OFFICIAL F1® RACE PROGRAMME AZN 30

FORMULA 1

GRAND PRIX
2018 AZERBAIJAN

BAKU 27 – 29 APRIL

AZERBAIJAN

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WELCOME
spectacular outcome and many on-track altercations.
We are confident that we will see a similar explosion of
drama, speed and bravery in the 2018 edition.
Furthermore, the off-track entertainment will be bigger
Azad Rahimov and better than ever before, with world-class music, visual
Chairman, Baku City Circuit and conceptual artists once again performing at the specially
Minister of Youth and Sports of constructed Fan Zone throughout the weekend. The highlight
the Azerbaijan Republic will be three consecutive nightly concerts from some of

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performing in the new location of Baku’s magnificent Crystal
Hall. The 2018 FORMULA 1 AZERBAIJAN GRAND PRIX is truly
shaping up to be the ultimate weekend of racing action and
live entertainment.
Since our first race in 2016, Baku has established itself
as an iconic host venue and continues to surprise and inspire
all visitors. We encourage you to enjoy the warm Azerbaijani
welcome and all the culinary and cultural delights our
wonderful city has to offer.
It is our great hope that you will experience an
unforgettable Formula 1 weekend with us here in Baku.
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culminating in a fantastic finish that saw Daniel Ricciardo
win ahead of Valtteri Bottas, while young Lance Stroll took
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CONTENTS
VISIONARY
Close to the Edge
Formula 1's street circuits have
always rewarded the bold and the
brave - and punished the unwary.
DRIVEN
Street Fighter
Daniel Ricciardo on how the Baku
City Circuit satifies both the driver
and the racer in him.
The Fan Formula
F1 commercial boss Sean
Bratches on global fan festivals
and opening up the paddock.
Speed of Life
Williams rookie Sergey Sirotkin
talks ice-skating, engineering and
chilling in Moscow.
INSPIRED
The Sound of the Fury 46–53
The Sound of the Fury – We meet
up with star Hollywood composer
Brian Tyler, the man behind F1’s
dramatic new theme.
Ride of the Valkyrie
Ride of the Valkyrie – F1’s most
successful designer, Adrian Newey
reveals the genesis of his $2m
hypercar, the Aston Martin Red
Bull Racing Valkyrie.
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DEBRIEF
08–19 Range Finders
Its the key to ultimate pace, but
getting F1's tyres into the perfect
working window isn't easy. Our
drivers explain how they do it.
22–31
REVOLU-
TIONARY
Born to Race
F2 star George Russell on driving
as destiny, but how he nearly
swerved away from single-seaters.
32–41
Star Maker
An all-new, incredibly powerful
F2 car is set to push the
42–43 champions of the future to their
absolute limit in 2018.
Race to the Top
F1 is preparing the way for a brand
new F3 series to give the very best
youngsters a taste of Grand Prix
weekend glory.
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ACCESS
68–77 Timetable 96–97
Your handy reference to what’s
on when, and where, at the
Baku City Circuit over the
coming weekend.
Get in the Zone 98–99
From driver appearances to race
sims and pit stop practice, the F1
Fan Zone should be at the heart
of your racing plans.
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On the Pace 101–105
Every session explained, every
tyre compound revealed and
every major change to this years'
regulations analysed.
Race for Glory 106–107
How the battles for the Formula 1
World Championship titles stand as
we get set to race in Baku.
Fast Times 108
Welcome to the benchmarks for
88–91 driver speed and crew teamwork
– the 2018 DHL Fastest Lap and
Fastest Pit Stop award.
The Grid 112–131
Introducing Formula 1's teams
92–93 and the 20 racing heroes who'll
line up for this weekend's 2018
Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
Chequered Flag 134
After Lance Stroll's 2017 Baku
heroics, we celebrate the efforts
of a much earlier podium pioneer.
MONACO
MASTER

Few drivers are as inextricably linked to

Monaco, the undisputed king of F1 street
courses, as Ayrton Senna. His route to a
record six wins in the Principality began in
1983 and included an on-the-edge third
place for Lotus in 1986.

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Formula 1's street circuits have always

rewarded the bold and the brave – but
they can also bite...

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AMERICAN
BEAUTY

F1's US voyage has always been peripatetic,

but in 1976 it began an eight-season love
affair on the streets of Long Beach. In 1978,
in his rookie season, Gilles Villeneuve led
for 38 laps before crashing. He wouldn't
make the same mistake in '79, taking pole
and leading every lap to claim the third win
of his career.

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BEYOND
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F1's newest street layout, the Baku City

Circuit, has quickly garnered a reputation
as one of the sport's most challenging,
as Force India's Sergio Pérez found out in
Friday practice last year when he crashed
out at Turn 8 in the castle section.

