{"id":456,"date":"2020-12-03T17:13:47","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T17:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/championships\/2018-f1-world-championship\/"},"modified":"2023-11-14T12:33:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T12:33:35","slug":"2018-f1-world-championship","status":"publish","type":"championship","link":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/championships\/2018-f1-world-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 F1 World Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"hero \">\n    \n            \n<section class=\"c-site-breadcrumbs site-breadcrumbs proxima \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <nav class=\"breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/nav>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n    \n    <div class=\"hero__content\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n                        <h1 class=\"hero__title sanomat\"><\/h1>\n                                <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"anchor-menu container-no-breakpoints proxima\">\n    <ul>\n                    <li><a href=\"#overview\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#results\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Results<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#standings\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Standings<\/a><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"container\" id=\"overview\">\n            <div class=\"post__item\">\n                <div data-behaviour=\"championship-data-box\" data-championship-id=\"456\"><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n        <aside class=\"sidebar\" data-target=\"ad-container\">\n            <aside class=\"broadcast-space \">\n            <div class=\"broadcast-space__element\" id=\"div-gpt-ad-1563288058060-3\" data-behaviour=\"ad-target\"><\/div>\n    <\/aside>\n        <\/aside>\n    <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" id=\"full-overview\">\n    \n        \n        <section class=\"c-expanding-content expanding-content expanding-content--expandable content-section toggle\">\n            <p>2018 was billed as a showdown between Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel as they vied to win a fifth world title. Vettel began the season by winning the opening two races and the Ferrari was the quickest car for much of the year, but it was Hamilton and Mercedes-Benz that prevailed once more.<br \/>\nThe Englishman\u00a0combined excellent qualifying\u00a0with\u00a0relentless\u00a0speed and\u00a0consistency\u00a0on\u00a0raceday\u00a0to ease to 11 victories and a dominant title as Ferrari\u2019s season unraveled. In contrast,\u00a0Vettel\u00a0made too many mistakes\u00a0including\u00a0crashing out of the lead in Germany.\u00a0Vettel\u2019s win in Belgium appeared to restore championship momentum but he did not\u00a0win\u00a0again.<\/p>\n<p>Valtteri\u00a0Bottas\u00a0was on course for victories\u00a0in Azerbaijan and Russia but for a puncture and Mercedes team orders\u00a0to intervene. Fifth in the\u00a0final standings represented\u00a0a\u00a0disappointing\u00a0return\u00a0from a campaign in\u00a0Hamilton\u2019s shadow. Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen scored his first victory in over five years and finished third overall after a consistent final season with Ferrari.<\/p>\n<p>Red Bull remained the third-best team on the grid for whom Max Verstappen recovered from a frustrating opening six events to win in Austria and Mexico and clinch fourth in the championship. The chance of a third victory was lost when he crashed with lapped Esteban Ocon in Brazil, an incident that prompted a post-race scuffle. Daniel Ricciardo passed Bottas to win in China and managed mechanical issues to score an emotional victory in Monaco but indifferent qualifying performances and reliability all too often restricted results. The team\u2019s nadir came in Azerbaijan when Verstappen and Ricciardo crashed into each other during the race.<\/p>\n<p>Renault\u2019s Nico\u00a0H\u00fclkenberg\u00a0was regularly the best-of-the-rest behind these\u00a0three teams but a first podium finish remained elusive.\u00a0Kevin Magnussen enjoyed his most successful Formula 1 season to date,\u00a0although\u00a0the Haas\u00a0driver\u2019s\u00a0robust tactics were\u00a0criticized\u00a0by many.<\/p>\n<p>Force India was acquired by the Racing Point consortium in the summer and previous constructors points were annulled as a consequence. The highlight for the team came in Azerbaijan where Sergio P\u00e9rez came third \u2013 the only time a driver from outside the top three teams finished on the podium. Team-mate Ocon scored four sixth places but ended the year without a drive.<\/p>\n<p>McLaren\u00a0continued to struggle despite\u00a0switching\u00a0from Honda to Renault engines.\u00a0Still among the best drivers in\u00a0Formula 1, Fernando Alonso\u00a0out-performed his machinery but looked to Le Mans for\u00a0his\u00a0chance of further glory.\u00a0Toro Rosso assumed the role of Honda\u2019s\u00a0works team while Williams endured a sad campaign at the back of the field. Charles Leclerc enjoyed an impressive rookie campaign as the Ferrari-powered Sauber team improved. He finished sixth in Baku and completed\u00a0an error-free\u00a0season regularly in the points.<\/p>\n<p>The FIA introduced the controversial \u201chalo\u201d cockpit protection structure\u00a0which\u00a0was hailed as having saved Leclerc from injury in the first corner accident at Spa-Francorchamps.\u00a0For the first time in F1 history, there were no mid-season driver changes and all 20 drivers at least scored a point.<\/p>\n\n                            <div class=\"expanding-content__buttons\">\n                                            <a href=\"#\" class=\"button button--outline button--chevron-down expanding-content__more\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Read full overview<\/a>\n                        <a href=\"#\" class=\"button button--outline button--chevron-up expanding-content__less\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Read Less<\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/section>\n\n                                \n   <\/div>\n\n<section 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