Ronda 15 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2021-09-26
Lando Norris (McLaren) firmó la pole del Russian Grand Prix de 2021 con un crono de 1:41.993.
Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) completó la primera fila a 0.517s de la pole, con George Russell (Williams) tercero en parrilla. Esteban Ocon (Alpine F1 Team) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin) se quedó fuera por 0.708s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 3.872s — de la pole a P10 — con Esteban Ocon (Alpine F1 Team) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:47.238 | 1:45.827 | 1:41.993 | 1:41.993 |
| 2 | 55Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:47.924 | 1:46.521 | 1:42.510 | +0.517 |
| 3 | 63George Russell | Williams | 1:48.303 | 1:46.435 | 1:42.983 | +0.990 |
| 4 |
| 44Lewis Hamilton |
| Mercedes |
| 1:45.992 |
| 1:45.129 |
| 1:44.050 |
| +2.057 |
| 5 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1:48.345 | 1:46.361 | 1:44.156 | +2.163 |
| 6 | 14Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 1:47.877 | 1:45.514 | 1:44.204 | +2.211 |
| 7 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:46.396 | 1:45.306 | 1:44.710 | +2.717 |
| 8 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:48.322 | 1:46.360 | 1:44.956 | +2.963 |
| 9 | 11Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 1:46.455 | 1:45.834 | 1:45.337 | +3.344 |
| 10 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:48.099 | 1:46.070 | 1:45.865 | +3.872 |
| 11 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:47.205 | 1:46.573 | — | +4.580 |
| 12 | 10Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:47.828 | 1:46.641 | — | +4.648 |
| 13 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:48.854 | 1:46.751 | — | +4.758 |
| 14 | 6Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:48.252 | — | — | +6.259 |
| 15 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:48.470 | — | — | +6.477 |
| 16 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 1:49.586 | — | — | +7.593 |
| 17 | 47Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 1:49.830 | — | — | +7.837 |
| 18 | 99Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:51.023 | — | — | +9.030 |
| 19 | 9Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 1:53.764 | — | — | +11.771 |
| 20 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | — | — | — | — |