2018 Formula One Season

The 2018 Formula One Season is the 69th season of the Drivers' World Championship and the 61st season of the Constructors' Championship. The 21 race schedule included a return of the French and German Grands Prix, along with the loss of the Malaysian Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton became the 2018 World Champion at the , while became the 2018 World Constructors' Champion at the .
==Teams and Drivers==
*Entry list, with drivers, released on 4 December 2017
*Updated entry list, released on 1 February 2018
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AUS 	BHR 	CHN 	AZE 	ESP 	MON 	CAN 	FRA 	AUT 	GBR 	GER
HUN 	BEL 	ITA 	SIN 	RUS 	JPN 	USA 	MEX 	BRA 	ABU 	
===Car launch dates===
Team	Car 	Date 	Where
 	VF-18 	February 14	Online
 	FW41 	February 15	London
 	RB14 	February 19	Online/Silverstone Circuit
 	R.S.18 	February 20	Online
 	C37 	February 20	Online
 	SF71H 	February 22	Online
 	F1 W09 EQ Power+	February 22	Silverstone Circuit
 	MCL33 	February 23	Spain
 	VJM11 	February 26	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
 	STR13 	February 26	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
===Changes from last season===
====Team changes====
* formed a technical partnership with Italian car manufacturer for the 2018 season onwards, with Alfa badging across the car and their engines.
**Sauber had originally revealed a deal to use engines for the 2018 season, breaking their decade long relationship with .
**However, their Honda plan was publically dropped on the 27 July 2017, quickly followed by the announcement of a multi-year deal with Ferrari to use their 2018-spec engines.
* signed a three-year engine supply deal with , ending their long-term contract with Honda prematurely.
*Honda's sole customer for 2018 was revealed to be the Red Bull junior team , with the potential for a deal with the senior Red Bull effort from 2019.
* would have British car manufacturer as their title sponsor.
====Driver changes====
*After doing an extra season with in , Felipe Massa retired from the sport. Sergey Sirotkin took his place, while Robert Kubica served as the team's development and reserve driver.
*After Carlos Sainz, Jr. moved to at the 2017 United States Grand Prix and Daniil Kvyat being dropped after the same race, Toro Rosso fielded Brendon Hartley and Pierre Gasly for 2018. Kvyat later became a development driver for Ferrari.
*FIA Formula 2 Championship Champion, and academy ace, Charles Leclerc was signed up to the team for 2018.
**Marcus Ericsson was retained by the team, leaving Pascal Wehrlein without a seat, while Antonio Giovinazzi was registered as Sauber's reserve. While Wehrlein returned to DTM, he was also given the role of both test and reserve driver for alongside George Russell.
===Mid-season Changes===
====Team changes====
*During the , Force India were put in administration, before they were purchased by investors led by Lawrence Stroll. However, Sahara Force India was excluded from the championship, resulting in the team reentering the championship as "Racing Point Force India" starting from the . Due to their car being named with "Force India", they were required to keep their constructor name.
====Driver changes====
==Season calendar==
*FIA announces World Motor Sport Council decisions, June 2017
*2018 Formula 1 calendar revised as Chinese and Bahrain GPs swap, September 2017
*China extends Formula 1 deal to 2020, September 2017
*Singapore GP handed new four-year deal, September 2017
*FIA announces World Motor Sport Council decisions, December 2017
===Changes from last season===
==== Races on 2018 calendar====
* The French Grand Prix returned after a ten-year hiatus, but was held at the Circuit Paul Ricard, the same circuit that hosted the Grand Prix on alternate years in the 1970s and 1980s before again hosting it in all years from to .{{cite web|last1=Benson||}
===Changes from last season===
====Races on 2018 calendar====
*The French Grand Prix returned after a ten-year hiatus, but was held at the Circuit Paul Ricard, the same circuit that hosted the Grand Prix on alternate years in the 1970s and 1980s before again hosting it in all years from to .<ref name="France"> 
*The German Grand Prix is scheduled to return after being excluded on the calendar.
====Races removed from calendar====
* The Malaysian Grand Prix will be removed, due to declining attendance.
====Schedule Changes====
*The Bahrain and Chinese Grands Prix were moved, so Bahrain will now be one week before China.
* The Azerbaijan Grand Prix will be moved from June to April, while the Russian Grand Prix will be moved from April to September. 
==Regulation changes==
===Technical Regulations===
*The new 2018 cars should feature the halo as a mandatory safety device homologated by the FIA. The halo is a head-protection device attached to the car in three points. Two of them are behind the head-rests, and one is in front and in the middle of the drivers' FoV (field of view). The halo is a titanium bar weighing 10 kg. It is capable of resisting extreme forces that can severely injure a driver in the head.
*"Shark fins" and "T-wings" were disallowed.
===Sporting Regulations ===
*The pre-season tests consisted of seven days overall, and the mid-season test was held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, after being held at the Bahrain International Circuit the previous year.
* If a driver receives a grid penalty for exceeding the allowance of power unit components and it is worth more than fifteen places, they will automatically start from the back of the grid. If more than one driver has the same penalty, their position will depend on who changed their components first.
* Most European Grands Prix will have their sessions held an hour later, while every race will also start an extra ten minutes later, in order to gain larger television audiences and enable broadcasters into spending more time interviewing drivers and teams during the pre-race build-up.
