2018 Canadian Grand Prix

The race was the 7th round of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship. The race was won by Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari. It was Vettel's 50th career win, becoming the fourth driver in Formula One history to achieve such a feat (joining Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton and Alain Prost). It was the 55th running of the Canadian Grand Prix, the 49th time the event had been included as a round of the Formula One World Championship since the inception of the series in 1950, and the 39th time that a World Championship was held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Fernando Alonso also celebrated his 300th Grand Prix entry at this race. This race was Ferrari's first win in Canada since Michael Schumacher won here in 2004.

2018 Canadian Grand Prix
Race 7 of 21 in the 2018 Formula One World Championship ← Previous race Next race →
Layout of the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Race details
Date	10 June 2018
Official name	Formula 1 Grand Prix Heineken du Canada 2018
Location	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Course	Street circuit
Course length	4.361 km (2.710 miles)
Distance	68 laps, 296.548 km (184.266 miles)
Scheduled distance	70 laps, 305.270 km (189.686 miles)
Weather	Temperatures reaching up to 22.7 °C (72.9 °F); with wind speeds reaching 11.1 kilometres per hour (6.9 mph)
Pole position
Driver	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
Time	1:10.764
Fastest lap
Driver	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer
Time	1:13.864 on lap 65
Podium
First	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
Second	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
Third	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer
Lap leaders

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton went in to the race as the defending race winner. He entered the round with a 14-point lead over Sebastian Vettel in the World Drivers' Championship. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes held a 17-point lead over Ferrari.

Background

Tyres

The tyre compounds provided for this race were the hypersoft, ultrasoft and supersoft.

Practice

Max Verstappen was fastest across all three practice sessions, improving his time in each successive session. In FP2, Grosjean hit a groundhog that was on the track, damaging his front wing, and reducing the Haas team's spare parts.

Qualifying

Romain Grosjean's car had a major engine failure as it left the pitlane in Q1 meaning he failed to set a lap time, and raced at the stewards' discretion. In Q2, when Sebastian Vettel was completing his final flying lap, he aborted the lap because Carlos Sainz, Nico Hülkenberg and a number of other cars were driving slowly along the back straight, leading him to pull into the pits. In Q3, Vettel took pole with a new track record however his teammate made a mistake in Turn 2, meaning he would qualify in P5.

Race

The grid got away largely without incident from the line, but in turn 5, Brendon Hartley and local driver Lance Stroll collided, forcing their immediate retirement and the deployment of the safety car. At the restart, Sergio Pérez touched Sainz, forcing Pérez off the track, losing positions. On Lap 18, Daniel Ricciardo overcut Lewis Hamilton for the fourth position. On lap 43, Fernando Alonso retired from the race with an exhaust issue.

Race officials erroneously directed model Winnie Harlow to wave the chequered flag before race leader Vettel completed lap 69 (the scheduled penultimate lap) and therefore the results were taken from lap 68, according to the Formula 1 sporting regulations article 43.2. This meant that Ricciardo's successively faster laps on laps 69 and 70 were voided, and Sergio Pérez's overtake on Kevin Magnussen for 13th did not stand.

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Qualifying times			Final grid
				Q1	Q2	Q3
1	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:11.710	1:11.524	1:10.764	1
2	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:11.950	1:11.514	1:10.857	2
3	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	1:12.008	1:11.472	1:10.937	3
4	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:11.835	1:11.740	1:10.996	4
5	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:11.725	1:11.620	1:11.095	5
6	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	1:12.459	1:11.434	1:11.116	6
7	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:12.795	1:11.916	1:11.973	7
8	31	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1:12.577	1:12.141	1:12.084	8
9	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	1:12.689	1:12.097	1:12.168	9
10	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	1:12.702	1:12.395	1:12.671	10
11	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:12.680	1:12.606		11
12	28	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	1:12.587	1:12.635		12
13	16	Charles Leclerc	Sauber-Ferrari	1:12.945	1:12.661		13
14	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Renault	1:12.979	1:12.856		14
15	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Renault	1:12.998	1:12.865		15
16	10	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	1:13.047			191
17	18	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1:13.590			16
18	35	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams-Mercedes	1:13.643			17
19	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:14.593			18
107% time: 1:16.729
—	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	No time			202
Source:

Notes

• ^1  – Pierre Gasly received a ten-place grid penalty for his power unit change.
• ^2  – Romain Grosjean failed to set a lap time during qualifying. He was allowed to race at the stewards' discretion.

Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	68	1:28:31.377	1	25
2	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	68	+7.376	2	18
3	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	68	+8.360	3	15
4	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	68	+20.892	6	12
5	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	68	+21.559	4	10
6	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	68	+27.184	5	8
7	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	67	+1 lap	7	6
8	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	67	+1 lap	9	4
9	31	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	67	+1 lap	8	2
10	16	Charles Leclerc	Sauber-Ferrari	67	+1 lap	13	1
11	10	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	67	+1 lap	19
12	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	67	+1 lap	20
13	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	67	+1 lap	11
14	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	67	+1 lap	10
15	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	66	+2 laps	18
16	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Renault	66	+2 laps	15
17	35	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams-Mercedes	66	+2 laps	17
Ret	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Renault	40	Exhaust	14
Ret	28	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	0	Collision	12
Ret	18	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	0	Collision	16
Source:

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points   1 1   Sebastian Vettel 121   1 2   Lewis Hamilton 120   1 3   Valtteri Bottas 86   1 4   Daniel Ricciardo 84   5   Kimi Räikkönen 68 Source:

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points   1   Mercedes 206   2   Ferrari 189   3   Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 134   4   Renault 56   5   McLaren-Renault 40 Source:

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.