FORMULA 1 2018 VTB RUSSIAN GRAND PRIX - STARTING GRID

28 - 30 Sep 2018

Sochi Autodrom, Sochi

Pos

No

Driver

Car

Time

1

77

Valtteri BottasBOT

Mercedes

1:31.387

2

44

Lewis HamiltonHAM

Mercedes

1:31.532

3

5

Sebastian VettelVET

Ferrari

1:31.943

4

7

Kimi RäikkönenRAI

Ferrari

1:32.237

5

20

Kevin MagnussenMAG

Haas Ferrari

1:33.181

6

31

Esteban OconOCO

Force India Mercedes

1:33.413

7

16

Charles LeclercLEC

Sauber Ferrari

1:33.419

8

11

Sergio PerezPER

Force India Mercedes

1:33.563

9

8

Romain GrosjeanGRO

Haas Ferrari

1:33.704

10

9

Marcus EricssonERI

Sauber Ferrari

1:35.196

11

55

Carlos SainzSAI

Renault

12

27

Nico HulkenbergHUL

Renault

13

35

Sergey SirotkinSIR

Williams Mercedes

1:35.612

14

18

Lance StrollSTR

Williams Mercedes

1:36.437

15

2

Stoffel VandoorneVAN

McLaren Renault

1:35.977

16

14

Fernando AlonsoALO

McLaren Renault

1:35.504

17

10

Pierre GaslyGAS

Scuderia Toro Rosso Honda

18

3

Daniel RicciardoRIC

Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer

19

33

Max VerstappenVER

Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer

20

28

Brendon HartleyHAR

Scuderia Toro Rosso Honda

1:35.037

Note - Alonso, Ricciardo, Hartley, Verstappen and Gasly required to start from back of grid for use of additional power unit elements. Verstappen, Ricciardo and Vandoorne drop 5 grid places for unscheduled gearbox changes. Verstappen drops a further 3 places for a yellow flag infringement in qualifying.