Pit Lane F1
Round 12 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2020-10-25
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) took pole for the 2020 Portuguese Grand Prix with a 1:16.652 lap.
Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.102s shy of pole, with Max Verstappen (Red Bull) third on the grid. Daniel Ricciardo (Renault) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Esteban Ocon (Renault) missed the cut by 0.133s.
Q3 was settled inside 0.829s — pole to P10 — with Daniel Ricciardo (Renault) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:16.828 | 1:16.824 | 1:16.652 | 1:16.652 |
| 2 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:16.945 | 1:16.466 | 1:16.754 | +0.102 |
| 3 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:16.879 | 1:17.038 | 1:16.904 | +0.252 |
| 4 |
| 16Charles Leclerc |
| Ferrari |
| 1:17.421 |
| 1:17.367 |
| 1:17.090 |
| +0.438 |
| 5 | 11Sergio PĂ©rez | Racing Point | 1:17.370 | 1:17.129 | 1:17.223 | +0.571 |
| 6 | 23Alexander Albon | Red Bull | 1:17.435 | 1:17.411 | 1:17.437 | +0.785 |
| 7 | 55Carlos Sainz | McLaren | 1:17.627 | 1:17.183 | 1:17.520 | +0.868 |
| 8 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:17.547 | 1:17.321 | 1:17.525 | +0.873 |
| 9 | 10Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:17.209 | 1:17.367 | 1:17.803 | +1.151 |
| 10 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | 1:17.621 | 1:17.481 | — | +0.829 |
| 11 | 31Esteban Ocon | Renault | 1:17.775 | 1:17.614 | — | +0.962 |
| 12 | 18Lance Stroll | Racing Point | 1:17.667 | 1:17.626 | — | +0.974 |
| 13 | 26Daniil Kvyat | AlphaTauri | 1:17.841 | 1:17.728 | — | +1.076 |
| 14 | 63George Russell | Williams | 1:17.931 | 1:17.788 | — | +1.136 |
| 15 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:17.446 | 1:17.919 | — | +1.267 |
| 16 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 1:18.201 | — | — | +1.549 |
| 17 | 99Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:18.323 | — | — | +1.671 |
| 18 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:18.364 | — | — | +1.712 |
| 19 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:18.508 | — | — | +1.856 |
| 20 | 6Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:18.777 | — | — | +2.125 |