2018 Grand Finale at the Valley

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2018 Grand Finale at the Valley
Grand Finale at the Valley.png
Grand Valley Speedway.png
Date 8-9 December
Race of Champions
Pole position
Fastest lap
Race winner
FIA Formula 4 World Final
Pole position
Fastest lap
Race Winner


The 2018 Grand Finale at the Valley was a motorsport event featuring two non-championship finale events. The first saw a return to the circuit racing format for the well known Race of Champions event, whilst the weekend also saw the debut of the FIA Formula 4 World Final format. Practise and qualifying for both events were held on Saturday, while the feature races were on Sunday.

XXIX Race of Champions

25 participants were selected to compete in an event that would crown 2018's Champion of Champions. 20 of these were assigned by invites for placing as series champions, or championship podium finishers amongst the top series in the world. The remaining five slots, referred to as All Star Invites, are high-profile wildcards who did not earn an invitation based on the required criteria, but were voted in by fans for their popularity and ability.

Qualified participants

FIA F1 1st Flag of Germany svg.png Sebastian Vettel
2nd Flag of France svg.png Jules Bianchi
3rd Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Lewis Hamilton
5th Flag of Italy svg.png Salvatore Miccoli
PC 2nd Flag of Nepal svg.png Asim Adhikari
3rd Flag of Japan svg.png Hagane Shizuka
5th Flag of the United States svg.png Jordan McKenna
F2 1st Flag of Germany svg.png Marvin Kirchhöfer
AutoReject ARWS 1st Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Terry Hawkin
3rd Flag of France svg.png Phillippe Nicolas
4th Flag of the Netherlands svg.png Bastiaan van Nieuwenhuijzen
5th Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Mark Dagnall
AR 3.5 1st Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Nathanael Cameron
TC IPC 1st Flag of France svg.png Sylvain Fabron
2nd Flag of the United States svg.png Sandra Cessler
4th Flag of San Marino svg.png Adolfo Moretti
SEAT 1st Flag of Tahiti svg.png Manuarii Vahirua
SANDWICH 2nd Flag of France svg.png Aimée Gauthier
F5000 1st Flag of Australia svg.png Matt Grove
GBRC 1st Flag of Finland svg.png Markus-Petteri Pykälistö

All Star Wildcards

Rank Driver Notability
1 Flag of Australia svg.png Daniel Ricciardo 2015 Formula 1 World Drivers' Champion
2 Flag of Belgium svg.png Thomas De Bock 2017 AutoReject World Series Drivers' Champion
3 Flag of Australia svg.png Daniel Melrose 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2010 Formula 1 World Drivers' Champion
4 Flag of France svg.png Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler 1988 Formula 1 World Drivers' Champion
5 Flag of Germany svg.png André Lotterer 2011, 2012 and 2014 Le Mans 24 Hours winner

Qualifying

Race

FIA Formula 4 World Final

Six drivers from each of the three national F4 series from around the globe were invited to partake in an end-of-year battle royale, in which the winner would be handed the FIA Rising Star Award, as recognition of being the best driver in the lowest rung of single-seaters worldwide. The race was somewhat longer than a standard Formula 4 race at 100 kilometres, to reflect the finality of the event on the season's proceedings.

Qualified participants

Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Flag of Ireland svg.png Anglo-Irish F4 Flag of Italy svg.png Italian F4 Flag of the United States svg.png North American F4
Pos No. Driver Pos No. Driver Pos No. Driver
1st 38 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Sabrina Mann 1st 13 Flag of Italy svg.png Paolo Leonetti Flag of Unknown svg.png TBC
2nd 95 Flag of Gibraltar.svg.png John-Paul Casciaro 2nd 15 Flag of Italy svg.png Massimo Torelli Flag of Unknown svg.png TBC
3rd 5 Flag of Bermuda svg.png Imani Burrell 3rd 99 Flag of Italy svg.png Luca Bandini Flag of Unknown svg.png TBC
4th 22 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Alex Smith 4th 27 Flag of Russia svg.png Ivan Shvetsov Flag of Unknown svg.png TBC
5th 91 Flag of Jamaica svg.png Collin Daley, Jr 5th 18 Flag of Switzerland svg.png Lucas Légeret Flag of Unknown svg.png TBC
6th 14 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Will Tregurtha 6th 21 Flag of Hungary svg.png Magda Szervánszky Flag of Unknown svg.png TBC
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