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Bottas yang awalnya menempel ketat catatan waktu Hamilton harus puas bertengger di posisi kesepuluh karena gagal mencetak waktu lap di kualifikasi 3.
Berikut hasil lengkap kualifikasi GP Australia 2018.
| Pos | Pebalap | Tim | Waktu |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:21,164 |
| 2 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1:21,828 |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:21,838 |
| 4 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | 1:21,879 |
| 5 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing | 1:22,152 |
| 6 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Renault | 1:23,061 |
| 7 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 1:23,187 |
| 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas | 1:23,339 |
| 9 | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | 1:23,532 |
| 10 | Valteri Bottas | Mercedes | - |
| Tidak Lolos Kualifikasi 2 | |||
| 11 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:23,692 |
| 12 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:23,853 |
| 13 | Sergio Perez | Force India | 1:24,005 |
| 14 | Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:24,230 |
| 15 | Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:24,786 |
| Tidak Lolos Kualifikasi 1 | |||
| 16 | Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 1:24,532 |
| 17 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:24,556 |
| 18 | Charles Lecrec | Sauber | 1:24,636 |
| 19 | Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 1:24,922 |
| 20 | Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:25,295 |