Pit Lane F1
Round 9 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2018-07-01
Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) took pole for the 2018 Austrian Grand Prix with a 1:03.130 lap.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.019s shy of pole, with Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) third on the grid. Nico Hülkenberg (Renault) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Esteban Ocon (Force India) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.889s — pole to P10 — with Nico Hülkenberg (Renault) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:04.175 | 1:03.756 | 1:03.130 | 1:03.130 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:04.080 | 1:03.577 | 1:03.149 | +0.019 |
| 3 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:04.347 | 1:03.544 | 1:03.464 | +0.334 |
| 4 |
| 7Kimi Räikkönen |
| Ferrari |
| 1:04.234 |
| 1:03.975 |
| 1:03.660 |
| +0.530 |
| 5 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:04.273 | 1:04.001 | 1:03.840 | +0.710 |
| 6 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:04.242 | 1:04.059 | 1:03.892 | +0.762 |
| 7 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:04.723 | 1:04.403 | 1:03.996 | +0.866 |
| 8 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:04.460 | 1:04.291 | 1:04.051 | +0.921 |
| 9 | 55Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1:04.948 | 1:04.561 | 1:04.725 | +1.595 |
| 10 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Renault | 1:04.864 | 1:04.676 | 1:05.019 | +1.889 |
| 11 | 31Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:05.148 | 1:04.845 | — | +1.715 |
| 12 | 10Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:05.011 | 1:04.874 | — | +1.744 |
| 13 | 16Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 1:04.967 | 1:04.979 | — | +1.849 |
| 14 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:04.965 | 1:05.058 | — | +1.928 |
| 15 | 18Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:05.264 | 1:05.286 | — | +2.156 |
| 16 | 2Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:05.271 | — | — | +2.141 |
| 17 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:05.279 | — | — | +2.149 |
| 18 | 35Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 1:05.322 | — | — | +2.192 |
| 19 | 28Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 1:05.366 | — | — | +2.236 |
| 20 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:05.479 | — | — | +2.349 |