2018 Italian Grand Prix

The 2018 Italian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Gran Premio Heineken d'Italia 2018) was the fourteenth race of the 2018 Formula One season, and the eighty-eighth time the Italian Grand Prix was held. It was held between 31 August and 2 September 2018.
In qualifying, Kimi Räikkönen took his eighteenth pole position, also his first pole since the 2017 Monaco Grand Prix, and 's first pole at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza since 2010. His time of 1:19.119 was also the fastest lap recorded at the circuit, and made him the oldest driver to take pole since Nigel Mansell at the 1994 Australian Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel qualified second, securing Ferrari's first front-row lockout at the circuit since the 2000 Italian Grand Prix, while his championship rival Lewis Hamilton qualified just behind in third.
In the race, Räikkönen stayed ahead of Vettel and Hamilton, while Brendon Hartley was squeezed between Stoffel Vandoorne and Marcus Ericsson, damaging his front wing and front-right tyre. Hamilton made a lunge past Vettel at Turn 4, but just after Hamilton got ahead, Vettel made contact with Hamilton and was spun around, sending Vettel to the back of the field before the safety car was deployed to clear Hartley's car. After the safety car came in at the end of lap 3, Hamilton went past Räikkönen for first place on the start/finish straight, but Räikkönen took back the lead at Turn 4 on the same lap. Räikkönen pitted at the end of lap 20, but Hamilton stayed out until the end of lap 28, when Räikkönen was catching up to Valtteri Bottas, who kept Räikkönen behind him until he pitted on lap 36. With fresher tyres than Räikkönen, Hamilton snatched the lead on the start/finish straight on lap 45, and went on to take his sixty-eighth victory. Without a win since the 2013 Australian Grand Prix, and unable to challenge Hamilton with older tyres, Räikkönen settled for second. Bottas came home in third place after Verstappen was demoted from third to fifth with a five-second penalty received for making contact with Bottas in the braking zone at Turn 1 on lap 43, also putting Vettel up to fourth place.
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==Background==
After he caused a first-lap crash involving Fernando Alonso and Charles Leclerc at the , Nico Hülkenberg received a ten-place grid penalty for the Italian Grand Prix. He later used another set of power unit elements, all exceeding the limit of power unit elements allowed without a penalty, thus giving him grid penalties that put him at the back of the grid. Daniel Ricciardo was also demoted to the back after using 's "Spec C" power unit, being used by before the , although Renault and planned not to use it before then. Alonso also used a new chassis after his car was damaged during the crash at the start of the Belgian Grand Prix, although it is described to be one "used in winter testing or the first races", without latest specification spare parts.
After Sebastian Vettel beat Lewis Hamilton to victory in Belgium, ' chief Toto Wolff remarked that became faster than Mercedes, saying: "We have seen that in qualifying. That power advantage is at various parts of the straights. You can see even at the exits, [they] are not worse than ours. The engine keeps pulling. Having said that, there's nothing that could be a trick, it might also be related to how you run the engine, how you calibrate it. We can see they have a slight power advantage and then you add that to our weaknesses out of Turn 1 especially and that causes the double whammy. If you're not very good at traction and you're being outperformed slightly on power, that lap one happens."
