Round 19 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2017-11-12
Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) took pole for the 2017 Brazilian Grand Prix with a 1:08.322 lap.
Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.038s shy of pole, with Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) third on the grid. Felipe Massa (Williams) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Esteban Ocon (Force India) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.519s — pole to P10 — with Felipe Massa (Williams) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:09.452 | 1:08.638 | 1:08.322 | 1:08.322 |
| 2 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:09.643 | 1:08.494 | 1:08.360 | +0.038 |
| 3 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:09.405 | 1:09.116 | 1:08.538 | +0.216 |
| 4 |
| 3Max Verstappen |
| Red Bull |
| 1:09.820 |
| 1:09.050 |
| 1:08.925 |
| +0.603 |
| 5 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:09.828 | 1:09.533 | 1:09.330 | +1.008 |
| 6 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:10.145 | 1:09.760 | 1:09.598 | +1.276 |
| 7 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:10.172 | 1:09.593 | 1:09.617 | +1.295 |
| 8 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Renault | 1:10.078 | 1:09.726 | 1:09.703 | +1.381 |
| 9 | 55Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1:10.227 | 1:09.768 | 1:09.805 | +1.483 |
| 10 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:09.789 | 1:09.612 | 1:09.841 | +1.519 |
| 11 | 31Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:10.168 | 1:09.830 | — | +1.508 |
| 12 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:10.148 | 1:09.879 | — | +1.557 |
| 13 | 2Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:10.286 | 1:10.116 | — | +1.794 |
| 14 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:10.521 | 1:10.154 | — | +1.832 |
| 15 | 28Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 1:10.625 | — | — | +2.303 |
| 16 | 94Pascal Wehrlein | Sauber | 1:10.678 | — | — | +2.356 |
| 17 | 10Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:10.686 | — | — | +2.364 |
| 18 | 18Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:10.776 | — | — | +2.454 |
| 19 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:10.875 | — | — | +2.553 |
| 20 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | — | — | — | — |