Etapa 4 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 2021-05-09
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) cravou a pole do Spanish Grand Prix de 2021 com uma volta de 1:16.741.
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) completou a primeira fila a 0.036s da pole, com Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) em terceiro no grid. Fernando Alonso (Alpine F1 Team) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) ficou de fora por —s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de 1.406s — da pole ao P10 — com Fernando Alonso (Alpine F1 Team) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:18.245 | 1:17.166 | 1:16.741 | 1:16.741 |
| 2 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:18.090 | 1:16.922 | 1:16.777 | +0.036 |
| 3 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:18.005 | 1:17.142 | 1:16.873 | +0.132 |
| 4 |
| 16Charles Leclerc |
| Ferrari |
| 1:18.041 |
| 1:17.717 |
| 1:17.510 |
| +0.769 |
| 5 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:18.281 | 1:17.743 | 1:17.580 | +0.839 |
| 6 | 55Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:18.205 | 1:17.656 | 1:17.620 | +0.879 |
| 7 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1:18.264 | 1:17.719 | 1:17.622 | +0.881 |
| 8 | 11Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 1:18.203 | 1:17.669 | 1:17.701 | +0.960 |
| 9 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:17.821 | 1:17.696 | 1:18.010 | +1.269 |
| 10 | 14Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 1:18.281 | 1:17.966 | 1:18.147 | +1.406 |
| 11 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:18.241 | 1:17.974 | — | +1.233 |
| 12 | 10Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:18.190 | 1:17.982 | — | +1.241 |
| 13 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:18.289 | 1:18.079 | — | +1.338 |
| 14 | 99Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:18.549 | 1:18.356 | — | +1.615 |
| 15 | 63George Russell | Williams | 1:18.445 | 1:19.154 | — | +2.413 |
| 16 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:18.556 | — | — | +1.815 |
| 17 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 1:18.917 | — | — | +2.176 |
| 18 | 47Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 1:19.117 | — | — | +2.376 |
| 19 | 6Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:19.219 | — | — | +2.478 |
| 20 | 9Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 1:19.807 | — | — | +3.066 |