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NO WALK
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Barcelona's Montjuïc Park hosted four GPs

between 1969 and 1975 and always trod
a thin line between drama and danger. In
'75 it crossed the boundary, and following
a crash that claimed four lives, the track
was not used again. Here, in 1971, Chris
Amon flirts with the barriers on his way to
third place.

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SPARKS FLY
IN SINGAPORE

Each of the 10 F1 races at Singapore's

Marina Bay Street Circuit has seen the Safety
Car deployed, but never in more dramatic
circumstances than seconds after last year's
start when Kimi Räikkönen, Sebastian Vettel
and Max Verstappen collided.

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GLAMOUR
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Few F1 sights stir the emotions quite like

the juxtaposition of the fastest cars on the
planet threading through city streets and
nowhere is that contrast more beautifully
revealed than in Monaco. Here, in 2016,
Sebastian Vettel blasts past the iconic
Hotel de Paris on his way to fourth place.

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Unforgiving, unrelenting and

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unpredictable, Formula 1’s street
circuits separate the real racers
from the sport’s lesser lights. Here,
Daniel Ricciardo, the current king of
the Baku City Circuit, explains why
attack is the key to victory at
F1’s newest urban layout – but
only for the brave.

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Whenever F1 races at a street circuit, the

opinion of Daniel Ricciardo is always sought.
The Red Bull Racing driver is the sport’s chief
cheerleader for temporary tracks. It's somewhat
at odds with his reputation as a driver who lives
to overtake. After all, there's far more opportunity
for a move at a permanent facility than in the tight
confines of a city centre street. The Australian
is aware of the contradiction but, with trademark
grin, puts it down to a split personality.

“It’s the difference between the racer and the driver,"
he explains "I think the real driver in me likes street
circuits. The racer, less so.
“For the driver, the thrill of driving on a street circuit
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"Every session you do is something different. You have
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there’s an easily visible difference on a street course, but
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He has good reason to be confident: whatever else happens in

his career, Daniel Ricciardo’s reputation as an elite street fighter
is secure: he’s been on the podium in each of the last four races
in Singapore, and three times in Monaco. His one and only pole
position came in the Principality – a 2016 race he would likely
have won but for a calamitous pit stop that cost him the race lead.
Finally, he won last year’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix, coolly keeping
his head while all about were losing theirs to scythe through the
field from 17th place after being forced into an early pit stop to
clear radiators and brake ducts filled with other driver's mistakes.
It's not the sort of performance that's supposed to be possible
within the narrow confines of a street circuit – but Ricciardo
argues that the Baku City Circuit is different to other temporary
tracks in that the layout is capable of satisfying the demands of
both driver and racer.
“At Monaco or Singapore there really aren’t many opportunities
to overtake but Baku is different. You can pass in Baku. There are
a couple of good opportunities on every lap – if you’re brave.
"The biggest challenge in Baku is braking," he adds. "There are
so many braking points around the lap where you have to fully
commit and brake as late as you can – but there’s no room for
error. Once you’re committed, if you lock a wheel, that’s it, you’re
in the wall. The DRS straight into Turn Three is a great example
of that: we’re absolutely honking down there and you can see the
wall coming, coming, coming. Every instinct is screaming 'brake!'
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DANIEL RICCIARDO DRIVEN
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F1 launched a series of developments last year,

such as the pre-show at the US GP. There was some
resistance from fans who felt it was not in keeping
with F1’s spirit. How do you reflect on that now?
Generally speaking, we had a very positive reaction
to the festivities that launched the race in Austin.
We are looking to bring new energy and ideas to the
entertainment side of races, to match the excitement
on track, as well as elevate the drivers’ brands to fans.
The minutes before a race start, with the national anthem,
the teams poised to spring into action, the drivers focused
on the battle ahead… all this is a great spectacle for fans
at the circuit and the millions watching on TV and online.
It’s a great opportunity to find ways of further engaging
fans and to elevate the level of pre-race excitement.
[US ring announcer] Michael Buffer worked well for
the US Grand Prix, as did Usain Bolt, but of course one size
does not fit all. We are a global sport, with 21 touchpoints
around the world. Whenever possible and suitable, we will
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it be before we have a second American race?
Austin is the American Grand Prix and we love racing
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Denmark, the Netherlands, Argentina…
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of them. We have a thoughtful process that we
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WORDS: JUSTIN HYNES PHOTOGRAPHY: JANE STOCKDALE

“Qisasçılar: Ultron Əsri” v “Sürtli v Qızğın” filmlri

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behind his $2 million hypercar, the incredible
Aston Martin Red Bull Racing Valkyrie
WORDS: JUSTIN HYNES PHOTOGRAPHY: BENE DIC T RE DGROVE

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nin dizayn sirlrini Adrian Newey açıqlayır

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W hen did the idea of wanting to design a road car first come to you?
Obviously my career has been in motor racing since I graduated.
But my dad was a great car enthusiast and he used to tinker around
with Lotus Elans and E-Types and so on. I’ve always been interested
in and enjoyed road cars, so it has been a background ambition
through my career to at some point have a go at designing one.
The Valkyrie began as an evening and weekend hobby almost,
but I started thinking about it a bit more seriously in the summer
of 2014 when I was on holiday. The first thing you think is ‘Okay,
what’s the angle, what should it be?’ and with my background
it seemed sensible to make it a high-performance sports car.
Then you have to decide what you want the car to achieve.
The obvious target was a car that if you took it on track it would be
capable of very quick lap times – significantly quicker than any other
road-legal car. But at the same time it would be a comfortable car,
one that if you’re driving on the road it’s not a horrible place to be.
I also wanted it to be something that you could look at as
hopefully a piece of art and I wanted it to be like a modern
superbike where, unless you’re completely stupid, there’s a
slight air of trepidation before you get on it, because you need
to have your wits about you when you ride it. I wanted it to be
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‘The Valkyrie, on track,
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‘Trekd Valkyrie, LMP1-i

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 ADRIAN NEWEY INSPIRED

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project, how did you go about getting it from holiday
daydream to drawing board and production?
When I got back to the UK I started to do some very
early layout drawings, beginning with the seating
position and the broad mechanical layout. To suit the
aerodynamics I wanted to keep the chassis as narrow
as possible, so the first thing was the seating position –
raised legs and feet, just as we do on a race car.
I thought about the engine quite a lot and from a
technical point of view there seemed to be two possibilities.
One was to go for a turbocharged V6, the other a normally-
aspirated V12. Looking at it from a purely technical
standpoint there wasn’t a lot of difference, but with the
V12 I was more confident that we could mount it solidly,
without vibration being an issue. And as soon as you have
to go to a rubber-mounted engine, then that means the
engine and gearbox are non-structural. You need to have
this big framework around it and that gets heavy and
clumsy. Plus a turbocharged engine needs intercoolers.
And I also felt that the V12, being a smoother engine,
would allow us to do some tricks with the gearbox that
we wouldn’t be able to do as easily with a V6, and that
would actually make for a much lighter gearbox.
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INSPIRED ADRIAN NEWEY

You were doing all this in isolation, so when did it become a

wider project?
With Red Bull Racing we assembled a small team consisting of
a mechanical design engineer, Ben Butler, simulation engineer
Giles Wood, a CFD engineer and two surface designers. From
there we were able to start doing some performance simulations
and it appeared to achieve its targets in the simulation world.
We did that for nine months and the following summer it
was a question of ‘How do we take it forwards?’ There were
two choices: you either go with a private investor and we
had somebody lined up as a possibility, or go with an OEM, a
manufacturer. Christian [Horner, Red Bull Racing team principal]
and I felt that for various reasons the OEM route was better,
simply because of the experience it would have in the automotive
sector with dealerships and warranties etc, and knowledge of the
legal side would be useful.
Then it was a simple choice to approach Aston Martin. It’s RED BULL F1 DRIVER DANIEL RICCIARDO
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relationship. So there was a natural synergy. It’s been a very
good choice.
There have been cultural clashes, as you might expect,
because as an F1 team we’re used to doing things quickly. We
take quite large amounts of risk and don’t concern ourselves
too much about what it costs to make something, whereas it’s
almost the opposite in the automotive world. But we’re learning
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You talk about it being a hypercar that is comfortable

in traffic. Can you really do the supermarket run in it?
For the kind of low-speed tractability and comfort you
need if you’re stuck in traffic, then the downside of any
high-revving, highly-tuned engine is that its low-speed
tractability might be poor. We therefore put an electric
motor in for low-speed work, which obviously boosts
the power as well, and performs various other functions.
Also, if you have an electric motor you don’t need a starter
motor, you don’t need an alternator. You don’t need a
reverse gear; you can reverse using the e-motor. Those
elements went a long way to cancelling out the weight of
the electric motor, because we could leave other bits off.

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DEBRIEF RANGE FINDERS

FINDERS
RANGE

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 RANGE FINDERS DEBRIEF

Everybody uses the same tyres in

F1 but not necessarily in the same way.
Understanding how to get tyres into the
right working window is a crucial – often
decisive – element of racecraft.

