Pit Lane F1
Round 3 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2018-04-15
Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) took pole for the 2018 Chinese Grand Prix with a 1:31.095 lap.
Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.087s shy of pole, with Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) third on the grid. Romain Grosjean (Haas F1 Team) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Kevin Magnussen (Haas F1 Team) missed the cut by 0.131s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.760s — pole to P10 — with Romain Grosjean (Haas F1 Team) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:32.171 | 1:32.385 | 1:31.095 | 1:31.095 |
| 2 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:32.474 | 1:32.286 | 1:31.182 | +0.087 |
| 3 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:32.921 | 1:32.063 | 1:31.625 | +0.530 |
| 4 |
| 44Lewis Hamilton |
| Mercedes |
| 1:33.283 |
| 1:31.914 |
| 1:31.675 |
| +0.580 |
| 5 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:32.932 | 1:32.809 | 1:31.796 | +0.701 |
| 6 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:33.877 | 1:32.688 | 1:31.948 | +0.853 |
| 7 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Renault | 1:33.545 | 1:32.494 | 1:32.532 | +1.437 |
| 8 | 11Sergio PĂ©rez | Force India | 1:33.464 | 1:32.931 | 1:32.758 | +1.663 |
| 9 | 55Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1:33.315 | 1:32.970 | 1:32.819 | +1.724 |
| 10 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:33.238 | 1:32.524 | 1:32.855 | +1.760 |
| 11 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:33.359 | 1:32.986 | — | +1.891 |
| 12 | 31Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:33.585 | 1:33.057 | — | +1.962 |
| 13 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:33.428 | 1:33.232 | — | +2.137 |
| 14 | 2Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:33.824 | 1:33.505 | — | +2.410 |
| 15 | 28Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 1:34.013 | 1:33.795 | — | +2.700 |
| 16 | 35Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 1:34.062 | — | — | +2.967 |
| 17 | 10Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:34.101 | — | — | +3.006 |
| 18 | 18Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:34.285 | — | — | +3.190 |
| 19 | 16Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 1:34.454 | — | — | +3.359 |
| 20 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:34.914 | — | — | +3.819 |