Sebastian Vettel will start from pole position for the 2018 Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday, with Ferrari team-mate Kimi Raikkonen second and Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas third.
Lewis Hamilton was hit with a five-place grid penalty and drops from his fourth place qualifying position down to ninth, promoting Daniel Ricciardo, Pierre Gasly, Kevin Magnussen, Nico Hulkenberg and Esteban Ocon a position each.
Tenth to 20th remain unchanged from their qualifying positions – though Red Bull have yet to confirm if Max Verstappen will start from the grid of pitlane following his Q1 crash.
| Pos | Driver | Team | +/- | |
| 1 |  Sebastian Vettel |
Ferrari |  |
– |
| 2 |  Kimi Raikkonen |
Ferrari | |
– |
| 3 | Valtteri Bottas |
Mercedes |  |
– |
| 4 |  Daniel Ricciardo |
Red Bull |  |
+1 |
| 5 |  Pierre Gasly |
Toro Rosso |  |
+1 |
| 6 |  Kevin Magnussen |
Haas |  |
+1 |
| 7 | Nico Hulkenberg |
Renault |  |
+1 |
| 8 | Esteban Ocon |
Force India |  |
+1 |
| 9 |  Lewis Hamilton |
Mercedes | |
-5 |
| 10 |  Carlos Sainz |
Renault | |
– |
| 11 |  Brendon Hartley |
Toro Rosso | |
– |
| 12 |  Sergio Perez |
Force India | |
– |
| 13 | Fernando Alonso |
McLaren |  |
– |
| 14 |  Stoffel Vandoorne |
McLaren | |
– |
| 15 |  Max Verstappen |
Red Bull | |
– |
| 16 | Romain Grosjean |
Haas | |
– |
| 17 |  Marcus Ericsson |
Sauber |  |
– |
| 18 |  Sergey Sirotkin |
Williams |  |
– |
| 19 |  Charles Leclerc |
Sauber | |
– |
| 20 |  Lance Stroll |
Williams | |
– |
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