Ronda 20 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2018-11-11
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) firmó la pole del Brazilian Grand Prix de 2018 con un crono de 1:07.281.
Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) completó la primera fila a 0.093s de la pole, con Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) tercero en parrilla. Pierre Gasly (Toro Rosso) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Kevin Magnussen (Haas F1 Team) se quedó fuera por —s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 1.748s — de la pole a P10 — con Pierre Gasly (Toro Rosso) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:08.464 | 1:07.795 | 1:07.281 | 1:07.281 |
| 2 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:08.452 | 1:07.776 | 1:07.374 | +0.093 |
| 3 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:08.492 | 1:07.727 | 1:07.441 | +0.160 |
| 4 |
| 7Kimi Räikkönen |
| Ferrari |
| 1:08.452 |
| 1:08.028 |
| 1:07.456 |
| +0.175 |
| 5 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:08.205 | 1:08.017 | 1:07.778 | +0.497 |
| 6 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:08.544 | 1:08.055 | 1:07.780 | +0.499 |
| 7 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:08.754 | 1:08.579 | 1:08.296 | +1.015 |
| 8 | 16Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 1:08.667 | 1:08.335 | 1:08.492 | +1.211 |
| 9 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:08.735 | 1:08.239 | 1:08.517 | +1.236 |
| 10 | 10Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:09.046 | 1:08.616 | 1:09.029 | +1.748 |
| 11 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:08.474 | 1:08.659 | — | +1.378 |
| 12 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:09.217 | 1:08.741 | — | +1.460 |
| 13 | 31Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:09.264 | 1:08.770 | — | +1.489 |
| 14 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 1:09.009 | 1:08.834 | — | +1.553 |
| 15 | 35Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 1:09.259 | 1:10.381 | — | +3.100 |
| 16 | 55Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1:09.269 | — | — | +1.988 |
| 17 | 28Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 1:09.280 | — | — | +1.999 |
| 18 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:09.402 | — | — | +2.121 |
| 19 | 18Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:09.441 | — | — | +2.160 |
| 20 | 2Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:09.601 | — | — | +2.320 |