2018 Russian Grand Prix 2018 Russian Grand Prix The 2018 Russian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 2018 VTB Russian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 30 September 2018 at the Sochi Autodrom in Sochi, Russia. The race was the sixteenth round of the 2018 Formula One World Championship and marked the seventh running of the Russian Grand Prix and the fifth time the race was held in Sochi. Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton entered the round with a 40-point lead over Sebastian Vettel in the Drivers' Championship. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes led Ferrari by 37 points. The race
United States Grand Prix calendar since 1989. Previously, however, there were additionally four other separate F1 events in the U.S. From until , the Long Beach circuit hosted a newly created United States Grand Prix West, which ran in the same seasons as the "United States Grand Prix (East)". The United States was thus the first nation since Italy in to hold two Formula One Grands Prix in the same season. During the years – when both Grands Prix ran, the "United States Grand Prix" was also referred to as the "United States Grand Prix East". The Caesars Palace Grand Prix ran as a