Mercedes pilot Lewis Hamilton will start Portugal GP from pole position. The second was his teammate Valtteri Bottas, the third the Red Bull with Max Verstappen.
L. Hamilton on his latest pole said: “I can’t tell you how hard that was today, yes, we have a great car but we have to drive the nuts off of it. I have been digging and digging and digging to find that extra time. I did the three laps to get a stab at beating his time and that last lap got better and better.”
| POS | DRIVER | GAP | TYRE | TYRES USED |
| 1 | Lewis HAMILTON Mercedes | 1:16.652 | M | 5 |
| 2 | Valtteri BOTTAS Mercedes | +0.102 | M | 5 |
| 3 | Max VERSTAPPEN Red Bull Racing | +0.252 | S | 5 |
| 4 | Charles LECLERC Ferrari | +0.438 | S | 5 |
| 5 | Sergio PEREZ Racing Point | +0.571 | S | 5 |
| 6 | Alexander ALBON Red Bull Racing | +0.785 | S | 6 |
| 7 | Carlos SAINZ McLaren | +0.868 | S | 5 |
| 8 | Lando NORRIS McLaren | +0.873 | S | 5 |
| 9 | Pierre GASLY AlphaTauri | +1.151 | S | 5 |
| 10 | Daniel RICCIARDO Renault | – – | S | 4 |
| 11 | Esteban OCON Renault | – – | S | 4 |
| 12 | Lance STROLL Racing Point | – – | S | 4 |
| 13 | Daniil KVYAT AlphaTauri | – – | S | 4 |
| 14 | George RUSSELL Williams | – – | S | 4 |
| 15 | Sebastian VETTEL Ferrari | – – | M | 4 |
| 16 | Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN Alfa Romeo Racing | – – | S | 2 |
| 17 | Antonio GIOVINAZZI Alfa Romeo Racing | – – | S | 2 |
| 18 | Romain GROSJEAN Haas F1 Team | – – | S | 2 |
| 19 | Kevin MAGNUSSEN Haas F1 Team | – – | S | 2 |
| 20 | Nicholas LATIFI Williams | – – | S | 2 |
