Ronda 21 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2018-11-25
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) firmó la pole del Abu Dhabi Grand Prix de 2018 con un crono de 1:34.794.
Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) completó la primera fila a 0.162s de la pole, con Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) tercero en parrilla. Nico Hülkenberg (Renault) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Carlos Sainz (Renault) se quedó fuera por 0.440s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 1.748s — de la pole a P10 — con Nico Hülkenberg (Renault) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:36.828 | 1:35.693 | 1:34.794 | 1:34.794 |
| 2 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:36.789 | 1:36.392 | 1:34.956 | +0.162 |
| 3 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:36.775 | 1:36.345 | 1:35.125 | +0.331 |
| 4 |
| 7Kimi Räikkönen |
| Ferrari |
| 1:37.010 |
| 1:36.735 |
| 1:35.365 |
| +0.571 |
| 5 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:37.117 | 1:36.964 | 1:35.401 | +0.607 |
| 6 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:37.195 | 1:36.144 | 1:35.589 | +0.795 |
| 7 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:37.575 | 1:36.732 | 1:36.192 | +1.398 |
| 8 | 16Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 1:37.124 | 1:36.580 | 1:36.237 | +1.443 |
| 9 | 31Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:36.936 | 1:36.814 | 1:36.540 | +1.746 |
| 10 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 1:37.569 | 1:36.630 | 1:36.542 | +1.748 |
| 11 | 55Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1:37.757 | 1:36.982 | — | +2.188 |
| 12 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:37.619 | 1:37.132 | — | +2.338 |
| 13 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:37.934 | 1:37.309 | — | +2.515 |
| 14 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:37.255 | 1:37.541 | — | +2.747 |
| 15 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:37.890 | 1:37.743 | — | +2.949 |
| 16 | 28Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 1:37.994 | — | — | +3.200 |
| 17 | 10Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:38.166 | — | — | +3.372 |
| 18 | 2Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:38.577 | — | — | +3.783 |
| 19 | 35Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 1:38.635 | — | — | +3.841 |
| 20 | 18Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:38.682 | — | — | +3.888 |