Pit Lane F1
Round 2 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2017-04-09
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) took pole for the 2017 Chinese Grand Prix with a 1:31.678 lap.
Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.186s shy of pole, with Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) third on the grid. Lance Stroll (Williams) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Carlos Sainz (Toro Rosso) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.542s — pole to P10 — with Lance Stroll (Williams) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:33.333 | 1:32.406 | 1:31.678 | 1:31.678 |
| 2 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:33.078 | 1:32.391 | 1:31.864 | +0.186 |
| 3 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:33.684 | 1:32.552 | 1:31.865 | +0.187 |
| 4 |
| 7Kimi Räikkönen |
| Ferrari |
| 1:33.341 |
| 1:32.181 |
| 1:32.140 |
| +0.462 |
| 5 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:34.041 | 1:33.546 | 1:33.033 | +1.355 |
| 6 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:34.205 | 1:33.759 | 1:33.507 | +1.829 |
| 7 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Renault | 1:34.453 | 1:33.636 | 1:33.580 | +1.902 |
| 8 | 11Sergio PĂ©rez | Force India | 1:34.657 | 1:33.920 | 1:33.706 | +2.028 |
| 9 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:34.440 | 1:34.034 | 1:33.719 | +2.041 |
| 10 | 18Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:33.986 | 1:34.090 | 1:34.220 | +2.542 |
| 11 | 55Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 1:34.567 | 1:34.150 | — | +2.472 |
| 12 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:34.942 | 1:34.164 | — | +2.486 |
| 13 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:34.499 | 1:34.372 | — | +2.694 |
| 14 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:34.892 | 1:35.046 | — | +3.368 |
| 15 | 99Antonio Giovinazzi | Sauber | 1:34.963 | — | — | +3.285 |
| 16 | 2Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:35.023 | — | — | +3.345 |
| 17 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:35.223 | — | — | +3.545 |
| 18 | 30Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1:35.279 | — | — | +3.601 |
| 19 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:35.433 | — | — | +3.755 |
| 20 | 31Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:35.496 | — | — | +3.818 |