The qualifying of the Formula 1 Grand Prix of China continues where the Formula 1 race in Bahrain left off a week ago: At the Ferrari lead. This time, the dominance even appears to be house-high with a good half-second lead. But the result is deceptive, Valtteri Bottas was also in front for a while and the back and forth had to do with the constant tire changes from Ultra Soft to Soft, etc., in the end only the teams knew which tires they were using and how fast. Ferrari's apparent dominance is a bit deceptive, don't write off Mercedes and Red Bull. Red Bull is within striking distance of Mercedes. Somewhat surprisingly, stablemate Bottas is ahead of Lewis Hamilton, who doesn't seem to be in top form at the moment. Renault is also strong again with the German Nico Hülkenberg and Sergio Perez on Force India. Pierre Gasly, who shone in Bahrain with a 6th place, is somewhat surprisingly completely out of the window in China. In the race, you can actually bet on Ferrari, but the tire strategy could also throw a spanner in their works this time.We can look forward to the race tomorrow, Sunday.
Results Qualifying GP China 2018
| Rank | Driver no. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Rounds | Q2 | Rounds | Q3 | Rounds |
| 1 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:32.171 | 3 | 1:32.385 | 5 | 1:31.095 | 7 |
| 2 | 7 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1:32.474 | 5 | 1:32.286 | 5 | 1:31.182 | 7 |
| 3 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:32.921 | 5 | 1:32.063 | 8 | 1:31.625 | 7 |
| 4 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:33.283 | 4 | 1:31.914 | 8 | 1:31.675 | 5 |
| 5 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:32.932 | 3 | 1:32.809 | 3 | 1:31.796 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:33.877 | 3 | 1:32.688 | 3 | 1:31.948 | 6 |
| 7 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 1:33.545 | 3 | 1:32.494 | 6 | 1:32.532 | 6 |
| 8 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Force India | 1:33.464 | 3 | 1:32.931 | 6 | 1:32.758 | 4 |
| 9 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1:33.315 | 6 | 1:32.970 | 6 | 1:32.819 | 6 |
| 10 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas | 1:33.238 | 8 | 1:32.524 | 5 | 1:32.855 | 6 |
| 11 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 1:33.359 | 7 | 1:32.986 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:33.585 | 3 | 1:33.057 | 6 | ||
| 13 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:33.428 | 6 | 1:33,232 | 5 | ||
| 14 | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:33.824 | 6 | 1:33.505 | 5 | ||
| 15 | 28 | Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 1:34.013 | 9 | 1:33.795 | 6 | ||
| 16 | 35 | Sergey Sirotkon | Williams | 1:34.062 | 7 | ||||
| 17 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:34.101 | 9 | ||||
| 18 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:34.285 | 7 | ||||
| 19 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Clean | 1:34.454 | 9 | ||||
| 20 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Clean | 1:34.914 | 9 |
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