Pit Lane F1
Round 16 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2001-09-30
Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) took pole for the 2001 United States Grand Prix with a 1:11.708 lap.
Ralf Schumacher (Williams) joined the front row, 0.278s shy of pole, with Juan Pablo Montoya (Williams) third on the grid. Jenson Button (Benetton) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Kimi Räikkönen (Sauber) missed the cut by 0.076s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.097s — pole to P10 — with Jenson Button (Benetton) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:11.708 | — | — | 1:11.708 |
| 2 | Ralf Schumacher | Williams | 1:11.986 | — | — | +0.278 |
| 3 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Williams | 1:12.252 | — | — | +0.544 |
| 4 | Mika Häkkinen |
| McLaren |
| 1:12.309 |
| — |
| — |
| +0.601 |
| 5 | Rubens Barrichello | Ferrari | 1:12.327 | — | — | +0.619 |
| 6 | Nick Heidfeld | Sauber | 1:12.434 | — | — | +0.726 |
| 7 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:12.500 | — | — | +0.792 |
| 8 | Jarno Trulli | Jordan | 1:12.605 | — | — | +0.897 |
| 9 | Jean Alesi | Jordan | 1:12.607 | — | — | +0.899 |
| 10 | 22Jenson Button | Benetton | 1:12.805 | — | — | +1.097 |
| 11 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Sauber | 1:12.881 | — | — | +1.173 |
| 12 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 1:12.942 | — | — | +1.234 |
| 13 | Olivier Panis | BAR | 1:13.122 | — | — | +1.414 |
| 14 | Eddie Irvine | Jaguar | 1:13.189 | — | — | +1.481 |
| 15 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Prost | 1:13.281 | — | — | +1.573 |
| 16 | Pedro de la Rosa | Jaguar | 1:13.679 | — | — | +1.971 |
| 17 | 14Fernando Alonso | Minardi | 1:13.991 | — | — | +2.283 |
| 18 | Jacques Villeneuve | BAR | 1:14.012 | — | — | +2.304 |
| 19 | Enrique Bernoldi | Arrows | 1:14.129 | — | — | +2.421 |
| 20 | Jos Verstappen | Arrows | 1:14.138 | — | — | +2.430 |
| 21 | Tomáš Enge | Prost | 1:14.185 | — | — | +2.477 |
| 22 | Alex Yoong | Minardi | 1:15.247 | — | — | +3.539 |