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69
DEBRIEF RANGE FINDERS

GRIPPING
STORIES

Until a Formula 1 team has a good understanding of how The tyre supplier would like to have a gap of around
best to use its tyres, nothing else particularly matters. A 0.7-0.8 seconds between the compounds but every
team can have the hottest driver, the most horsepower, the track has a different combination of layout, asphalt
best aerodynamics – and it’s still going to be floundering at abrasiveness and ambient conditions, and so there’s
the back of the pack if it cannot extract something close to an inconsistent performance spread. This year Pirelli
maximum performance from its rubber. Even in an era of is seeking to combat that by bridging across the
a single supplier, tyres really are that important. Simply put, range, maintaining the gap by having non-sequential
they’re the interface between car and road – and all the compounds. China was the first example, where the
horsepower or downforce in the world is useless without a medium, soft and ultrasoft compounds were on offer,
way to properly apply it. For a driver, figuring out the tyres skipping the supersoft.
is half the battle.
“With these Pirelli tyres, even a few degrees too hot or
too cold makes a massive difference to the performance,”
says Sauber’s Marcus Ericsson. “You need to work really,
really hard with your tyre guys to make sure you know
exactly where the optimum is for the different compounds
– or you’re nowhere.”
There are seven different dry compounds (aka ‘slicks’)
available this year, of which Pirelli bring three to each
race. The first consideration for F1’s tyre supplier is
picking compounds to make a two-stop race the most
straightforward strategy. But there is finesse beyond that:
tempting teams with as much strategic range as possible.
“Our target is not only to select the tyres that makes a
two-stopper the quickest, but also the combination that
gives us the highest number of strategies within a certain
interval,” says Mario Isola, Pirelli’s Head of Car Racing.
PHOTO: LAT IMAGES

“We take the best strategy and then see how many others
are within five seconds. There might be two or three
different combinations of tyres that we could bring to a
race, all of which will make a two-stop race likely – but
if one combination offers three potential strategies, and
another offers six, we take the one with the higher number, MARIO ISOLA
PIRELLI’S HEAD OF CAR RACING
because we want to encourage more variation.”

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 FERRARI AND PIRELLI TECHNICIANS WORK
ON THE SUPPLIER’S ULTRASOFT TYRES.
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required to turn it on. For example, the soft tyre has a
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DEBRIEF RANGE FINDERS

The out lap adds the last few degrees of temperature,

but most of the work is done beforehand by the electric
blankets the teams use, which can heat the tyres up to
110°C. There’s delicacy in the process: teams try to not
‘cook’ the tyres by adding too much heat, too quickly,
rather they heat the tyres in stages, with a gentle
warming followed by a more aggressive boost. The
process is staggered according to the race engineers’ pre-
determined schedule. Thus, the first set to be used in Q1
will be ready 20 minutes before the first set required for
Q2 and so on.
“Each tyre stack has an electronic control box that
allows us to set precise timings,” explains Red Bull Racing
tyre technician Carl Anderson. “The engineers have
a programme and we base our tyre schedule around
that. For dry tyres, it might be a three-hour heating
programme, with the first two hours at something like
80°C, then boosted for the last hour at 110°C. The idea is
to heat the tyre carcass without cooking the compound. If
you heat the tyres for too long, the compound gets harder
and that affects the performance.”
With qualifying position often decided by differences
measured in the thousandths of a second, the precision
required from the driver is extreme: not simply a case of
getting the tyre ready for the lap but ensuring it peaks
at the right part of the lap: this may mean sacrificing a
little bit of performance in sector one to ensure the tyres
haven’t already started to go away in a complex final
sector, where the grip is of greater value.
“This year the tyres seem to be a little more ‘peaky’ –
more sensitive to temperature,” says Force India’s Sergio
Pérez. “That makes them a little harder to handle – but
the basics are the same: the main thing is getting them
into the right working range. In qualifying that means
getting the preparation right but also figuring out how
to maintain the temperature over the whole lap. It’s a bit
easier in the race because you don’t push so hard on any
one lap.”

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THE COMPOUNDS
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CARL ANDERSON

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he almost chose a very different path…
CHRIS ME DLAND

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I won in quite a lot of championships in the UK and then the
European championships when I moved into European racing,
so it went quite smoothly.”
For ‘quite smoothly’ read four consecutive years of title ‘From the moment
wins, starting with MSA British championship victory in I was born I grew
cadets in 2009 to CIK-FIA European Champion in KF3 in 2011
and 2012. Ambitious from a young age, it was at the start of
up at race tracks.
this run that Russell set his sights on reaching Formula 1. It was like a natural
“I have a very strong memory of waking up at four in progression for me
the morning to watch the Australian Grand Prix and seeing
[Jenson] Button win. I remember turning the TV on, my room to jump into a go-kart
was dark and Button was leading the race in a white car. I had at seven years old’
no idea which car that was! And that was the first year that
I won my first championship and thought ‘I want to be in F1’.”

