Ronda 22 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2021-12-12
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) firmó la pole del Abu Dhabi Grand Prix de 2021 con un crono de 1:22.109.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) completó la primera fila a 0.371s de la pole, con Lando Norris (McLaren) tercero en parrilla. Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Fernando Alonso (Alpine F1 Team) se quedó fuera por 0.051s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 1.300s — de la pole a P10 — con Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:23.322 | 1:22.800 | 1:22.109 | 1:22.109 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:22.845 | 1:23.145 | 1:22.480 | +0.371 |
| 3 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:23.553 | 1:23.256 | 1:22.931 | +0.822 |
| 4 |
| 11Sergio Pérez |
| Red Bull |
| 1:23.350 |
| 1:23.135 |
| 1:22.947 |
| +0.838 |
| 5 | 55Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:23.624 | 1:23.174 | 1:22.992 | +0.883 |
| 6 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:23.117 | 1:23.246 | 1:23.036 | +0.927 |
| 7 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:23.467 | 1:23.202 | 1:23.122 | +1.013 |
| 8 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:23.428 | 1:23.404 | 1:23.220 | +1.111 |
| 9 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:23.764 | 1:23.420 | 1:23.389 | +1.280 |
| 10 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1:23.829 | 1:23.448 | 1:23.409 | +1.300 |
| 11 | 14Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 1:23.846 | 1:23.460 | — | +1.351 |
| 12 | 10Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:23.489 | 1:24.043 | — | +1.934 |
| 13 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:24.061 | 1:24.066 | — | +1.957 |
| 14 | 99Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:24.118 | 1:24.251 | — | +2.142 |
| 15 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:24.225 | 1:24.305 | — | +2.196 |
| 16 | 6Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:24.338 | — | — | +2.229 |
| 17 | 63George Russell | Williams | 1:24.423 | — | — | +2.314 |
| 18 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 1:24.779 | — | — | +2.670 |
| 19 | 47Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 1:24.906 | — | — | +2.797 |
| 20 | 9Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 1:25.685 | — | — | +3.576 |