Friday 27 April 2018
| 1. Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:42.795 | |
| 2. Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | + 0.069 | |
| 3. Max Verstappen | Red Bull | + 0.116 | |
| 4. Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | + 0.775 | |
| 5. Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | + 0.808 | |
| 6. Fernando Alonso | McLaren | + 0.905 | |
| 7. Esteban Ocon | Force India | + 0.1019 | |
| 8. Carlos Sainz | Renault | + 1.039 | |
| 9. Kevin Magnussen | Haas | + 1.182 | |
| 10. Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | + 1.296 | |
| 11. Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | + 1.332 | |
| 12. Sergio Perez | Force India | +. 1.347 | |
| 13. Romain Grosjean | Haas | + 1.630 | |
| 14. Lance Stroll | Williams | + 1.664 | |
| 15. Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | + 1.917 | |
| 16. Charles Leclerc | Sauber | + 2.145 | |
| 17. Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | + 2.212 | |
| 18. Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | + 2.256 | |
| 19. Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | + 2.493 | |
| 20. Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | + 3.247 |
