Stoffel Vandoorne Takes Second Victory for Haas in 2018

Qualifying:

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	1	Sebastian Vettel		1:10.669
2	63	Jules Bianchi		1:10.942
3	2	Lewis Hamilton		1:10.973
4	62	Dave Cassidy		1:11.227
5	27	Nathan McKane		1:11.230
6	21	Stoffel Vandoorne		1:11.232
7	99	Kevin Magnussen		1:11.435
8	30	Mike Rockenfeller		1:11.532
9	98	Salvatore Miccoli		1:11.598
10	43	Sébastien Bourdais		1:11.731
11	31	Rhys Davies		1:11.949
12	28	Romain Grosjean		1:12.013
13	55	Artem Markelov		1:12.270
14	29	Pastor Maldonado		1:12.280
15	91	Max Verstappen		1:12.388
16	5	Valtteri Bottas		1:13.588
17	22	Johnny Cecotto Jr.		1:12.640
18	90	Daniel Ricciardo		1:12.678
19	66	Esteban Ocon		1:13.051
20	42	Davide Valsecchi		1:13.166
21	32	Daniel Melrose		1:13.216
22	11	Carlos Sainz Jr		1:13.264
23	6	Ma Qinghua		1:13.419
24	67	Marcel Agyemang-Badu		1:13.551
25	12	Scott Dixon		1:13.711
26	56	Bradley Dagnall		1:14.159

* demoted five places for changing engine/gearbox

Report:

After a rather dry weekend so far, the heavens struck with a vengeance, turning the second Dutch Grand Prix of 2018 into a total washout: 23 laps of it where run behind the safety car; Maven O’Connor acquired a lot of leading laps in his Mercedes, leading the pack until the conditions had improved to the point where racing safely was an option.

Caterham seemed to be in control of things, even without that long SC period gifting them a long period of going unchallenged for the victory. They were off to a decent start once racing was underway and it seemed like they could safely bring another 1-2 finish home. Unfortunately for Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel, their work was not gonna be easy.

Stoffel Vandoorne had a very decent restart, making up a couple of places rather quickly. He then proceeded to put in a large number of fast laps, allowing him to take the lead after all cars had a change of wet-weather tyres in the pitlane. Once his teammate had an accident, burying his car in the walls, a red flag sealed the deal for Haas’ 4th F1 win.

The main rivals of the American team also were able to score a good bunch of points: both Sauber and Calinetic had both cars within the top 10. In a rare sight, Max Verstappen and Mike Rockenfeller, who are both considered inferior drivers to their highly-skilled partners, were both ahead of their teammates when the red flag concluded the event.

Race:

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Time/Retired	Points
1	21	Stoffel Vandoorne		1:03:15.573	15
2	1	Sebastian Vettel		+1.690	14
3	2	Lewis Hamilton		+3.016	10
4	63	Jules Bianchi	+	+7.548	8
5	98	Salvatore Miccoli		+12.569	6
6	91	Max Verstappen		+13.334	5
7	30	Mike Rockenfeller		+16.707	4
8	29	Pastor Maldonado		+17.310	3
9	90	Daniel Ricciardo		+19.542	2
10	43	Sébastien Bourdais		+26.911	1
11	27	Nathan McKane		+30.418	0
12	31	Rhys Davies		+33.222	0
13	99	Kevin Magnussen		+38.224	0
14	11	Carlos Sainz Jr.		+41.888	0
15	5	Valtteri Bottas		+44.346	0
16	66	Marcel Agyemang-Badu		+45.131	0
17	42	Davide Valsecchi		+46.342	0
18	28	Romain Grosjean		+48.590	0
19	67	Esteban Ocon		+50.537	0
20	32	Daniel Melrose		+51.240	0
21	12	Scott Dixon		+52.998	0
22	6	Ma Qinghua		+53.707	0
23	56	Bradley Dagnall		+54.582	0
24	22	Johnny Cecotto Jr.		Accident	0
DNF	62	Dave Cassidy		Suspension	0
DNF	55	Artem Markelov		Engine	0

Fastest Lap:

Lewis Hamilton – 1:23.476

Infinite Improbability Drive Of The Race:

Mike Rockenfeller – he was extremely impressive, finally appearing like he has a future in F1.

Reject Of The Race:

Ferrari – the wet weather did not particularly aid their chances, but that performance was poor on every level.