What an intense qualifying, Alonso, Sirotkin, Stroll, Ericsson and Vandorne were out in the first session. In the second qualifying session, Verstappen ran out of the track and his car suffered a damage in the back tire so he will have to start 15th. Gasly, Hartley and Verstappen didn’t set a time in the second session and from the rest, Sainz and Magnussen were eliminated.
All out in the third session, it was Hamilton who managed to beat Vettel to the line with a difference of 0.068 seconds! Ferrari surely showed good pace once again but there’s uncertainty with the tires for tomorrow’s race since the practice sessions were disputed in rainy conditions and the race is expected to be in dry conditions… This time it was Esteban Ocon who beat the rest of the drivers not from the top teams…
| DRIVER | TEAM | 1st. | 2nd. | 3rd. | ||
| 1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1.32.237 | ||
| 2 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1.32.298 | ||
| 3 | 7 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1.32.307 | ||
| 4 | 77 | Valtteri Botas | Mercedes | 1.32.616 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Daniel Riccardo | Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer | 1.33.494 | ||
| 6 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Force India Mercedes | 1.34.145 | ||
| 7 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | 1.34.215 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas Ferrari | 1.34.250 | ||
| 9 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Sauber Ferrari | 1.34.420 | ||
| 10 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Force India Mercedes | 1.34.594 | ||
| 11 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1.34.566 | ||
| 12 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas Ferrari | 1.34.732 | ||
| 13 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | |||
| 14 | 39 | Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | |||
| 15 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer | |||
| 16 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren Honda | 1.35.294 | ||
| 17 | 35 | Sergey Sirotkin | Williams Mercedes | 1.35.362 | ||
| 18 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Williams Mercedes | 1.35.480 | ||
| 19 | 94 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber Ferrari | 1.35.536 | ||
| 20 | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren Honda | 1.35.735 |
