Pit Lane F1
Round 3 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2017-04-16
Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) took pole for the 2017 Bahrain Grand Prix with a 1:28.769 lap.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.023s shy of pole, with Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) third on the grid. Jolyon Palmer (Renault) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Daniil Kvyat (Toro Rosso) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.305s — pole to P10 — with Jolyon Palmer (Renault) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:31.041 | 1:29.555 | 1:28.769 | 1:28.769 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:30.814 | 1:29.535 | 1:28.792 | +0.023 |
| 3 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:31.037 | 1:29.596 | 1:29.247 | +0.478 |
| 4 |
| 3Daniel Ricciardo |
| Red Bull |
| 1:31.667 |
| 1:30.497 |
| 1:29.545 |
| +0.776 |
| 5 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:30.988 | 1:29.843 | 1:29.567 | +0.798 |
| 6 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:30.904 | 1:30.307 | 1:29.687 | +0.918 |
| 7 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Renault | 1:31.057 | 1:30.169 | 1:29.842 | +1.073 |
| 8 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:31.373 | 1:30.677 | 1:30.074 | +1.305 |
| 9 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:31.691 | 1:30.857 | 1:30.763 | +1.994 |
| 10 | 30Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1:31.458 | 1:30.899 | 1:31.074 | +2.305 |
| 11 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:31.531 | 1:30.923 | — | +2.154 |
| 12 | 18Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:31.748 | 1:31.168 | — | +2.399 |
| 13 | 94Pascal Wehrlein | Sauber | 1:31.995 | 1:31.414 | — | +2.645 |
| 14 | 31Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:31.774 | 1:31.684 | — | +2.915 |
| 15 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:32.054 | — | — | +3.285 |
| 16 | 55Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 1:32.118 | — | — | +3.349 |
| 17 | 2Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:32.313 | — | — | +3.544 |
| 18 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:32.318 | — | — | +3.549 |
| 19 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:32.543 | — | — | +3.774 |
| 20 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:32.900 | — | — | +4.131 |