Round 12 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2017-08-27
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) took pole for the 2017 Belgian Grand Prix with a 1:42.553 lap.
Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.242s shy of pole, with Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) third on the grid. Jolyon Palmer (Renault) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Fernando Alonso (McLaren) missed the cut by 0.405s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.132s — pole to P10 — with Jolyon Palmer (Renault) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:44.184 | 1:42.927 | 1:42.553 | 1:42.553 |
| 2 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:44.275 | 1:43.987 | 1:42.795 | +0.242 |
| 3 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:44.773 | 1:43.249 | 1:43.094 | +0.541 |
| 4 |
| 7Kimi Räikkönen |
| Ferrari |
| 1:44.729 |
| 1:43.700 |
| 1:43.270 |
| +0.717 |
| 5 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:44.535 | 1:43.940 | 1:43.380 | +0.827 |
| 6 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:45.114 | 1:44.224 | 1:43.863 | +1.310 |
| 7 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Renault | 1:45.280 | 1:44.988 | 1:44.982 | +2.429 |
| 8 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:45.591 | 1:44.894 | 1:45.244 | +2.691 |
| 9 | 31Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:45.277 | 1:45.006 | 1:45.369 | +2.816 |
| 10 | 30Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1:45.447 | 1:44.685 | — | +2.132 |
| 11 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:45.668 | 1:45.090 | — | +2.537 |
| 12 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:45.728 | 1:45.133 | — | +2.580 |
| 13 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:45.535 | 1:45.400 | — | +2.847 |
| 14 | 55Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 1:45.374 | 1:45.439 | — | +2.886 |
| 15 | 2Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:45.441 | — | — | +2.888 |
| 16 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:45.823 | — | — | +3.270 |
| 17 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:46.028 | — | — | +3.475 |
| 18 | 18Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:46.915 | — | — | +4.362 |
| 19 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:47.214 | — | — | +4.661 |
| 20 | 94Pascal Wehrlein | Sauber | 1:47.679 | — | — | +5.126 |