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Layout of the Baku City Circuit
Race details[1]
Date
29 April 2018
Official name
Formula 1 Rolex Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Location
Baku City Circuit Baku, Azerbaijan
Course
Temporary street circuit
Course length
6.003 km (3.730 miles)
Distance
51 laps, 306.049 km (190.170 miles)
Weather
Cloudy
Pole position
Driver
Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari
Time
1:41.498
Fastest lap
Driver
Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes
Time
1:45.149 on lap 37
Podium
First
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
Second
Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari
Third
Sergio Pérez
Force India-Mercedes
Lap leaders
Motor car race
The 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 29 April 2018 at the Baku City Circuit in Baku, Azerbaijan.[2] The race was the 4th round of the 2018 Formula One World Championship, the 2nd running of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship and the 3rd time the Baku City Circuit was being used to host a Formula One race.[2][3][4]
Red Bull Racing driver Daniel Ricciardo was the defending race winner.[5] Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel entered the round with a nine-point lead over Lewis Hamilton in the World Drivers' Championship.[6] In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes started the round with a one-point lead over Ferrari.[6]
Charles Leclerc finished 6th and became the first Monégasque driver to score a point since Louis Chiron in the 1950 Monaco Grand Prix.[7] Brendon Hartley finished 10th and became the first driver from New Zealand to score a point since Chris Amon in the 1976 Spanish Grand Prix.[8][9] This would prove to be the final podium for Force India.[10]
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