Carlos Sainz Jnr took a look at the Ferrari on the final lap but settled for ninth ahead of Kevin Magnussen. F1 2018 Russian Grand Prix Race Results: One-two finish for Mercedes in action packed race Lewis Hamilton is now a step closer to the 2018 Driver’s Championship edging out championship rival. Nico Hulkenberg also took advantage of the opportunity to pass Vettel, and a few laps later Fernando Alonso barged his way through as well, leaving the world championship leader eighth at the chequered flag. He was given a 10-second time penalty for the move, which also delayed Hamilton, opening the door for Raikkonen. Verstappen then clattered into Vettel while trying to take third place off the Ferrari. Ricciardo was also handed a position by team mate Max Verstappen, who went off while trying to pass Hamilton.
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In this race Lewis Hamilton could win his 5th drivers title. It was his 5th formula 1 race win, his 2nd win of the 2018 season and the 59th F1 victory for Ferrari. He won the 2018 Mexican Formula 1 Grand Prix for the second time in his career. After Mark Webber announced his retirement from Formula One, Ricciardo was confirmed as his replacement at Red Bull Racing for 2014. Max Verstappen won the 2018 Mexican F1 GP today. He won the British Formula 3 Championship in 2009.
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He was unable to resist a fresh-tyred Ricciardo, however, who had already put moves on Vettel and Lewis Hamilton. Daniel Joseph Ricciardo ( rih-KAR-doh born 1 July 1989) is an Australian racing driver who is currently competing in Formula One for Red Bull Racing. But Bottas took Raikkonen around the outside of turn one and rebuffed Vettel’s attack to hold his lead. When Bottas jumped Vettel, Ferrari left Raikkonen out on his first set of tyres, helping Vettel back within range of the Mercedes. Driver Team Time Points 1: 03 - Daniel Ricciardo: Red Bull Racing: 1:35:36.380: 25: 2: 77 - Valtteri. Vettel had led from pole position at the start while Bottas moved up into second ahead of Kimi Raikkonen. The Red Bull driver bounced back and thanks to the team brilliant pit-stop strategy he was bale to win the Chinese Formula 1 race. He passed Valtteri Bottas for the lead on lap 45 after switching to a fresh set of soft tyres when the Safety Car was deployed mid-way through the race.īottas had taken the lead from Sebastian Vettel thanks to a superb out-lap following his pit stop earlier in the race. Daniel Ricciardo scored a surprise victory in the Chinese Grand Prix after Red Bull took advantage of a late Safety Car period to make a strategic gamble.