Results of the Abu Dhabi voting
Pos Name 3p 2p 1p Tot Pts 1 Lewis Hamilton 6 0 0 18 25 2 Carlos Sainz 2 4 0 14 18 3 Sebastian Vettel 0 4 2 10 15 4 Max Verstappen 0 3 3 9 12 5 Charles Leclerc 0 3 1 7 10 6 Daniel Ricciardo 0 1 4 6 8 7 Sergio Perez 0 0 3 3 6 8 Marcus Ericsson 0 0 2 2 4 9 Fernando Alonso 0 0 1 1 2 10 Stoffel Vandoorne 0 0 1 1 1 11 Romain Grosjean 0 0 1 1Places 9-11 decided by reversed WCC order and race result.
* Lewis Hamilton's 47th ever win.
* Carlos Sainz' 10th and Sebastian Vettel's 96th podium finish.
* Fernando Alonso breaks a five race voteless streak.
The entries
Votes that didn't comply with the voting system:
None.
Voting Championship 2018 final standings:
Pos Name Pts OZ BAH CHN AZE ESP MON CAN FRA AUT GB GER HUN BEL ITA SIN RUS JAP USA MEX BRA ABU : Win Pod Pnt : Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 1) Lewis Hamilton 289 1 8 8 1 5 2 12 2 1 2 4 1 2 5 1 4 3 1 : 6 11 17 : 58 46 98 87 2) Max Verstappen 285 7 3 9 2 1 1 6 8 9 2 5 1 1 3 1 1 1 4 : 7 11 18 : 21 78 59 127 3) Sebastian Vettel 211 5 2 5 5 8 4 1 7 1 10 4 1 12 5 7 8 2 3 : 3 6 17 : 52 68 48 43 4) Charles Leclerc 144 8 1 4 3 4 11 7 4 2 7 4 4 5 : 1 3 12 : 41 33 12 58 5) Daniel Ricciardo 137 7 1 9 1 8 7 3 2 5 2 6 : 2 5 11 : 33 35 15 54 6) Kimi Räikkönen 124 4 6 10 5 3 5 4 6 2 9 2 5 : 0 3 12 : 21 35 38 30 7) Fernando Alonso 102 3 7 4 7 5 7 7 4 4 5 3 9 : 0 2 12 : 39 36 25 2 8) Nico Hülkenberg 99 9 6 3 6 5 3 2 3 6 : 0 4 9 : 25 33 18 23 9) Valtteri Bottas 98 5 2 4 7 4 10 9 3 10 9 3 11 8 : 0 3 12 : 46 15 18 19 10) Carlos Sainz 88 3 6 8 3 8 6 9 5 8 2 : 0 3 10 : 23 19 12 34 11) Pierre Gasly 81 1 3 1 8 5 9 : 2 3 6 : 25 15 29 12 12) Kevin Magnussen 78 2 4 9 2 6 9 7 4 : 0 2 8 : 50 10 6 12 13) Esteban Ocon 74 2 6 8 8 9 5 4 6 6 : 0 1 9 : 0 34 24 16 14) Sergio Perez 73 10 2 6 7 3 7 4 10 7 : 0 2 9 : 19 8 27 19 15) Romain Grosjean 71 6 10 2 6 6 6 8 6 6 11 : 0 1 9 : 8 19 28 16 16) Marcus Ericsson 63 3 10 10 5 5 7 8 7 7 8 : 0 1 10 : 16 11 16 20 17) Lance Stroll 31 8 6 9 9 3 : 0 1 5 : 14 2 15 0 18) Stoffel Vandoorne 26 9 8 8 11 3 10 : 0 1 5 : 2 4 4 16 19) Brendon Hartley 10 11 8 7 : 0 0 2 : 0 0 0 10 20) Sergey Sirotkin 9 11 11 9 7 10 : 0 0 3 : 0 0 8 1Congratulations Lewis Hamilton for his fourth Voting Championship title!
The title was decided at the final voting of the season, where Hamilton retook the lead from Max verstappen.
Lewis previously won the 2008, 2014 and 2017 Voting Championships, and also finished second in 2010 on equal points with Sebastian Vettel but with fewer wins.
Six different winners is the lowest amount since 2005, when only five drivers got a win. Fond memories of Tiago Monteiro.
On the other hand 90% of the participating drivers scored a podium, which might be a new record.
Q1-Q4 are season scores divided into four quarters, races distributed 5-5-5-6.
Voting Championship 2018 WCC:
Pos Team Pts DV17 DR18 1 Red Bull 422 + 67 + 3 2 Mercedes 387 - 18 -268 3 Ferrari 335 +- 0 -236 4 Sauber 207 +121 +159 5 Renault 187 + 44 + 66 6 Haas 149 + 48 + 56 7 Force India 147 - 64 + 36 8 McLaren 128 - 29 + 66 9 Toro Rosso 91 + 9 + 58 10 Williams 40 - 99 + 33*The "DV17" column shows the points difference to the 2017 Voting.
*The "DR18" column shows the points difference to the 2018 F1 WCC.
2018 had 21 races, 2017 had 20.
Note: Force India here considered as one and the same team for the entire season.
Results of Rate the Race
Quality of racing: 6.60 average Vote breakdown: 10 0 9 0 8 0 7 4 #### 6 0 5 1 # 4 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 Satisfaction with results: 4.75 average Vote breakdown: 10 0 9 0 8 0 7 1 # 6 1 # 5 0 4 0 3 2 ## 2 0 1 0 0 0Decent Quality, not a bad way to end the season.
2018 ratings: GP Quality Satisfaction Australia 5.00 5.43 Bahrain 8.00 6.14 China 7.75 5.71 Azerbaijan 8.75 4.29 Spain 3.56 3.50 Monaco 2.78 3.63 Canada 3.14 5.17 France 6.00 4.13 Austria 7.67 7.63 Britain 8.00 5.57 Germany 7.50 4.40 Hungary 5.00 3.50 Italy 7.88 4.29 Singapore 4.86 3.50 Russia 5.56 2.63 Japan 6.40 3.50 USA 8.00 7.50 Mexico 6.86 6.00 Brazil 8.00 4.60 Abu Dhabi 6.60 4.75 Average Q&S per season # Qual Satis 2002 17 5.83 5.86 2003 16 6.36 6.42 2004 18 5.71 5.82 2005 19 5.87 5.76 2006 18 5.66 5.58 2007 17 5.80 6.10 2008 18 6.33 5.62 2009 17 5.99 6.41 2010 19 6.45 6.01 2011 19 6.93 6.27 2012 20 6.98 6.57 2013 19 6.30 5.73 2014 19 6.53 5.85 2015 19 5.91 5.11 2016 21 6.32 5.02 2017 20 5.93 4.63 2018 21 6.37 4.79The average Quality rating for 2018 is quite respectable. Satisfaction rebounds just a little from the dismal 2017 and is the second lowest ever.
We'll see if I can get around to a summary of Votings and Ratings before the beginning of next season, it's way overdue by now.
Thanks for this season! Have a nice Christmas or whatever you prefer to have, Happy New Year and see you again in 2019!