83
 That ambition was understandable, as Russell was making
a habit of regularly adding the label of ‘youngest ever’ to his
list of accomplishments. The BRDC Formula 4 championship,
the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award, the BRDC SuperStars
programme – at the time no one had seen a driver
achieve so consistently.
“Through those times you think to yourself ‘I’m going
to make it’,” he says. “It felt… not exactly easy, but I had a
mentality that said: ‘Well, if I win I’m going to get to Formula 1’.
It was only when I was about 17 that I started being realistic.
I didn’t have a backer, I didn’t have any Formula 1 teams behind
me and I began to think ‘actually this is much harder than I first
expected and I don’t think I’m going to make it’.”
An email to [Mercedes F1 Team Principal] Toto Wolff led to
a meeting and some useful career advice, but a disappointing –
84
by Russell’s standards – first year in Formula 3 in 2015
led to a big decision to make over the following winter.
“At the end of 2015 I had a test with BMW in DTM
[the German touring car series] and it went extremely
well. I was actually quicker than the professional driver
they sent there to be the reference lap time.
“Straight afterwards they sent me a contract saying
‘we can’t offer you a race seat for the following year but
here’s an official reserve driver contract with a seat for
the following year in DTM’. I was extremely young at the
time and it was an unbelievable salary. As a young guy
and I thought ‘Wow, this is crazy, I can’t really believe
this is happening’. This is when I thought F1 was out
of the window and now suddenly DTM was the career
I was going for.
 GEORGE RUSSELL REVOLUTIONARY

“About a month later I got a phone call from Mercedes

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suddenly DTM is the and there’s the potential that more comes from it.
But obviously if you take that deal with BMW there’s
career I’m going for. going to be nothing there’.
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I got a phone call much set up for me for a number of years with a great
salary in a great championship which had a huge amount
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time you could almost say it was the next best thing.
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time we hit the track.”

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MAKER
Faster, more furious, more
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spectacular cars. Now it’s Formula 2’s turn to follow suit.
The feeder series, which opened its 2018 campaign
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Azerbaijan, has been the perfect breeding ground for
future champions thanks to its status as a support event
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changes to the chassis and a brand-new engine.
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CALENDAR 2018
Bahrain, Sakhir, Bahrain International Circuit 6 - 8 Apr

Azerbaijan, Baku, Baku City Circuit 27 - 29 Apr

Spain, Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 11 - 13 May

Monaco, Monte Carlo, Circuit de Monaco 24 - 26 May

France, Le Castellet, Circuit Paul Ricard 22 - 24 Jun

Austria, Spielberg, Red Bull Ring 29 Jun - 1 Jul

Britain, Silverstone, Silverstone Circuit 6 - 8 Jul

Hungary, Budapest, Hungaroring 27 - 29 Jul

Belgium, Spa-Francorchamps, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 24 - 26 Aug

Italy, Monza, Autodromo Nationale Monza 31 Aug - 2 Sep

Russia, Sochi, Sochi Autodrom 28 - 30 Sep

Abu Dhabi, Yas Marina, Yas Marina Circuit 23 - 25 Nov

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FP1
Previously, teams have engaged in
a waiting game during FP1, willing
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their opposition to go out and sweep
clean the racing line on track. That
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after 40 minutes of FP1. These
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they are complete. FP1 runs tend
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on new parts, confirm the set-up
direction planned team simulators,
and to begin the process of fine-
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qualifying run simulation. Teams fit
their softest tyres, often for the first
time that weekend, and suddenly go
a lot quicker. It’s common for them
to spend the final 40 minutes of FP2
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loads. At the end of FP2 more tyres
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QUALIFYING
Q1
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slowest five cars are eliminated. For
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Sunday’s race on the set of tyres
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time in this session. That opens the
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The driver will strap in about 35 minutes
before the scheduled race start. With 30
minutes to go the pitlane is opened and the
driver goes out on a reconnaissance lap.
When they reach the grid, they cut the engine
and are pushed into position. Most drivers
jump out at this point and don't get back into
the car until about 10 minutes before the
start. With three minutes to the start the
cars must have their wheels fitted. At one
minute to go the engines are fired up and
team personnel have 45 seconds to clear the
grid with their equipment. At the appointed
hour, the cars head off on a formation lap
and, if all goes well, they return to the grid,
the lights go out, and we’re racing!
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Sporting Regulations this year is a
reduction in the number of power units.
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2018 STANDINGS

2018
STANDINGS

DRIVERS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

Pos Driver Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2

01 Lando Norris 39 31 8 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

02 Artem Markelov 30 15 15 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

03 Sergio Sette Camara 28 18 10 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

04 Maximilian Gunther 16 4 12 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

05 Nyck de Vries 16 8 8 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

06 Alexander Albon 12 12 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

07 George Russell 10 10 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

08 Sean Gelael 6 6 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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09 Luca Ghiotto 4 0 4 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