==Entry list==
No. 	Driver 	Entrant 	Constructor 	Chassis 	Engine 	Model 	Tyre
44 	Lewis Hamilton 	Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport	 	W09 EQPower+ 	 	M09 EQ Power+ 	
77 	Valtteri Bottas 	Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport	 	W09 EQPower+ 	 	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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47 	Lando Norris 	McLaren F1 Team 	 	MCL33 	 	R.E.18 	
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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	 	 	1:24.084	19 	1:22.987	18 	 	 	 	 	 	
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	1:35.207	5 	1:22.296	6 	1:22.310	8 	 	 	 	 	
5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	1:37.867	17 	1:21.105	1 	1:20.509	1 	 	 	 	 	
7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	1:34.550	2 	1:21.375	2 	1:20.682	3 	 	 	 	 	
8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	1:37.683	15 	1:23.077	11 	1:22.357	10 	 	 	 	 	
9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	1:37.790	16 	No Time 	20 	1:22.882	16 	 	 	 	 	
10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	1:35.438	6 	1:23.402	14 	1:22.631	12 	 	 	 	 	
11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	1:34.000	1 	1:22.942	8 	1:22.486	11 	 	 	 	 	
14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	1:37.426	14 	1:23.741	18 	1:22.892	17 	 	 	 	 	
16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	1:36.648	12 	1:22.965	9 	1:22.313	9 	 	 	 	 	
18 	Lance Stroll 	 	1:38.253	19 	1:23.566	17 	1:22.860	15 	 	 	 	 	
20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	1:37.066	13 	1:23.233	13 	1:22.011	6 	 	 	 	 	
27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	1:36.107	9 	1:23.063	10 	1:23.149	19 	 	 	 	 	
28 	Brendon Hartley 	 	1:35.024	4 	1:23.531	16 	1:23.164	20 	 	 	 	 	
31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	1:34.593	3 	1:22.930	7 	1:22.055	7 	 	 	 	 	
33 	Max Verstappen 	 	1:35.665	7 	1:22.154	5 	1:21.388	5 	 	 	 	 	
35 	Sergey Sirotkin 	 	1:37.929	18 	1:23.514	15 	1:22.778	14 	 	 	 	 	
44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	1:36.546	11 	1:21.392	3 	1:20.590	2 	 	 	 	 	
47 	Lando Norris 	 	1:38.282	20 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	 	1:35.995	8 	1:23.193	12 	1:22.737	13 	 	 	 	 	
77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	1:36.238	10 	1:21.803	4 	1:21.112	4 	 	 	 	 	
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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 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	 	2 	1:20.722 	 	3 	1:19.846 	 	1 	1:19.119 	1
2 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	 	1 	1:20.542 	 	1 	1:19.629 	 	2 	1:19.280 	2
3 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	 	3 	1:20.810 	 	2 	1:19.798 	 	3 	1:19.294 	3
4 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	 	5 	1:21.381 	 	5 	1:20.427 	 	4 	1:19.656 	4
5 	33 	Max Verstappen 	 	 	6 	1:21.381 	 	4 	1:20.333 	 	5 	1:20.615 	5
6 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	 	15 	1:21.887 	 	6 	1:21.239 	 	6 	1:20.936 	6
7 	55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	 	8 	1:21.732 	 	9 	1:21.552 	 	7 	1:21.041 	7
8 	31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	 	7 	1:21.570 	 	7 	1:21.315 	 	8 	1:21.099 	8
9 	10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	 	12 	1:21.834 	 	10 	1:21.667 	 	9 	1:21.350 	9
10 	18 	Lance Stroll 	 	 	13 	1:21.838 	 	8 	1:21.494 	 	10 	1:21.627 	10
11 	20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	 	9 	1:21.783 	 	11 	1:21.669 	 	 	 	11
12 	35 	Sergey Sirotkin 	 	 	11 	1:21.813 	 	12 	1:21.732 	 	 	 	12
13 	14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	 	14 	1:21.850 	 	13 	1:22.568 	 	 	 	13
14 	27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	 	10 	1:21.801 	 	14 	no time 	 	 	 	20*
15 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	 	4 	1:21.280 	 	15 	no time 	 	 	 	19†
16 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	 	16 	1:21.888 	 	 	 	 	 	 	14
17 	16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	 	17 	1:21.889 	 	 	 	 	 	 	15
18 	28 	Brendon Hartley 	 	 	18 	1:21.934 	 	 	 	 	 	 	16
19 	9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	 	19 	1:22.048 	 	 	 	 	 	 	18‡
20 	2 	Stoffel Vandoorne 	 	 	20 	1:22.085 	 	 	 	 	 	 	17
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** Hülkenberg was given a ten-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Alonso and Leclerc at the previous race in Belgium, and was later forced to start from the back of the grid after using his fifth ICE, sixth turbocharger, fifth MGU-H, fourth MGU-K, fourth ES and fourth CE.
