Pit Lane F1
Round 21 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2018-11-25
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) took pole for the 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with a 1:34.794 lap.
Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.162s shy of pole, with Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) third on the grid. Nico HĂĽlkenberg (Renault) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Carlos Sainz (Renault) missed the cut by 0.440s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.748s — pole to P10 — with Nico Hülkenberg (Renault) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:36.828 | 1:35.693 | 1:34.794 | 1:34.794 |
| 2 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:36.789 | 1:36.392 | 1:34.956 | +0.162 |
| 3 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:36.775 | 1:36.345 | 1:35.125 | +0.331 |
| 4 |
| 7Kimi Räikkönen |
| Ferrari |
| 1:37.010 |
| 1:36.735 |
| 1:35.365 |
| +0.571 |
| 5 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:37.117 | 1:36.964 | 1:35.401 | +0.607 |
| 6 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:37.195 | 1:36.144 | 1:35.589 | +0.795 |
| 7 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:37.575 | 1:36.732 | 1:36.192 | +1.398 |
| 8 | 16Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 1:37.124 | 1:36.580 | 1:36.237 | +1.443 |
| 9 | 31Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:36.936 | 1:36.814 | 1:36.540 | +1.746 |
| 10 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Renault | 1:37.569 | 1:36.630 | 1:36.542 | +1.748 |
| 11 | 55Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1:37.757 | 1:36.982 | — | +2.188 |
| 12 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:37.619 | 1:37.132 | — | +2.338 |
| 13 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:37.934 | 1:37.309 | — | +2.515 |
| 14 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:37.255 | 1:37.541 | — | +2.747 |
| 15 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:37.890 | 1:37.743 | — | +2.949 |
| 16 | 28Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 1:37.994 | — | — | +3.200 |
| 17 | 10Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:38.166 | — | — | +3.372 |
| 18 | 2Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:38.577 | — | — | +3.783 |
| 19 | 35Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 1:38.635 | — | — | +3.841 |
| 20 | 18Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:38.682 | — | — | +3.888 |