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Formula 1 2018 Rolex Azerbaijan Grand Prix · race

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THE HISTORICAL RECORD

Profile & context

Name: Formula 1 2018 Rolex Azerbaijan Grand Prix · race

PROVENANCE

Sources behind this page

F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/980-race

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Historical source & scope

F1DB v2026.17.0 · CC BY 4.0. Normalisation, links and calculations by MotorPedia. Original source observations retained.

Source-reported facts are not independent historical confirmation. Missing times and points remain unknown; source-rounded points retain their published precision. Constructor, entrant and team identities are kept distinct.

Grand Prix context

Formula 1 2018 Rolex Azerbaijan Grand Prix · Baku City Circuit

Technical formula: Formula 1. World Championship membership is separate from technical regulations.

2018 Formula 1 World Championship · round 4

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:43:44.291 · 51 laps · mercedes	25
2	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:43:46.751 · 51 laps · ferrari	18
3	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:43:48.315 · 51 laps · mercedes	15
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:43:49.620 · 51 laps · ferrari	12
5	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	1:43:51.806 · 51 laps · renault	10
6	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:43:53.449 · 51 laps · ferrari	8
7	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:43:55.222 · 51 laps · renault	6
8	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:43:56.837 · 51 laps · mercedes	4
9	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:43:58.443 · 51 laps · renault	2
10	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:44:02.321 · 51 laps · honda	1
11	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:44:02.803 · 51 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
12	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:44:09.011 · 51 laps · honda	Unknown / not applicable
13	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:44:24.954 · 51 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
14	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	Puncture · Time not recorded · 48 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Romain Grosjean	Haas	Accident · Time not recorded · 42 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	Collision · Time not recorded · 39 laps · tag-heuer	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	Collision · Time not recorded · 39 laps · tag-heuer	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	Accident · Time not recorded · 10 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Esteban Ocon	Force India	Collision · Time not recorded · 0 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	Collision · Time not recorded · 0 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable

Qualifying

Recorded qualifying order; Q1/Q2/Q3 and earlier formats remain distinct in original evidence
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	Q1 1:42.762 · 19 laps · ferrari
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	Q1 1:42.693 · 21 laps · mercedes
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	Q1 1:43.355 · 21 laps · mercedes
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	Q1 1:42.857 · 20 laps · tag-heuer
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	Q1 1:42.642 · 19 laps · tag-heuer
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	Q1 1:42.538 · 20 laps · ferrari
7	Esteban Ocon	Force India	Q1 1:43.021 · 20 laps · mercedes
8	Sergio Pérez	Force India	Q1 1:43.992 · 20 laps · mercedes
9	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	Q1 1:43.746 · 20 laps · renault
10	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	Q1 1:43.426 · 20 laps · renault
11	Lance Stroll	Williams	Q1 1:44.359 · 16 laps · mercedes
12	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	Q1 1:44.261 · 17 laps · mercedes
13	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	Q1 1:44.010 · 16 laps · renault
14	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	Q1 1:43.752 · 17 laps · ferrari
15	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	Q1 1:43.674 · 14 laps · ferrari
16	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	Q1 1:44.489 · 8 laps · renault
17	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:44.496 · 9 laps · honda
18	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	Q1 1:45.541 · 10 laps · ferrari
NC	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:57.354 · 5 laps · honda
NC	Romain Grosjean	Haas	Time not recorded · 2 laps · ferrari

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:41.498 · ferrari
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:41.677 · mercedes
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:41.837 · mercedes
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:41.911 · tag-heuer
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:41.994 · tag-heuer
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:42.490 · ferrari
7	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:42.523 · mercedes
8	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:42.547 · mercedes
9	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	1:43.351 · renault
10	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:43.585 · mercedes
11	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:43.886 · mercedes
12	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:44.019 · renault
13	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:44.074 · ferrari
14	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:43.066 · renault
15	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:44.759 · ferrari
16	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:44.489 · renault
17	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:44.496 · honda
18	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:45.541 · ferrari
19	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:57.354 · honda
20	Romain Grosjean	Haas	Time not recorded · ferrari

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	70
2	Sebastian Vettel	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	66
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	48
4	Valtteri Bottas	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	40
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	37
6	Fernando Alonso	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	28
7	Nico Hülkenberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	22
8	Max Verstappen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	18
9	Sergio Pérez	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	15
10	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	13
11	Pierre Gasly	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	12
12	Kevin Magnussen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	11
13	Charles Leclerc	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	8
14	Stoffel Vandoorne	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	8
15	Lance Stroll	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
16	Marcus Ericsson	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
17	Esteban Ocon	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
18	Brendon Hartley	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
19	Romain Grosjean	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
20	Sergey Sirotkin	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0

Practice & warm-up observations

Original F1DB session observations; bounded to 120 rows. Missing times remain unknown. Not qualifying or race classifications.

