Pit Lane F1
Round 2 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2018-04-08
Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) took pole for the 2018 Bahrain Grand Prix with a 1:27.958 lap.
Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.143s shy of pole, with Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) third on the grid. Carlos Sainz (Renault) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Brendon Hartley (Toro Rosso) missed the cut by 0.119s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.028s — pole to P10 — with Carlos Sainz (Renault) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:29.060 | 1:28.341 | 1:27.958 | 1:27.958 |
| 2 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:28.951 | 1:28.515 | 1:28.101 | +0.143 |
| 3 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:29.275 | 1:28.794 | 1:28.124 | +0.166 |
| 4 |
| 44Lewis Hamilton |
| Mercedes |
| 1:29.396 |
| 1:28.458 |
| 1:28.220 |
| +0.262 |
| 5 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:29.552 | 1:28.962 | 1:28.398 | +0.440 |
| 6 | 10Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:30.121 | 1:29.836 | 1:29.329 | +1.371 |
| 7 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:29.594 | 1:29.623 | 1:29.358 | +1.400 |
| 8 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Renault | 1:30.260 | 1:29.187 | 1:29.570 | +1.612 |
| 9 | 31Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:30.338 | 1:30.009 | 1:29.874 | +1.916 |
| 10 | 55Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1:29.893 | 1:29.802 | 1:29.986 | +2.028 |
| 11 | 28Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 1:30.412 | 1:30.105 | — | +2.147 |
| 12 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:30.218 | 1:30.156 | — | +2.198 |
| 13 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:30.530 | 1:30.212 | — | +2.254 |
| 14 | 2Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:30.479 | 1:30.525 | — | +2.567 |
| 15 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:29.374 | — | — | +1.416 |
| 16 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:30.530 | — | — | +2.572 |
| 17 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:31.063 | — | — | +3.105 |
| 18 | 35Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 1:31.414 | — | — | +3.456 |
| 19 | 16Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 1:31.420 | — | — | +3.462 |
| 20 | 18Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:31.503 | — | — | +3.545 |