Round 4 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2020-08-02
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) took pole for the 2020 British Grand Prix with a 1:24.303 lap.
Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.313s shy of pole, with Max Verstappen (Red Bull) third on the grid. Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri) missed the cut by 0.162s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.036s — pole to P10 — with Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:25.900 | 1:25.347 | 1:24.303 | 1:24.303 |
| 2 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:25.801 | 1:25.015 | 1:24.616 | +0.313 |
| 3 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:26.115 | 1:26.144 | 1:25.325 | +1.022 |
| 4 |
| 16Charles Leclerc |
| Ferrari |
| 1:26.550 |
| 1:26.203 |
| 1:25.427 |
| +1.124 |
| 5 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:26.855 | 1:26.420 | 1:25.782 | +1.479 |
| 6 | 18Lance Stroll | Racing Point | 1:26.243 | 1:26.501 | 1:25.839 | +1.536 |
| 7 | 55Carlos Sainz | McLaren | 1:26.715 | 1:26.149 | 1:25.965 | +1.662 |
| 8 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | 1:26.677 | 1:26.339 | 1:26.009 | +1.706 |
| 9 | 31Esteban Ocon | Renault | 1:26.396 | 1:26.252 | 1:26.209 | +1.906 |
| 10 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:26.469 | 1:26.455 | 1:26.339 | +2.036 |
| 11 | 10Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:26.343 | 1:26.501 | — | +2.198 |
| 12 | 23Alexander Albon | Red Bull | 1:26.565 | 1:26.545 | — | +2.242 |
| 13 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Racing Point | 1:26.327 | 1:26.566 | — | +2.263 |
| 14 | 26Daniil Kvyat | AlphaTauri | 1:26.774 | 1:26.744 | — | +2.441 |
| 15 | 63George Russell | Williams | 1:26.732 | 1:27.092 | — | +2.789 |
| 16 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:27.158 | — | — | +2.855 |
| 17 | 99Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:27.164 | — | — | +2.861 |
| 18 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 1:27.366 | — | — | +3.063 |
| 19 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:27.643 | — | — | +3.340 |
| 20 | 6Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:27.705 | — | — | +3.402 |