Event statistics following the 11th race of the 2018 FIA Formula 1 World Championship season, the German Grand Prix (formally known as the Emirates Grosser Preis von Deutschland) at the 17-turn, 4.574-kilometer (2.842-mile) Hockenheimring in Hockenheim, Germany.
Lewis Hamilton won from the 14th starting position to take his fourth German Grand Prix win, 66th of his career and fourth of the 2018 season. Most importantly, Hamilton vaulted into the points lead for the first time since dropping to second after failing to finish the Austrian Grand Prix. Hamilton took command after polesitter and early leader Sebastian Vettel crashed while leading, and Vettel’s teammate, Kimi Raikkonen, pitted from the lead.
Hamilton’s teammate Valtteri Bottas finished second, giving Mercedes its first 1-2 finish in its home grand prix. Bottas’s fellow Finnish countryman, Raikkonen, was second.
Race Statistics
German Grand Prix
Hockenheimring – Hockenheim, Germany
- Winner (starting position): Lewis Hamilton (14th)
- Podium: Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas, Kimi Raikkonen
- Full Results: Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas, Kimi Raikkonen, Max Verstappen, Nico Hulkenberg, Romain Grosjean, Sergio Perez, Esteban Ocon, Marcus Ericsson, Brendon Hartley, Kevin Magnussen, Carlos Sainz Jr., Stoffel Vandoorne, Pierre Gasly, Charles Leclerc, Fernando Alonso, Lance Stroll, Sebastian Vettel, Sergey Sirotkin, Daniel Ricciardo.
- Laps Completed: 67
- Distance Completed: 306.458 kilometers/190.414 miles
- Race Leaders: 4
- Laps Led: Sebastian Vettel (38), Lewis Hamilton (15), Kimi Raikkonen (10), Valtteri Bottas (4)
- Pole Position: Sebastian Vettel (1 minute, 11.212 seconds)
- Hard Charger: Lewis Hamilton (+13; 14th to 1st)
- Fastest Lap: Lewis Hamilton (1 minute, 15.808 seconds; 217.968 kph/135.439 mph)
- Margin of Victory: 4.535 seconds
- Car Count: 20
- Cars Entered: 20
- Cars Running at Finish: 15 (of 20; or 75 percent of the field)
- Cars Classified at Finish: 15 (of 20; or 75 percent of the field)
- Drivers to Finish on Lead Lap: 13
- Average Speed: 198.789 kph/123.522 mph
- Lead Changes: 5
- Safety Car Periods: 1 for 5 laps
- Race Time: 1:32:29.845
- Weather at Start of Race: 78 degrees Fahrenheit (26 degrees Celsius), partly cloudy, winds WNW 10 mph
- Track Temperature at Start of Race: 111 degrees Fahrenheit (44 degrees Celsius)
- Weather at End of Race: 79 degrees Fahrenheit, mostly cloudy, winds SE 8 mph
Notes of Interest – Race/Weekend Recap
- This marked the 77th German Grand Prix (62nd as part of the Formula 1 calendar) and the 36th at Hockenheimring (all races at Hockenheimring have been part of the F1 schedule).
- This is Lewis Hamilton’s fourth Formula 1 World Championship victory of the season, tying him for the most with Sebastian Vettel, and the 66th of his career. He remains second all-time in F1 World Championship grand prix victories.
- Hamilton is the second driver to win four F1 grand prix this season. He also won the Azerbaijan, Spanish and French Grand Prix. Two other drivers – Daniel Ricciardo (two) and Max Verstappen (one), both with Red Bull Racing – have victories in 2018.
- This is Hamilton’s fourth victory in the German Grand Prix, and third at Hockenheimring (2008, 2014 and 2016); he also won the race at the Nurburgring in 2011. Hamilton is now tied for second all-time in German Grand Prix wins with Michael Schumacher, and tied with Schumacher for most German GP wins under Formula 1 sanction. Rudolf Caracciola owns a record six German Grand Prix wins, all preceding Formula 1.
Additional notes and statistics forthcoming.
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