jump up ^ `` Formula 1 Eyetime Grosser Preis von Österreich 2018 -- Qualifying ''. Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018. Jump up ^ `` Formula 1 Eyetime Grosser Preis von Österreich 2018 -- Race Result ''. Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018. 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Question: who has won the austrian grand prix 2018
Answer: Max Verstappen