Pit Lane F1
Round 4 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2018-04-29
Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) took pole for the 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix with a 1:41.498 lap.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.179s shy of pole, with Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) third on the grid. Carlos Sainz (Renault) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Lance Stroll (Williams) missed the cut by 0.234s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.853s — pole to P10 — with Carlos Sainz (Renault) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:42.762 | 1:43.015 | 1:41.498 | 1:41.498 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:42.693 | 1:42.676 | 1:41.677 | +0.179 |
| 3 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:43.355 | 1:42.679 | 1:41.837 | +0.339 |
| 4 |
| 3Daniel Ricciardo |
| Red Bull |
| 1:42.857 |
| 1:43.482 |
| 1:41.911 |
| +0.413 |
| 5 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:42.642 | 1:42.901 | 1:41.994 | +0.496 |
| 6 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:42.538 | 1:42.510 | 1:42.490 | +0.992 |
| 7 | 31Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:43.021 | 1:42.967 | 1:42.523 | +1.025 |
| 8 | 11Sergio PĂ©rez | Force India | 1:43.992 | 1:43.366 | 1:42.547 | +1.049 |
| 9 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Renault | 1:43.746 | 1:43.232 | 1:43.066 | +1.568 |
| 10 | 55Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1:43.426 | 1:43.464 | 1:43.351 | +1.853 |
| 11 | 18Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:44.359 | 1:43.585 | — | +2.087 |
| 12 | 35Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 1:44.261 | 1:43.886 | — | +2.388 |
| 13 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:44.010 | 1:44.019 | — | +2.521 |
| 14 | 16Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 1:43.752 | 1:44.074 | — | +2.576 |
| 15 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:43.674 | 1:44.759 | — | +3.261 |
| 16 | 2Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:44.489 | — | — | +2.991 |
| 17 | 10Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:44.496 | — | — | +2.998 |
| 18 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:45.541 | — | — | +4.043 |
| 19 | 28Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 1:57.354 | — | — | +15.856 |
| 20 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | — | — | — | — |