In a session thrown into chaos by the changing conditions, Hamilton went fastest in the final moments of Q3 to lead team mate Valtteri Bottas by 0.260s as Mercedes locked out the front row for the fourth time this season. The Ferrari pairing of Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel were P3 and P4, while there were impressive performances from Carlos Sainz and Pierre Gasly, with the Renault and Toro Rosso drivers going fifth and sixth quickest respectively. Max Verstappen was seventh for Red Bull, ahead of the Toro Rosso of Brendon Hartley – enjoying his first ever Q3 appearance in Formula 1 – while the two Haas cars of Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean were line astern on row five of the grid, winding up ninth and 10th. Right, umbrellas up and let’s see how qualifying went down… Q 1
| 16 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1m 18.782 |
| 17 | Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 1m 18.817 |
| 18 | Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1m 19.142 |
| 19 | Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1m 19.200 |
| 20 | Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 1m 19.301 |
Q 2
| 11 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1m 13.657 |
| 12 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1m 36.442 |
| 13 | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | 1m 36.506 |
| 14 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1m 37.075 |
| 15 | Lance Stroll | Williams | NC |
Q3
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1m 35.658 |
| 2 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1m 35.918 |
| 3 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1m 36.186 |
| 4 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1m 36.21 |
| 5 | Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1m 36.743 |
| 6 | Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1m 37.591 |
| 7 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1m 38.03 |
| 8 | Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 1m 38.128 |
| 9 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 1m 39.858 |
| 10 | Romain Grosjean | Red Bull | 1m 40.593 |
