Pit Lane F1
Round 20 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2017-11-26
Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) took pole for the 2017 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with a 1:36.231 lap.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.172s shy of pole, with Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) third on the grid. Felipe Massa (Williams) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Fernando Alonso (McLaren) missed the cut by 0.086s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.319s — pole to P10 — with Felipe Massa (Williams) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:37.356 | 1:36.822 | 1:36.231 | 1:36.231 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:37.391 | 1:36.742 | 1:36.403 | +0.172 |
| 3 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:37.817 | 1:37.023 | 1:36.777 | +0.546 |
| 4 |
| 3Daniel Ricciardo |
| Red Bull |
| 1:38.016 |
| 1:37.583 |
| 1:36.959 |
| +0.728 |
| 5 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:37.453 | 1:37.302 | 1:36.985 | +0.754 |
| 6 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:38.021 | 1:37.777 | 1:37.328 | +1.097 |
| 7 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Renault | 1:38.781 | 1:38.138 | 1:38.282 | +2.051 |
| 8 | 11Sergio PĂ©rez | Force India | 1:38.601 | 1:38.359 | 1:38.374 | +2.143 |
| 9 | 31Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:38.896 | 1:38.392 | 1:38.397 | +2.166 |
| 10 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:38.629 | 1:38.565 | 1:38.550 | +2.319 |
| 11 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:38.820 | 1:38.636 | — | +2.405 |
| 12 | 55Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1:38.810 | 1:38.725 | — | +2.494 |
| 13 | 2Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:38.777 | 1:38.808 | — | +2.577 |
| 14 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:39.395 | 1:39.298 | — | +3.067 |
| 15 | 18Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:39.503 | 1:39.646 | — | +3.415 |
| 16 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:39.516 | — | — | +3.285 |
| 17 | 10Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:39.724 | — | — | +3.493 |
| 18 | 94Pascal Wehrlein | Sauber | 1:39.930 | — | — | +3.699 |
| 19 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:39.994 | — | — | +3.763 |
| 20 | 28Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 1:40.471 | — | — | +4.240 |