Round 12 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2018-07-29
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) took pole for the 2018 Hungarian Grand Prix with a 1:35.658 lap.
Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.260s shy of pole, with Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) third on the grid. Romain Grosjean (Haas F1 Team) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Fernando Alonso (McLaren) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 4.935s — pole to P10 — with Romain Grosjean (Haas F1 Team) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:17.419 | 1:31.242 | 1:35.658 | 1:35.658 |
| 2 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:17.123 | 1:32.081 | 1:35.918 | +0.260 |
| 3 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:17.526 | 1:32.762 | 1:36.186 | +0.528 |
| 4 |
| 5Sebastian Vettel |
| Ferrari |
| 1:16.666 |
| 1:28.636 |
| 1:36.210 |
| +0.552 |
| 5 | 55Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1:17.829 | 1:30.771 | 1:36.743 | +1.085 |
| 6 | 10Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:18.577 | 1:31.286 | 1:37.591 | +1.933 |
| 7 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:16.940 | 1:31.178 | 1:38.032 | +2.374 |
| 8 | 28Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 1:18.429 | 1:32.590 | 1:38.128 | +2.470 |
| 9 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:18.314 | 1:32.968 | 1:39.858 | +4.200 |
| 10 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:17.901 | 1:33.650 | 1:40.593 | +4.935 |
| 11 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:18.208 | 1:35.214 | — | — |
| 12 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:18.540 | 1:36.442 | — | +0.784 |
| 13 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 1:17.905 | 1:36.506 | — | +0.848 |
| 14 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:18.641 | 1:37.075 | — | +1.417 |
| 15 | 18Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:18.560 | — | — | — |
| 16 | 2Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:18.782 | — | — | — |
| 17 | 16Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 1:18.817 | — | — | — |
| 18 | 31Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:19.142 | — | — | — |
| 19 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:19.200 | — | — | — |
| 20 | 35Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 1:19.301 | — | — | — |