Etapa 20 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 2018-11-11
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) cravou a pole do Brazilian Grand Prix de 2018 com uma volta de 1:07.281.
Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) completou a primeira fila a 0.093s da pole, com Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) em terceiro no grid. Pierre Gasly (Toro Rosso) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto Kevin Magnussen (Haas F1 Team) ficou de fora por —s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de 1.748s — da pole ao P10 — com Pierre Gasly (Toro Rosso) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:08.464 | 1:07.795 | 1:07.281 | 1:07.281 |
| 2 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:08.452 | 1:07.776 | 1:07.374 | +0.093 |
| 3 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:08.492 | 1:07.727 | 1:07.441 | +0.160 |
| 4 |
| 7Kimi Räikkönen |
| Ferrari |
| 1:08.452 |
| 1:08.028 |
| 1:07.456 |
| +0.175 |
| 5 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:08.205 | 1:08.017 | 1:07.778 | +0.497 |
| 6 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:08.544 | 1:08.055 | 1:07.780 | +0.499 |
| 7 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:08.754 | 1:08.579 | 1:08.296 | +1.015 |
| 8 | 16Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 1:08.667 | 1:08.335 | 1:08.492 | +1.211 |
| 9 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:08.735 | 1:08.239 | 1:08.517 | +1.236 |
| 10 | 10Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:09.046 | 1:08.616 | 1:09.029 | +1.748 |
| 11 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:08.474 | 1:08.659 | — | +1.378 |
| 12 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:09.217 | 1:08.741 | — | +1.460 |
| 13 | 31Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:09.264 | 1:08.770 | — | +1.489 |
| 14 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 1:09.009 | 1:08.834 | — | +1.553 |
| 15 | 35Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 1:09.259 | 1:10.381 | — | +3.100 |
| 16 | 55Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1:09.269 | — | — | +1.988 |
| 17 | 28Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 1:09.280 | — | — | +1.999 |
| 18 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:09.402 | — | — | +2.121 |
| 19 | 18Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:09.441 | — | — | +2.160 |
| 20 | 2Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:09.601 | — | — | +2.320 |