Pit Lane F1
Round 18 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2017-10-29
Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) took pole for the 2017 Mexican Grand Prix with a 1:16.488 lap.
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) joined the front row, 0.086s shy of pole, with Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) third on the grid. Sergio PĂ©rez (Force India) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Felipe Massa (Williams) missed the cut by 0.292s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.319s — pole to P10 — with Sergio Pérez (Force India) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:17.665 | 1:16.870 | 1:16.488 | 1:16.488 |
| 2 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:17.630 | 1:16.524 | 1:16.574 | +0.086 |
| 3 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:17.518 | 1:17.035 | 1:16.934 | +0.446 |
| 4 |
| 77Valtteri Bottas |
| Mercedes |
| 1:17.578 |
| 1:17.161 |
| 1:16.958 |
| +0.470 |
| 5 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:18.148 | 1:17.534 | 1:17.238 | +0.750 |
| 6 | 31Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:18.336 | 1:17.827 | 1:17.437 | +0.949 |
| 7 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:18.208 | 1:17.631 | 1:17.447 | +0.959 |
| 8 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Renault | 1:18.322 | 1:17.792 | 1:17.466 | +0.978 |
| 9 | 55Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1:18.405 | 1:17.753 | 1:17.794 | +1.306 |
| 10 | 11Sergio PĂ©rez | Force India | 1:18.020 | 1:17.868 | 1:17.807 | +1.319 |
| 11 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:18.570 | 1:18.099 | — | +1.611 |
| 12 | 18Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:18.902 | 1:19.159 | — | +2.671 |
| 13 | 28Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 1:18.683 | — | — | +2.195 |
| 14 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:17.710 | — | — | +1.222 |
| 15 | 2Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:18.578 | — | — | +2.090 |
| 16 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:19.176 | — | — | +2.688 |
| 17 | 94Pascal Wehrlein | Sauber | 1:19.333 | — | — | +2.845 |
| 18 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:19.443 | — | — | +2.955 |
| 19 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:19.473 | — | — | +2.985 |