Vettel Wins for the First Time in 2018

by Klon  9/08/2015 | 12:59 0 Posted in 2010 - Present, FIA, Formula 1 

Qualifying:

* demoted five places for changing engine/gearbox

Report:

Artem Markelov earned himself a point, but lost a few charm points with Williams when he held up Bottas.

F1’s Japanese fans could see clearly on Sunday, the rain was gone. Qualifying was dry yesterday already and that is why Sunday’s Q3 ended the same way it did on Saturday: Sebastian Vettel got his second pole position of the year, taking a very early in the Pole Position trophy. Again, he had a bad start and this time he paid for it: Bottas passed him into turn 1.

Williams were, however, not able to keep Caterham behind for any significant amount of time: at the first round of pitstops, Bottas was beaten by Vettel. Sebastian Vettel stormed away from the Finn, securing his lead and easily staying ahead after the second stop. He went on to win his first victory of the 2018 Formula One season.

Behind him and Bottas, the two Precision drivers had a thrilling fight. Dave Cassidy and Jules Bianchi changed position a few times during the race. This nearly ended in tears, as Dave Cassidy tried to squeeze his French teammate and almost forced him off the track. Thankfully, it did not end the race of the Precisions.

Stoffel Vandoorne tried again to make Gene Haas proud and managed to do so, a fifth place will help the American team. Max Verstappen got back on track on a dry track and managed to finish well ahead of his Australian teammate, who finished outside of the points, a good three seconds behind tenth-placed Artem Markelov, marking a great weekend for Mansell-Mercedes.

Race:

Fastest Lap:

Sebastian Vettel – 1:26.111

Infinite Improbability Drive Of The Race:

Artem Markelov – After Dagnall scored on Saturday, he now adds his name to F1 history.

Reject Of The Race:

Lewis Hamilton – Hurt his own race and ended up being the last finisher.

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