Pit Lane F1
Round 20 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2018-11-11
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) took pole for the 2018 Brazilian Grand Prix with a 1:07.281 lap.
Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.093s shy of pole, with Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) third on the grid. Pierre Gasly (Toro Rosso) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Kevin Magnussen (Haas F1 Team) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.748s — pole to P10 — with Pierre Gasly (Toro Rosso) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:08.464 | 1:07.795 | 1:07.281 | 1:07.281 |
| 2 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:08.452 | 1:07.776 | 1:07.374 | +0.093 |
| 3 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:08.492 | 1:07.727 | 1:07.441 | +0.160 |
| 4 |
| 7Kimi Räikkönen |
| Ferrari |
| 1:08.452 |
| 1:08.028 |
| 1:07.456 |
| +0.175 |
| 5 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:08.205 | 1:08.017 | 1:07.778 | +0.497 |
| 6 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:08.544 | 1:08.055 | 1:07.780 | +0.499 |
| 7 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:08.754 | 1:08.579 | 1:08.296 | +1.015 |
| 8 | 16Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 1:08.667 | 1:08.335 | 1:08.492 | +1.211 |
| 9 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:08.735 | 1:08.239 | 1:08.517 | +1.236 |
| 10 | 10Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:09.046 | 1:08.616 | 1:09.029 | +1.748 |
| 11 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:08.474 | 1:08.659 | — | +1.378 |
| 12 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:09.217 | 1:08.741 | — | +1.460 |
| 13 | 31Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:09.264 | 1:08.770 | — | +1.489 |
| 14 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 1:09.009 | 1:08.834 | — | +1.553 |
| 15 | 35Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 1:09.259 | 1:10.381 | — | +3.100 |
| 16 | 55Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1:09.269 | — | — | +1.988 |
| 17 | 28Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 1:09.280 | — | — | +1.999 |
| 18 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:09.402 | — | — | +2.121 |
| 19 | 18Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:09.441 | — | — | +2.160 |
| 20 | 2Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:09.601 | — | — | +2.320 |