Lewis Hamilton a décroché la position de tête du Grand Prix du Portugal devant Valtteri Bottas et Max Verstappen. Charles Leclerc a réussi le 4e temps et Sergio Perez est 5e. Alexander Albon a fait le 6e temps. On retrouve ensuite les McLaren, Pierre Gasly et Daniel Ricciardo.
| Pos | No | Pilote | Équipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Tours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:16.828 | 1:16.824 | 1:16.652 | 21 |
| 2 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:16.945 | 1:16.466 | 1:16.754 | 17 |
| 3 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing Honda | 1:16.879 | 1:17.038 | 1:16.904 | 23 |
| 4 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:17.421 | 1:17.367 | 1:17.090 | 23 |
| 5 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Racing Point BWT Mercedes | 1:17.370 | 1:17.129 | 1:17.223 | 21 |
| 6 | 23 | Alexander Albon | Red Bull Racing Honda | 1:17.435 | 1:17.411 | 1:17.437 | 29 |
| 7 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | McLaren Renault | 1:17.627 | 1:17.183 | 1:17.520 | 24 |
| 8 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren Renault | 1:17.547 | 1:17.321 | 1:17.525 | 24 |
| 9 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri Honda | 1:17.209 | 1:17.367 | 1:17.803 | 26 |
| 10 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | 1:17.621 | 1:17.481 | 17 | |
| 11 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Renault | 1:17.775 | 1:17.614 | 18 | |
| 12 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Racing Point BWT Mercedes | 1:17.667 | 1:17.626 | 22 | |
| 13 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat | AlphaTauri Honda | 1:17.841 | 1:17.728 | 22 | |
| 14 | 63 | George Russell | Williams Mercedes | 1:17.931 | 1:17.788 | 17 | |
| 15 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:17.446 | 1:17.919 | 20 | |
| 16 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari | 1:18.201 | 12 | ||
| 17 | 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari | 1:18.323 | 12 | ||
| 18 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas Ferrari | 1:18.364 | 12 | ||
| 19 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas Ferrari | 1:18.508 | 10 | ||
| 20 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams Mercedes | 1:18.777 | 11 |