Round 5 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2020-08-09
Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) took pole for the 2020 70th Anniversary Grand Prix with a 1:25.154 lap.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.063s shy of pole, with Nico HĂĽlkenberg (Racing Point) third on the grid. Lando Norris (McLaren) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Esteban Ocon (Renault) missed the cut by 0.233s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.624s — pole to P10 — with Lando Norris (McLaren) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:26.738 | 1:25.785 | 1:25.154 | 1:25.154 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:26.818 | 1:26.266 | 1:25.217 | +0.063 |
| 3 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Racing Point | 1:27.279 | 1:26.261 | 1:26.082 | +0.928 |
| 4 |
| 3Max Verstappen |
| Red Bull |
| 1:27.154 |
| 1:26.779 |
| 1:26.176 |
| +1.022 |
| 5 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | 1:27.442 | 1:26.636 | 1:26.297 | +1.143 |
| 6 | 18Lance Stroll | Racing Point | 1:27.187 | 1:26.674 | 1:26.428 | +1.274 |
| 7 | 10Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:27.154 | 1:26.523 | 1:26.534 | +1.380 |
| 8 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:27.427 | 1:26.709 | 1:26.614 | +1.460 |
| 9 | 23Alexander Albon | Red Bull | 1:27.153 | 1:26.642 | 1:26.669 | +1.515 |
| 10 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:27.217 | 1:26.885 | 1:26.778 | +1.624 |
| 11 | 31Esteban Ocon | Renault | 1:27.278 | 1:27.011 | — | +1.857 |
| 12 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:27.612 | 1:27.078 | — | +1.924 |
| 13 | 55Carlos Sainz | McLaren | 1:27.450 | 1:27.083 | — | +1.929 |
| 14 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:27.519 | 1:27.254 | — | +2.100 |
| 15 | 63George Russell | Williams | 1:27.757 | 1:27.455 | — | +2.301 |
| 16 | 26Daniil Kvyat | AlphaTauri | 1:27.882 | — | — | +2.728 |
| 17 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:28.236 | — | — | +3.082 |
| 18 | 6Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:28.430 | — | — | +3.276 |
| 19 | 99Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:28.433 | — | — | +3.279 |
| 20 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 1:28.493 | — | — | +3.339 |