10 Ralph Boschung 3 1 2 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

11 Jack Aitken 2 2 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

12 Nirei Fukuzumi 1 0 1 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

13 Louis Deletraz 0 0 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

14 Nicholas Latifi 0 0 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

15 Roberto Merhi 0 0 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

16 Antonio Fuoco 0 0 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

17 Arjun Maini 0 0 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

18 Santino Ferrucci 0 0 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

19 Roy Nissany 0 0 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

20 Tadasuke Makino 0 0 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

CONSTRUCTORS’ CHAMPIONSHIP

Pos Driver Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2

01 Carlin 67 49 18 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

02 RUSSIAN TIME 30 15 15 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

03 PERTAMINA PREMA Theodore Racing 22 14 8 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

04 BWT Arden 17 4 13 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

05 DAMS 12 12 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

06 ART Grand Prix 12 12 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

07 Campos Vexatec Racing 4 0 4 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

08 MP Motorsport 3 1 2 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

09 Charouz Racing System 0 0 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

10 Trident 0 0 0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

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DRIVERS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

Pos Driver Pts AUS BRN CHN AZE ESP MON CAN FRA AUT GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SGP RUS JPN USA MEX BRA UAE

01 Sebastian Vettel 54 251 251 48 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

02 Lewis Hamilton 45 182 153 124 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

03 Valtteri Bottas 40 48 182 182 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

04 Daniel Ricciardo 37 124 DNF 251 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

05 Kimi Räikkönen 30 153 DNF 153 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

06 Fernando Alonso 22 105 67 67 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

07 Nico Hülkenberg 22 67 86 86 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

08 Max Verstappen 18 86 DNF 105 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

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09 Pierre Gasly 12 DNF 124 018 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

10 Kevin Magnussen 11 DNF 105 110 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

11 Stoffel Vandoorne 6 29 48 013 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

12 Carlos Sainz 3 110 011 29 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

13 Marcus Ericsson 2 DNF 29 016 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

14 Esteban Ocon 1 012 110 011 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

15 Sergio Pérez 0 011 012 012 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

16 Charles Leclerc 0 013 014 019 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

17 Brendon Hartley 0 015 013 020 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

18 Lance Stroll 0 014 016 014 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

19 Romain Grosjean 0 DNF 015 017 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

20 Sergey Sirotkin 0 DNF 017 015 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

CONSTRUCTORS’ CHAMPIONSHIP

Pos Team Pts AUS BRN CHN AZE ESP MON CAN FRA AUT GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SGP RUS JPN USA MEX BRA UAE

01 Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport 85 222 332 302 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

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02 Scuderia Ferrari 84 401 251 193 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

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03 Aston Martin Red Bull Racing 55 204 0NC 351 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

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04 McLaren Formula One™ Team 28 125 107 67 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

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05 Renault Sport Formula One™ Team 25 77 86 106 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

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06 Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda 12 015 124 018 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

NC 13 20

07 Haas F1® Team 11 0NC 105 110 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

NC 15 17

08 Alfa Romeo Sauber F1® Team 2 013 29 016 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

NC 14 19

09 Sahara Force India F1® Team 1 011 110 011 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

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10 Williams Martini Racing 0 014 016 014 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

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DHL Fastest Pit Stop Award was established in 2015 to recognise the feats of
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14 Italy — — — 03 China Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull RB14 1:35.785 204.871 KM/H

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09 Haas F1® Team 11 20 Brazil — — —

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MERCEDES
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F1 TEAM
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TEAM STATS
Team Base Wins
Brackley & Brixworth, UK 76

Chassis Pole Positions

Mercedes AMG F1 W09 89

Engine Fastest Laps

Mercedes AMG F1 W09 57

Team Debut Podium Places

French Grand Prix, 1954 158

Races Started 2017 Points

171 668

Head of Mercedes-Benz Motorsport Championships Total Championship Points

Toto Wolff 4 3803

F1’s dominant team since 2014, Mercedes is

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joined last year to partner him, and
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LEWIS VALTTERI
HAMILTON BOTTAS

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DRIVER STATS DRIVER STATS
Nationality Wins Nationality Wins
United Kingdom 62 Finland 3

Date of Birth Podium Places Date of Birth Podium Places

07.01.85 119 28.08.89 24

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Stevenage, England 73 Nastola, Finland 4

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Australian Grand Prix, 2007 119 Australian Grand Prix, 2013 8

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Champion (2008, ‘14, ‘15, ‘17) 38 3rd (2017) 4

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211 2655 100 756

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FERRARI
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TEAM STATS
Team Base Wins
Maranello, Italy 231

Chassis Pole Positions

Ferrari SF71H 215

Engine Fastest Laps

Ferrari 062 EVO 244

Team Debut Podium Places

Monaco Grand Prix, 1950 731

Races Started 2017 Points

952 522

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Maurizio Arrivabene 16 7266.5

F1’s most famous name, Ferrari is eager to

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SEBASTIAN KIMI
VETTEL RÄIKKÖNEN

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DRIVER STATS DRIVER STATS
Nationality Wins Nationality Wins
Germany 49 Finland 20

Date of Birth Podium Places Date of Birth Podium Places

03.07.87 101 17.10.79 93

Birthplace Pole Positions Birthplace Pole Positions

Heppenheim, Germany 52 Espoo, Finland 17

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US Grand Prix, 2007 86 Australian Grand Prix, 2001 42