==Season Results==
===Testing===
Test 	Track 	Date 	Fastest Driver 	Team	Time
Pirelli Tyres	Yas Marina Circuit 	Nov 28 – Nov 29	Sebastian Vettel	 	1:37.551
Barcelona 1 	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	Feb 26 – Mar 1 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	1:19.333
Barcelona 2 	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	Mar 6 – Mar 9 	Sebastian Vettel	 	1:17.182
Barcelona 3 	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	May 15 – May 16	Valtteri Bottas 	 	1:16.904
===Race result===
** : Sebastian Vettel () qualified third, but had a three-place grid penalty for impeding another driver in qualifying.
*† : Max Verstappen () crossed the finish line in third, but received a five-second time penalty for causing a collision with Valtteri Bottas ().
*‡ : Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) qualified second, but had a three-place grid penalty for not slowing down sufficiently under red flags in FP1.
==Championship Standings==
===Drivers' World Championship===
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|align="left"| Hülkenberg
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|align="left"| Pérez
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|align="left"| Magnussen
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|align="left"| Sainz
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|align="left"| Alonso
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|align="left"| Ocon
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!49
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|align="left"| Leclerc
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|align="left"| Grosjean||||13th||17th||||||15th||12th||11th||||||||||||||15th||11th||||||16th||||
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|align="left"| Gasly
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|align="left"| Vandoorne
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|align="left"| Ericsson
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|align="left"| Stroll
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|align="left"| Hartley
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|align="left"| Sirotkin
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rowspan="2" 	 	5 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	571 	
7 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	571 	
rowspan="2" 	 	3 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	419 	
33 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	15th 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	419 	
4th 	 	27 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	12th 	 	13th 	 	12th 	 	 	 	 	 	122 	
4th 	 	55 	 	11th 	 	 	 	 	 	 	12th 	 	12th 	 	11th 	 	 	17th 	 	 	 	12th 	 	122 	
5th 	 	8 	 	13th 	17th 	 	 	15th 	12th 	11th 	 	 	 	 	 	 	15th 	11th 	 	 	16th 	 	 	93 	
5th 	 	20 	 	 	 	13th 	 	13th 	14th 	 	 	 	11th 	 	 	16th 	18th 	 	 	 	15th 	 	 	93 	
6th 	 	2 	 	 	13th 	 	 	14th 	16th 	12th 	15th 	11th 	13th 	 	15th 	12th 	12th 	16th 	15th 	11th 	 	15th 	14th 	62 	
6th 	 	14 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	16th 	 	 	16th 	 	 	 	 	14th 	14th 	 	 	17th 	11th 	62 	
7th 	 	11 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	16th 	 	 	 	 	 	 	52 	
7th 	 	31 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	11th 	14th 	 	52 	
8th 	 	9 	 	 	16th 	11th 	13th 	11th 	15th 	13th 	 	 	 	15th 	 	15th 	11th 	13th 	12th 	 	 	 	 	48 	
8th 	 	16 	13th 	12th 	19th 	 	 	18th 	 	 	 	 	15th 	 	 	11th 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	48 	
9th 	 	10 	 	 	18th 	12th 	 	 	11th 	 	11th 	13th 	14th 	 	 	14th 	13th 	 	11th 	12th 	 	13th 	 	33 	
9th 	 	28 	15th 	17th 	20th 	 	12th 	19th 	 	14th 	 	 	 	11th 	14th 	 	17th 	 	13th 	 	14th 	11th 	12th 	33 	
10th 	 	18 	14th 	14th 	14th 	 	11th 	17th 	 	17th 	13th 	12th 	 	17th 	13th 	 	14th 	15th 	17th 	14th 	12th 	18th 	13th 	7 	
10th 	 	35 	 	15th 	15th 	 	14th 	16th 	17th 	15th 	14th 	14th 	 	16th 	12th 	 	19th 	18th 	16th 	13th 	13th 	16th 	15th 	7 	
 	* 	11 	11th 	16th 	12th 	 	 	12th 	13th 	 	 	 	 	14th 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	0(59) 	
 	* 	31 	12th 	 	11th 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	13th 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
*'s points were excluded prior to the .
===Head-to-head: Team-mate comparisons===	0(59) 	
===Pole Position Trophy===
The driver who scores the most pole positions over the course of the season will win the pole position trophy:
Rank	No.	Driver 	Constructor	Poles	Events
1 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	11 	AUS · ESP · FRA · GBR · HUN · BEL · SIN · JPN · USA · BRA · UAE
2 	5 	Sebastian Vettel	 	5 	BHR · CHN · AZE · CAN · GER
3 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo	 	1 	MON · MEX
3 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	2 	AUT · RUS
5 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	1 	ITA
===Super Licence penalty points===
For more information, see Penalty points. Correct as of the 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Rank	No.	Driver 	Team	Points	Issues
1 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	7 	ESP (2), FRA (2), SIN (2), USA (1)
1 	18 	Lance Stroll 	 	7 	AUT (3), JPN (2), USA (2)
3 	28 	Brendon Hartley 	 	6 	BHR (2 & 2), MEX (2)
3 	33 	Max Verstappen 	 	6 	CHN (2), ITA (2), RUS (2)
3 	35 	Sergey Sirotkin 	 	6 	AZE (2), FRA (2), SIN (2)
6 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	5 	FRA (2), AUT (1), USA (2)
6 	9 	Marcus Ericsson 	 	5 	CHN (3), AZE (2)
6 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	5 	AZE (2), SIN (3)
9 	10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	4 	CHN (2), GBR (2)
9 	14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	4 	JPN (1), UAE (1 & 1 & 1)
9 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	4 	HUN (2), BEL (2)
12 	2 	Stoffel Vandoorne	 	3 	ESP (1), BRA (2)
12 	27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	3 	BEL (3)
12 	31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	3 	JPN (2), UAE (1)
12 	55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	 	3 	GER (2), USA (1)
16 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	2 	AUS (2)
16 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	2 	GBR (2)
==See also==
==Notes==
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