Pit Lane F1
Round 3 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2019-04-14
Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) took pole for the 2019 Chinese Grand Prix with a 1:31.547 lap.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.023s shy of pole, with Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) third on the grid. Romain Grosjean (Haas F1 Team) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Daniil Kvyat (Toro Rosso) missed the cut by 0.080s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.609s — pole to P10 — with Romain Grosjean (Haas F1 Team) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:32.658 | 1:31.728 | 1:31.547 | 1:31.547 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:33.115 | 1:31.637 | 1:31.570 | +0.023 |
| 3 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:33.557 | 1:32.232 | 1:31.848 | +0.301 |
| 4 |
| 16Charles Leclerc |
| Ferrari |
| 1:32.712 |
| 1:32.324 |
| 1:31.865 |
| +0.318 |
| 5 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:33.274 | 1:32.369 | 1:32.089 | +0.542 |
| 6 | 10Pierre Gasly | Red Bull | 1:33.863 | 1:32.948 | 1:32.930 | +1.383 |
| 7 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | 1:33.709 | 1:33.214 | 1:32.958 | +1.411 |
| 8 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Renault | 1:33.644 | 1:33.968 | 1:32.962 | +1.415 |
| 9 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:34.036 | 1:33.150 | — | +1.603 |
| 10 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:33.752 | 1:33.156 | — | +1.609 |
| 11 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:33.783 | 1:33.236 | — | +1.689 |
| 12 | 11Sergio Pérez | Racing Point | 1:34.026 | 1:33.299 | — | +1.752 |
| 13 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 1:34.125 | 1:33.419 | — | +1.872 |
| 14 | 55Carlos Sainz | McLaren | 1:33.686 | 1:33.523 | — | +1.976 |
| 15 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:34.148 | 1:33.967 | — | +2.420 |
| 16 | 18Lance Stroll | Racing Point | 1:34.292 | — | — | +2.745 |
| 17 | 63George Russell | Williams | 1:35.253 | — | — | +3.706 |
| 18 | 88Robert Kubica | Williams | 1:35.281 | — | — | +3.734 |