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Champion (2010, ‘11, ‘12, ‘13) 33 Champion (2007) 45

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201 2479 273 1595

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RED BULL
RACING
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TEAM STATS
Team Base Wins
Milton Keynes, UK 56

Chassis Pole Positions

Aston Martin Red Bull Racing RB14 58

Engine Fastest Laps

Tag Heuer 56

Team Debut Podium Places

Australian Grand Prix, 2005 149

Races Started 2017 Points

247 368

Team rincipal Championships Total Championship Points

Christian Horner 4 3943.5

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DANIEL MAX
RICCIARDO VERSTAPPEN

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DRIVER STATS DRIVER STATS
Nationality Wins Nationality Wins
Australia 6 Netherlands 3

Date of Birth Podium Places Date of Birth Podium Places

01.07.89 28 30.09.97 11

Birthplace Pole Positions Birthplace Best Grid Positions

Perth, Australia 1 Hasselt, Belgium 2nd (3)

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British Grand Prix, 2011 7 Australian Grand Prix, 2015 3

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3rd (2014, ‘16) 11 5th (2016) 2

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132 853 63 439

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INDIA FORMULA
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TEAM STATS
Team Base Wins
Silverstone, UK –

Chassis Pole Positions

Sahara Force India VJM 11 1

Engine Fastest Laps

Mercedes AMG F1 M09 5

Team Debut Podium Places

Australian Grand Prix, 2008 5

Races Started 2017 Points

194 187

Team rincipal Championships Total Championship Points

Vijay Mallya – 988

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SERGIO ESTEBAN
PÉREZ OCON

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DRIVER STATS DRIVER STATS
Nationality Wins Nationality Wins
Mexico – France –

Date of Birth Podium Places Date of Birth Podium Places

26.01.90 7 17.09.96 –

Birthplace Best Race Classification Birthplace Best Race Classification

Guadalajara, Mexico 2nd (2) Évreux, France 5th (2)

Debut Best Grid Position Debut Best Grid Position

Australian Grand Prix, 2011 4th (4) Belgian Grand Prix, 2016 3rd (1)

Best Season Result Fastest Laps Best Season Result Fastest Laps
7th (2016, ‘17) 4 8th (2017) –

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137 467 32 88

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WILLIAMS
MARTINI RACING
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TEAM STATS
Team Base Wins
Grove, UK 114

Chassis Pole Positions

Williams FW41-01 128

Engine Fastest Laps

Mercedes AMG F1 W09 133

Team Debut Podium Places

Spanish Grand Prix, 1977 312

Races Started 2017 Points

693 83

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Frank Williams 9 3553

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LANCE SERGEY
STROLL SIROTKIN

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DRIVER STATS DRIVER STATS
Nationality Wins Nationality Wins
Canada – Russia –

Date of Birth Podium Places Date of Birth Podium Places

29.10.98 1 27.08.95 –

Birthplace Best Race Classification Birthplace Best Race Classification

Montréal, Canada 3rd (1) Moscow, Russia 15th (2)

Debut Best Grid Position Debut Best Grid Position

Australian Grand Prix, 2017 2nd (1) Australian Grand Prix, 2018 16th (1)

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TEAM STATS
Team Base Wins
Enstone, UK/Viry-Chatillon, France 35

Chassis Pole Positions

Renault R18 51

Engine Fastest Laps

Renault RE18 31

Team Debut Podium Places

British Grand Prix, 1977 100

Races Started 2017 Points

344 57

Managing Director Championships Total Championship Points

Cyril Abiteboul – 1408

Renault has been pushing for the top since

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NICO CARLOS
HÜLKENBERG SAINZ

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DRIVER STATS DRIVER STATS
Nationality Wins Nationality Wins
Germany – Spain –

Date of Birth Podium Places Date of Birth Podium Places

19.08.87 – 01.09.94 –

Birthplace Best Race Classification Birthplace Best Race Classification

Emmerich, Germany 4th (3) Madrid, Spain 4th (1)

Debut Pole Positions Debut Best Grid Position

Bahrain Grand Prix, 2010 1 Australian Grand Prix, 2015 5th (1)

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9th (2014, ‘16) 2 9th (2017) –

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138 427 63 121

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@hulkhulkenberg nicohulkenberg.net @carlossainz carlossainz.es
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SCUDERIA
TORO ROSSO
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TEAM STATS
Team Base Wins
Faenza, Italy 1

Chassis Pole Positions

Toro Rosso STR13 1

Engine: Fastest Laps

Honda RA618H 1

Team Debut Podium Places

Bahrain Grand Prix, 2006 1

Races Started 2017 Points

229 53

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Franz Tost – 394

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BRENDON PIERRE
HARTLEY GASLY

