Race · Round 21 of 21 · 25 November 2018

2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Sir Lewis Hamilton won for Mercedes from pole at Yas Marina Circuit. 5 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Yas Marina CircuitAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Winner: Sir Lewis HamiltonMercedes
Pole: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Sebastian Vettel
Entries: 2015 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W09	1	55	Finished	25
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	SF71H	3	55	Finished	18	fastest lap
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	RB14	6	55	Finished	15
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	RB14	5	55	Finished	12
5	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	F1 W09	2	55	Finished	10
6	Carlos Sainz	Renault	R.S.18	11	55	Finished	8
7	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	C37	8	55	Finished	6
8	Sergio Perez	Force India	VJM11	14	55	Finished	4
9	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	VF-18	7	54	Finished	2
10	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	VF-18	13	54	Finished	1
11	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	MCL33	15	54	Finished	0
12	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR13	16	54	Finished	0
13	Lance Stroll	Williams	FW41	20	54	Finished	0
14	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	MCL33	18	54	Finished	0
15	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	FW41	19	54	Finished	0
DNF	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR13	17	46	Engine	0
DNF	Esteban Ocon	Force India	VJM11	9	44	Engine	0
DNF	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	C37	12	24	Power loss	0
DNF	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	SF71H	4	6	Power loss	0
DNF	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	R.S.18	10	0	Collision	0

F1DB layout yas-marina-1 · 5.554 km · 21 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	1	55
Sebastian Vettel	3	2	55
Max Verstappen	6	3	55
Daniel Ricciardo	5	4	55
Valtteri Bottas	2	5	55
Carlos Sainz	11	6	55
Charles Leclerc	8	7	55
Sergio Perez	14	8	55
Romain Grosjean	7	9	54
Kevin Magnussen	13	10	54
Fernando Alonso	15	11	54
Brendon Hartley	16	12	54
Lance Stroll	20	13	54
Stoffel Vandoorne	18	14	54
Sergey Sirotkin	19	15	54
Pierre Gasly	17	DNF	46
Esteban Ocon	9	DNF	44
Marcus Ericsson	12	DNF	24
Kimi Raikkonen	4	DNF	6
Nico Hulkenberg	10	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	Interval
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:36.828	1:35.693	1:34.794	—	—
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:36.789	1:36.392	1:34.956	+0.162	+0.162
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:36.775	1:36.345	1:35.125	+0.331	+0.169
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:37.010	1:36.735	1:35.365	+0.571	+0.240
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:37.117	1:36.964	1:35.401	+0.607	+0.036
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:37.195	1:36.144	1:35.589	+0.795	+0.188
7	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:37.575	1:36.732	1:36.192	+1.398	+0.603
8	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	16	1:37.124	1:36.580	1:36.237	+1.443	+0.045
9	Esteban Ocon	Force India	31	1:36.936	1:36.814	1:36.540	+1.746	+0.303
10	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:37.569	1:36.630	1:36.542	+1.748	+0.002
11	Carlos Sainz	Renault	55	1:37.757	1:36.982	—	—	—
12	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:37.619	1:37.132	—	—	—
13	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:37.934	1:37.309	—	—	—
14	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:37.255	1:37.541	—	—	—
15	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:37.890	1:37.743	—	—	—
16	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso	28	1:37.994	—	—	—	—
17	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso	10	1:38.166	—	—	—	—
18	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	2	1:38.577	—	—	—	—
19	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	35	1:38.635	—	—	—	—
20	Lance Stroll	Williams	18	1:38.682	—	—	—	—

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked on each lap a driver stopped. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Only the lap is recorded: not a stop’s length, tyres or gain.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	55	1	7
Sebastian Vettel	2	55	1	15
Max Verstappen	3	55	1	17
Daniel Ricciardo	4	55	1	33
Valtteri Bottas	5	55	2	16, 40
Carlos Sainz	6	55	1	37
Charles Leclerc	7	55	1	7
Sergio Perez	8	55	1	26
Romain Grosjean	9	54	1	7
Kevin Magnussen	10	54	1	41
Fernando Alonso	11	54	1	27
Brendon Hartley	12	54	1	1
Lance Stroll	13	54	1	40
Stoffel Vandoorne	14	54	1	35
Sergey Sirotkin	15	54	1	35
Pierre Gasly	DNF	46	1	29
Esteban Ocon	DNF	44	1	18
Marcus Ericsson	DNF	24	0	None recorded
Kimi Raikkonen	DNF	6	0	None recorded
Nico Hulkenberg	DNF	0	0	None recorded

