Etapa 3 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 2018-04-15
Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) cravou a pole do Chinese Grand Prix de 2018 com uma volta de 1:31.095.
Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) completou a primeira fila a 0.087s da pole, com Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) em terceiro no grid. Romain Grosjean (Haas F1 Team) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto Kevin Magnussen (Haas F1 Team) ficou de fora por 0.131s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de 1.760s — da pole ao P10 — com Romain Grosjean (Haas F1 Team) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:32.171 | 1:32.385 | 1:31.095 | 1:31.095 |
| 2 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:32.474 | 1:32.286 | 1:31.182 | +0.087 |
| 3 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:32.921 | 1:32.063 | 1:31.625 | +0.530 |
| 4 |
| 44Lewis Hamilton |
| Mercedes |
| 1:33.283 |
| 1:31.914 |
| 1:31.675 |
| +0.580 |
| 5 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:32.932 | 1:32.809 | 1:31.796 | +0.701 |
| 6 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:33.877 | 1:32.688 | 1:31.948 | +0.853 |
| 7 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 1:33.545 | 1:32.494 | 1:32.532 | +1.437 |
| 8 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:33.464 | 1:32.931 | 1:32.758 | +1.663 |
| 9 | 55Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1:33.315 | 1:32.970 | 1:32.819 | +1.724 |
| 10 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:33.238 | 1:32.524 | 1:32.855 | +1.760 |
| 11 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:33.359 | 1:32.986 | — | +1.891 |
| 12 | 31Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:33.585 | 1:33.057 | — | +1.962 |
| 13 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:33.428 | 1:33.232 | — | +2.137 |
| 14 | 2Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:33.824 | 1:33.505 | — | +2.410 |
| 15 | 28Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 1:34.013 | 1:33.795 | — | +2.700 |
| 16 | 35Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 1:34.062 | — | — | +2.967 |
| 17 | 10Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:34.101 | — | — | +3.006 |
| 18 | 18Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:34.285 | — | — | +3.190 |
| 19 | 16Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 1:34.454 | — | — | +3.359 |
| 20 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:34.914 | — | — | +3.819 |