Ronda 5 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2018-05-13
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) firmó la pole del Spanish Grand Prix de 2018 con un crono de 1:16.173.
Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) completó la primera fila a 0.040s de la pole, con Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) tercero en parrilla. Romain Grosjean (Haas F1 Team) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Stoffel Vandoorne (McLaren) se quedó fuera por 0.488s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 1.662s — de la pole a P10 — con Romain Grosjean (Haas F1 Team) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:17.633 | 1:17.166 | 1:16.173 | 1:16.173 |
| 2 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:17.674 | 1:17.111 | 1:16.213 | +0.040 |
| 3 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:17.031 | 1:16.802 | 1:16.305 | +0.132 |
| 4 |
| 7Kimi Räikkönen |
| Ferrari |
| 1:17.483 |
| 1:17.071 |
| 1:16.612 |
| +0.439 |
| 5 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:17.411 | 1:17.266 | 1:16.816 | +0.643 |
| 6 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:17.623 | 1:17.638 | 1:16.818 | +0.645 |
| 7 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:18.169 | 1:17.618 | 1:17.676 | +1.503 |
| 8 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:18.276 | 1:18.100 | 1:17.721 | +1.548 |
| 9 | 55Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1:18.480 | 1:17.803 | 1:17.790 | +1.617 |
| 10 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:18.305 | 1:17.699 | 1:17.835 | +1.662 |
| 11 | 2Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:18.885 | 1:18.323 | — | +2.150 |
| 12 | 10Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:18.550 | 1:18.463 | — | +2.290 |
| 13 | 31Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:18.813 | 1:18.696 | — | +2.523 |
| 14 | 16Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 1:18.661 | 1:18.910 | — | +2.737 |
| 15 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:18.740 | 1:19.098 | — | +2.925 |
| 16 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 1:18.923 | — | — | +2.750 |
| 17 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:19.493 | — | — | +3.320 |
| 18 | 35Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 1:19.695 | — | — | +3.522 |
| 19 | 18Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:20.225 | — | — | +4.052 |
| 20 | 28Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | — | — | — | — |