Valtteri Bottas ensured Mercedes will start Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix from pole position, despite team mate Lewis Hamilton crashing out in Q1. Bottas won a thrilling battle for P1 with Sebastian Vettel at Interlagos, edging out the Ferrari star by just 0.038s
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time |
| 1 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:08.322 |
| 2 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:08.360 |
| 3 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1:08.538 |
| 4 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:08.925 |
| 5 | Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:09.598 |
| 6 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:09.617 |
| 7 | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | 1:09.703 |
| 8 | Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1:09.805 |
| 9 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:09.841 |
| 10 | Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:09.830 |
| 11 | Romain Grosjean | Haas | 1:09.879 |
| 12 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:10.116 |
| 13 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 1:10.154 |
| 14 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:09.330 |
| 15 | Pascal Wehrlein | Sauber | 1:10.678 |
| 16 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:10.875 |
| 17 | Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:10.776 |
| 18 | Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | DNS |
| 19 | Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:10.686 |
| 20 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | DNF |
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