Pit Lane F1
Round 8 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2018-06-24
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) took pole for the 2018 French Grand Prix with a 1:30.029 lap.
Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.118s shy of pole, with Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) third on the grid. Romain Grosjean (Haas F1 Team) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Esteban Ocon (Force India) missed the cut by 0.603s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.443s — pole to P10 — with Romain Grosjean (Haas F1 Team) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:31.271 | 1:30.645 | 1:30.029 | 1:30.029 |
| 2 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:31.776 | 1:31.227 | 1:30.147 | +0.118 |
| 3 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:31.820 | 1:30.751 | 1:30.400 | +0.371 |
| 4 |
| 3Max Verstappen |
| Red Bull |
| 1:31.531 |
| 1:30.818 |
| 1:30.705 |
| +0.676 |
| 5 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:31.910 | 1:31.538 | 1:30.895 | +0.866 |
| 6 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:31.567 | 1:30.772 | 1:31.057 | +1.028 |
| 7 | 55Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1:32.394 | 1:32.016 | 1:32.126 | +2.097 |
| 8 | 16Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 1:32.538 | 1:32.055 | 1:32.635 | +2.606 |
| 9 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:32.169 | 1:31.510 | 1:32.930 | +2.901 |
| 10 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:32.083 | 1:31.472 | — | +1.443 |
| 11 | 31Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:32.786 | 1:32.075 | — | +2.046 |
| 12 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 1:32.949 | 1:32.115 | — | +2.086 |
| 13 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:32.692 | 1:32.454 | — | +2.425 |
| 14 | 10Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:32.447 | 1:32.460 | — | +2.431 |
| 15 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:32.804 | 1:32.820 | — | +2.791 |
| 16 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:32.976 | — | — | +2.947 |
| 17 | 28Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 1:33.025 | — | — | +2.996 |
| 18 | 2Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:33.162 | — | — | +3.133 |
| 19 | 35Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 1:33.636 | — | — | +3.607 |
| 20 | 18Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:33.729 | — | — | +3.700 |