2018 German Grand Prix

The 2018 German Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Emirates Großer Preis von Deutschland 2018) was the eleventh race of the 2018 Formula One season. Having been absent in , it was the sixty-third time the German Grand Prix will be held on the Formula One calendar, and the thirty-sixth time it will be held at the Hockenheimring. It was held between 20 July and 22 July 2018.
In qualifying, Sebastian Vettel took his fifty-fifth pole position, while his championship rival Lewis Hamilton only qualified fifteenth on the grid after he suffered a hydraulic issue at the end of Q1 and could not compete in Q2, although he moved up to fourteenth on the grid after Daniel Ricciardo was demoted to the back of the grid for exceeding the use of engine parts. Valtteri Bottas qualified second after his fastest time was beaten by Vettel last-minute, and Kimi Räikkönen settled for third on the grid.
Hamilton won the Grand Prix from 14th on the grid, leading a Mercedes 1–2 ahead of Bottas after Vettel, who has been leading for most of the race, crashed out in light rain conditions. The race was not without controversy as Hamilton was seen to abort a pit stop late in the race, cutting across the infield to rejoin the circuit which was against the international sporting code. He was reprimanded for the rules violation but was allowed to keep his race win. As a result of the race, Mercedes and Hamilton advanced to first place from second in the Constructors' and the Drivers' championship standings respectively.
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==Background==
A third DRS zone will be added, located along the start/finish straight.
==Entry list==
No. 	Driver 	Entrant 	Constructor 	Chassis 	Engine 	Model 	Tyre
44 	Lewis Hamilton 	Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport	 	W09 EQ Power+ 	 	M09 EQ Power+ 	
77 	Valtteri Bottas 	Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport	 	W09 EQ Power+ 	 	M09 EQ Power+ 	
5 	Sebastian Vettel 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	SF71H 	 	062 EVO 	
7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	SF71H 	 	062 EVO 	
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	Aston Martin Red Bull Racing 	 	RB14 	 	TAG Heuer 	
33 	Max Verstappen 	Aston Martin Red Bull Racing 	 	RB14 	 	TAG Heuer 	
11 	Sergio Pérez 	Sahara Force India F1 Team 	 	VJM11 	 	M09 EQ Power+ 	
31 	Esteban Ocon 	Sahara Force India F1 Team 	 	VJM11 	 	M09 EQ Power+ 	
18 	Lance Stroll 	Williams Martini Racing 	 	FW41 	 	M09 EQ Power+ 	
35 	Sergey Sirotkin 	Williams Martini Racing 	 	FW41 	 	M09 EQ Power+ 	
27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	Renault Sport Formula One Team 	 	R.S.18 	 	R.E.18 	
55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	Renault Sport Formula One Team 	 	R.S.18 	 	R.E.18 	
28 	Brendon Hartley 	Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda 	 	STR13 	 	RA618H 	
10 	Pierre Gasly 	Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda 	 	STR13 	 	RA618H 	
8 	Romain Grosjean 	Haas F1 Team 	 	VF-18 	 	062 EVO 	
20 	Kevin Magnussen 	Haas F1 Team 	 	VF-18 	 	062 EVO 	
14 	Fernando Alonso 	McLaren F1 Team 	 	MCL33 	 	R.E.18 	
2 	Stoffel Vandoorne 	McLaren F1 Team 	 	MCL33 	 	R.E.18 	
9 	Marcus Ericsson 	Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team 	 	C37 	 	062 EVO 	
16 	Charles Leclerc 	Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team 	 	C37 	 	062 EVO 	
Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only 	Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only
34 	Nicholas Latifi 	Sahara Force India F1 Team 	 	VJM11 	 	M09 EQ Power+ 	
36 	Antonio Giovinazzi 	Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team 	 	C37 	 	062 EVO 	
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==Practice Overview==
===FP1===
===FP2===
===FP3===
===Practice Results===
No 	Driver 	Team 	FP1 	 	FP2 	 	FP3 	 	 	 	 	 	
No 	Driver 	Team 	Time 	Pos 	Time 	Pos 	Time 	Pos 	 	 	 	 	
2 	Stoffel Vandoorne 	 	1:16.149	20 	1:15.454	20 	No Time 	14 	 	 	 	 	
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	1:13.525	1 	1:14.682	13 	No Time 	15 	 	 	 	 	
5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	1:13.796	4 	1:13.310	4 	1:35.573	4 	 	 	 	 	
7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	1:14.267	6 	1:13.427	5 	1:37.755	8 	 	 	 	 	
8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	1:14.691	7 	1:13.973	6 	No Time 	10 	 	 	 	 	
