| China GP: 3rd Qualifying | |||||||||
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| Pos | No | Driver | Team | TIME | Gap | Laps | Grid |
| 1 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas FIN | Mercedes | 1:31:547 | 1:31.547 | 7 | 1 |
| 2 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton GBR | Mercedes | 1:31:570 | +0.023 | 7 | 2 |
| 3 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel GER | Ferrari | 1:31:848 | +0.301 | 7 | 3 |
| 4 | 16 | Charles Leclerc MON | Ferrari | 1:31:865 | +0.318 | 6 | 4 |
| 5 | 33 | Max Verstappen NED | Red Bull | 1:32:089 | +0.542 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | 10 | Pierre Gasly FRA | Red Bull | 1:32:930 | +1.383 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo AUS | Renault Sport | 1:32:958 | +1.411 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg GER | Renault Sport | 1:32:962 | +1.415 | 6 | 8 |
| Ret. | 20 | Kevin Magnussen DEN | Haas | NC | 4 | ||
| Ret. | 8 | Romain Grosjean FRA | Haas | NC | 4 |