2018 Belgian Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 13 of 21 in the 2018 Formula One World Championship
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![]() Layout of the Spa-Francorchamps circuit | |||||
Race details[1] | |||||
Date | 26 August 2018 | ||||
Official name | Formula 1 2018 Johnnie Walker Belgian Grand Prix | ||||
Location |
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Stavelot, Belgium | ||||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
Course length | 7.004 km (4.352 miles) | ||||
Distance | 44 laps, 308.052 km (191.415 miles) | ||||
Weather | Cloudy | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Mercedes | ||||
Time | 1:58.179 | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver |
![]() | Mercedes | |||
Time | 1:46.286 on lap 32 | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | Ferrari | ||||
Second | Mercedes | ||||
Third | Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer | ||||
Lap leaders |
The 2018 Belgian Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 2018 Johnnie Walker Belgian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 26 August 2018 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot, Belgium.[2] The race was the thirteenth round of the 2018 Formula One World Championship and marked the 74th running of the Belgian Grand Prix and the 61st time the race was held at Spa-Francorchamps and 51st time as a round of the World Championship.
The race was won by Scuderia Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel ahead of Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen. The victory moved Vettel ahead of Alain Prost in all-time career Formula One victories and would be his last win for over a year until the 2019 Singapore Grand Prix.