9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	 	1:14.783	14 	1:35.000	2 	 	 	 	 	 	
10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	1:16.071	18 	1:14.793	15 	1:35.659	5 	 	 	 	 	
11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	1:15.415	11 	1:14.552	11 	No Time 	19 	 	 	 	 	
14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	1:15.544	12 	1:14.836	17 	No Time 	13 	 	 	 	 	
16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	1:15.097	9 	1:14.374	8 	1:34.577	1 	 	 	 	 	
18 	Lance Stroll 	 	1:15.629	13 	1:15.269	18 	1:38.393	9 	 	 	 	 	
20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	1:14.853	8 	1:14.189	7 	No Time 	11 	 	 	 	 	
27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	1:15.282	10 	1:14.496	9 	1:36.873	7 	 	 	 	 	
28 	Brendon Hartley 	 	1:15.864	15 	1:14.830	16 	1:36.151	6 	 	 	 	 	
31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	 	1:14.508	10 	No Time 	18 	 	 	 	 	 	
33 	Max Verstappen 	 	1:13.714	3 	1:13.085	1 	No Time 	12 	 	 	 	 	
34 	Nicholas Latifi 	 	1:16.023	17 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
35 	Sergey Sirotkin 	 	1:15.876	16 	1:15.408	19 	1:35.334	3 	 	 	 	 	
36 	Antonio Giovinazzi	 	1:16.136	19 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	1:13.529	2 	1:13.111	2 	No Time 	20 	 	 	 	 	
55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	1:15.769	14 	1:14.592	12 	No Time 	16 	 	 	 	 	
77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	1:13.903	5 	1:13.190	3 	No Time 	17 	 	 	 	 	
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==Qualifying==
===Q1===
===Q2===
===Q3===
===Qualifying Results===
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	 	Q1 	Q1 	 	Q2 	Q2 	 	Q3 	Q3 	Grid
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	 	Pos 	Time 	 	Pos 	Time 	 	Pos 	Time 	Grid
1 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	 	2 	1:12.538 	 	4 	1:12.505 	 	1 	1:11.212 	1
2 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	 	3 	1:12.962 	 	1 	1:12.152 	 	2 	1:11.416 	2
3 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	 	1 	1:12.505 	 	3 	1:12.336 	 	3 	1:11.547 	3
4 	33 	Max Verstappen 	 	 	8 	1:13.127 	 	2 	1:12.188 	 	4 	1:11.822 	4
5 	20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	 	7 	1:13.105 	 	5 	1:12.523 	 	5 	1:12.200 	5
6 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	 	4 	1:12.986 	 	6 	1:12.722 	 	6 	1:12.544 	6
7 	27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	 	12 	1:13.479 	 	7 	1:12.946 	 	7 	1:12.560 	7
8 	55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	 	10 	1:13.324 	 	9 	1:13.032 	 	8 	1:12.692 	8
9 	16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	 	6 	1:13.077 	 	8 	1:12.995 	 	9 	1:12.717 	9
10 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	 	11 	1:13.427 	 	10 	1:13.072 	 	10 	1:12.774 	10
11 	14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	 	14 	1:13.614 	 	11 	1:13.657 	 	 	 	11
12 	35 	Sergey Sirotkin 	 	 	15 	1:13.708 	 	12 	1:13.702 	 	 	 	12
13 	9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	 	13 	1:13.562 	 	13 	1:13.736 	 	 	 	13
14 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	 	5 	1:13.012 	 	14 	no time 	 	 	 	14
15 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	 	9 	1:13.318 	 	15 	no time 	 	 	 	20*
16 	31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	 	16 	1:13.720 	 	 	 	 	 	 	15
17 	10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	 	17 	1:13.749 	 	 	 	 	 	 	16
18 	28 	Brendon Hartley 	 	 	18 	1:14.045 	 	 	 	 	 	 	17
19 	18 	Lance Stroll 	 	 	19 	1:14.206 	 	 	 	 	 	 	18
20 	2 	Stoffel Vandoorne 	 	 	20 	1:14.401 	 	 	 	 	 	 	19
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** Ricciardo was forced to start from the back of the grid with the use of his third MGU-K), third ES and third (CE).
===Grid===
* Note - Gasly and Ricciardo start from back of grid due to multiple replacement power unit elements.
==Race==
===Report===
The race started under clear weather conditions. Vettel held his lead from the top five while Hamilton was in a recovery charge. By the 25th lap Vettel had built a 5-second lead ahead of Bottas when he pitted from the lead to switch from ultrasofts to softs. His teammate Raikkonen however, pitted first on Lap 14, and thus was leading when Vettel came out of his stop. As Vettel was stuck behind his teammate with his tires haven't been warmed up, Ferrari's engineering director Jock Clear issued a team order to Raikkonen, instructing him to let Vettel by.
