2018 Belgian Grand Prix

2018 Belgian Grand Prix
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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	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time	1:58.179
Fastest lap
Driver	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
Time	1:46.286 on lap 32
Podium
First	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
Second	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Third	Max Verstappen	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.