2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

The 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 2018 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix) was the twenty-first and final race of the 2018 Formula One season, and the tenth time the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was held. It was held between 23 November and 25 November 2018.
In qualifying, Lewis Hamilton took his eighty-third pole position. Valtteri Bottas qualified second to take another front-row lockout for , while Sebastian Vettel qualified third.
In the race, Hamilton made a good start to keep the lead, before the safety car was deployed on the first lap after Nico Hülkenberg collided with Romain Grosjean and barrel-rolled into the tyre barrier. The safety car came in at the end of lap 4, but the virtual safety car was soon deployed on lap 7 after Kimi Räikkönen stopped on the start/finish straight with a problem on his car. Hamilton took his pit stop at the end of the lap before the virtual safety car ended on the next lap, and took back the lead after Daniel Ricciardo pitted at the end of lap 33. Bottas lost second place to Vettel on lap 35 after having a lockup, and was then passed by Max Verstappen on lap 38, but not without making contact. Bottas then lost fourth place to Ricciardo on the following lap. Hamilton went on to take his seventy-third win overall, breaking the record of scoring the most points in a season with 408 points. Vettel and Verstappen completed the podium respectively. Fernando Alonso, who was making his final F1 race, finished 11th and he was flanked by both Hamilton and Vettel, performing donuts on the pit straight when the race ended.
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==Background==
To celebrate Fernando Alonso's final race, used a one-off livery on his car, marking the first time they have used a one-off livery since the 1986 Portuguese Grand Prix.
==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 	Racing Point Force India F1 Team	 	VJM11 	 	M09 EQ Power+ 	
31 	Esteban Ocon 	Racing Point 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 	
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36 	Antonio Giovinazzi 	Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team 	 	C37 	 	062 EVO 	
40 	Robert Kubica 	Williams Martini Racing 	 	FW41 	 	M09 EQ Power+ 	
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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 	 	1:42.114	18 	1:39.938	18 	1:40.233	19 	 	 	 	 	
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	1:38.945	2 	1:37.428	3 	1:38.090	6 	 	 	 	 	
5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	1:40.453	8 	1:37.569	6 	1:37.587	3 	 	 	 	 	
7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	1:40.417	7 	1:37.461	5 	1:37.464	2 	 	 	 	 	
8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	1:40.663	10 	1:38.060	7 	1:38.304	7 	 	 	 	 	
9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	1:41.928	17 	1:39.502	17 	1:39.997	17 	 	 	 	 	
10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	1:40.671	11 	1:38.506	11 	1:39.740	15 	 	 	 	 	
11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	1:41.075	13 	1:38.806	14 	1:39.053	11 	 	 	 	 	
14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	1:42.313	19 	1:38.725	13 	1:39.974	16 	 	 	 	 	
16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	 	1:38.831	15 	1:39.282	13 	 	 	 	 	 	
18 	Lance Stroll 	 	1:41.493	15 	1:40.046	19 	1:40.117	18 	 	 	 	 	
20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	1:40.235	6 	1:38.318	9 	1:39.612	14 	 	 	 	 	
27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	1:41.023	12 	1:38.230	8 	1:38.850	8 	 	 	 	 	
28 	Brendon Hartley 	 	1:41.137	14 	1:38.957	16 	1:39.074	12 	 	 	 	 	
31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	1:40.102	5 	1:38.402	10 	1:39.011	10 	 	 	 	 	
33 	Max Verstappen 	 	1:38.491	1 	1:37.280	2 	1:37.747	4 	 	 	 	 	
35 	Sergey Sirotkin 	 	 	1:40.935	20 	1:41.182	20 	 	 	 	 	 	
36 	Antonio Giovinazzi	 	1:41.662	16 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
40 	Robert Kubica 	 	1:42.992	20 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	1:39.543	4 	1:37.443	4 	1:37.176	1 	 	 	 	 	
55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	1:40.588	9 	1:38.511	12 	1:38.970	9 	 	 	 	 	
77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	1:39.452	3 	1:37.236	1 	1:37.933	5 	 	 	 	 	
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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 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	 	3 	1:36.828 	 	1 	1:35.693 	 	1 	1:34.794 	1
2 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	 	2 	1:36.789 	 	4 	1:36.392 	 	2 	1:34.956 	2
3 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	 	1 	1:36.775 	 	3 	1:36.345 	 	3 	1:35.125 	3
4 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	 	5 	1:37.010 	 	7 	1:35.735 	 	4 	1:35.365 	4
