Ronda 19 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2021-11-14
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) firmó la pole del São Paulo Grand Prix de 2021 con un crono de 1:07.934.
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) completó la primera fila a 0.438s de la pole, con Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) tercero en parrilla. Fernando Alonso (Alpine F1 Team) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Esteban Ocon (Alpine F1 Team) se quedó fuera por 0.076s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 1.179s — de la pole a P10 — con Fernando Alonso (Alpine F1 Team) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:08.733 | 1:08.068 | 1:07.934 | 1:07.934 |
| 2 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:09.329 | 1:08.499 | 1:08.372 | +0.438 |
| 3 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:09.040 | 1:08.426 | 1:08.469 | +0.535 |
| 4 |
| 11Sergio Pérez |
| Red Bull |
| 1:09.172 |
| 1:08.973 |
| 1:08.483 |
| +0.549 |
| 5 | 10Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:09.347 | 1:08.903 | 1:08.777 | +0.843 |
| 6 | 55Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:09.046 | 1:09.031 | 1:08.826 | +0.892 |
| 7 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:09.155 | 1:08.859 | 1:08.960 | +1.026 |
| 8 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:09.365 | 1:09.030 | 1:08.980 | +1.046 |
| 9 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1:09.374 | 1:09.093 | 1:09.039 | +1.105 |
| 10 | 14Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 1:09.391 | 1:09.137 | 1:09.113 | +1.179 |
| 11 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:09.430 | 1:09.189 | — | +1.255 |
| 12 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:09.451 | 1:09.399 | — | +1.465 |
| 13 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:09.350 | 1:09.483 | — | +1.549 |
| 14 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 1:09.598 | 1:09.503 | — | +1.569 |
| 15 | 99Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:09.342 | 1:10.227 | — | +2.293 |
| 16 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:09.663 | — | — | +1.729 |
| 17 | 6Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:09.897 | — | — | +1.963 |
| 18 | 63George Russell | Williams | 1:09.953 | — | — | +2.019 |
| 19 | 47Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 1:10.329 | — | — | +2.395 |
| 20 | 9Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 1:10.589 | — | — | +2.655 |