Pit Lane F1
Round 1 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2018-03-25
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) took pole for the 2018 Australian Grand Prix with a 1:21.164 lap.
Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.664s shy of pole, with Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) third on the grid. Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Fernando Alonso (McLaren) missed the cut by 1.603s.
Q3 was settled inside 0.925s — pole to P10 — with Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:22.824 | 1:22.051 | 1:21.164 | 1:21.164 |
| 2 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:23.096 | 1:22.507 | 1:21.828 | +0.664 |
| 3 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:23.348 | 1:21.944 | 1:21.838 | +0.674 |
| 4 |
| 3Max Verstappen |
| Red Bull |
| 1:23.483 |
| 1:22.416 |
| 1:21.879 |
| +0.715 |
| 5 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:23.494 | 1:22.897 | 1:22.152 | +0.988 |
| 6 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:23.909 | 1:23.300 | 1:23.187 | +2.023 |
| 7 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:23.671 | 1:23.468 | 1:23.339 | +2.175 |
| 8 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Renault | 1:23.782 | 1:23.544 | 1:23.532 | +2.368 |
| 9 | 55Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1:23.529 | 1:23.061 | 1:23.577 | +2.413 |
| 10 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:23.686 | 1:22.089 | — | +0.925 |
| 11 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:23.597 | 1:23.692 | — | +2.528 |
| 12 | 2Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:24.073 | 1:23.853 | — | +2.689 |
| 13 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:24.344 | 1:24.005 | — | +2.841 |
| 14 | 18Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:24.464 | 1:24.230 | — | +3.066 |
| 15 | 31Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:24.503 | 1:24.786 | — | +3.622 |
| 16 | 28Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 1:24.532 | — | — | +3.368 |
| 17 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:24.556 | — | — | +3.392 |
| 18 | 16Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 1:24.636 | — | — | +3.472 |
| 19 | 35Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 1:24.922 | — | — | +3.758 |
| 20 | 10Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:25.295 | — | — | +4.131 |