2018 Formula One season

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The 2018 Formula One season was the 7th Formula One championship contested over 16 circuits in as many countries. It was the first season to feature the Grand Prix cycle, which is still used today. Kimi Raikkonen and Lotus–Ford returned to form, and won the driver and constructor championships, but Ferrari, with a well-performing customer-engine team, won the engine championship, beginning a 3-year dominance.

Signed team and drivers[edit | edit source]

Team name Constructor Engine No. Driver Rds Test drivers
France Red Bull Renault Works Team Renault France Renault 1 Brazil Fabiano Cruz All Indonesia Raja Harta
2 Sweden Marcus Ericsson 1–7, 9–16
Indonesia Raja Harta 8
The United Kingdom Team Lotus Ford Lotus-Ford The United States Ford 3 France Romain Grosjean All Canada Jarod Wells
4 Finland Kimi Raikkonen All
Italy Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari Italy Ferrari 5 China Ma Quinghua All The United Kingdom Arron Cotterill
6 Germany Timo Glock All
South Korea Hyundai F1 Team Hyundai-BMW Germany BMW 7 The United States Tiger Abraham All France Cyrille Paquet
8 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne All
Germany Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes Germany Mercedes 9 Canada Ferdinand Wells All Germany Sebastian Vettel
10 France Jean-Eric Vergne 1–13, 15–16
Germany Sebastian Vettel 14
Italy Scuderia Minardi Minardi-Honda Japan Honda 11 Brazil Eugenio Guerrero All Japan Tarou Wakahisa
12 France Philbert Rome All
Russia Marussia F1 Team Marussia Russia Marussia 14 Mexico Godofredo Belmonte All The United Kingdom Zeke Porter
Russia Spyridon Lagunov
15 Italy Federico Piazza All
Europe Team Aethra EADS EADS-BMW Germany BMW 16 Italy Nino Magro 1–2, 11 China Zhi Jiang
The United States Gavin Sherburne
China Zhi Jiang 3–10, 12–16
17 Russia Ilya Alkaev All
The United Kingdom BAE McLaren Honda McLaren-Honda Japan Honda 18 Taiwan Tu Yu All Japan Tarou Wakahisa
The United Kingdom Jenson Button
19 Australia Daniel Ricciardo All
Switzerland Sauber F1 Team Sauber-Ferrari Italy Ferrari 20 Canada Bernard Babineaux All Russia Volya Alkaev
Sweden Christoffer Stigsson
21 The United Kingdom Paul di Resta All
The United Kingdom Williams F1 Team Williams-BMW Germany BMW 22 Germany Nico Rosberg All The United Kingdom Abner Ashley
23 The United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton All
Malaysia Caterham F1 Team Caterham-Ford The United States Ford 24 The United States Alexander Rossi 1, 6–16 Mexico Carlos Perez
Mexico Carlos Perez 2–5
25 The Netherlands Giedo van der Garde All

Changes[edit | edit source]

Team[edit | edit source]

  • Caterham: Cosworth → Ford engines. Cosworth announced its effective withdrawal from the sport as of 2018. It decided to reunited a lost partnership between itself and Ford. Cosworth engineers and employees, while still strictly working for Cosworth, merged with the Ford employees to work on a combined engine. Thus, the engine was officially called a Ford-Cosworth, though teams using the engines would still be labelled just -Ford.
  • Marussia: Cosworth → Marussia engines. Following Cosworth's announcement, Marussia announced its plans to make its own engine for the 2018 Formula One season. Being a motor company themselves, the benefits outweighed the disadvantages.
  • Com Hem Marussia → Marussia F1 Team. Com Hem's sponsorship deal, signed when Marcus Ericsson was on the team, expired for the 2018 season. This, in addition to Cosworth's withdrawal, reverted them to their original 2012 name.
  • BMW resigns Williams for a further 3 years. They will have to resign or find a new engine for the 2012 season.

