2018 Italian Grand Prix

2018 Italian Grand Prix
Race 14 of 21 in the 2018 Formula One World Championship ← Previous race Next race →
Layout of the Monza circuit
Race details[1]
Date	2 September 2018
Official name	Formula 1 Gran Premio Heineken d'Italia 2018
Location	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Monza, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.793 km (3.600 miles)
Distance	53 laps, 306.720 km (190.587 miles)
Weather	Sunny
Pole position
Driver	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari
Time	1:19.119
Fastest lap
Driver	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time	1:22.497 on lap 30
Podium
First	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Second	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari
Third	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
Lap leaders

The 2018 Italian Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Gran Premio Heineken d'Italia 2018) was a Formula One motor race held on 2 September 2018 at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in Monza, Italy. The race was the fourteenth round of the 2018 Formula One World Championship and marked the 88th running of the Italian Grand Prix and the 83rd time the race was held at Monza.

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton entered the round with a 17-point lead over Sebastian Vettel in the Drivers' Championship. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes led Ferrari by 15 points. Kimi Räikkönen took the fastest pole position in Formula 1 history with a time of 1:19.119, breaking the record set by Rubens Barrichello in 2004. Räikkönen's previous pole was at the 2017 Monaco Grand Prix.