FORMULA 1 2018 ROLEX AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX - QUALIFYING
22 - 25 Mar 2018
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44 | Lewis HamiltonHAM | Mercedes | 1:22.824 | 1:22.051 | 1:21.164 | 20 |
| 2 | 7 | Kimi RäikkönenRAI | Ferrari | 1:23.096 | 1:22.507 | 1:21.828 | 17 |
| 3 | 5 | Sebastian VettelVET | Ferrari | 1:23.348 | 1:21.944 | 1:21.838 | 20 |
| 4 | 33 | Max VerstappenVER | Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer | 1:23.483 | 1:22.416 | 1:21.879 | 18 |
| 5 | 3 | Daniel RicciardoRIC | Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer | 1:23.494 | 1:22.897 | 1:22.152 | 17 |
| 6 | 20 | Kevin MagnussenMAG | Haas Ferrari | 1:23.909 | 1:23.300 | 1:23.187 | 17 |
| 7 | 8 | Romain GrosjeanGRO | Haas Ferrari | 1:23.671 | 1:23.468 | 1:23.339 | 17 |
| 8 | 27 | Nico HulkenbergHUL | Renault | 1:23.782 | 1:23.544 | 1:23.532 | 16 |
| 9 | 55 | Carlos SainzSAI | Renault | 1:23.529 | 1:23.061 | 1:23.577 | 17 |
| 10 | 77 | Valtteri BottasBOT | Mercedes | 1:23.686 | 1:22.089 | DNF | 16 |
| 11 | 14 | Fernando AlonsoALO | McLaren Renault | 1:23.597 | 1:23.692 | 14 | |
| 12 | 2 | Stoffel VandoorneVAN | McLaren Renault | 1:24.073 | 1:23.853 | 14 | |
| 13 | 11 | Sergio PerezPER | Force India Mercedes | 1:24.344 | 1:24.005 | 14 | |
| 14 | 18 | Lance StrollSTR | Williams Mercedes | 1:24.464 | 1:24.230 | 13 | |
| 15 | 31 | Esteban OconOCO | Force India Mercedes | 1:24.503 | 1:24.786 | 16 | |
| 16 | 28 | Brendon HartleyHAR | Scuderia Toro Rosso Honda | 1:24.532 | 8 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Marcus EricssonERI | Sauber Ferrari | 1:24.556 | 9 | ||
| 18 | 16 | Charles LeclercLEC | Sauber Ferrari | 1:24.636 | 9 | ||
| 19 | 35 | Sergey SirotkinSIR | Williams Mercedes | 1:24.922 | 8 | ||
| 20 | 10 | Pierre GaslyGAS | Scuderia Toro Rosso Honda | 1:25.295 | 7 |
Q1 107% time - 1:28.621
Note - Ricciardo penalised three grid places for speeding under red flags in practice. Bottas penalised five places for an unscheduled gearbox change.