Round 14 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2018-09-02
Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) took pole for the 2018 Italian Grand Prix with a 1:19.119 lap.
Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.161s shy of pole, with Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) third on the grid. Lance Stroll (Williams) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Kevin Magnussen (Haas F1 Team) missed the cut by 0.042s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.508s — pole to P10 — with Lance Stroll (Williams) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:20.722 | 1:19.846 | 1:19.119 | 1:19.119 |
| 2 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:20.542 | 1:19.629 | 1:19.280 | +0.161 |
| 3 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:20.810 | 1:19.798 | 1:19.294 | +0.175 |
| 4 |
| 77Valtteri Bottas |
| Mercedes |
| 1:21.381 |
| 1:20.427 |
| 1:19.656 |
| +0.537 |
| 5 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:21.381 | 1:20.333 | 1:20.615 | +1.496 |
| 6 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:21.887 | 1:21.239 | 1:20.936 | +1.817 |
| 7 | 55Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1:21.732 | 1:21.552 | 1:21.041 | +1.922 |
| 8 | 31Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:21.570 | 1:21.315 | 1:21.099 | +1.980 |
| 9 | 10Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:21.834 | 1:21.667 | 1:21.350 | +2.231 |
| 10 | 18Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:21.838 | 1:21.494 | 1:21.627 | +2.508 |
| 11 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:21.783 | 1:21.669 | — | +2.550 |
| 12 | 35Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 1:21.813 | 1:21.732 | — | +2.613 |
| 13 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:21.850 | 1:22.568 | — | +3.449 |
| 14 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 1:21.801 | — | — | +2.682 |
| 15 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:21.280 | — | — | +2.161 |
| 16 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:21.888 | — | — | +2.769 |
| 17 | 16Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 1:21.889 | — | — | +2.770 |
| 18 | 28Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 1:21.934 | — | — | +2.815 |
| 19 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:22.048 | — | — | +2.929 |
| 20 | 2Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:22.085 | — | — | +2.966 |