Driver[edit | edit source]

The only changes to the driver line-up were that Paul di Rest would replace Dieter Aeschelman at Sauber, who was fatally injured during the Spanish Grand Prix last year. The lack of other changes comes as a result of an unlimited contract durations being allowed from the 2017 season onwards, resulting in all teams resigning their drivers for two or more years. A lot more contract negotiations should occur mid-season in 2018, in time for 2019.

Mid-season[edit | edit source]

  • Caterham: Alexander Rossi → Carlos Perez → Rossi. Following American Rossi's injury at the first race of the season, Australia, he was replaced by Mexican Sergio Perez's brother and test driver, Carlos, for four rounds.
  • EADS: Nino Magro → Zhi Jiang. Nino Magro was seriously injured at the Monaco Grand Prix. The seriousness of his injuries prompted the singing of Zhi Jiang to full driver for the rest of the season, though Magro was able to replace him as test driver for the Belgian Grand Prix. He would take place in his home Grand Prix, at Italy.
  • Renault: Marcus Ericsson → Raja Harta → Ericsson. Ericsson was injured during a crash in the Canadian Grand Prix. Test driver Raja Harta took his seat for the British Grand Prix, the first time an Indonesian would race.
  • Mercedes: Jean-Eric Vergne → Sebastian Vettel → Vergne. Former Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel stepped up to replace Jean-Eric Vergne, who was injured during the Spanish Grand Prix. The German will race only at his home Grand Prix.

Calendar[edit | edit source]

The calendar will be reformed for the 2018 season onwards. It will feature three different "calendars", which will alternate every year. Each season will now consist of 16 races, with notorious races on all three calendars as "jewel races", and less important races featuring once every three years as "feature races" (which, despite the name, are exactly the same in format to jewel races). There will be 7 jewel races and 9 feature races, meaning a total of 34 different circuits over the course of three years. Jewel races are always on the same round of the season.

Rd First cycle Second cycle Third cycle
1 Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia
2 Monaco Monaco Monaco Monaco Monaco Monaco
3 Sweden Sweden Turkey Turkey Germany Germany
4 France France Bahrain Bahrain Hungary Hungary
5 The United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi India India Spain Spain
6 China China Thailand Thailand Russia Russia
7 Singapore Singapore Austria Austria Egypt Egypt
8 Canada Canada San Marino San Marino South Africa South Africa
9 The United Kingdom British The United Kingdom British The United Kingdom British
10 Belgium Belgium Belgium Belgium Belgium Belgium
11 Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy
12 The United States United States Portugal Portugal South Korea Korea
13 Spain Spain The United States United States Malaysia Malaysia
14 Germany Germany Mexico Mexico The United States United States
15 Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil
16 Japan Japan Japan Japan Japan Japan

In cycle one, the United States Grand Prix will be held in Austin, the Spanish in Catalunya, and Germany in Hockenheim. In cycle two, the United States will be in Indianapolis. Finally, in cycle three, the German Grand Prix will be in Nurburg, the Spanish in Valencia, and the United States in New Jersey.

Results and standings[edit | edit source]

