The 2018 Australian Grand Prix was Round 1 of the 2018 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held in Melbourne, Australia on Sunday, 25 March 2018. Lewis Hamilton started on pole position for Mercedes and Sebastian Vettel was the race winner for Ferrari.
Formula 1 2018 Rolex Australian Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Abbreviation | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Speed | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | VET | Germany | Ferrari | Pirelli | 58 | 1:29:33.283 | - | - | 1:26.469 | 53 | 206.068 | 25 |
| 2 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | HAM | Great Britain | Mercedes | Pirelli | 58 | 1:29:38.319 | +5.036 | +5.036 | 1:26.444 | 50 | 205.875 | 18 |
| 3 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | RAI | Finland | Ferrari | Pirelli | 58 | 1:29:39.592 | +6.309 | +1.273 | 1:26.373 | 57 | 205.827 | 15 |
| 4 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | RIC | Australia | Red Bull TAG Heuer | Pirelli | 58 | 1:29:40.352 | +7.069 | +0.760 | 1:25.945 | 54 | 205.798 | 12 |
| 5 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | ALO | Spain | McLaren Renault | Pirelli | 58 | 1:30:01.169 | +27.886 | +20.817 | 1:26.978 | 57 | 205.004 | 10 |
| 6 | 33 | Max Verstappen | VER | Netherlands | Red Bull TAG Heuer | Pirelli | 58 | 1:30:02.228 | +28.945 | +1.059 | 1:26.880 | 54 | 204.964 | 8 |
| 7 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | HUL | Germany | Renault | Pirelli | 58 | 1:30:05.954 | +32.671 | +3.726 | 1:27.081 | 57 | 204.823 | 6 |
| 8 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | BOT | Finland | Mercedes | Pirelli | 58 | 1:30:07.622 | +34.339 | +1.668 | 1:27.019 | 54 | 204.760 | 4 |
| 9 | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | VAN | Belgium | McLaren Renault | Pirelli | 58 | 1:30:08.204 | +34.921 | +0.582 | 1:26.958 | 57 | 204.738 | 2 |
| 10 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | SAI | Spain | Renault | Pirelli | 58 | 1:30:19.005 | +45.722 | +10.801 | 1:27.944 | 51 | 204.330 | 1 |
| 11 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | PER | Mexico | Force India Mercedes | Pirelli | 58 | 1:30:20.100 | +46.817 | +1.095 | 1:27.633 | 51 | 204.288 | |
| 12 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | OCO | France | Force India Mercedes | Pirelli | 58 | 1:30:33.561 | +1:00.278 | +13.461 | 1:27.600 | 57 | 203.782 | |
| 13 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | LEC | Monaco | Sauber Ferrari | Pirelli | 58 | 1:30:49.042 | +1:15.759 | +15.481 | 1:28.759 | 56 | 203.203 | |
| 14 | 18 | Lance Stroll | STR | Canada | Williams Mercedes | Pirelli | 58 | 1:30:51.571 | +1:18.288 | +2.529 | 1:28.511 | 55 | 203.109 | |
| 15 | 28 | Brendon Hartley | HAR | New Zealand | Toro Rosso Honda | Pirelli | 57 | 1:29:55.759 | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:28.176 | 57 | 201.672 | |
| DNF | 8 | Romain Grosjean | GRO | France | Haas Ferrari | Pirelli | 24 | 36:32.878 | 1:28.805 | 23 | 208.939 | |||
| DNF | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | MAG | Denmark | Haas Ferrari | Pirelli | 22 | 33:31.467 | 1:29.534 | 21 | 208.801 | |||
| DNF | 10 | Pierre Gasly | GAS | France | Toro Rosso Honda | Pirelli | 13 | 20:11.451 | 1:30.649 | 13 | 204.862 | |||
| DNF | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | ERI | Sweden | Sauber Ferrari | Pirelli | 5 | 7:55.096 | 1:32.210 | 4 | 200.915 | |||
| DNF | 35 | Sergey Sirotkin | SIR | Russia | Williams Mercedes | Pirelli | 4 | 6:26.147 | 1:32.573 | 3 | 197.756 |