5 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	 	6 	1:37.117 	 	10 	1:36.964 	 	5 	1:35.401 	5
6 	33 	Max Verstappen 	 	 	8 	1:37.195 	 	2 	1:36.144 	 	6 	1:35.589 	6
7 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	 	11 	1:37.575 	 	7 	1:36.732 	 	7 	1:36.192 	7
8 	16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	 	7 	1:37.124 	 	5 	1:36.580 	 	8 	1:36.237 	8
9 	31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	 	4 	1:36.936 	 	9 	1:36.814 	 	9 	1:36.540 	9
10 	27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	 	10 	1:37.569 	 	6 	1:36.630 	 	10 	1:36.542 	10
11 	55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	 	13 	1:37.757 	 	11 	1:36.982 	 	 	 	11
12 	9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	 	12 	1:37.619 	 	12 	1:37.132 	 	 	 	12
13 	20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	 	15 	1:37.934 	 	13 	1:37.309 	 	 	 	13
14 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	 	9 	1:37.255 	 	14 	1:37.541 	 	 	 	14
15 	14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	 	14 	1:37.890 	 	15 	1:37.743 	 	 	 	15
16 	28 	Brendon Hartley 	 	 	16 	1:37.994 	 	 	 	 	 	 	16
17 	10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	 	17 	1:38.166 	 	 	 	 	 	 	17
18 	2 	Stoffel Vandoorne 	 	 	18 	1:38.577 	 	 	 	 	 	 	18
19 	35 	Sergey Sirotkin 	 	 	19 	1:38.635 	 	 	 	 	 	 	19
20 	18 	Lance Stroll 	 	 	20 	1:38.682 	 	 	 	 	 	 	20
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===Grid===
==Race==
===Report===
===Results===
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Constructor	Laps 	Time/Retired 	Grid 	Points
1 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	55 	1h 39m 40.382s	1 	25
2 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	55 	+2.581s 	3 	18
3 	33 	Max Verstappen 	 	55 	+12.706s 	6 	15
4 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	55 	+15.379s 	5 	12
5 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	55 	+47.957s 	2 	10
6 	55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	 	55 	+72.548s 	11 	8
7 	16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	55 	+90.789s 	8 	6
8 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	55 	+91.275s 	14 	4
9 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	54 	+1 Lap 	7 	2
10 	20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	54 	+1 Lap 	13 	1
11 	14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	54 	+1 Lap* 	15 	
12 	28 	Brendon Hartley 	 	54 	+1 Lap 	16 	
13 	18 	Lance Stroll 	 	54 	+1 Lap 	20 	
14 	2 	Stoffel Vandoorne	 	54 	+1 Lap 	18 	
15 	35 	Sergey Sirotkin 	 	54 	+1 Lap 	19 	
Ret 	10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	46 	Engine 	17 	
Ret 	31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	44 	Engine 	9 	
18 	9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	24 	Engine 	12 	
Ret 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	6 	Electrical 	4 	
Ret 	27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	0 	Collision 	10 	
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** Alonso was given a five-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage.
==Milestones==
* Final race for the following drivers until they returned in another season:
**Fernando Alonso, until the 2021 Bahrain Grand Prix.
**Esteban Ocon, until the 2020 Austrian Grand Prix.
***This was also Ocon's 50th race start.
* Final race for the following drivers in their respective teams:
**Fernando Alonso in .
**Kimi Räikkönen in .
**Charles Leclerc in .
**Daniel Ricciardo in .
***Ricciardo also started his 150th race.
**Lance Stroll in .
**Esteban Ocon in .
**Pierre Gasly in , until the 2019 Belgian Grand Prix.
**Carlos Sainz, Jr. in .
*Final race for the following drivers to date:
**Stoffel Vandoorne
**Marcus Ericsson
**Sergey Sirotkin
**Brendon Hartley
*Lewis Hamilton scored the highest number of points in a season, being 408 points. He also reaches 3,000 points overall.
==Standings==
 
Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts. 	+/-
1 	Lewis Hamilton 	408 	
2 	Sebastian Vettel 	320 	
3 	Kimi Räikkönen 	251 	
4 	Max Verstappen 	249 	1
5 	Valtteri Bottas 	247 	1
6 	Daniel Ricciardo 	170 	
7 	Nico Hülkenberg 	69 	
8 	Sergio Pérez 	62 	
9 	Kevin Magnussen 	56 	
10 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	53 	2
11 	Fernando Alonso 	50 	1
12 	Esteban Ocon 	49 	1
13 	Charles Leclerc 	39 	1
14 	Romain Grosjean 	37 	1
15 	Pierre Gasly 	29 	
16 	Stoffel Vandoorne 	12 	
17 	Marcus Ericsson 	9 	
18 	Lance Stroll 	6 	
19 	Brendon Hartley 	4 	
20 	Sergey Sirotkin 	1 	
Constructors World Championship	Constructors World Championship	Constructors World Championship	Constructors World Championship
Pos. 	Team 	Pts. 	+/-
1 	 	655 	
2 	 	571 	
3 	 	419 	
4 	 	122 	
5 	 	93 	
6 	 	62 	
7 	 	52 	
8 	 	48 	
9 	 	33 	
10 	 	7 	
Only point scoring drivers are shown.
==Notes==
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