Lewis Hamilton a signé la position de tête du Grand Prix du Brésil devant Sebastian Vettel et Valtteri Bottas. Kimi Räikkönen est 4e. On retrouve ensuite les Red Bul et les Sauber.Romain Grosjean et Brendon Harley sont également du top 10.
| Pos | No | Pilote | Équipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Tours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:08.464 | 1:07.795 | 1:07.281 | 17 |
| 2 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:08.452 | 1:07.776 | 1:07.374 | 17 |
| 3 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:08.492 | 1:07.727 | 1:07.441 | 17 |
| 4 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:08.452 | 1:08.028 | 1:07.456 | 17 |
| 5 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer | 1:08.205 | 1:08.017 | 1:07.778 | 16 |
| 6 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer | 1:08.544 | 1:08.055 | 1:07.780 | 16 |
| 7 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber Ferrari | 1:08.754 | 1:08.579 | 1:08.296 | 19 |
| 8 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Sauber Ferrari | 1:08.667 | 1:08.335 | 1:08.492 | 23 |
| 9 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas Ferrari | 1:08.735 | 1:08.239 | 1:08.517 | 17 |
| 10 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia Toro Rosso Honda | 1:09.046 | 1:08.616 | 1:09.029 | 24 |
| 11 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas Ferrari | 1:08.474 | 1:08.659 | 12 | |
| 12 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Force India Mercedes | 1:09.217 | 1:08.741 | 15 | |
| 13 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Force India Mercedes | 1:09.264 | 1:08.770 | 18 | |
| 14 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | 1:09.009 | 1:08.834 | 15 | |
| 15 | 35 | Sergey Sirotkin | Williams Mercedes | 1:09.259 | 1:10.381 | 11 | |
| 16 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1:09.269 | 9 | ||
| 17 | 28 | Brendon Hartley | Scuderia Toro Rosso Honda | 1:09.280 | 10 | ||
| 18 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren Renault | 1:09.402 | 9 | ||
| 19 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Williams Mercedes | 1:09.441 | 9 | ||
| 20 | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren Renault | 1:09.601 | 9 |