Round 11 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2020-10-11
Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) took pole for the 2020 Eifel Grand Prix with a 1:25.269 lap.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.256s shy of pole, with Max Verstappen (Red Bull) third on the grid. Carlos Sainz (McLaren) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) missed the cut by 0.029s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.440s — pole to P10 — with Carlos Sainz (McLaren) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:26.573 | 1:25.971 | 1:25.269 | 1:25.269 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:26.620 | 1:25.390 | 1:25.525 | +0.256 |
| 3 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:26.319 | 1:25.467 | 1:25.562 | +0.293 |
| 4 |
| 16Charles Leclerc |
| Ferrari |
| 1:26.857 |
| 1:26.240 |
| 1:26.035 |
| +0.766 |
| 5 | 23Alexander Albon | Red Bull | 1:27.126 | 1:26.285 | 1:26.047 | +0.778 |
| 6 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | 1:26.836 | 1:26.096 | 1:26.223 | +0.954 |
| 7 | 31Esteban Ocon | Renault | 1:27.086 | 1:26.364 | 1:26.242 | +0.973 |
| 8 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:26.829 | 1:26.316 | 1:26.458 | +1.189 |
| 9 | 11Sergio Pérez | Racing Point | 1:27.120 | 1:26.330 | 1:26.704 | +1.435 |
| 10 | 55Carlos Sainz | McLaren | 1:27.378 | 1:26.361 | 1:26.709 | +1.440 |
| 11 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:27.107 | 1:26.738 | — | +1.469 |
| 12 | 10Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:27.072 | 1:26.776 | — | +1.507 |
| 13 | 26Daniil Kvyat | AlphaTauri | 1:27.285 | 1:26.848 | — | +1.579 |
| 14 | 99Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:27.532 | 1:26.936 | — | +1.667 |
| 15 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:27.231 | 1:27.125 | — | +1.856 |
| 16 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:27.552 | — | — | +2.283 |
| 17 | 63George Russell | Williams | 1:27.564 | — | — | +2.295 |
| 18 | 6Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:27.812 | — | — | +2.543 |
| 19 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 1:27.817 | — | — | +2.548 |
| 20 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Racing Point | 1:28.021 | — | — | +2.752 |