2018 British Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 10 of 21 in the 2018 Formula One World Championship
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![]() Layout of the Silverstone Circuit | |||||
Race details[1] | |||||
Date | 8 July 2018 | ||||
Official name | Formula 1 2018 Rolex British Grand Prix | ||||
Location |
Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, United Kingdom | ||||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
Course length | 5.891 km (3.660 miles) | ||||
Distance | 52 laps, 306.198 km (190.263 miles) | ||||
Weather | Sunny 27.0 °C (80.6 °F)[2] | ||||
Attendance |
340,000 (race weekend) 140,500 (race)[3] | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Mercedes | ||||
Time | 1:25.892 | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver |
![]() | Ferrari | |||
Time | 1:30.696 on lap 47 | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | Ferrari | ||||
Second | Mercedes | ||||
Third | Ferrari | ||||
Lap leaders |
The 2018 British Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 2018 Rolex British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 8 July 2018 at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, United Kingdom. The race was the 10th round of the 2018 Formula One World Championship. It marked the 73rd running of the British Grand Prix, the 69th time that the race had been run as a World Championship event, and the 52nd time that the World Championship event had been held at the Silverstone Circuit.
Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel entered the race with a one-point lead over Lewis Hamilton in the Drivers' Championship. In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari led Mercedes by ten points.[4]