Event statistics following the fifth race of the 2018 FIA Formula 1 World Championship season, the 60th Spanish Grand Prix at the 16-turn, 4.655-kilometer Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
Lewis Hamilton dominated the race, leading nearly every lap (with the exception of during his pit stop) to score his record 41st career F1 victory from the pole position and 64th overall. Teammate Valtteri Bottas made it a Mercedes 1-2, trailing in excess of 20 seconds at the finish, while Max Verstappen took the final podium position.
Race Statistics
Spanish Grand Prix
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya – Montmelo, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Winner (starting position): Lewis Hamilton (1st)
- Podium: Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas, Max Verstappen
- Full Results: Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas, Max Verstappen, Sebastian Vettel, Daniel Ricciardo, Kevin Magnussen, Carlos Sainz Jr., Fernando Alonso, Sergio Perez, Charles Leclerc, Lance Stroll, Brendon Hartley, Marcus Ericsson, Sergey Sirotkin, Stoffel Vandoorne, Esteban Ocon, Kimi Raikkonen, Nico Hulkenberg, Pierre Gasly, Romain Grosjean
- Laps Completed: 66
- Race Leaders: 2
- Laps Led: Lewis Hamilton (58), Max Verstappen (8)
- Pole Position: Lewis Hamilton (1 minute, 16.173 seconds)
- Hard Charger: Brendon Hartley (+8; 20th to 12th)
- Fastest Lap: Daniel Ricciardo (1 minute, 18.441 seconds, 213.638 kph, Lap 61)
- Margin of Victory: 20.593 seconds
- Car Count: 20
- Cars Entered: 20
- Cars Running at Finish: 14 (of 20; or 70 percent of the field)
- Drivers to Finish on Lead Lap: 5
- Average Speed: 193.025 kph/119.940 mph
- Lead Changes: 2
- Race Time: 1:35:29.972
- Weather at End of Race: 64 degrees Fahrenheit, fair, winds SE 3 mph
Notes of Interest – Race/Weekend Recap
- This is Lewis Hamilton’s second Formula 1 victory of the season – both in succession – and the 64th of his career.
- This is Hamilton’s third victory in the Spanish Grand Prix, all in the last five years (2014, 2017, 2018). All three of his Spanish Grand Prix victories have come from the pole position.
- Hamilton is one of three drivers to win an F1 race this season. Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo have also won races, with Vettel the only driver to win on multiple occasions.
- Hamilton’s victory came 20.593 seconds ahead over Valtteri Bottas, easily the largest margin of victory in a race this season (previous was 8.894 seconds, with Daniel Ricciardo winning over Valtteri Bottas in the Chinese Grand Prix). The last Spanish Grand Prix with a margin of victory of more than 20 seconds came in 2010, when Mark Webber finished 24.065 seconds ahead of Fernando Alonso.
- Hamilton led 58 of the 66 laps, the second time he’s led the most laps en route to victory in the Spanish Grand Prix. He led 60 laps in the 2014 Spanish Grand Prix. Hamilton has led four of the five Formula 1 races this season.
- Hamilton is the seventh driver to win the Spanish Grand Prix at least three times. The last driver to earn three victories in the Spanish Grand Prix was Michael Schumacher in 2001. Schumacher went on to win the race a record six times.
- This is the fifth consecutive season and 11th overall that Hamilton has won at least two races in a single Formula 1 season. He won one race in 2013.
- This is Hamilton’s 41st victory from the pole position, breaking a record set by Michael Schumacher. This is the 57th time he’s won an F1 grand prix from the front row (only seven races have been won from behind the front row, with a worst start of sixth in the 2014 British Grand Prix at Silverstone).
- Hamilton’s victory marks the second race this season in which the polesitter also won the race. Sebastian Vettel won the Bahrain Grand Prix from the top starting position.
- Hamilton’s victory marks the 21st time in the last 28 races, dating back to the 1991 race, that the polesitter has won the Spanish Grand Prix.
