Pit Lane F1
Round 15 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2017-10-01
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) took pole for the 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix with a 1:30.076 lap.
Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.045s shy of pole, with Max Verstappen (Red Bull) third on the grid. Fernando Alonso (McLaren) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Felipe Massa (Williams) missed the cut by 0.330s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.628s — pole to P10 — with Fernando Alonso (McLaren) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:31.605 | 1:30.977 | 1:30.076 | 1:30.076 |
| 2 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:32.259 | 1:30.926 | 1:30.121 | +0.045 |
| 3 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:31.920 | 1:30.931 | 1:30.541 | +0.465 |
| 4 |
| 3Daniel Ricciardo |
| Red Bull |
| 1:32.416 |
| 1:31.061 |
| 1:30.595 |
| +0.519 |
| 5 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:32.254 | 1:30.803 | 1:30.758 | +0.682 |
| 6 | 31Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:32.527 | 1:31.651 | 1:31.478 | +1.402 |
| 7 | 2Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:32.838 | 1:31.848 | 1:31.582 | +1.506 |
| 8 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Renault | 1:32.586 | 1:31.778 | 1:31.607 | +1.531 |
| 9 | 11Sergio PĂ©rez | Force India | 1:32.768 | 1:31.484 | 1:31.658 | +1.582 |
| 10 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:33.049 | 1:32.010 | 1:31.704 | +1.628 |
| 11 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:32.267 | 1:32.034 | — | +1.958 |
| 12 | 30Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1:32.576 | 1:32.100 | — | +2.024 |
| 13 | 18Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:33.000 | 1:32.307 | — | +2.231 |
| 14 | 55Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 1:32.650 | 1:32.402 | — | +2.326 |
| 15 | 10Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:32.547 | 1:32.558 | — | +2.482 |
| 16 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:33.308 | — | — | +3.232 |
| 17 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:33.434 | — | — | +3.358 |
| 18 | 94Pascal Wehrlein | Sauber | 1:33.483 | — | — | +3.407 |
| 19 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:33.970 | — | — | +3.894 |
| 20 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | — | — | — | — |