2018 Season - Round 3 - 2018-04-15
Daniel Ricciardo won the 2018 Chinese Grand Prix for Red Bull, with Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) second and Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) third. The win came from P6 on the grid. Pole had been claimed by Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari), who could not convert it into the win.
Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) set the fastest lap of the race in 1:35.785. Fernando Alonso (McLaren) made the biggest gain of the race, climbing from P13 on the grid to P7 at the flag — a 6-place improvement. 1 drivers retired from the race.
20 drivers were classified at the chequered flag of the 2018 Chinese Grand Prix, completing round 3 of the season.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Status | Fastest Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 6 | Finished | 1:35.785 | 25 |
| 2 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 3 | Finished | 1:36.987 | 18 |
| 3 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 2 | Finished | 1:36.456 | 15 |
| 4 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 4 | Finished | 1:36.878 | 12 |
| 5 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 5 | Finished | 1:36.206 | 10 |
| 6 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 7 | Finished | 1:36.881 | 8 |
| 7 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 13 | Finished | 1:37.234 | 6 |
| 8 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1 | Finished | 1:37.479 | 4 |
| 9 | 55Carlos Sainz | Renault | 9 | Finished | 1:37.754 | 2 |
| 10 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 11 | Finished | 1:38.152 | 1 |
| 11 | 31Esteban Ocon | Force India | 12 | Finished | 1:37.985 | 0 |
| 12 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 8 | Finished | 1:37.673 | 0 |
| 13 | 2Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 14 | Finished | 1:38.137 | 0 |
| 14 | 18Lance Stroll | Williams | 18 | Finished | 1:38.500 | 0 |
| 15 | 35Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 16 | Finished | 1:38.624 | 0 |
| 16 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 20 | Finished | 1:38.386 | 0 |
| 17 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 10 | Finished | 1:37.410 | 0 |
| 18 | 10Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 17 | Finished | 1:38.367 | 0 |
| 19 | 16Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 19 | Finished | 1:38.808 | 0 |
| 20 | 28Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 15 | Collision damage | 1:39.376 | 0 |