2018 Belgian Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel won the 2018 Belgian Grand Prix at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on 26 Aug 2018 for Ferrari, from 2nd on the grid; Lewis Hamilton was second and Max Verstappen third. Pole position: Lewis Hamilton.

Vettel led every one of the 44 laps. There was one safety-car period (laps 1 to 5). Vettel stopped 2 times, on laps 1 and 22; 13 of 15 finishers made 2 stops, and the median first stop was lap 1. The fastest lap was Valtteri Bottas's, 1:46.286 on lap 32. 15 of 20 starters were classified; 5 retired or were not classified. After the race Lewis Hamilton led the championship with 231 points, 17 ahead of Sebastian Vettel, with 8 rounds left.

Date

26 Aug 2018

Circuit

Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium

Round

13 of 21

Winner

Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari)

Pole position

Lewis Hamilton (1:58.179)

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Race classification

Grid differs from qualifying for 11 drivers: Valtteri Bottas qualified 10th, started 19th; Pierre Gasly qualified 11th, started 10th; Brendon Hartley qualified 12th, started 11th; Charles Leclerc qualified 13th, started 12th; Marcus Ericsson qualified 14th, started 13th; Nico Hülkenberg qualified 15th, started 20th; Carlos Sainz qualified 16th, started 14th; Fernando Alonso qualified 17th, started 15th; Sergey Sirotkin qualified 18th, started 16th; Lance Stroll qualified 19th, started 17th; Stoffel Vandoorne qualified 20th, started 18th. The data records the positions, not the reason; such gaps come from grid penalties, car or engine changes, or pit-lane starts. The small "q" number in the Grid column is the qualifying position.

Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.

Lap chart

Explained: how to read a lap chart · safety car, virtual safety car and red flags.

Race history: gap to the leader

How the race was won

Winner

Sebastian Vettel: 2 stops (laps 1, 22), stints of 1, 21, 22 laps

2nd

Lewis Hamilton: 2 stops (laps 1, 21), stints of 1, 20, 23 laps

3rd

Max Verstappen: 2 stops (laps 1, 26), stints of 1, 25, 18 laps

Finishers

2 stops: 13 · 3 or more: 2

First stops

median lap 1 of 44

Pit stops

Explained: tyres, compounds and pit stops · pit stops per race since 1994.

Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.

Qualifying

Explained: how qualifying works · how often pole position wins.

Gap: the driver's best time in any session (session named), in seconds behind the fastest time of qualifying. That is usually the pole time; when a session gets slower (rain, for example), an earlier session's time can be faster. The bar is full at 3 seconds; larger gaps are cut off.

Standings after this race

Explained: how points and the two championships work.

Full 2018 standings