| P | Driver | Team | Lap time | Laps |
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | 01:48.962 | 11 |
| 2 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing | 01:49.719 | 12 |
| 3 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 01:50.597 | 6 |
| 4 | Kimi Räikkönen | Scuderia Ferrari | 01:50.734 | 12 |
| 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Scuderia Ferrari | 01:51.009 | 12 |
| 6 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 01:51.518 | 8 |
| 7 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 01:52.007 | 10 |
| 8 | Lance Stroll | Williams | 01:52.295 | 9 |
| 9 | Pierre Gasly* | Toro Rosso | 01:52.380 | 14 |
| 10 | Sergey Sirotkin^ | Renault | 01:53.521 | 10 |
| 11 | Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 01:53.625 | 10 |
| 12 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 01:53.771 | 10 |
| 13 | Esteban Ocon | Force India | 01:53.896 | 6 |
| 14 | Sean Gelael° | Toro Rosso | 01:54.610 | 13 |
| 15 | Sergio Perez | Force India | 01:54.669 | 4 |
| 16 | Charles Leclerc+ | Sauber | 01:55.280 | 10 |
| 17 | Pascal Wehrlein | Sauber | 01:55.652 | 10 |
| 18 | Romain Grosjean | Haas | 01:56.211 | 8 |
| 19 | Antonio Giovinazzi~ | Haas | 01:56.339 | 6 |
| 20 | Felipe Massa | Williams | no time | 3 |
*Replaced Daniil Kvyat for the Malaysian Grand Prix
^Substitute for Nico Hülkenberg
°Substitute for Carlos Sainz
+Substitute for Marcus Ericsson
~Substitute for Kevin Magnussen