Ronda 4 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2018-04-29
Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) firmó la pole del Azerbaijan Grand Prix de 2018 con un crono de 1:41.498.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) completó la primera fila a 0.179s de la pole, con Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) tercero en parrilla. Carlos Sainz (Renault) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Lance Stroll (Williams) se quedó fuera por 0.234s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 1.853s — de la pole a P10 — con Carlos Sainz (Renault) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:42.762 | 1:43.015 | 1:41.498 | 1:41.498 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:42.693 | 1:42.676 | 1:41.677 | +0.179 |
| 3 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:43.355 | 1:42.679 | 1:41.837 | +0.339 |
| 4 |
| 3Daniel Ricciardo |
| Red Bull |
| 1:42.857 |
| 1:43.482 |
| 1:41.911 |
| +0.413 |
| 5 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:42.642 | 1:42.901 | 1:41.994 | +0.496 |
| 6 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:42.538 | 1:42.510 | 1:42.490 | +0.992 |
| 7 | 31Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:43.021 | 1:42.967 | 1:42.523 | +1.025 |
| 8 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:43.992 | 1:43.366 | 1:42.547 | +1.049 |
| 9 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 1:43.746 | 1:43.232 | 1:43.066 | +1.568 |
| 10 | 55Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1:43.426 | 1:43.464 | 1:43.351 | +1.853 |
| 11 | 18Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:44.359 | 1:43.585 | — | +2.087 |
| 12 | 35Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 1:44.261 | 1:43.886 | — | +2.388 |
| 13 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:44.010 | 1:44.019 | — | +2.521 |
| 14 | 16Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 1:43.752 | 1:44.074 | — | +2.576 |
| 15 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:43.674 | 1:44.759 | — | +3.261 |
| 16 | 2Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:44.489 | — | — | +2.991 |
| 17 | 10Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:44.496 | — | — | +2.998 |
| 18 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:45.541 | — | — | +4.043 |
| 19 | 28Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 1:57.354 | — | — | +15.856 |
| 20 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | — | — | — | — |