Drivers progressed through the qualifying session as follows:

The official session results were recorded as follows:

POS DRIVER Q1 Q2 Q3
1 Lewis Hamilton 1:24.191 (1) 1:23.251 (2) 1:22.188 (1)
2 Sebastian Vettel 1:25.210 (8) 1:23.401 (4) 1:22.456 (2)
3 Valtteri Bottas 1:24.514 (4) 1:23.215 (1) 1:22.481 (3)
4 Kimi Raikkonen 1:24.352 (2) 1:23.376 (3) 1:23.033 (4)
5 Max Verstappen 1:24.482 (3) 1:24.092 (6) 1:23.485 (5)
6 Romain Grosjean 1:25.419 (10) 1:24.718 (8) 1:24.074 (6)
7 Felipe Massa 1:25.099 (7) 1:24.597 (7) 1:24.443 (7)
8 Carlos Sainz Jr. 1:25.542 (11) 1:24.997 (10) 1:24.487 (8)
9 Daniil Kvyat 1:25.970 (13) 1:24.864 (9) 1:24.512 (9)
10 Daniel Ricciardo 1:25.383 (9) 1:23.989 (5)
11 Sergio Perez 1:25.064 (6) 1:25.081 (11)
12 Nico Hulkenberg 1:24.975 (5) 1:25.091 (12)
13 Fernando Alonso 1:25.872 (12) 1:25.425 (13)
14 Esteban Ocon 1:26.009 (14) 1:25.568 (14)
15 Marcus Ericsson 1:26.236 (15) 1:26.465 (15)
16 Antonio Giovinazzi 1:26.419 (16)
17 Kevin Magnussen 1:26.847 (17)
18 Stoffel Vandoorne 1:26.858 (18)
19 Lance Stroll 1:27.143 (19)
20 Jolyon Palmer 1:28.244 (20)

Session Utilisation

Activity throughout the three qualification sessions took place as follows:

Q3 was interrupted by a red flag event.

Q1 Cut-off Time Evolution

The cut-off time in Q1 evolved as follows:

Q2 Cut-off Time Evolution

The cut-off time in Q2 evolved as follows:

Q3 Cut-off Time Evolution

The cut-off time in Q3 evolved as follows:

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