F1 2018 race results drivers#
F1 2018 race results driver#

For sponsorship purposes, these engines were rebadged as 'TAG Heuer'.

^ Red Bull Racing used Renault R.E.18 power units.

and entered into the championship as the new team known as Racing Point Force India F1 Team, which competed from race 13 ( Belgian Grand Prix) onwards. The team's assets were purchased by Racing Point UK Ltd.

^ Sahara Force India F1 Team was excluded from the championship when its parent company went into administration and the team was unable to continue after race 12 of the season.

All teams competed with tyres supplied by Pirelli.

F1 2018 race results drivers#

The following teams and drivers participated in the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship. 5.4 World Constructors' Championship standings.5.3 World Drivers' Championship standings.The introduction of the halo was the first stage of a planned rollout that would see the device adopted in all FIA-sanctioned open wheel series by 2020. In 2018, the championship saw the introduction of a new cockpit protection device, known as the 'halo'. In the Constructors' Championship, Mercedes finished 84 points ahead of Ferrari, with Red Bull Racing- TAG Heuer in third, 152 points behind Ferrari.

F1 2018 race results driver#

Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel finished runner-up, 88 points behind Hamilton, with his teammate Kimi RГ¤ikkГ¶nen finishing third. Hamilton clinched his fifth World Drivers' Championship title at the 2018 Mexican Grand Prix, with the team securing its fifth consecutive World Constructors' Championship title at the following race. At the half way point after the British Grand Prix, Vettel led the title battle by a eight points. The championship lead ebbed and flowed between the two title contenders, the points lead swapping hands five times throughout the year.

It was the first time in Formula One history, two quadruple world champions would be competing for a fifth title and the season was billed as the Fight for Five by journalists and fans. The 2018 season saw two four-time World Champions, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel, as the main Championship challengers. The season was, for the second consecutive year, a title battle between Mercedes and Ferrari.

Drivers and teams competed in twenty-one Grands Prix for the World Drivers' and World Constructors' championship titles. Formula One is recognised by the governing body of international motorsport, the FГ©dГ©ration Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars. The 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship was the motor racing championship for Formula One cars and the 69th running of the Formula One World Championship. Mercedes retained the Constructors' Championship for a fifth consecutive year pictured is the F1 W09 EQ Power+, their car for the 2018 season