Round 15 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2018-09-16
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) took pole for the 2018 Singapore Grand Prix with a 1:36.015 lap.
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) joined the front row, 0.319s shy of pole, with Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) third on the grid. Nico HĂĽlkenberg (Renault) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Fernando Alonso (McLaren) missed the cut by 0.053s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.573s — pole to P10 — with Nico Hülkenberg (Renault) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:39.403 | 1:37.344 | 1:36.015 | 1:36.015 |
| 2 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:38.751 | 1:37.214 | 1:36.334 | +0.319 |
| 3 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:38.218 | 1:37.876 | 1:36.628 | +0.613 |
| 4 |
| 77Valtteri Bottas |
| Mercedes |
| 1:39.291 |
| 1:37.254 |
| 1:36.702 |
| +0.687 |
| 5 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:38.534 | 1:37.194 | 1:36.794 | +0.779 |
| 6 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:38.153 | 1:37.406 | 1:36.996 | +0.981 |
| 7 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:38.814 | 1:38.342 | 1:37.985 | +1.970 |
| 8 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:38.685 | 1:38.367 | 1:38.320 | +2.305 |
| 9 | 31Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:38.912 | 1:38.534 | 1:38.365 | +2.350 |
| 10 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Renault | 1:38.932 | 1:38.450 | 1:38.588 | +2.573 |
| 11 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:39.022 | 1:38.641 | — | +2.626 |
| 12 | 55Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1:39.103 | 1:38.716 | — | +2.701 |
| 13 | 16Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 1:39.206 | 1:38.747 | — | +2.732 |
| 14 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:39.366 | 1:39.453 | — | +3.438 |
| 15 | 10Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:39.614 | 1:39.691 | — | +3.676 |
| 16 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:39.644 | — | — | +3.629 |
| 17 | 28Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 1:39.809 | — | — | +3.794 |
| 18 | 2Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:39.864 | — | — | +3.849 |
| 19 | 35Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 1:41.263 | — | — | +5.248 |
| 20 | 18Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:41.334 | — | — | +5.319 |