The 2018 Italian Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Gran Premio Heineken d'Italia 2018) was a Formula One motor race held on 2 September 2018 at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in Monza, Italy. The race was the fourteenth round of the 2018 Formula One World Championship and marked the 88th running of the Italian Grand Prix and the 83rd time the race was held at Monza.
| 2018 Italian Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 14 of 21 in the 2018 Formula One World Championship
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 Layout of the Monza circuit | |||||
| Race details[1] | |||||
| Date | 2 September 2018 | ||||
| Official name | Formula 1 Gran Premio Heineken d'Italia 2018 | ||||
| Location |
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Monza, Italy | ||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
| Course length | 5.793 km (3.600 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 53 laps, 306.720 km (190.587 miles) | ||||
| Weather | Sunny | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Ferrari | ||||
| Time | 1:19.119 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |
 Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | |||
| Time | 1:22.497 on lap 30 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Mercedes | ||||
| Second | Ferrari | ||||
| Third | Mercedes | ||||
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Lap leaders | |||||
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton entered the round with a 17-point lead over Sebastian Vettel in the Drivers' Championship. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes led Ferrari by 15 points. Kimi Räikkönen took the fastest pole position in Formula 1 history with a time of 1:19.119, breaking the record set by Rubens Barrichello in 2004. Räikkönen's previous pole was at the 2017 Monaco Grand Prix.
Qualifying
edit| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Qualifying times | Final grid | ||
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| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | |||||
| 1 | 7 | Ferrari | 1:20.722 | 1:19.846 | 1:19.119 | 1 | |
| 2 | 5 | Ferrari | 1:20.542 | 1:19.629 | 1:19.280 | 2 | |
| 3 | 44 | Mercedes | 1:20.810 | 1:19.798 | 1:19.294 | 3 | |
| 4 | 77 | Mercedes | 1:21.381 | 1:20.427 | 1:19.656 | 4 | |
| 5 | 33 | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | 1:21.381 | 1:20.333 | 1:20.615 | 5 | |
| 6 | 8 | Haas-Ferrari | 1:21.887 | 1:21.239 | 1:20.936 | 6 | |
| 7 | 55 | Renault | 1:21.732 | 1:21.552 | 1:21.041 | 7 | |
| 8 | 31 | Force India-Mercedes | 1:21.570 | 1:21.315 | 1:21.099 | 8 | |
| 9 | 10 | Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda | 1:21.834 | 1:21.667 | 1:21.350 | 9 | |
| 10 | 18 | Williams-Mercedes | 1:21.838 | 1:21.494 | 1:21.627 | 10 | |
| 11 | 20 | Haas-Ferrari | 1:21.783 | 1:21.669 | 11 | ||
| 12 | 35 | Williams-Mercedes | 1:21.813 | 1:21.732 | 12 | ||
| 13 | 14 | McLaren-Renault | 1:21.850 | 1:22.568 | 13 | ||
| 14 | 27 | Renault | 1:21.801 | No time | 201 | ||
| 15 | 3 | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | 1:21.280 | No time | 192 | ||
| 16 | 11 | Force India-Mercedes | 1:21.888 | 14 | |||
| 17 | 16 | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:21.889 | 15 | |||
| 18 | 28 | Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda | 1:21.934 | 16 | |||
| 19 | 9 | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:22.048 | 183 | |||
| 20 | 2 | McLaren-Renault | 1:22.085 | 17 | |||
| 107% time: 1:26.179 | |||||||
| Source:[2] | |||||||
- Notes
- ^1 – Nico Hülkenberg received a 40-place grid penalty: 10 places for causing a collision at previous round and 30 places for exceeding his quota of power unit elements.
- ^2 – Daniel Ricciardo received a 30-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of power unit elements.
- ^3 – Marcus Ericsson received a 10-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of power unit elements.
Race report
editThe race was won by Lewis Hamilton after a battle with Kimi Räikkönen, Hamilton caught and passed Räikkönen with 9 laps remaining. On the opening lap Hamilton and Vettel collided causing Vettel to spin off. Despite Vettel's complaints, the stewards deemed it just a racing incident. Vettel would later fight back to 4th place, behind Valtteri Bottas in third. Max Verstappen was penalised 5 seconds after forcing Bottas off the track after a pit stop and was classified 5th. Sergey Sirotkin, driving for Williams, scored his only Formula 1 championship point, after Romain Grosjean was disqualified from 6th place after Renault successfully lodged a protest due to his Haas carrying an illegal floor,[3] thus ensuring that for the first time ever in Formula One, all drivers who entered and finished every race in the season scored at least a point.[4]
Race classification
edit- Notes
- ^1 – Max Verstappen originally finished third, but received a 5-second time penalty for causing a collision with Valtteri Bottas.
- ^2 – Romain Grosjean originally finished sixth, but was disqualified for a technical infringement with the floor of his car.
Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Formula 1 Gran Premio Heineken d'Italia 2018". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ^ "Formula 1 Gran Premio Heineken d'Italia 2018 – Qualifying". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. 1 September 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ "Hamilton wins thrilling Italian GP". BBC Sport.
- ^ "A SEASON TO REMEMBER: 2018's most amazing stats | Formula 1". www.formula1.com. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ "Formula 1 Gran Premio Heineken d'Italia 2018 – Race Result". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. 2 September 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- ^ a b "Italy 2018 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
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