Etapa 17 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 2021-10-24
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) cravou a pole do United States Grand Prix de 2021 com uma volta de 1:32.910.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) completou a primeira fila a 0.209s da pole, com Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) em terceiro no grid. Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto Esteban Ocon (Alpine F1 Team) ficou de fora por 0.459s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de 2.008s — da pole ao P10 — com Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:34.352 | 1:33.464 | 1:32.910 | 1:32.910 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:34.579 | 1:33.797 | 1:33.119 | +0.209 |
| 3 | 11Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 1:34.369 | 1:34.178 | 1:33.134 | +0.224 |
| 4 |
| 77Valtteri Bottas |
| Mercedes |
| 1:34.590 |
| 1:33.959 |
| 1:33.475 |
| +0.565 |
| 5 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:34.153 | 1:33.928 | 1:33.606 | +0.696 |
| 6 | 55Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:34.558 | 1:34.126 | 1:33.792 | +0.882 |
| 7 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1:34.407 | 1:34.643 | 1:33.808 | +0.898 |
| 8 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:34.551 | 1:33.880 | 1:33.887 | +0.977 |
| 9 | 10Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:34.567 | 1:34.583 | 1:34.118 | +1.208 |
| 10 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:35.360 | 1:35.137 | 1:34.918 | +2.008 |
| 11 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:35.747 | 1:35.377 | — | +2.467 |
| 12 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:35.281 | 1:35.500 | — | +2.590 |
| 13 | 99Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:35.920 | 1:35.794 | — | +2.884 |
| 14 | 14Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 1:35.756 | 1:44.549 | — | +11.639 |
| 15 | 63George Russell | Williams | 1:35.746 | — | — | +2.836 |
| 16 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:35.983 | — | — | +3.073 |
| 17 | 6Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:35.995 | — | — | +3.085 |
| 18 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 1:36.311 | — | — | +3.401 |
| 19 | 47Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 1:36.499 | — | — | +3.589 |
| 20 | 9Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 1:36.796 | — | — | +3.886 |