Friday 27 April 2018
| 1.Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:44.242 | |
| 2. Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | +0.035 | |
| 3. Sergio Perez | Force India | +.0833 | |
| 4. Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | +0.958 | |
| 5. Esteban Ocon | Force India | +0.995 | |
| 6. Max Verstappen | Red Bull | +1.317 | |
| 7. Fernando Alonso | McLaren | +2.223 | |
| 8. Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | +2.238 | |
| 9. Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | +2.250 | |
| 10. Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | +2.271 | |
| 11. Lance Stroll | Williams | +2.348 | |
| 12. Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | +2.505 | |
| 13. Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | +2.507 | |
| 14. Romain Grosjean | Haas | +2.614 | |
| 15. Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | +2.619 | |
| 16. Charles Leclerc | Sauber | +2.633 | |
| 17. Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | +2.831 | |
| 18. Kevin Magnussen | Haas | +3.192 | |
| 19. Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | +3.725 | |
| 20. Carlos Sainz | Renault | +4.499 |