Race 1 of 21 in the 2018 Formula One World Championship
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Race details
Date
25 March 2018
Official name
Formula 1 2018 Rolex Australian Grand Prix[1][2]
Location
Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia
Course
Temporary street circuit
Course length
5.303 km (3.295 miles)
Distance
58 laps, 307.574 km (191.118 miles)
Weather
Sunny
Pole position
Driver
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
Time
1:21.164
Fastest lap
Driver
Daniel Ricciardo
Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer
Time
1:25.945 on lap 54
Podium
First
Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari
Second
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
Third
Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari
Lap leaders
Motor car race
The 2018 Australian Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 2018 Rolex Australian Grand Prix)[3] was a Formula One motor race held on 25 March 2018 in Melbourne, Victoria. The race was contested at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit and was the first round of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship.[4] The race marked the 83rd race in the combined history of the Australian Grand Prix – which dates back to the 100 Miles Road Race of 1928 – and the 23rd time the event was held at the Albert Park circuit.
Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel was the defending race winner.[5] Lewis Hamilton started the race from pole – his seventh pole position in Australia,[6] a record for the event – while Vettel successfully defended his race win, the 48th of his career and stood on the podium for the 100th time.[5][7] It was the Grand Prix debut of future race winner Charles Leclerc, who drove for Sauber.
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^Mitchell, Malcolm. "Albert Park – The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Archived from the original on 18 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
^"Australia". Formula1.com. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
^"FIA announces World Motor Sport Council decisions". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 6 December 2017. Archived from the original on 7 December 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
^ ab"2017 Australian Grand Prix Race – Provisional Classification". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 26 March 2017. Archived from the original on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
^Cite error: The named reference quali result was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Sebastian Vettel - Podiums". StatsF1. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
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