Hamilton gets his fourth pole in Malaysia consecutively, after a strong fight against Raikkonen and the Red Bulls of Verstappen and Ricciardo.
On the other hand, Vettel, who had a great Friday and was supposed to be a strong contender for pole position, had a disastrous day during qualifying due to failures with the engine of his Ferrari, which in his words described as "I feel I do not have turbo ", which led him to remain in the last position of the starting grid.
| Pos. |
Piloto |
Equipo |
Tiempo |
| 1 |
Lewis Hamilton |
Mercedes |
1:30.076 |
| 2 |
Kimi Raikkonen |
Ferrari |
1:30.121 |
| 3 |
Max Verstappen |
Red Bull |
1:30.541 |
| 4 |
Daniel Ricciardo |
Red Bull |
1:30.595 |
| 5 |
Valtteri Bottas |
Mercedes |
1:30.758 |
| 6 |
Esteban Ocon |
Force India |
1:31.478 |
| 7 |
Stoffel Vandoorne |
McLaren |
1:31.582 |
| 8 |
Nico Hulkenberg |
Renault |
1:31.607 |
| 9 |
Sergio Perez |
Force India |
1:31.658 |
| 10 |
Fernando Alonso |
McLaren |
1:31.704 |
| 11 |
Felipe Massa |
Williams |
1:32.034 |
| 12 |
Joylon Palmer |
Renault |
1:32.100 |
| 13 |
Lance Stroll |
Williams |
1:32.307 |
| 14 |
Carlos Sainz |
Toro Rosso |
1:32.402 |
| 15 |
Pierre Gasly |
Toro Rosso |
1:32.558 |
| 16 |
Romain Grosjean |
Haas |
1:33.308 |
| 17 |
Kevin Magnussen |
Haas |
1:33.308 |
| 18 |
Pascal Wehrlein |
Sauber |
1:33.483 |
| 19 |
Marcus Ericsson |
Sauber |
1:33.970 |
| NC |
Sebastian Vettel |
Ferrari |
DNF |
