who won the 2018 formula 1 australian grand prixs
2018 Australian Grand Prix Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel was the defending race winner.[3] Lewis Hamilton started the race from pole—his seventh pole position in Australia,[4] a record for the event—while Vettel successfully defended his race win, the forty-eighth of his career.[3]
Nico Rosberg Before the 2017 Formula One season, Rosberg announced that he would continue his partnership with Mercedes, as an ambassador.[4]
2018 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Australia clinched their tenth title in this tournament after defeating England 2â€“1 in the final match.
Scuderia Ferrari The team is also known for its passionate support base known as the tifosi. The Italian Grand Prix at Monza is regarded as the team's home race.
2018 Formula One World Championship The championship started in Melbourne with the Australian Grand Prix. The race ended with a victory for Ferrari and Sebastian Vettel, who used a timely virtual safety car period—triggered by the stricken Haas of Romain Grosjean—to pass Mercedes's Lewis Hamilton and he successfully defended the position until the finish.[69] Kimi Räikkönen finished third in the other Ferrari ahead of Red Bull Racing's Daniel Ricciardo.[69] McLaren ended the first race of their partnership with Renault with a fifth and ninth place for Alonso and Vandoorne respectively.[70] Max Verstappen finished sixth after an early spin ahead of Nico Hülkenberg. Valtteri Bottas was eighth, having started fifteenth when he took a penalty for a gearbox change after a heavy crash in qualifying. Carlos Sainz Jr. completed the points-scoring positions in tenth. Charles Leclerc and Sergey Sirotkin both made their competitive débuts for Sauber and Williams respectively.[71][72] Leclerc finished thirteenth while Sirotkin retired with a brake failure.[73][72]
2017 Australian Grand Prix Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton started the race from pole, matching Ayrton Senna's record of six pole positions in Australia.[5] Sebastian Vettel won the race, which was his and Ferrari's first win since the 2015 Singapore Grand Prix.[6] Hamilton finished second, with Valtteri Bottas completing the podium in third on his dÃ©but for Mercedes.[7]