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DRIVER STATS DRIVER STATS
Nationality Wins Nationality Wins
New Zealand – France –

Date of Birth Podium Places Date of Birth Podium Places

10.11.89 – 07.02.96 –

Birthplace Best Race Classification Birthplace Best Race Classification

Palmerston North, NZ 13th (1) Rouen, France 4th (1)

Debut Best Grid Position Debut Best Grid Position

US Grand Prix, 2017 11th (1) Malaysian Grand Prix, 2017 5th (1)

Best Season Result Fastest Laps Best Season Result Fastest Laps
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@brendon_hartley brendonhartley.nz @pierregasly pierregasly.com
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HAAS F1
TEAM
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TEAM STATS
Team Base Wins
Kannapolis, NC, USA/Banbury, UK –

Chassis Pole Positions

Haas VF-18 –

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Ferrari 062 EVO –

Team Debut Podium Places

Australian Grand Prix, 2016 –

Races Started 2017 Points

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Guenther Steiner – 87

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ROMAIN KEVIN
GROSJEAN MAGNUSSEN

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DRIVER STATS DRIVER STATS
Nationality Win Nationality Wins
France – Denmark –

Date of Birth Podium Places Date of Birth Podium Places

17.04.86 10 05.10.92 1

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Genève, Switzerland 2nd (2) Roskilde, Denmark 2nd (1)

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European Grand Prix, 2009 2nd (1) Australian Grand Prix, 2014 4th (2)

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7th (2013) 1 11th (2014) –

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@grosjeanromain romaingrosjean.com @kevinmagnussen
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McLAREN
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TEAM
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TEAM STATS
Team Base Wins
Woking, UK 182

Chassis Pole Positions

McLaren MCL33 155

Engine Fastest Laps

Renault RE18 154

Team Debut Podium Places

Monaco Grand Prix, 1966 485

Races Started 2017 Points

824 30

Racing Director Championships Total Championship Points

Eric Boullier 8 5174.5

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FERNANDO STOFFEL
ALONSO VANDOORNE

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DRIVER STATS DRIVER STATS
Nationality Wins Nationality Wins
Spain 32 Belgium –

Date of Birth Podium Places Date of Birth Podium Places

29.07.81 97 26.03.92 –

Birthplace Pole Positions Birthplace Best Race Classification

Oviedo, Spain 22 Kortrijk, Belgium 7th (2)

Debut Front Row Debut Best Grid Position

Australian Grand Prix, 2001 37 Bahrain Grand Prix, 2016 7th (1)

Best Season Result Fastest Laps Best Season Result Fastest Laps
Champion (2005, ‘06) 23 16th (2017) –

GPs Started Championship Points GPs Started Championship Points

293 1871 23 20

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ALFA ROMEO
SAUBER F1
TEAM
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TEAM STATS
Team Base Wins
Hinwil, Switzerland –

Chassis Pole Positions

Alfa Romeo Sauber C37 –

Engine Fastest Laps

Ferrari 062 EVO 3

Team Debut Podium Places

South African Grand Prix, 1993 10

Races Started 2017 Points

355 5

Team Principal Championships Total Championship Points

Frédéric Vasseur – 467

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MARCUS CHARLES
ERICSSON LECLERC

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DRIVER STATS DRIVER STATS
Nationality Wins Nationality Wins
Sweden – Monaco –

Date of Birth Podium Places Date of Birth Podium Places

02.09.90 – 16.10.97 –

Birthplace Best Race Classification Birthplace Best Race Classification

Kumla, Sweden 8th (1) Monte Carlo, Monaco 12th (1)

Debut Best Grid Position Debut Best Grid Position

Australian Grand Prix, 2014 9th (1) Australian Grand Prix, 2018 18th (1)

Best Season Result Fastest Laps Best Season Result Fastest Laps
18th (2015) – – –

GPs Started Championship Points GPs Started Championship Points

79 11 3 –

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MOMENT IN TIME XXXXXXXXXX
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PIONEERS,
PODIUMS AND
PASSION

In Baku last year, Lance Stroll became the

youngest rookie to finish on the podium
in Formula 1 at the age of 18 years
and 239 days. However, while Stroll’s
achievement was special, results of its
kind are becoming more common, with
seven of the top 10 youngest podium
finishers scoring their landmark results
over the last 15 years. In the early days of
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Bruce McLaren’s 1959 achievements are
all the more impressive. Like Stroll, he set
the record as youngest podium finisher,
coming home third at the British Grand
Prix in July 1959. However, he topped
that on 12 December by claiming the title
of youngest ever F1 winner with victory
in the US GP at Sebring. The remarkable
nature of his achievement, which was
worthy of a passionate embrace, was
borne out by the fact that his record
stood for 44 years, with Fernando Alonso
eventually claiming the accolade at the
2003 Hungarian GP.
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