FORMULA 1 2018 VTB RUSSIAN GRAND PRIX - STARTING GRID

28 30 Sep 2018 Sochi Autodrom, Sochi

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Time
1	77	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	1:31.387
2	44	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:31.532
3	5	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:31.943
4	7	Kimi Räikkönen RAI	Ferrari	1:32.237
5	20	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas Ferrari	1:33.181
6	31	Esteban Ocon OCO	Force India Mercedes	1:33.413
7	16	Charles Leclerc LEC	Sauber Ferrari	1:33.419
8	11	Sergio Perez PER	Force India Mercedes	1:33.563
9	8	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas Ferrari	1:33.704
10	9	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber Ferrari	1:35.196
11	55	Carlos Sainz SAI	Renault
12	27	Nico Hulkenberg HUL	Renault
13	35	Sergey Sirotkin SIR	Williams Mercedes	1:35.612
14	18	Lance Stroll STR	Williams Mercedes	1:36.437
15	2	Stoffel Vandoorne VAN	McLaren Renault	1:35.977
16	14	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren Renault	1:35.504
17	10	Pierre Gasly GAS	Scuderia Toro Rosso Honda
18	3	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer
19	33	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer
20	28	Brendon Hartley HAR	Scuderia Toro Rosso Honda	1:35.037

Note - Alonso, Ricciardo, Hartley, Verstappen and Gasly required to start from back of grid for use of additional power unit elements. Verstappen, Ricciardo and Vandoorne drop 5 grid places for unscheduled gearbox changes. Verstappen drops a further 3 places for a yellow flag infringement in qualifying.