- This is Hamilton’s fourth podium of 2018 and the 121st of his career. Hamilton averages 10 podiums per season; he’s earned more than half of his podiums (64) since the start of the 2014 season (84 races, good enough for a 76.2 percent of the time).
- This is Hamilton’s seventh podium in 12 races at Catalunya. Those seven podiums also came in the same seven races in which he’s led; overall, he’s led 173 laps in those seven races.
- This is Hamilton’s 43rd victory with Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport. His first 21 wins came with McLaren.
- Mercedes has won six Spanish Grand Prix, including four of the last five (2014, 2015, 2017, 2018).
- With the victory, Hamilton owns an average finish this season of 2.2, the best among all drivers.
- Hamilton has now earned points in 30 consecutive Formula 1 grand prix, extending his record.
- Hamilton now has 74 pole positions, including two this season.
- Valtteri Bottas was second, earning his 25th career Formula 1 podium. Bottas has three podiums this season (all second-place efforts), and his podium Sunday gave Finland the sixth podium for the country for this season, which leads all countries in podiums.
- This marks the first podium for Bottas in six Spanish Grand Prix. His previous best finish was fourth in 2015.
- Max Verstappen was third, his first podium of 2018 and the first podium since the Mexican Grand Prix in November 2017 (span of six races). Verstappen now has 12 podiums in his career in 65 races.
- Verstappen now has two podiums in the Spanish Grand Prix, adding to his victory in the 2016 race (he completed only one lap in last year’s race after crashing and completing only one lap). Verstappen has two podiums at Catalunya, Sepang and Suzuka, the most of any track.
- Verstappen’s podium was the 150th for Red Bull Racing.
- Sebastian Vettel finished fourth for the second consecutive race. Vettel has only finished worse than fourth once this season (was eighth in Chinese Grand Prix).
- Following a first-lap incident in his first Spanish Grand Prix in 2008, Vettel has finished no worse than sixth in the remaining 10 starts in the race. That includes a victory and five podiums.
- Daniel Ricciardo was fifth, his third finish of fifth or better this season. He’s finished fifth or better in all three races in which he’s finished in 2018 (two other races resulted in DNFs).
- Kevin Magnussen finished sixth, his third points-paying finish of the season. Magnussen has finished four of the five races this season (failed to complete the season-opening Australian Grand Prix). Magnussen was the final of five drivers to finish on the lead lap; that marks the fewest cars to finish on the lead lap this season.
- Carlos Sainz Jr. finished seventh, his fourth points-paying finish of 2018. Sainz – who has finished all five races this season – started ninth, and has started from the fifth row in all five races this season (ninth four times, 10th once).
- Fernando Alonso finished eighth, notching a points-paying finish for the fifth time this season and eighth in succession (last DNF came in 2017 United States Grand Prix). Alonso joins Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel as one of three drivers to score points-paying finishes in all five races this season.
- Sergio Perez finished ninth, his second consecutive points-paying result (finished a season-best third in Azerbaijan Grand Prix). Perez has finished in the points in six of his eight starts in the Spanish Grand Prix, and finished in seven of eight races (failed to finish 2012 race due to transmission problems).
- Charles Leclerc secured 10th, his second career points-paying finish (both in succession).
- Brendon Hartley moved up a race-high eight positions, from 20th to 12th. It marked the second consecutive race Hartley made up the most positions from start to finish (made up nine positions in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix).
- Sergey Sirotkin was the final driver to finish the race, in 14th (three laps down).
- Esteban Ocon failed to finish a Formula 1 race for the second consecutive grand prix (due to engine problems). He had only failed to finish in F1 race once in his first 31 grand prix.
- Romain Grosjean failed to finish his second consecutive race and series-high third of the 2018 season, when he was involved in a first-lap incident which also involved Pierre Gasly and Nico Hulkenberg. That incident marked the second consecutive F1 grand prix in which at least two drivers retired due to first-lap incidents.
- The next round of the 2018 Formula 1 World Championship is the Monaco Grand Prix on May 27 on the streets of Monte-Carlo.
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