Etapa 16 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 2018-09-30
Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) cravou a pole do Russian Grand Prix de 2018 com uma volta de 1:31.387.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) completou a primeira fila a 0.145s da pole, com Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) em terceiro no grid. Marcus Ericsson (Sauber) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto Max Verstappen (Red Bull) ficou de fora por —s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de 3.809s — da pole ao P10 — com Marcus Ericsson (Sauber) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:32.964 | 1:32.744 | 1:31.387 | 1:31.387 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:32.410 | 1:32.595 | 1:31.532 | +0.145 |
| 3 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:33.476 | 1:33.045 | 1:31.943 | +0.556 |
| 4 |
| 7Kimi Räikkönen |
| Ferrari |
| 1:33.341 |
| 1:33.065 |
| 1:32.237 |
| +0.850 |
| 5 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:34.078 | 1:33.747 | 1:33.181 | +1.794 |
| 6 | 31Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:34.290 | 1:33.596 | 1:33.413 | +2.026 |
| 7 | 16Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 1:33.924 | 1:33.488 | 1:33.419 | +2.032 |
| 8 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:34.084 | 1:33.923 | 1:33.563 | +2.176 |
| 9 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:34.022 | 1:33.517 | 1:33.704 | +2.317 |
| 10 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:34.170 | 1:33.995 | 1:35.196 | +3.809 |
| 11 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:33.048 | — | — | +1.661 |
| 12 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:33.247 | — | — | +1.860 |
| 13 | 10Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:34.383 | — | — | +2.996 |
| 14 | 55Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1:34.626 | — | — | +3.239 |
| 15 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 1:34.655 | — | — | +3.268 |
| 16 | 28Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 1:35.037 | — | — | +3.650 |
| 17 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:35.504 | — | — | +4.117 |
| 18 | 35Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 1:35.612 | — | — | +4.225 |
| 19 | 2Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:35.977 | — | — | +4.590 |
| 20 | 18Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:36.437 | — | — | +5.050 |