Pit Lane F1
Round 17 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2020-12-13
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) took pole for the 2020 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with a 1:35.246 lap.
Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.025s shy of pole, with Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) third on the grid. Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Esteban Ocon (Renault) missed the cut by 0.117s.
Q3 was settled inside 0.996s — pole to P10 — with Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:35.993 | 1:35.641 | 1:35.246 | 1:35.246 |
| 2 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:35.699 | 1:35.527 | 1:35.271 | +0.025 |
| 3 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:35.528 | 1:35.466 | 1:35.332 | +0.086 |
| 4 |
| 1Lando Norris |
| McLaren |
| 1:36.016 |
| 1:35.849 |
| 1:35.497 |
| +0.251 |
| 5 | 23Alexander Albon | Red Bull | 1:36.106 | 1:35.654 | 1:35.571 | +0.325 |
| 6 | 55Carlos Sainz | McLaren | 1:36.517 | 1:36.192 | 1:35.815 | +0.569 |
| 7 | 26Daniil Kvyat | AlphaTauri | 1:36.459 | 1:36.214 | 1:35.963 | +0.717 |
| 8 | 18Lance Stroll | Racing Point | 1:36.502 | 1:36.143 | 1:36.046 | +0.800 |
| 9 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:35.881 | 1:35.932 | 1:36.065 | +0.819 |
| 10 | 10Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:36.545 | 1:36.282 | 1:36.242 | +0.996 |
| 11 | 31Esteban Ocon | Renault | 1:36.783 | 1:36.359 | — | +1.113 |
| 12 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | 1:36.704 | 1:36.406 | — | +1.160 |
| 13 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:36.655 | 1:36.631 | — | +1.385 |
| 14 | 99Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:37.075 | 1:38.248 | — | +3.002 |
| 15 | 11Sergio Pérez | Racing Point | 1:36.034 | — | — | +0.788 |
| 16 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 1:37.555 | — | — | +2.309 |
| 17 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:37.863 | — | — | +2.617 |
| 18 | 63George Russell | Williams | 1:38.045 | — | — | +2.799 |
| 19 | 51Pietro Fittipaldi | Haas F1 Team | 1:38.173 | — | — | +2.927 |
| 20 | 6Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:38.443 | — | — | +3.197 |