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Sebastian Vettel	1 · 3	1 · 2	7 · 15	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Valtteri Bottas	1 · 2	1 · 5	7 · 16	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Sebastian Vettel	2 · 3	5 · 2	16 · 15	Sebastian Vettel	Swapped places
Sebastian Vettel · Max Verstappen	3 · 6	2 · 3	15 · 17	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Max Verstappen	5 · 6	4 · 3	33 · 17	Max Verstappen	Swapped places
Max Verstappen · Romain Grosjean	6 · 7	3 · 9	17 · 7	Romain Grosjean	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Daniel Ricciardo	2 · 5	5 · 4	16 · 33	Valtteri Bottas	Swapped places
Valtteri Bottas · Carlos Sainz	2 · 11	5 · 6	16 · 37	Valtteri Bottas	Kept their order
Charles Leclerc · Carlos Sainz	8 · 11	7 · 6	7 · 37	Charles Leclerc	Swapped places
Romain Grosjean · Charles Leclerc	7 · 8	9 · 7	7 · 7	Same lap	Swapped places
Charles Leclerc · Sergio Perez	8 · 14	7 · 8	7 · 26	Charles Leclerc	Kept their order
Romain Grosjean · Sergio Perez	7 · 14	9 · 8	7 · 26	Romain Grosjean	Swapped places
Kevin Magnussen · Sergio Perez	13 · 14	10 · 8	41 · 26	Sergio Perez	Swapped places
Sergio Perez · Fernando Alonso	14 · 15	8 · 11	26 · 27	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Romain Grosjean · Kevin Magnussen	7 · 13	9 · 10	7 · 41	Romain Grosjean	Kept their order
Kevin Magnussen · Fernando Alonso	13 · 15	10 · 11	41 · 27	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Brendon Hartley	15 · 16	11 · 12	27 · 1	Brendon Hartley	Kept their order
Brendon Hartley · Lance Stroll	16 · 20	12 · 13	1 · 40	Brendon Hartley	Kept their order
Stoffel Vandoorne · Lance Stroll	18 · 20	14 · 13	35 · 40	Stoffel Vandoorne	Swapped places
Sergey Sirotkin · Lance Stroll	19 · 20	15 · 13	35 · 40	Sergey Sirotkin	Swapped places
Stoffel Vandoorne · Sergey Sirotkin	18 · 19	14 · 15	35 · 35	Same lap	Kept their order

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no stop duration and no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:38.491	—	—	27
2	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:38.945	+0.454	+0.454	19
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:39.452	+0.961	+0.507	29
4	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:39.543	+1.052	+0.091	26
5	Esteban Ocon	Force India	31	1:40.102	+1.611	+0.559	26
6	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:40.235	+1.744	+0.133	21
7	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:40.417	+1.926	+0.182	24
8	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:40.453	+1.962	+0.036	21
9	Carlos Sainz	Renault	55	1:40.588	+2.097	+0.135	21
10	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:40.663	+2.172	+0.075	24
11	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso	10	1:40.671	+2.180	+0.008	17
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:41.023	+2.532	+0.352	24
13	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:41.075	+2.584	+0.052	23
14	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso	28	1:41.137	+2.646	+0.062	26
15	Lance Stroll	Williams	18	1:41.493	+3.002	+0.356	22
16	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	36	1:41.662	+3.171	+0.169	24
17	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:41.928	+3.437	+0.266	22
18	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	2	1:42.114	+3.623	+0.186	22
19	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:42.313	+3.822	+0.199	16
20	Robert Kubica	Williams	40	1:42.992	+4.501	+0.679	26

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:37.236	—	—	37
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:37.280	+0.044	+0.044	32
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:37.428	+0.192	+0.148	31
4	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:37.443	+0.207	+0.015	35
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:37.461	+0.225	+0.018	40
6	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:37.569	+0.333	+0.108	39
7	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:38.060	+0.824	+0.491	30
8	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:38.230	+0.994	+0.170	36
9	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:38.318	+1.082	+0.088	30
10	Esteban Ocon	Force India	31	1:38.402	+1.166	+0.084	33
11	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso	10	1:38.506	+1.270	+0.104	32
12	Carlos Sainz	Renault	55	1:38.511	+1.275	+0.005	37
13	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:38.725	+1.489	+0.214	35
14	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:38.806	+1.570	+0.081	31
15	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	16	1:38.831	+1.595	+0.025	33
16	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso	28	1:38.957	+1.721	+0.126	35
17	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:39.502	+2.266	+0.545	36
18	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	2	1:39.938	+2.702	+0.436	18
19	Lance Stroll	Williams	18	1:40.046	+2.810	+0.108	33
20	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	35	1:40.935	+3.699	+0.889	39

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:37.176	—	—	17
2	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:37.464	+0.288	+0.288	18
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:37.587	+0.411	+0.123	15
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:37.747	+0.571	+0.160	15
5	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:37.933	+0.757	+0.186	16
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:38.090	+0.914	+0.157	11
7	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:38.304	+1.128	+0.214	13
8	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:38.850	+1.674	+0.546	15
9	Carlos Sainz	Renault	55	1:38.970	+1.794	+0.120	16
10	Esteban Ocon	Force India	31	1:39.011	+1.835	+0.041	7
11	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:39.053	+1.877	+0.042	15
12	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso	28	1:39.074	+1.898	+0.021	18
13	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	16	1:39.282	+2.106	+0.208	10
14	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:39.612	+2.436	+0.330	13
15	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso	10	1:39.740	+2.564	+0.128	12
16	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:39.974	+2.798	+0.234	13
17	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:39.997	+2.821	+0.023	20
18	Lance Stroll	Williams	18	1:40.117	+2.941	+0.120	18
19	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	2	1:40.233	+3.057	+0.116	14
20	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	35	1:41.182	+4.006	+0.949	22

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

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Where this comes from

Round: 21 of 2018
Grand Prix: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Dates: 25 Nov 2018
Layout raced: Original layout · 5.554 km · 21 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Mercedes
Entrant: Mercedes
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.