Round 18 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2019-10-27
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) took pole for the 2019 Mexican Grand Prix with a 1:14.758 lap.
Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.266s shy of pole, with Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) third on the grid. Pierre Gasly (Toro Rosso) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Sergio Pérez (Racing Point) missed the cut by 0.101s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.828s — pole to P10 — with Pierre Gasly (Toro Rosso) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:15.949 | 1:16.136 | 1:14.758 | 1:14.758 |
| 2 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:16.364 | 1:16.219 | 1:15.024 | +0.266 |
| 3 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:16.696 | 1:15.914 | 1:15.170 | +0.412 |
| 4 |
| 44Lewis Hamilton |
| Mercedes |
| 1:16.424 |
| 1:15.721 |
| 1:15.262 |
| +0.504 |
| 5 | 23Alexander Albon | Red Bull | 1:16.175 | 1:16.574 | 1:15.336 | +0.578 |
| 6 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:17.062 | 1:15.852 | 1:15.338 | +0.580 |
| 7 | 55Carlos Sainz | McLaren | 1:17.044 | 1:16.267 | 1:16.014 | +1.256 |
| 8 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:17.092 | 1:16.447 | 1:16.322 | +1.564 |
| 9 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:17.041 | 1:16.657 | 1:16.469 | +1.711 |
| 10 | 10Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:17.065 | 1:16.679 | 1:16.586 | +1.828 |
| 11 | 11Sergio Pérez | Racing Point | 1:17.465 | 1:16.687 | — | +1.929 |
| 12 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 1:17.608 | 1:16.885 | — | +2.127 |
| 13 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | 1:17.270 | 1:16.933 | — | +2.175 |
| 14 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 1:17.225 | 1:16.967 | — | +2.209 |
| 15 | 99Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:17.794 | 1:17.269 | — | +2.511 |
| 16 | 18Lance Stroll | Racing Point | 1:18.065 | — | — | +3.307 |
| 17 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:18.436 | — | — | +3.678 |
| 18 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:18.599 | — | — | +3.841 |
| 19 | 63George Russell | Williams | 1:18.823 | — | — | +4.065 |
| 20 | 88Robert Kubica | Williams | 1:20.179 | — | — | +5.421 |