Pit Lane F1
Round 19 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2018-10-28
Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) took pole for the 2018 Mexican Grand Prix with a 1:14.759 lap.
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) joined the front row, 0.026s shy of pole, with Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) third on the grid. Marcus Ericsson (Sauber) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Esteban Ocon (Force India) missed the cut by 0.331s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.754s — pole to P10 — with Marcus Ericsson (Sauber) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:15.866 | 1:15.845 | 1:14.759 | 1:14.759 |
| 2 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:15.756 | 1:15.640 | 1:14.785 | +0.026 |
| 3 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:15.673 | 1:15.644 | 1:14.894 | +0.135 |
| 4 |
| 5Sebastian Vettel |
| Ferrari |
| 1:16.089 |
| 1:15.715 |
| 1:14.970 |
| +0.211 |
| 5 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:15.580 | 1:15.923 | 1:15.160 | +0.401 |
| 6 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:16.446 | 1:15.996 | 1:15.330 | +0.571 |
| 7 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Renault | 1:16.498 | 1:16.126 | 1:15.827 | +1.068 |
| 8 | 55Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1:16.813 | 1:16.188 | 1:16.084 | +1.325 |
| 9 | 16Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 1:16.862 | 1:16.320 | 1:16.189 | +1.430 |
| 10 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:16.701 | 1:16.633 | 1:16.513 | +1.754 |
| 11 | 31Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:16.252 | 1:16.844 | — | +2.085 |
| 12 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:16.857 | 1:16.871 | — | +2.112 |
| 13 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:16.242 | 1:17.167 | — | +2.408 |
| 14 | 28Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 1:16.682 | 1:17.184 | — | +2.425 |
| 15 | 10Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:16.828 | — | — | +2.069 |
| 16 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:16.911 | — | — | +2.152 |
| 17 | 2Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:16.966 | — | — | +2.207 |
| 18 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:17.599 | — | — | +2.840 |
| 19 | 18Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:17.689 | — | — | +2.930 |
| 20 | 35Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 1:17.886 | — | — | +3.127 |