Pit Lane F1
Round 18 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2018-10-21
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) took pole for the 2018 United States Grand Prix with a 1:32.237 lap.
Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.061s shy of pole, with Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) third on the grid. Sergio Pérez (Force India) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Carlos Sainz (Renault) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.357s — pole to P10 — with Sergio Pérez (Force India) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:34.130 | 1:33.480 | 1:32.237 | 1:32.237 |
| 2 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:34.569 | 1:33.079 | 1:32.298 | +0.061 |
| 3 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:34.703 | 1:32.884 | 1:32.307 | +0.070 |
| 4 |
| 77Valtteri Bottas |
| Mercedes |
| 1:34.518 |
| 1:33.702 |
| 1:32.616 |
| +0.379 |
| 5 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:34.755 | 1:34.185 | 1:33.494 | +1.257 |
| 6 | 31Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:34.876 | 1:34.522 | 1:34.145 | +1.908 |
| 7 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Renault | 1:34.932 | 1:34.564 | 1:34.215 | +1.978 |
| 8 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:34.892 | 1:34.419 | 1:34.250 | +2.013 |
| 9 | 16Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 1:35.069 | 1:34.255 | 1:34.420 | +2.183 |
| 10 | 11Sergio PĂ©rez | Force India | 1:35.193 | 1:34.525 | 1:34.594 | +2.357 |
| 11 | 55Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1:34.891 | 1:34.566 | — | +2.329 |
| 12 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:34.972 | 1:34.732 | — | +2.495 |
| 13 | 10Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:34.850 | — | — | +2.613 |
| 14 | 28Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 1:35.206 | — | — | +2.969 |
| 15 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:34.766 | — | — | +2.529 |
| 16 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:35.294 | — | — | +3.057 |
| 17 | 35Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 1:35.362 | — | — | +3.125 |
| 18 | 18Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:35.480 | — | — | +3.243 |
| 19 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:35.536 | — | — | +3.299 |
| 20 | 2Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:35.735 | — | — | +3.498 |