Etapa 18 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 2021-11-07
Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) cravou a pole do Mexico City Grand Prix de 2021 com uma volta de 1:15.875.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) completou a primeira fila a 0.145s da pole, com Max Verstappen (Red Bull) em terceiro no grid. Lando Norris (McLaren) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin) ficou de fora por —s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de 20.955s — da pole ao P10 — com Lando Norris (McLaren) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:16.727 | 1:16.864 | 1:15.875 | 1:15.875 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:17.207 | 1:16.474 | 1:16.020 | +0.145 |
| 3 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:16.788 | 1:16.483 | 1:16.225 | +0.350 |
| 4 |
| 11Sergio Pérez |
| Red Bull |
| 1:17.003 |
| 1:17.055 |
| 1:16.342 |
| +0.467 |
| 5 | 10Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:16.908 | 1:16.955 | 1:16.456 | +0.581 |
| 6 | 55Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:17.517 | 1:17.248 | 1:16.761 | +0.886 |
| 7 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1:17.719 | 1:17.092 | 1:16.763 | +0.888 |
| 8 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:16.748 | 1:17.034 | 1:16.837 | +0.962 |
| 9 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:17.330 | 1:16.701 | 1:17.158 | +1.283 |
| 10 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:17.569 | 1:17.473 | 1:36.830 | +20.955 |
| 11 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:17.502 | 1:17.746 | — | +1.871 |
| 12 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 1:17.606 | 1:17.958 | — | +2.083 |
| 13 | 63George Russell | Williams | 1:17.958 | 1:18.172 | — | +2.297 |
| 14 | 99Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:17.897 | 1:18.290 | — | +2.415 |
| 15 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:18.126 | 1:18.405 | — | +2.530 |
| 16 | 14Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 1:18.452 | — | — | +2.577 |
| 17 | 6Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:18.756 | — | — | +2.881 |
| 18 | 47Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 1:18.858 | — | — | +2.983 |
| 19 | 9Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 1:19.303 | — | — | +3.428 |
| 20 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:20.873 | — | — | +4.998 |