Etapa 18 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 2018-10-21
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) cravou a pole do United States Grand Prix de 2018 com uma volta de 1:32.237.
Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) completou a primeira fila a 0.061s da pole, com Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) em terceiro no grid. Sergio Pérez (Force India) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto Carlos Sainz (Renault) ficou de fora por —s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de 2.357s — da pole ao P10 — com Sergio Pérez (Force India) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:34.130 | 1:33.480 | 1:32.237 | 1:32.237 |
| 2 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:34.569 | 1:33.079 | 1:32.298 | +0.061 |
| 3 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:34.703 | 1:32.884 | 1:32.307 | +0.070 |
| 4 |
| 77Valtteri Bottas |
| Mercedes |
| 1:34.518 |
| 1:33.702 |
| 1:32.616 |
| +0.379 |
| 5 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:34.755 | 1:34.185 | 1:33.494 | +1.257 |
| 6 | 31Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:34.876 | 1:34.522 | 1:34.145 | +1.908 |
| 7 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 1:34.932 | 1:34.564 | 1:34.215 | +1.978 |
| 8 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:34.892 | 1:34.419 | 1:34.250 | +2.013 |
| 9 | 16Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 1:35.069 | 1:34.255 | 1:34.420 | +2.183 |
| 10 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:35.193 | 1:34.525 | 1:34.594 | +2.357 |
| 11 | 55Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1:34.891 | 1:34.566 | — | +2.329 |
| 12 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:34.972 | 1:34.732 | — | +2.495 |
| 13 | 10Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:34.850 | — | — | +2.613 |
| 14 | 28Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 1:35.206 | — | — | +2.969 |
| 15 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:34.766 | — | — | +2.529 |
| 16 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:35.294 | — | — | +3.057 |
| 17 | 35Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 1:35.362 | — | — | +3.125 |
| 18 | 18Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:35.480 | — | — | +3.243 |
| 19 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:35.536 | — | — | +3.299 |
| 20 | 2Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:35.735 | — | — | +3.498 |