Lewis Hamilton a été le plus rapide de la 1re séance d’essais libres en Chine. Kimi Räikkönen est 2e et Valtteri Bottas a fait le 3e temps. On retrouve ensuite les Red Bull et Sebastian Vettel.
| Pos |
No |
Pilote |
Équipe |
Temps |
Écart |
Tours |
| 1 |
44 |
Lewis Hamilton |
Mercedes |
1:33.999 |
|
22 |
| 2 |
7 |
Kimi Räikkönen |
Ferrari |
1:34.358 |
+0.359s |
14 |
| 3 |
77 |
Valtteri Bottas |
Mercedes |
1:34.457 |
+0.458s |
28 |
| 4 |
3 |
Daniel Ricciardo |
Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer |
1:34.537 |
+0.538s |
22 |
| 5 |
33 |
Max Verstappen |
Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer |
1:34.668 |
+0.669s |
22 |
| 6 |
5 |
Sebastian Vettel |
Ferrari |
1:34.861 |
+0.862s |
18 |
| 7 |
20 |
Kevin Magnussen |
Haas Ferrari |
1:35.178 |
+1.179s |
21 |
| 8 |
55 |
Carlos Sainz |
Renault |
1:35.616 |
+1.617s |
23 |
| 9 |
8 |
Romain Grosjean |
Haas Ferrari |
1:35.718 |
+1.719s |
21 |
| 10 |
27 |
Nico Hulkenberg |
Renault |
1:35.800 |
+1.801s |
18 |
| 11 |
10 |
Pierre Gasly |
Scuderia Toro Rosso Honda |
1:36.037 |
+2.038s |
21 |
| 12 |
14 |
Fernando Alonso |
McLaren Renault |
1:36.044 |
+2.045s |
29 |
| 13 |
11 |
Sergio Perez |
Force India Mercedes |
1:36.051 |
+2.052s |
28 |
| 14 |
31 |
Esteban Ocon |
Force India Mercedes |
1:36.351 |
+2.352s |
32 |
| 15 |
35 |
Sergey Sirotkin |
Williams Mercedes |
1:36.691 |
+2.692s |
31 |
| 16 |
28 |
Brendon Hartley |
Scuderia Toro Rosso Honda |
1:36.715 |
+2.716s |
23 |
| 17 |
16 |
Charles Leclerc |
Sauber Ferrari |
1:36.723 |
+2.724s |
23 |
| 18 |
2 |
Stoffel Vandoorne |
McLaren Renault |
1:36.756 |
+2.757s |
25 |
| 19 |
9 |
Marcus Ericsson |
Sauber Ferrari |
1:36.909 |
+2.910s |
21 |
| 20 |
18 |
Lance Stroll |
Williams Mercedes |
1:37.277 |
+3.278s |
28 |
