Pit Lane F1
Round 16 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2018-09-30
Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) took pole for the 2018 Russian Grand Prix with a 1:31.387 lap.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.145s shy of pole, with Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) third on the grid. Marcus Ericsson (Sauber) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Max Verstappen (Red Bull) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 3.809s — pole to P10 — with Marcus Ericsson (Sauber) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:32.964 | 1:32.744 | 1:31.387 | 1:31.387 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:32.410 | 1:32.595 | 1:31.532 | +0.145 |
| 3 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:33.476 | 1:33.045 | 1:31.943 | +0.556 |
| 4 |
| 7Kimi Räikkönen |
| Ferrari |
| 1:33.341 |
| 1:33.065 |
| 1:32.237 |
| +0.850 |
| 5 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:34.078 | 1:33.747 | 1:33.181 | +1.794 |
| 6 | 31Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:34.290 | 1:33.596 | 1:33.413 | +2.026 |
| 7 | 16Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 1:33.924 | 1:33.488 | 1:33.419 | +2.032 |
| 8 | 11Sergio PĂ©rez | Force India | 1:34.084 | 1:33.923 | 1:33.563 | +2.176 |
| 9 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:34.022 | 1:33.517 | 1:33.704 | +2.317 |
| 10 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:34.170 | 1:33.995 | 1:35.196 | +3.809 |
| 11 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:33.048 | — | — | +1.661 |
| 12 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:33.247 | — | — | +1.860 |
| 13 | 10Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:34.383 | — | — | +2.996 |
| 14 | 55Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1:34.626 | — | — | +3.239 |
| 15 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 1:34.655 | — | — | +3.268 |
| 16 | 28Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 1:35.037 | — | — | +3.650 |
| 17 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:35.504 | — | — | +4.117 |
| 18 | 35Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 1:35.612 | — | — | +4.225 |
| 19 | 2Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:35.977 | — | — | +4.590 |
| 20 | 18Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:36.437 | — | — | +5.050 |