Session	Driver	Position	Time
freePractice1Results	Valtteri Bottas	1	1:44.242
freePractice1Results	Daniel Ricciardo	2	1:44.277
freePractice1Results	Sergio Pérez	3	1:45.075
freePractice1Results	Lewis Hamilton	4	1:45.200
freePractice1Results	Esteban Ocon	5	1:45.237
freePractice1Results	Max Verstappen	6	1:45.559
freePractice1Results	Fernando Alonso	7	1:46.465
freePractice1Results	Sergey Sirotkin	8	1:46.480
freePractice1Results	Pierre Gasly	9	1:46.492
freePractice1Results	Sebastian Vettel	10	1:46.513
freePractice1Results	Lance Stroll	11	1:46.590
freePractice1Results	Brendon Hartley	12	1:46.747
freePractice1Results	Nico Hülkenberg	13	1:46.749
freePractice1Results	Romain Grosjean	14	1:46.856
freePractice1Results	Kimi Räikkönen	15	1:46.861
freePractice1Results	Charles Leclerc	16	1:46.875
freePractice1Results	Marcus Ericsson	17	1:47.073
freePractice1Results	Kevin Magnussen	18	1:47.434
freePractice1Results	Stoffel Vandoorne	19	1:47.967
freePractice1Results	Carlos Sainz Jr.	20	1:48.741
freePractice2Results	Daniel Ricciardo	1	1:42.795
freePractice2Results	Kimi Räikkönen	2	1:42.864
freePractice2Results	Max Verstappen	3	1:42.911
freePractice2Results	Valtteri Bottas	4	1:43.570
freePractice2Results	Lewis Hamilton	5	1:43.603
freePractice2Results	Fernando Alonso	6	1:43.700
freePractice2Results	Esteban Ocon	7	1:43.814
freePractice2Results	Carlos Sainz Jr.	8	1:43.834
freePractice2Results	Kevin Magnussen	9	1:43.977
freePractice2Results	Nico Hülkenberg	10	1:44.091
freePractice2Results	Sebastian Vettel	11	1:44.127
freePractice2Results	Sergio Pérez	12	1:44.142
freePractice2Results	Romain Grosjean	13	1:44.425
freePractice2Results	Lance Stroll	14	1:44.459
freePractice2Results	Pierre Gasly	15	1:44.712
freePractice2Results	Charles Leclerc	16	1:44.940
freePractice2Results	Sergey Sirotkin	17	1:45.007
freePractice2Results	Brendon Hartley	18	1:45.051
freePractice2Results	Stoffel Vandoorne	19	1:45.288
freePractice2Results	Marcus Ericsson	20	1:46.042
freePractice3Results	Sebastian Vettel	1	1:43.091
freePractice3Results	Lewis Hamilton	2	1:43.452
freePractice3Results	Kimi Räikkönen	3	1:43.493
freePractice3Results	Max Verstappen	4	1:43.519
freePractice3Results	Valtteri Bottas	5	1:43.569
freePractice3Results	Sergio Pérez	6	1:43.936
freePractice3Results	Kevin Magnussen	7	1:43.958
freePractice3Results	Lance Stroll	8	1:44.123
freePractice3Results	Esteban Ocon	9	1:44.220
freePractice3Results	Sergey Sirotkin	10	1:44.534
freePractice3Results	Fernando Alonso	11	1:44.763
freePractice3Results	Daniel Ricciardo	12	1:44.861
freePractice3Results	Pierre Gasly	13	1:44.905
freePractice3Results	Charles Leclerc	14	1:45.218
freePractice3Results	Romain Grosjean	15	1:45.261
freePractice3Results	Carlos Sainz Jr.	16	1:45.432
freePractice3Results	Nico Hülkenberg	17	1:45.456
freePractice3Results	Stoffel Vandoorne	18	1:45.505
freePractice3Results	Marcus Ericsson	19	1:45.910
freePractice3Results	Brendon Hartley	20	1:46.186

Recorded pit stops

F1DB source observations, bounded to 120 rows; coverage is not independently exhaustive.

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Kimi Räikkönen	1	1	30.012
Brendon Hartley	1	1	21.376
Fernando Alonso	1	1	56.710
Kevin Magnussen	1	1	35.608
Marcus Ericsson	1	1	44.107
Sergio Pérez	1	2	28.109
Romain Grosjean	1	2	21.725
Pierre Gasly	1	12	20.782
Carlos Sainz Jr.	1	15	21.516
Stoffel Vandoorne	1	17	21.103
Marcus Ericsson	2	18	25.378
Lewis Hamilton	1	22	20.377
Brendon Hartley	2	22	20.809
Lance Stroll	1	23	19.737
Charles Leclerc	1	24	21.058
Stoffel Vandoorne	2	25	20.887
Sebastian Vettel	1	30	20.037
Daniel Ricciardo	1	37	19.925
Marcus Ericsson	3	36	32.629
Max Verstappen	1	38	19.765
Valtteri Bottas	1	40	20.192
Sebastian Vettel	2	40	20.823
Kevin Magnussen	2	39	21.778
Lewis Hamilton	2	40	21.329
Pierre Gasly	2	39	21.287
Brendon Hartley	3	39	21.072
Kimi Räikkönen	2	40	21.149
Stoffel Vandoorne	3	39	20.760
Sergio Pérez	2	40	26.174
Romain Grosjean	2	40	22.757
Carlos Sainz Jr.	2	40	20.967
Charles Leclerc	2	40	22.030
Lance Stroll	2	40	21.236
Fernando Alonso	2	40	21.371
Marcus Ericsson	4	39	14.998
Stoffel Vandoorne	4	46	20.978