Etapa 3 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 2021-05-02
Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) cravou a pole do Portuguese Grand Prix de 2021 com uma volta de 1:18.348.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) completou a primeira fila a 0.007s da pole, com Max Verstappen (Red Bull) em terceiro no grid. Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto George Russell (Williams) ficou de fora por —s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de 1.311s — da pole ao P10 — com Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:18.722 | 1:18.458 | 1:18.348 | 1:18.348 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:18.857 | 1:17.968 | 1:18.355 | +0.007 |
| 3 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:19.485 | 1:18.650 | 1:18.746 | +0.398 |
| 4 |
| 11Sergio Pérez |
| Red Bull |
| 1:19.337 |
| 1:18.845 |
| 1:18.890 |
| +0.542 |
| 5 | 55Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:19.309 | 1:18.813 | 1:19.039 | +0.691 |
| 6 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:19.092 | 1:18.586 | 1:19.042 | +0.694 |
| 7 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:18.794 | 1:18.481 | 1:19.116 | +0.768 |
| 8 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:19.373 | 1:18.769 | 1:19.306 | +0.958 |
| 9 | 10Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:19.464 | 1:19.052 | 1:19.475 | +1.127 |
| 10 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:19.403 | 1:18.970 | 1:19.659 | +1.311 |
| 11 | 63George Russell | Williams | 1:19.797 | 1:19.109 | — | +0.761 |
| 12 | 99Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:19.410 | 1:19.216 | — | +0.868 |
| 13 | 14Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 1:19.728 | 1:19.456 | — | +1.108 |
| 14 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:19.684 | 1:19.463 | — | +1.115 |
| 15 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 1:19.748 | 1:19.812 | — | +1.464 |
| 16 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1:19.839 | — | — | +1.491 |
| 17 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:19.913 | — | — | +1.565 |
| 18 | 6Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:20.285 | — | — | +1.937 |
| 19 | 47Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 1:20.452 | — | — | +2.104 |
| 20 | 9Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 1:20.912 | — | — | +2.564 |