2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

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2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Race 21 of 21 in the 2018 Formula One World Championship
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Race details [1]
Date 25 November 2018 (2018-11-25)
Official name Formula 1 2018 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Location Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.554 km (3.451 miles)
Distance 55 laps, 305.355 km (189.739 miles)
Weather Clear
Pole position
Driver
 Mercedes
Time 1:34.794
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
Time 1:40.867 on lap 54
Podium
First
 Mercedes
Second
 Ferrari
Third
 Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer
Lap leaders
  • 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

The 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 2018 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 25 November 2018 at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The race was the twenty first and final round of the 2018 Formula One World Championship and marked the tenth running of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and the tenth time that the race has been run as a World Championship event since the inaugural event in 2009. The race was the last to be officiated by Charlie Whiting as race director as he would die shortly before the next race was held. It was also notable for being the final Grand Prix for Fernando Alonso until his return in 2021.

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Report

Background

McLaren announced they would be using a special one-off livery to celebrate the last race of Fernando Alonso, who had announced he would not be racing in Formula One in 2019 (he eventually returned in 2021). This was the first time McLaren had run a special livery since the 1986 Portuguese Grand Prix. [2] McLaren also invited the family of seven time Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Champion Jimmie Johnson to the race. Johnson and his family watched the race from the McLaren garage.

Title standings before the race

Prior to the race, Lewis Hamilton had already secured the 2018 World Drivers' Championship title, while his team, Mercedes, had secured the 2018 World Constructors' Championship title. Lewis Hamilton claimed his fifth World Drivers' title at the 2018 Mexican Grand Prix; following the Brazilian Grand Prix he led Sebastian Vettel by 81 points with Kimi Räikkönen being third, a further 51 points behind. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes led Ferrari by 67 points with only one race remaining in the season, with Red Bull Racing being third in the standings.

Practice

Max Verstappen was fastest in first practice, Valtteri Bottas was fastest in second practice and Lewis Hamilton was fastest in third practice. [3]

Qualifying

Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time in qualifying followed by Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas and the Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel. [4]

Race

Hamilton won the race from pole position with Vettel and Max Verstappen completing the podium. [5] On the first lap at turn 9 Nico Hülkenberg overtook Romain Grosjean at turn 8 at the end of the back straight. Grosjean was pushed off the track by the move but tried to still make turn 9 alongside Hülkenberg. Not realizing that Grosjean was still on his inside, Hülkenberg attempted to take the normal line through turn 9 and his rear right tire ran over Grosjean's front left. This caused the Renault R.S.18 to flip and barrel roll into the barriers to the left of turn 9, thus sending the race into a safety car situation, the first such instance in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix since 2012. [6] [7] [8]

Post race

After the race had been completed Alonso celebrated the end of his career by performing doughnuts on the pit straight alongside Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel, the other two World Champions who completed the race (Kimi Räikkönen had retired from the race.) [9] Jimmie Johnson congratulated Alonso on his career. The two would later exchange their respective cars in a car swap at Bahrain International Circuit. Three years later however, Alonso returned in F1 with Alpine.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.No.DriverConstructorQualifying timesFinal
grid
Q1Q2Q3
144 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:36.8281:35.6931:34.7941
277 Flag of Finland.svg Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:36.7891:36.3921:34.9562
35 Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1:36.7751:36.3451:35.1253
47 Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:37.0101:36.7351:35.3654
53 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 1:37.1171:36.9641:35.4015
633 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 1:37.1951:36.1441:35.5896
78 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 1:37.5751:36.7321:36.1927
816 Flag of Monaco.svg Charles Leclerc Sauber-Ferrari 1:37.1241:36.5801:36.2378
931 Flag of France.svg Esteban Ocon Force India-Mercedes 1:36.9361:36.8141:36.5409
1027 Flag of Germany.svg Nico Hülkenberg Renault 1:37.5691:36.6301:36.54210
1155 Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Sainz Jr. Renault 1:37.7571:36.982N/A11
129 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson Sauber-Ferrari 1:37.6191:37.132N/A12
1320 Flag of Denmark.svg Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 1:37.9341:37.309N/A13
1411 Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Pérez Force India-Mercedes 1:37.2551:37.541N/A14
1514 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso McLaren-Renault 1:37.8901:37.743N/A15
1628 Flag of New Zealand.svg Brendon Hartley Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 1:37.994N/AN/A16
1710 Flag of France.svg Pierre Gasly Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 1:38.166N/AN/A17
182 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren-Renault 1:38.577N/AN/A18
1935 Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Sirotkin Williams-Mercedes 1:38.635N/AN/A19
2018 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lance Stroll Williams-Mercedes 1:38.682N/AN/A20
107% time: 1:43.549
Source: [4]

Race

Pos.No.DriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
144 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 551:39:40.382125
25 Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 55+2.581318
333 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 55+12.706615
43 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 55+15.379512
577 Flag of Finland.svg Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 55+47.957210
655 Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Sainz Jr. Renault 55+1:12.548118
716 Flag of Monaco.svg Charles Leclerc Sauber-Ferrari 55+1:30.78986
811 Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Pérez Force India-Mercedes 55+1:31.275144
98 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 54+1 lap72
1020 Flag of Denmark.svg Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 54+1 lap131
1114 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso McLaren-Renault 54+1 lap 1 15
1228 Flag of New Zealand.svg Brendon Hartley Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 54+1 lap16
1318 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lance Stroll Williams-Mercedes 54+1 lap20
142 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren-Renault 54+1 lap18
1535 Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Sirotkin Williams-Mercedes 54+1 lap19
Ret10 Flag of France.svg Pierre Gasly Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 46Engine17
Ret31 Flag of France.svg Esteban Ocon Force India-Mercedes 44Engine 1 9
Ret9 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson Sauber-Ferrari 24Power loss12
Ret7 Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 6Power loss4
Ret27 Flag of Germany.svg Nico Hülkenberg Renault 0Collision10
Source: [10]
Notes

Final Championship standings

See also

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