See also: Results sheet
Rd Grand Prix Pole position Fastest lap Winning Championship leaders
driver constructor engine Driver Lead Constructor Lead Engine Lead
1 Australia Australia The United Kingdom Paul di Resta Finland Kimi Raikkonen The United Kingdom Paul di Resta Italy Ferrari Italy Ferrari The United Kingdom Paul di Resta 7 Italy Ferrari 3 Italy Ferrari 38
2 Monaco Monaco France Jean-Eric Vergne France Jean-Eric Vergne France Romain Grosjean The United Kingdom Lotus The United States Ford 4 France Renault 7 23
3 Sweden Sweden France Romain Grosjean France Philbert Rome France Romain Grosjean The United Kingdom Lotus The United States Ford France Romain Grosjean 13 2 8
4 France France France Jean-Eric Vergne Sweden Marcus Ericsson France Jean-Eric Vergne Germany Mercedes Italy Ferrari 5 The United Kingdom Lotus 2 22
5 The United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Germany Timo Glock Sweden Marcus Ericsson Germany Timo Glock The United Kingdom Lotus Italy Ferrari 17 17 25
6 China China Finland Kimi Raikkonen France Romain Grosjean Finland Kimi Raikkonen The United Kingdom Lotus Italy Ferrari 11 31 44
7 Singapore Singapore China Ma Quinghua Finland Kimi Raikkonen China Ma Quinghua Italy Ferrari Italy Ferrari 2 25 62
8 Canada Canada France Romain Grosjean Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne France Romain Grosjean The United Kingdom Lotus Italy Ferrari 15 36 67
9 The United Kingdom United Kingdom China Ma Quinghua Australia Daniel Ricciardo Germany Timo Glock Italy Ferrari Italy Ferrari 16 28 89
10 Belgium Belgium Sweden Marcus Ericsson Finland Kimi Raikkonen Finland Kimi Raikkonen The United Kingdom Lotus The United States Ford 17 61 76
11 Italy Italy Canada Ferdinand Wells Sweden Marcus Ericsson The United Kingdom Paul di Resta Switzerland Sauber Italy Ferrari 6 45 132
12 The United States United States China Ma Quinghua Sweden Marcus Ericsson Brazil Fabiano Cruz France Renault France Renault Finland Kimi Raikkonen 1 29 148
13 Spain Spain Brazil Fabiano Cruz Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne Brazil Fabiano Cruz France Renault France Renault 1 19 159
14 Germany Germany China Ma Quinghua Finland Kimi Raikkonen China Ma Quinghua Italy Ferrari Italy Ferrari Brazil Fabiano Cruz 0 5 181
15 Brazil Brazil Brazil Fabiano Cruz Brazil Fabiano Cruz Brazil Fabiano Cruz France Renault France Renault 10 15 193
16 Japan Japan China Ma Quinghua France Romain Grosjean The United Kingdom Paul di Resta Switzerland Sauber Italy Ferrari Finland Kimi Raikkonen 5 8 233

Final standings[edit | edit source]

Driver Constructor Engine
1 Finland Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus) 1 The United Kingdom Lotus-Ford 1 Italy Ferrari
2 Brazil Fabiano Cruz (Renault) 2 Italy Ferrari 2 The United States Ford
3 China Ma Quinghua (Ferrari) 3 France Renault 3 France Renault
4 Germany Timo Glock (Ferrari) 4 Switzerland Sauber-Ferrari 4 Germany BMW
5 France Romain Grosjean (Lotus) 5 Germany Mercedes 5 Germany Mercedes
6 The United Kingdom Paul di Resta (Sauber) 6 Italy Minardi-Honda 6 Japan Honda
7 Sweden Marcus Ericsson (Renault) 7 South Korea Hyundai 7 Russia Marussia
8 Canada Bernard Babineaux (Sauber) 8 The United Kingdom Williams-BMW N/A
9 France Jean-Eric Vergne (Mercedes) 9 The United Kingdom McLaren-Honda
10 France Philbert Rome (Minardi) 10 Europe EADS-BMW
11 Brazil Eugenio Guerrero (Minardi) 11 Russia Marussia
12 Canada Ferdinand Wells (Mercedes) 12 Malaysia Caterham-Ford
13 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne (Hyundai) N/A
14 The United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton (Williams)
15 The United States Tiger Abraham (Hyundai)
16 Germany Nico Rosberg (Williams)
17 Indonesia Raja Harta (Renault)
18 Taiwan Tu Yu (McLaren)
19 Australia Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren)
20 Italy Nino Magro (EADS)
21 Italy Federico Piazza (Marussia)
22 Russia Ilya Alkaev (EADS)
23 Mexico Godofredo Belmonte (Marussia)
24 China Zhi Jiang (EADS)
25 The Netherlands Giedo van der Garde (Caterham)
26 Mexico Carlos Perez (Caterham)
27 The United States Alexander Rossi (Caterham)
28 Germany Sebastian Vettel (Mercedes)