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2018 Season Formula One World Championship
The 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship was the motor racing championship for Formula One cars and the 69th running of the Formula One World Championship. Formula One is recognised by the governing body of international motorsport, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars. Drivers and teams competed in twenty-one Grands Prix for the World Drivers' and World Constructors' championship titles.
For the second consecutive year, the season featured a title battle between Mercedes and Ferrari. The 2018 season saw two four-time World Champions, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel, as the main Championship challengers. It was the first time in Formula One history, two quadruple world champions would be competing for a fifth title and the season was billed as the Fight for Five by journalists and fans. The championship lead ebbed and flowed between the two title contenders, the points lead swapping hands five times throughout the year. Hamilton clinched his fifth World Drivers' Championship title at the 2018 Mexican Grand Prix, with the team securing its fifth consecutive World Constructors' Championship title at the following race. Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel finished runner-up, 88 points behind Hamilton, with his teammate Kimi Räikkönen finishing third. In the Constructors' Championship, Mercedes finished 84 points ahead of Ferrari, with Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer in third, 152 points behind Ferrari.
In 2018, the championship saw the introduction of a new cockpit protection device, known as the "halo". The introduction of the halo was the first stage of a planned rollout that would see the device adopted in all FIA-sanctioned open wheel series by 2020.
Drivers' Champion:
Lewis Hamilton
Constructors' Champion:
Mercedes
Previous Season: 2017 Season
Next Season: 2019 Season
Other Champions:
FIA Formula 2 Championship: George Russell
GP3 Series: Anthoine Hubert
FIA Formula E Championship: Jean-Éric Vergne
IndyCar Series: Scott Dixon
Indy Lights: Patricio O'Ward
New Zealand Formula First Championship: Callum Crawley
Super Formula Championship: Naoki Yamamoto
Toyota Racing Series: Robert Shwartzman
FIA Formula 3 European Championship: Mick Schumacher
All-Japan Formula Three Championship: Sho Tsuboi
F3 Americas Championship: Kyle Kirkwood
F3 Asian Championship: Raoul Hyman
Australian Formula 3 Premier Series: Harri Jones
BRDC British Formula 3 Championship: Linus Lundqvist
Euroformula Open Championship: Sandro Zeller
ADAC Formula 4 Championship: Lirim Zendeli
Australian Formula 4 Championship: Jayden Ojeda
F4 British Championship: Kiern Jewiss
China Formula 4 Championship: Jordan Dempsey
F4 Danish Championship: Casper Tobias Hansen
French F4 Championship: Caio Collet
Italian F4 Championship: Enzo Fittipaldi
F4 Japanese Championship: Yuki Tsunoda
NACAM Formula 4 Championship: Moisés de la Vara
SMP F4 Championship: Konsta Lappalainen
Spanish Formula 4 Championship: Amaury Cordeel
Formula 4 South East Asia Championship (2017-18): Daniel Cao
Formula 4 South East Asia Championship (2018): Alessandro Ghiretti
Formula 4 UAE Championship: Charles Weerts
Formula 4 United States Championship: Dakota Dickerson
Australian Formula Ford Championship: Hunter McElrea
New Zealand Formula Ford Championship: Callum Hedge
U.S. F2000 National Championship: Kyle Kirkwood
Asian Formula Renault Series: Daniel Cao
Formula Renault Eurocup: Max Fewtrell
Formula Renault Northern European Cup: Doureid Ghattas
| Grands Prix | Date | Winning Driver |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-03-25 | ||
| 2018-04-08 | ||
| 2018-04-15 | ||
| 2018-04-29 | ||
| 2018-05-13 | ||
| 2018-05-27 | ||
| 2018-06-10 | ||
| 2018-06-24 | ||
| 2018-07-01 | ||
| 2018-07-08 | ||
| 2018-07-22 | ||
| 2018-07-29 | ||
| 2018-08-26 | ||
| 2018-09-02 | ||
| 2018-09-16 | ||
| 2018-09-30 | ||
| 2018-10-07 | ||
| 2018-10-21 | ||
| 2018-10-28 | ||
| 2018-11-11 | ||
| 2018-11-25 |