2018 Italian Grand Prix

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
Race 14 of 21 in the 2018 Formula One World Championship ← Previous race Next race →
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	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari
Time	1:19.119
Fastest lap
Driver	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time	1:22.497 on lap 30
Podium
First	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Second	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari
Third	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
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

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Qualifying times			Final grid
				Q1	Q2	Q3
1	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:20.722	1:19.846	1:19.119	1
2	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:20.542	1:19.629	1:19.280	2
3	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:20.810	1:19.798	1:19.294	3
4	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:21.381	1:20.427	1:19.656	4
5	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	1:21.381	1:20.333	1:20.615	5
6	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:21.887	1:21.239	1:20.936	6
7	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	1:21.732	1:21.552	1:21.041	7
8	31	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1:21.570	1:21.315	1:21.099	8
9	10	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	1:21.834	1:21.667	1:21.350	9
10	18	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1:21.838	1:21.494	1:21.627	10
11	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:21.783	1:21.669		11
12	35	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams-Mercedes	1:21.813	1:21.732		12
13	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Renault	1:21.850	1:22.568		13
14	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:21.801	No time		201
15	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	1:21.280	No time		192
16	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	1:21.888			14
17	16	Charles Leclerc	Sauber-Ferrari	1:21.889			15
18	28	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	1:21.934			16
19	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:22.048			183
20	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	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

The 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

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	53	1:16:54.484	3	25
2	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	53	+8.705	1	18
3	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	53	+14.066	4	15
4	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	53	+16.151	2	12
5	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	53	+18.2081	5	10
6	31	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	53	+57.761	8	8
7	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	53	+58.678	14	6
8	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	53	+1:18.140	7	4
9	18	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	52	+1 lap	10	2
10	35	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams-Mercedes	52	+1 lap	12	1
11	16	Charles Leclerc	Sauber-Ferrari	52	+1 lap	15
12	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Renault	52	+1 lap	17
13	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	52	+1 lap	20
14	10	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	52	+1 lap	9
15	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	52	+1 lap	18
16	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	52	+1 lap	11
Ret	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	23	Clutch	19
Ret	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Renault	9	Electrics	13
Ret	28	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	0	Collision	16
DSQ	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	53	Illegal floor2	6
Source:[5]

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

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Lewis Hamilton 256 2 Sebastian Vettel 226 3 Kimi Räikkönen 164 4 Valtteri Bottas 159 5 Max Verstappen 130 Source:[6]

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Mercedes 415 2 Ferrari 390 3 Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 248 4 Renault 86 5 Haas-Ferrari 76 Source:[6]

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

See also

• 2018 Monza Formula 2 round
• 2018 Monza GP3 Series round