Pos | # | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/gap | Difference | Reason |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 53 | 1hr 27m 17.062s | ||
2 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 53 | 12.919 | 12.919 | |
3 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 53 | 14.295 | 1.376 | |
4 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 53 | 19.495 | 5.200 | |
5 | 7 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 53 | 50.998 | 31.503 | |
6 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 53 | 69.873 | 18.875 | |
7 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Force India-Mercedes | 53 | 79.379 | 9.506 | |
8 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas-Ferrari | 53 | 87.198 | 7.819 | |
9 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Force India-Mercedes | 53 | 88.055 | 0.857 | |
10 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | Renault | 52 | 1 lap | 1 lap | |
11 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso-Honda | 52 | 1 lap | 12.851 | |
12 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber-Ferrari | 52 | 1 lap | 21.311 | |
13 | 28 | Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso-Honda | 52 | 1 lap | 0.538 | |
14 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Renault | 52 | 1 lap | 0.334 | |
15 | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren-Renault | 52 | 1 lap | 0.828 | |
16 | 35 | Sergey Sirotkin | Williams-Mercedes | 52 | 1 lap | 2.390 | |
17 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Williams-Mercedes | 52 | 1 lap | 4.691 | |
Not classified | |||||||
16 | Charles Leclerc | Sauber-Ferrari | 38 | 15 laps | 14 laps | Mechanical | |
27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | 37 | 16 laps | 1 lap | Handling | |
20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 8 | 45 laps | 29 laps | Damage |
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Jere (@jerejj)
7th October 2018, 7:44
Both crashtappen and the ”crash kid” strike again.
Patrick (@anunaki)
7th October 2018, 7:51
LOL max should be driver if the day. Only guy to attack the dominant car even with a penalty and floor damage
Johan Tolemans
7th October 2018, 8:11
Absolutely. They should also make him wear a red and green overall, rename F1 into Mario kart and allow him to throw banana peels out of his car.
Every circus needs a clown.
Ajaxn
7th October 2018, 14:42
Ha ha ‘badda-bing’
Todfod (@todfod)
7th October 2018, 8:08
Don’t think Verstappen did anything wrong today though. Thought his 5 sec penalty was a little harsh.. as there was nothing else he could have done when returning to the track.
Crash kid is lucky to not have gotten a penalty for his daft move on Verstappen. Crash kid has gotten a little courteous with his crashes though… when he crashes in to another car, he makes sure he’s the one who spins around and ruins his own race.
Tippracer
7th October 2018, 7:59
Shocking stupidity from Seb – brain dead move. All this talk of Vettel errors earlier in season were in my view either marginal (Baku and France) or part of a wider team strategic failure to manage their drivers better and position the faster driver (Germany and Italy) However this weekend the quali and race errors were 100% Sebastian’s fault. Great start totally destroyed by an impetuous move on a penalised driver. Biggest pain was probably the soft tyre performance at the end. Like 2017 Ferrari and Vettel have imploded since Spa. Vettel needs a mental reset, Ferrari needs a strategic overhaul. Car is fine and Leclerc should settle Seb. Hamilton is having it far too easy, hardly is fault however, driving really well. Bottas the perfect butler and blocker. Ferrari humiliation now complete.
Ajaxn
7th October 2018, 14:45
I can just see it now – a move to have Ferrari buy vettel out of his contract…
Seb5 (@seb5)
7th October 2018, 8:00
This race would have been a whole new story and exciting if Vettel was able to get past max, the gap was there so I guess it’s just an incident could happen to anyone but had been he got past the Mercedes would have somthing to think about, he would devinatly get past Bottas chat Vettel was on the charge.. End result could pretty much end with Hamilton winning but P2 wouldn’t be ruled out.. Oh well 5time world champion Lewis looking foward too Lecler and seb as team mate and hopefully another Ferrari competitive car to take the battle to Mercedes
Sridhar (@sridhargk)
7th October 2018, 8:10
The championship for Hilton was never in doubt since Monza. What I found amusing though was people’s new found enthusiasm for Honda power and we saw how that all ended. I can see Redhill languishing next year and bonehead Max disrupting the leaders’s races.
Jake (@jagged-jake)
7th October 2018, 8:10
Vettel & Verstappen, boys with toys!
Sridhar (@sridhargk)
7th October 2018, 8:11
Hamilton and Red bull not Red hill
Ivan Vinitskyy (@ivan-vinitskyy)
7th October 2018, 8:18
I can’t believe how much Max gets away with. There were probably 3 infractions in that incident with Kimi:
1. He missed a corner and failed to lose a position
2. Left the track and didn’t rejoin in a safe manner
3. Pushed Kimi out and made contact with his car
and all he gets is 5sec which made no difference because RedBull had a way to mitigate it.
It so ridiculous, and nothing gets done. Nobody really wants to race with this guy, it’s just not worth risking the incident. That’s robbing us all of racing opportunities because of Max’s ego. Why all the other champions can race fairly but not him?
Sridhar (@sridhargk)
7th October 2018, 8:40
+1
Markos
7th October 2018, 9:04
-2
medman (@medman)
7th October 2018, 13:07
+googleplex
MG1982 (@mg1982)
7th October 2018, 9:00
+1.
Still, Sky boys… and the racers ones (Di Resta), said it was 50/50! Ridiculous to say the least.
Nikki (@nikkit)
7th October 2018, 9:28
I watched the Channel 4 broadcast, so not aware of how they came to that conclusion, but maybe they are relying to much on Verstappen’s in car view, which does show him turning the wheel left considerably, though clearly not enough and only after the sharp right to avoid cutting too much of the corner, which is what ultimately put him into the position of hitting Kimi.
Ajaxn
7th October 2018, 14:51
Hamilton now only needs 8 points – do you suppose he wants to win the championship with a win , or would team orders now favour Bottas?
Wayne
7th October 2018, 20:03
Exactly ivan. But u hit d nail on the head. ” why all d other champions can race fairly but not him” well its bcos he is no champion. As i sed b4 verstappen should race in nascar. F1 is too crafty for a driver tlike verstappen he lacks finesse.