*† Ricciardo was forced to start from the back of the grid after using his fourth ICE, fourth turbocharger, fourth MGU-H, fourth MGU-K, fourth ES and fourth CE.
*‡ Ericsson was given a ten-place grid penalty for using his fourth ICE.
===Grid===
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** Ericsson was given a ten-place grid penalty for using his fourth ICE.
*† Ricciardo was forced to start from the back of the grid after using his fourth ICE, fourth turbocharger, fourth MGU-H, fourth MGU-K, fourth ES and fourth CE.
*‡ Hülkenberg was given a ten-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Alonso and Leclerc at the previous race in Belgium, and was later forced to start from the back of the grid after using his fifth ICE, sixth turbocharger, fifth MGU-H, fourth MGU-K, fourth ES and fourth CE.
==Race==
===Report===
===Results===
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Constructor	Laps 	Time/Retired 	Grid 	Points
1 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	53 	1:16:54.484 	3 	25
2 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	53 	+ 8.705s 	1 	18
3 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	53 	+ 14.066s 	4 	15
4 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	53 	+ 16.151s 	2 	12
5 	33 	Max Verstappen 	 	53 	+ 18.208s* 	5 	10
DSQ 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	53 	Illegal floor†	6 	
6 	31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	53 	+ 57.761s 	8 	8
7 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	53 	+ 58.678s 	14 	6
8 	55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	 	53 	+ 1:18.140s 	7 	4
9 	18 	Lance Stroll 	 	52 	+ 1 Lap 	10 	2
10 	35 	Sergey Sirotkin 	 	52 	+ 1 Lap 	12 	1
11 	16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	52 	+ 1 Lap 	15 	
12 	2 	Stoffel Vandoorne	 	52 	+ 1 Lap 	17 	
13 	27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	52 	+ 1 Lap 	20 	
14 	10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	52 	+ 1 Lap 	9 	
15 	9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	52 	+ 1 Lap 	18 	
16 	20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	52 	+ 1 Lap 	11 	
Ret 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	23 	Clutch 	19 	
Ret 	14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	9 	Electrics 	13 	
Ret 	28 	Brendon Hartley 	 	0 	Collision 	16 	
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** Verstappen crossed the finish line in third, but was given a five-second time penalty for causing a collision with Bottas.
*† Grosjean crossed the finish line in sixth, but was disqualified for a technical rule infringement with his car floor.
==Milestones==
* Kevin Magnussen's 75th entry (74th start).
* Kimi Räikkönen's 100th podium.
* Sergey Sirotkin scores his first point, following Romain Grosjean's disqualification. This ensured that for the first time in Formula One, all 20 racers who entered and finished every race in the season scored at least a point.
==Standings==
 
Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts. 	+/-
1 	Lewis Hamilton 	256 	
2 	Sebastian Vettel 	226 	
3 	Kimi Räikkönen 	164 	
4 	Valtteri Bottas 	159 	
5 	Max Verstappen 	130 	
6 	Daniel Ricciardo 	118 	
7 	Nico Hülkenberg 	52 	
8 	Kevin Magnussen 	49 	
9 	Sergio Pérez 	46 	1
10 	Esteban Ocon 	45 	1
11 	Fernando Alonso 	44 	2
12 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	34 	
13 	Pierre Gasly 	28 	
14 	Romain Grosjean 	27 	
15 	Charles Leclerc 	13 	
16 	Stoffel Vandoorne 	8 	
17 	Lance Stroll 	6 	1
18 	Marcus Ericsson 	6 	1
19 	Brendon Hartley 	2 	
20 	Sergey Sirotkin 	1 	
Constructors World Championship	Constructors World Championship	Constructors World Championship	Constructors World Championship
Pos. 	Team 	Pts. 	+/-
1 	 	415 	
2 	 	390 	
3 	 	248 	
4 	 	86 	
5 	 	76 	
6 	 	52 	
7 	 	32 	2
8 	 	30 	1
9 	 	19 	1
10 	 	7 	
Only point scoring drivers are shown.
==Notes==
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