Ronda 17 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2020-12-13
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) firmó la pole del Abu Dhabi Grand Prix de 2020 con un crono de 1:35.246.
Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) completó la primera fila a 0.025s de la pole, con Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) tercero en parrilla. Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Esteban Ocon (Renault) se quedó fuera por 0.117s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 0.996s — de la pole a P10 — con Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:35.993 | 1:35.641 | 1:35.246 | 1:35.246 |
| 2 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:35.699 | 1:35.527 | 1:35.271 | +0.025 |
| 3 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:35.528 | 1:35.466 | 1:35.332 | +0.086 |
| 4 |
| 1Lando Norris |
| McLaren |
| 1:36.016 |
| 1:35.849 |
| 1:35.497 |
| +0.251 |
| 5 | 23Alexander Albon | Red Bull | 1:36.106 | 1:35.654 | 1:35.571 | +0.325 |
| 6 | 55Carlos Sainz | McLaren | 1:36.517 | 1:36.192 | 1:35.815 | +0.569 |
| 7 | 26Daniil Kvyat | AlphaTauri | 1:36.459 | 1:36.214 | 1:35.963 | +0.717 |
| 8 | 18Lance Stroll | Racing Point | 1:36.502 | 1:36.143 | 1:36.046 | +0.800 |
| 9 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:35.881 | 1:35.932 | 1:36.065 | +0.819 |
| 10 | 10Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:36.545 | 1:36.282 | 1:36.242 | +0.996 |
| 11 | 31Esteban Ocon | Renault | 1:36.783 | 1:36.359 | — | +1.113 |
| 12 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | 1:36.704 | 1:36.406 | — | +1.160 |
| 13 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:36.655 | 1:36.631 | — | +1.385 |
| 14 | 99Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:37.075 | 1:38.248 | — | +3.002 |
| 15 | 11Sergio Pérez | Racing Point | 1:36.034 | — | — | +0.788 |
| 16 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 1:37.555 | — | — | +2.309 |
| 17 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:37.863 | — | — | +2.617 |
| 18 | 63George Russell | Williams | 1:38.045 | — | — | +2.799 |
| 19 | 51Pietro Fittipaldi | Haas F1 Team | 1:38.173 | — | — | +2.927 |
| 20 | 6Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:38.443 | — | — | +3.197 |