Race 2 of 21 in the 2018 Formula One World Championship
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Race details[1]
Date
8 April 2018
Official name
Formula 1 2018 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix
Location
Bahrain International Circuit Sakhir, Bahrain
Course
Permanent racing facility
Course length
5.412 km (3.362 miles)
Distance
57 laps, 308.238 km (191.530 miles)
Weather
Clear
Attendance
95,000[2]
Pole position
Driver
Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari
Time
1:27.958
Fastest lap
Driver
Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes
Time
1:33.740 on lap 22
Podium
First
Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari
Second
Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes
Third
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
Lap leaders
Motor car race
The 2018 Bahrain Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 2018 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix)[1] was a Formula One motor race that took place on 8 April 2018 at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain.[3] The race was the second round of the 2018 Formula One World Championship and marked the 14th time that the Bahrain Grand Prix had been run as a round of the Formula One World Championship.
Sebastian Vettel was the defending race winner. He entered the round with a seven-point lead over Lewis Hamilton in the World Drivers' Championship.[4][5] In the World Constructors' Championship standings, Ferrari hold a ten-point lead over Mercedes.
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