Pit Lane F1
Round 13 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2018-08-26
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) took pole for the 2018 Belgian Grand Prix with a 1:58.179 lap.
Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.726s shy of pole, with Esteban Ocon (Force India) third on the grid. Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Pierre Gasly (Toro Rosso) missed the cut by 1.653s.
Q3 was settled inside —s — pole to P10 — with Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:42.977 | 1:41.553 | 1:58.179 | 1:58.179 |
| 2 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:43.035 | 1:41.501 | 1:58.905 | +0.726 |
| 3 | 31Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:44.003 | 1:43.302 | 2:01.851 | +3.672 |
| 4 |
| 11Sergio PĂ©rez |
| Force India |
| 1:44.004 |
| 1:43.014 |
| 2:01.894 |
| +3.715 |
| 5 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:43.597 | 1:43.042 | 2:02.122 | +3.943 |
| 6 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:42.585 | 1:41.533 | 2:02.671 | +4.492 |
| 7 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:43.199 | 1:42.554 | 2:02.769 | +4.590 |
| 8 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:43.604 | 1:43.126 | 2:02.939 | +4.760 |
| 9 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:43.834 | 1:43.320 | 2:04.933 | +6.754 |
| 10 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:42.805 | 1:42.191 | — | — |
| 11 | 10Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:44.221 | 1:43.844 | — | — |
| 12 | 28Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 1:44.153 | 1:43.865 | — | — |
| 13 | 16Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 1:43.654 | 1:44.062 | — | — |
| 14 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:43.846 | 1:44.301 | — | — |
| 15 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 1:44.145 | — | — | — |
| 16 | 55Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1:44.489 | — | — | — |
| 17 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:44.917 | — | — | — |
| 18 | 35Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 1:44.998 | — | — | — |
| 19 | 18Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:45.134 | — | — | — |
| 20 | 2Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:45.307 | — | — | — |