Event statistics following the ninth race of the 2018 FIA Formula 1 World Championship season, the Austrian Grand Prix at the 10-turn, 4.318-kilometer (2.688-mile) Red Bull Ring in Spielberg.
Max Verstappen took Red Bull Racing to victory at its home track, taking command after early leader Lewis Hamilton made his first pit stop, and led from Lap 26 on for his fourth career grand prix victory. Kimi Raikkonen finished second, with Sebastian Vettel taking the points lead with a third-place effort. The race saw attrition hit several of the heavy-hitters, with Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and polesitter Valtteri Bottas each retiring, as well as Verstappen’s teammate, Daniel Ricciardo, who was celebrating his 29th birthday.
Race Statistics
Austrian Grand Prix
Red Bull Ring – Spielberg, Styria, Austria
- Winner (starting position): Max Verstappen (5th)
- Podium: Max Verstappen, Kimi Raikkonen, Sebastian Vettel
- Full Results: Max Verstappen, Kimi Raikkonen, Sebastian Vettel, Romain Grosjean, Kevin Magnussen, Esteban Ocon, Sergio Perez, Fernando Alonso, Charles Leclerc, Marcus Ericsson, Pierre Gasly, Carlos Sainz, Lance Stroll, Sergey Sirotkin, Stoffel Vandoorne, Lewis Hamilton, Brendon Hartley, Daniel Ricciardo, Valtteri Bottas, Nico Hulkenberg
- Laps Completed: 71
- Distance Completed: 306.578 kilometers/190.499 miles
- Race Leaders: 2
- Laps Led: Max Verstappen (46), Lewis Hamilton (25)
- Pole Position: Valtteri Bottas (1 minute, 3.130 seconds)
- Hard Charger: Brendon Hartley (+12; 20th to 8th)
- Fastest Lap: Kimi Raikkonen (1 minute, 6.957 seconds, 232.160 kph/144.258 mph; Lap 71)
- Margin of Victory: 1.504 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: 3
- Average Speed: 224.415 kph/139.445 mph
- Lead Changes: 1
- Safety Car Periods: None
- Race Time: 1:21:56.024
- Weather at Start of Race: 70 degrees Fahrenheit, partly cloudy, winds WSW 2 mph
- Weather at End of Race: 71 degrees Fahrenheit, clear, winds N 2 mph
Notes of Interest
- This is Verstappen's first victory of the season and the fourth of his career. His last victory was the 2017 Mexican Grand Prix at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.
- This is Verstappen's first victory at Red Bull Ring. Verstappen has won at four different tracks.
- Verstappen gave Red Bull Racing its first victory at the track which bears its name, the Red Bull Ring.
- This marks only the second time a driver has won a grand prix at Red Bull Ring from outside the top three (David Coulthard won after starting seventh in 2001).
- This marks only the second time a driver has won a grand prix at Red Bull Ring from outside the top three (David Coulthard won after starting seventh in 2001).
- Sebastian Vettel finished third, and took the points lead over Lewis Hamilton by one point.
- In the 50th race for Haas, Romain Grosjean was fourth and Kevin Magnussen was fifth. It marked the most points Haas has ever scored in a grand prix. It was also Grosjean's first finish in the points this season.
- Force India, in its 200th grand prix, were right behind Haas, with Esteban Ocon taking sixth and Sergio Perez landing seventh.
- Despite leading the first 25 laps, Lewis Hamilton failed to finish the race, ending a streak of 33 consecutive races finishing in the points. Had he completed an additional lap, he would have been classified for a 34th consecutive race.
Additional notes and statistics to come.
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