Lewis Hamilton a décroché la 98e position de tête de sa carrière et Valtteri Bottas partira 2e à Bahreïn. En 2e ligne, on retrouvera les Red Bull. Sergio Perez est 5e. On a ensuite les Renault, Pierre Gasly, Lando Norris et Daniil Kvyat.
| Pos | No | Pilote | Équipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Tours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:28.343 | 1:27.586 | 1:27.264 | 16 |
| 2 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:28.767 | 1:28.063 | 1:27.553 | 16 |
| 3 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing Honda | 1:28.885 | 1:28.025 | 1:27.678 | 15 |
| 4 | 23 | Alexander Albon | Red Bull Racing Honda | 1:28.732 | 1:28.749 | 1:28.274 | 18 |
| 5 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Racing Point BWT Mercedes | 1:29.178 | 1:28.894 | 1:28.322 | 20 |
| 6 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | 1:29.005 | 1:28.648 | 1:28.417 | 17 |
| 7 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Renault | 1:29.203 | 1:28.937 | 1:28.419 | 14 |
| 8 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri Honda | 1:28.971 | 1:29.008 | 1:28.448 | 14 |
| 9 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren Renault | 1:29.464 | 1:28.877 | 1:28.542 | 17 |
| 10 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat | AlphaTauri Honda | 1:29.158 | 1:28.944 | 1:28.618 | 17 |
| 11 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:29.142 | 1:29.149 | 11 | |
| 12 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:29.137 | 1:29.165 | 11 | |
| 13 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Racing Point BWT Mercedes | 1:28.679 | 1:29.557 | 11 | |
| 14 | 63 | George Russell | Williams Mercedes | 1:29.294 | 1:31.218 | 11 | |
| 15 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | McLaren Renault | 1:28.975 | 5 | ||
| 16 | 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari | 1:29.491 | 6 | ||
| 17 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari | 1:29.810 | 6 | ||
| 18 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas Ferrari | 1:30.111 | 6 | ||
| 19 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas Ferrari | 1:30.138 | 6 | ||
| 20 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams Mercedes | 1:30.182 | 6 |