Qualifying results 2018 Russian F1 Grand Prix
Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport, Russian GP 2018. Valtteri Bottas
Event: Russian F1 Grand Prix
Track: Sochi International Street Circuit
Weather: Sunny, 23.8ºC
Tarmac: Dry, 37.6ºC
Wind speed: 7.2 km/h
Humidity: 60.2%
Valtteri Bottas will start from pole position for tomorrows 2018 Russian Grand Prix. Bottas scored his 2nd pole position of the 2018 season. It was his 6th pole of his F1 career and the 97th pole position for his Mercedes F1 team.
In Q1 both Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas took the lead.
Pierre Gasly, Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo made it to Q2, but because of the applied grid penalties it would be pointless to set a lap time in the second qualifying session.
Because those 3 cars did not record a lap time, Renault drivers Nico Hulkenberg and Carlos Sainz also choose to not set a lap time in Q2. When you don't make it to Q3, you are allowed to choose the tyre compound to start the race on.
All top 4 cars (Ferrari & Mercedes) in Q2 drove their quickest lap on the Ultrasoft tyres and will start the race on that tyre compound tomorrow.
In the first stint of Q3 Valtteri Bottas took P1 with a time of 1:31.528 min and broke the qualifying record of last year, which was 1:33.194 min. Hamilton was only 0.004 sec slower.
In the second stint Valtteri Bottas even drove faster and improved his lap time to 1:31.387 min.
Here you can find all 2018 Used F1 Power Unit Elements by each driver.
Read our race preview in: What to expect from the 2018 Russian F1 GP.
Qualifying Times 2018 Russian GP
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
| 1 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:32.964 | 1:32.744 | 1:31.387 | 17 |
| 2 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:32.410 | 1:32.595 | 1:31.532 | 18 |
| 3 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:33.476 | 1:33.045 | 1:31.943 | 18 |
| 4 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:33.341 | 1:33.065 | 1:32.237 | 18 |
| 5 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 1:34.078 | 1:33.747 | 1:33.181 | 15 |
| 6 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:34.290 | 1:33.596 | 1:33.413 | 17 |
| 7 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 1:33.924 | 1:33.488 | 1:33.419 | 17 |
| 8 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:34.084 | 1:33.923 | 1:33.563 | 16 |
| 9 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas | 1:34.022 | 1:33.517 | 1:33.704 | 17 |
| 10 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:34.170 | 1:33.995 | 1:35.196 | 17 |
| 11 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:33.048 | no time | 5 | |
| 12 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:33.247 | no time | 4 | |
| 13 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:33.247 | no time | 8 | |
| 14 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1:34.383 | no time | 6 | |
| 15 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 1:34.626 | no time | 6 | |
| 16 | 28 | Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 1:34.655 | 7 | ||
| 17 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:35.504 | 6 | ||
| 18 | 35 | Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 1:35.037 | 7 | ||
| 19 | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:35.504 | 6 | ||
| 20 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:35.612 | 6 |
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