Ronda 2 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2018-04-08
Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) firmó la pole del Bahrain Grand Prix de 2018 con un crono de 1:27.958.
Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) completó la primera fila a 0.143s de la pole, con Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) tercero en parrilla. Carlos Sainz (Renault) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Brendon Hartley (Toro Rosso) se quedó fuera por 0.119s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 2.028s — de la pole a P10 — con Carlos Sainz (Renault) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:29.060 | 1:28.341 | 1:27.958 | 1:27.958 |
| 2 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:28.951 | 1:28.515 | 1:28.101 | +0.143 |
| 3 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:29.275 | 1:28.794 | 1:28.124 | +0.166 |
| 4 |
| 44Lewis Hamilton |
| Mercedes |
| 1:29.396 |
| 1:28.458 |
| 1:28.220 |
| +0.262 |
| 5 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:29.552 | 1:28.962 | 1:28.398 | +0.440 |
| 6 | 10Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:30.121 | 1:29.836 | 1:29.329 | +1.371 |
| 7 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:29.594 | 1:29.623 | 1:29.358 | +1.400 |
| 8 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 1:30.260 | 1:29.187 | 1:29.570 | +1.612 |
| 9 | 31Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:30.338 | 1:30.009 | 1:29.874 | +1.916 |
| 10 | 55Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1:29.893 | 1:29.802 | 1:29.986 | +2.028 |
| 11 | 28Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 1:30.412 | 1:30.105 | — | +2.147 |
| 12 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:30.218 | 1:30.156 | — | +2.198 |
| 13 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:30.530 | 1:30.212 | — | +2.254 |
| 14 | 2Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:30.479 | 1:30.525 | — | +2.567 |
| 15 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:29.374 | — | — | +1.416 |
| 16 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:30.530 | — | — | +2.572 |
| 17 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:31.063 | — | — | +3.105 |
| 18 | 35Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 1:31.414 | — | — | +3.456 |
| 19 | 16Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 1:31.420 | — | — | +3.462 |
| 20 | 18Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:31.503 | — | — | +3.545 |