Hamilton had recovered to seventh by Lap 8, but Ricciardo, who also started back of the grid with Hamilton, didn't fare well as his engine failed on the 27th lap, forcing him into his retirement.
As the race progressed, the weather became overcast. Hamilton pitted on Lap 43 into ultrasofts, and drizzle fell shortly after his stop, prompting a number of drivers to pit for intermediate tires. An unusual stop came from Gasly, as he went into full wet tires and ran wide into the gravel trap. Leclerc had a 360 spin at Turn 1 but managed to get going.
On Lap 51, Raikkonen lost a position to Bottas having been impeded by a lapping Magnussen. As Perez spun and recovered, Vettel, who had been leading, got caught up by the mild wet conditions and ended up in the barrier at the Sachskurve, ultimately retiring. Having been denied another potential victory at Hockenheim, Vettel pounded on the steering wheel and blamed himself.
Vettel's retirement caused the safety car to be deployed, triggering a flurry of pit stops. Hamilton controversially aborted a planned pit stop due to confusion inquiring whether Raikkonen had pitted or not. He cut across the infield from the pit entry to rejoin the circuit. As a result, Hamilton now led the race. As the safety car went in and the race restarted on Lap 57, Bottas went all-out against Hamilton, going wheel-to-wheel with him at Turn 6, but a team order was issued, instructing Bottas to hold position. The order remained until the end of the race. Hamilton won from Bottas after starting from 14th with Raikkonen completing the podium. Verstappen, who was one of the drivers gambling on intermediates, finished in 4th. Renault's Hulkenberg finished as the best of the rest in 5th. Completing the points finishing positions were Grosjean, Perez, Ocon, Ericsson and Hartley, who benefitted from a 10-second time penalty to Sainz for passing during the safety car period. Both Williams drivers Stroll and Sirotkin and Alonso joined Vettel and Ricciardo as the race's retirements.
Dieter Zetsche Mercedes team joined on the podium to receive the winning manufacturer's award.
===Results===
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Constructor	Laps 	Time/Retired 	Grid 	Points
1 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	67 	1:32:29.845 	14 	25
2 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	67 	+ 4.535 	2 	18
3 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	67 	+ 6.732 	3 	15
4 	33 	Max Verstappen 	 	67 	+ 7.654 	4 	12
5 	27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	67 	+ 26.609 	7 	10
6 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	67 	+ 28.871 	6 	8
7 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	67 	+ 30.556 	10 	6
8 	31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	67 	+ 31.750 	15 	4
9 	9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	67 	+ 32.362 	13 	2
10 	28 	Brendon Hartley 	 	67 	+ 34.197 	16 	1
11 	20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	67 	+ 34.919 	5 	
12 	55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	 	67 	+ 43.069* 	8 	
13 	2 	Stoffel Vandoorne	 	67 	+ 46.617 	18 	
14 	10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	66 	+ 1 Lap 	20 	
15 	16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	66 	+ 1 Lap 	9 	
16 	14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	65 	Retired 	11 	
Ret 	18 	Lance Stroll 	 	53 	Mechanical 	17 	
Ret 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	51 	Brakes/Accident	1 	
Ret 	35 	Sergey Sirotkin 	 	51 	Clutch 	12 	
Ret 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	27 	Gear Selection 	19 	
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* - Carlos Sainz received a 10-second penalty for passing during a safety car period.
==Milestones==
==Standings==
 
Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts. 	+/-
1 	Lewis Hamilton 	188 	1
2 	Sebastian Vettel 	171 	1
3 	Kimi Räikkönen 	131 	
4 	Valtteri Bottas 	122 	1
5 	Daniel Ricciardo 	106 	1
6 	Max Verstappen 	105 	
7 	Nico Hülkenberg 	52 	
8 	Fernando Alonso 	40 	
9 	Kevin Magnussen 	39 	
10 	Sergio Pérez 	30 	2
11 	Esteban Ocon 	29 	
12 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	28 	2
13 	Romain Grosjean 	20 	2
14 	Pierre Gasly 	18 	1
15 	Charles Leclerc 	13 	1
16 	Stoffel Vandoorne 	8 	
17 	Marcus Ericsson 	5 	1
18 	Lance Stroll 	4 	1
19 	Brendon Hartley 	2 	
Constructors World Championship	Constructors World Championship	Constructors World Championship	Constructors World Championship
Pos. 	Team 	Pts. 	+/-
1 	 	310 	1
2 	 	302 	1
3 	 	211 	
4 	 	80 	
5 	 	59 	1
6 	 	59 	1
7 	 	48 	
8 	 	20 	
9 	 	18 	
10 	 	4 	
Only point scoring drivers are shown.
==Notes==
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