Etapa 17 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 2023-10-08
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) cravou a pole do Qatar Grand Prix de 2023 com uma volta de 1:23.778.
George Russell (Mercedes) completou a primeira fila a 0.441s da pole, com Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) em terceiro no grid. Lando Norris (McLaren) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) ficou de fora por 0.616s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de 0.907s — da pole ao P10 — com Lando Norris (McLaren) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:25.007 | 1:24.483 | 1:23.778 | 1:23.778 |
| 2 | 63George Russell | Mercedes | 1:25.334 | 1:24.827 | 1:24.219 | +0.441 |
| 3 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:26.076 | 1:24.381 | 1:24.305 | +0.527 |
| 4 |
| 14Fernando Alonso |
| Aston Martin |
| 1:25.223 |
| 1:25.241 |
| 1:24.369 |
| +0.591 |
| 5 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:25.452 | 1:25.079 | 1:24.424 | +0.646 |
| 6 | 81Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 1:25.266 | 1:24.724 | 1:24.540 | +0.762 |
| 7 | 10Pierre Gasly | Alpine F1 Team | 1:25.566 | 1:24.918 | 1:24.553 | +0.775 |
| 8 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:25.711 | 1:24.928 | 1:24.763 | +0.985 |
| 9 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 1:26.038 | 1:25.297 | 1:25.058 | +1.280 |
| 10 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:25.131 | 1:24.685 | — | +0.907 |
| 11 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:26.058 | 1:25.301 | — | +1.523 |
| 12 | 55Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:25.808 | 1:25.328 | — | +1.550 |
| 13 | 11Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 1:25.991 | 1:25.462 | — | +1.684 |
| 14 | 23Alexander Albon | Williams | 1:26.118 | 1:25.707 | — | +1.929 |
| 15 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Haas F1 Team | 1:25.904 | 1:25.783 | — | +2.005 |
| 16 | 2Logan Sargeant | Williams | 1:26.210 | — | — | +2.432 |
| 17 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:26.345 | — | — | +2.567 |
| 18 | 30Liam Lawson | AlphaTauri | 1:26.635 | — | — | +2.857 |
| 19 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:27.046 | — | — | +3.268 |
| 20 | 24Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 1:27.432 | — | — | +3.654 |