<Tr> <Td_colspan="4"> Lap leaders (show) <Ul> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <P> The 2018 Austrian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Eyetime Großer Preis von Österreich 2018) was a Formula One motor race held on 1 July 2018 at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria . The race, which was contested over seventy - one laps, was the ninth round of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship, and marked the 32nd running of the Austrian Grand Prix and the 31st time it had been held as a round of the Formula One World Championship since the series inception in 1950 . </P> <P> Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton entered the round with a fourteen - point lead over Sebastian Vettel in the drivers' championship . In the constructors' championship, Mercedes held a twenty - five - point lead over Ferrari . The race was won by Max Verstappen for Red Bull, marking the first time that Red Bull has won at their home Grand Prix . This race also marked the first double retirement for Mercedes since the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix and the first retirement for Hamilton since the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix . </P> <P> The circuit included three drag reduction system (DRS) zones for the first time . These included a zone along the main straight, with the second zone on the straight from Turn 1 to Turns 2 and 3, and a third zone extending from Turn 3 to Turn 4 . </P>

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