Etapa 10 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 2020-09-27
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) cravou a pole do Russian Grand Prix de 2020 com uma volta de 1:31.304.
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) completou a primeira fila a 0.563s da pole, com Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) em terceiro no grid. Alexander Albon (Red Bull) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) ficou de fora por 0.231s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de 1.704s — da pole ao P10 — com Alexander Albon (Red Bull) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:32.983 | 1:32.835 | 1:31.304 | 1:31.304 |
| 2 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:33.630 | 1:33.157 | 1:31.867 | +0.563 |
| 3 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:32.656 | 1:32.405 | 1:31.956 | +0.652 |
| 4 |
| 11Sergio Pérez |
| Racing Point |
| 1:33.704 |
| 1:33.038 |
| 1:32.317 |
| +1.013 |
| 5 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | 1:33.650 | 1:32.218 | 1:32.364 | +1.060 |
| 6 | 55Carlos Sainz | McLaren | 1:33.967 | 1:32.757 | 1:32.550 | +1.246 |
| 7 | 31Esteban Ocon | Renault | 1:33.557 | 1:33.196 | 1:32.624 | +1.320 |
| 8 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:33.804 | 1:33.081 | 1:32.847 | +1.543 |
| 9 | 10Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:33.734 | 1:33.139 | 1:33.000 | +1.696 |
| 10 | 23Alexander Albon | Red Bull | 1:33.919 | 1:33.153 | 1:33.008 | +1.704 |
| 11 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:34.071 | 1:33.239 | — | +1.935 |
| 12 | 26Daniil Kvyat | AlphaTauri | 1:33.511 | 1:33.249 | — | +1.945 |
| 13 | 18Lance Stroll | Racing Point | 1:33.852 | 1:33.364 | — | +2.060 |
| 14 | 63George Russell | Williams | 1:34.020 | 1:33.583 | — | +2.279 |
| 15 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:34.134 | 1:33.609 | — | +2.305 |
| 16 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:34.592 | — | — | +3.288 |
| 17 | 99Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:34.594 | — | — | +3.290 |
| 18 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:34.681 | — | — | +3.377 |
| 19 | 6Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:35.066 | — | — | +3.762 |
| 20 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 1:35.267 | — | — | +3.963 |