Round 11 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2018-07-22
Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) took pole for the 2018 German Grand Prix with a 1:11.212 lap.
Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.204s shy of pole, with Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) third on the grid. Sergio Pérez (Force India) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Fernando Alonso (McLaren) missed the cut by 0.883s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.562s — pole to P10 — with Sergio Pérez (Force India) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:12.538 | 1:12.505 | 1:11.212 | 1:11.212 |
| 2 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:12.962 | 1:12.152 | 1:11.416 | +0.204 |
| 3 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:12.505 | 1:12.336 | 1:11.547 | +0.335 |
| 4 |
| 3Max Verstappen |
| Red Bull |
| 1:13.127 |
| 1:12.188 |
| 1:11.822 |
| +0.610 |
| 5 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:13.105 | 1:12.523 | 1:12.200 | +0.988 |
| 6 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:12.986 | 1:12.722 | 1:12.544 | +1.332 |
| 7 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Renault | 1:13.479 | 1:12.946 | 1:12.560 | +1.348 |
| 8 | 55Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1:13.324 | 1:13.032 | 1:12.692 | +1.480 |
| 9 | 16Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 1:13.077 | 1:12.995 | 1:12.717 | +1.505 |
| 10 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:13.427 | 1:13.072 | 1:12.774 | +1.562 |
| 11 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:13.614 | 1:13.657 | — | +2.445 |
| 12 | 35Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 1:13.708 | 1:13.702 | — | +2.490 |
| 13 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:13.562 | 1:13.736 | — | +2.524 |
| 14 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:13.012 | — | — | +1.800 |
| 15 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:13.318 | — | — | +2.106 |
| 16 | 31Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:13.720 | — | — | +2.508 |
| 17 | 10Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:13.749 | — | — | +2.537 |
| 18 | 28Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 1:14.045 | — | — | +2.833 |
| 19 | 18Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:14.206 | — | — | +2.994 |
| 20 | 2Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:14.401 | — | — | +3.189 |