British Grand Prix Qualifying 2018-07-07

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Event
British Grand Prix Qualifying

Date
Sat 7th July 2018 (UTC)

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14:00:00 UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
2018

Round
0

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Location
Silverstone Circuit

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The 2018 British Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 2018 Rolex British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 8 July 2018 at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, United Kingdom. The race was the tenth round of the 2018 Formula One World Championship. It marked the 73rd running of the British Grand Prix, the 69th time that the race had been run as a World Championship event, and the 54th time that the World Championship event had been held at the Silverstone Circuit.

Hamilton arrived at Silverstone one point adrift of Vettel in the drivers’ standings but confident in the knowledge that he was the favourite to win in front of his home crowd. That looked unlikely within moments of the start when Raikkonen locked up, sliding into Hamilton and pitching the five-time British Grand Prix winner into a spin. Hamilton kept the engine running, rejoined in last place and then set about one of his trademark comeback drives to limit the damage in the drivers’ championship.
Mercedes gave themselves a chance of snatching back the win by leaving Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas out when the Safety Car was called into action late in the race, while Ferrari and Red Bull pitted for fresh tyres. And for a few laps, it looked like it may work as Bottas held off Vettel, with Hamilton to third.
But ultimately, Vettel had too much pace on the softer tyres and after eyeing his prey for a few laps, brilliantly snatched the lead from Bottas. Hamilton also moved past the Finn, but he didn’t have the performance to attack Vettel and had to settle for second with Raikkonen third.
It was Vettel’s 51st victory, moving him level with four-time world champion Alain Prost in third in the all-time list. The German extends his championship lead over Hamilton to eight points heading to his home race at Hockenheim. It’s the first time it’s been more than a point ahead since the Chinese Grand Prix.

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Result List

Result Description
POS NO DRIVER Q1 Q2 Q3 LAPS
1 44 Hamilton 1:26.818 1:26.256 1:25.892 16
2 5 Vettel 1:26.585 1:26.372 1:25.936 17
3 7 Räikkönen 1:27.549 1:26.483 1:25.990 17
4 77 Bottas 1:27.025 1:26.413 1:26.217 15
5 33 Verstappen 1:27.309 1:27.013 1:26.602 14
6 3 Ricciardo 1:27.979 1:27.369 1:27.099 14
7 20 Magnussen 1:28.143 1:27.730 1:27.244 19
8 8 Grosjean 1:28.086 1:27.522 1:27.455 20
9 16 Leclerc 1:27.962 1:27.790 1:27.879 19
10 31 Ocon 1:28.279 1:27.843 1:28.194 20
11 27 Hulkenberg 1:28.017 1:27.901 12
12 11 Perez 1:28.210 1:27.928 14
13 14 Alonso 1:28.187 1:28.139 12
14 10 Gasly 1:28.399 1:28.343 15
15 9 Ericsson 1:28.249 1:28.391 16
16 55 Sainz 1:28.456 8
17 2 Vandoorne 1:29.096 9
18 35 Sirotkin 1:29.252 7
NC 18 Stroll DNF 2

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