Pit Lane F1
Round 17 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2018-10-07
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) took pole for the 2018 Japanese Grand Prix with a 1:27.760 lap.
Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.299s shy of pole, with Max Verstappen (Red Bull) third on the grid. Sergio Pérez (Force India) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Charles Leclerc (Sauber) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 9.469s — pole to P10 — with Sergio Pérez (Force India) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:28.702 | 1:28.017 | 1:27.760 | 1:27.760 |
| 2 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:29.297 | 1:27.987 | 1:28.059 | +0.299 |
| 3 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:29.480 | 1:28.849 | 1:29.057 | +1.297 |
| 4 |
| 7Kimi Räikkönen |
| Ferrari |
| 1:29.631 |
| 1:28.595 |
| 1:29.521 |
| +1.761 |
| 5 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:29.724 | 1:29.678 | 1:29.761 | +2.001 |
| 6 | 28Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 1:30.248 | 1:29.848 | 1:30.023 | +2.263 |
| 7 | 10Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:30.137 | 1:29.810 | 1:30.093 | +2.333 |
| 8 | 31Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:29.899 | 1:29.538 | 1:30.126 | +2.366 |
| 9 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:29.049 | 1:28.279 | 1:32.192 | +4.432 |
| 10 | 11Sergio PĂ©rez | Force India | 1:30.247 | 1:29.567 | 1:37.229 | +9.469 |
| 11 | 16Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 1:29.706 | 1:29.864 | — | +2.104 |
| 12 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:30.219 | 1:30.226 | — | +2.466 |
| 13 | 55Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1:30.236 | 1:30.490 | — | +2.730 |
| 14 | 18Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:30.317 | 1:30.714 | — | +2.954 |
| 15 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:29.806 | — | — | +2.046 |
| 16 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 1:30.361 | — | — | +2.601 |
| 17 | 35Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 1:30.372 | — | — | +2.612 |
| 18 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:30.573 | — | — | +2.813 |
| 19 | 2Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:31.041 | — | — | +3.281 |
| 20 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:31.213 | — | — | +3.453 |