Round 6 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2020-08-16
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) took pole for the 2020 Spanish Grand Prix with a 1:15.584 lap.
Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.059s shy of pole, with Max Verstappen (Red Bull) third on the grid. Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) missed the cut by 0.032s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.552s — pole to P10 — with Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:16.872 | 1:16.013 | 1:15.584 | 1:15.584 |
| 2 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:17.243 | 1:16.152 | 1:15.643 | +0.059 |
| 3 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:17.213 | 1:16.518 | 1:16.292 | +0.708 |
| 4 |
| 11Sergio Pérez |
| Racing Point |
| 1:17.117 |
| 1:16.936 |
| 1:16.482 |
| +0.898 |
| 5 | 18Lance Stroll | Racing Point | 1:17.316 | 1:16.666 | 1:16.589 | +1.005 |
| 6 | 23Alexander Albon | Red Bull | 1:17.419 | 1:17.163 | 1:17.029 | +1.445 |
| 7 | 55Carlos Sainz | McLaren | 1:17.438 | 1:16.876 | 1:17.044 | +1.460 |
| 8 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:17.577 | 1:17.166 | 1:17.084 | +1.500 |
| 9 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:17.256 | 1:16.953 | 1:17.087 | +1.503 |
| 10 | 10Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:17.356 | 1:16.800 | 1:17.136 | +1.552 |
| 11 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:17.573 | 1:17.168 | — | +1.584 |
| 12 | 26Daniil Kvyat | AlphaTauri | 1:17.676 | 1:17.192 | — | +1.608 |
| 13 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | 1:17.667 | 1:17.198 | — | +1.614 |
| 14 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 1:17.797 | 1:17.386 | — | +1.802 |
| 15 | 31Esteban Ocon | Renault | 1:17.765 | 1:17.567 | — | +1.983 |
| 16 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:17.908 | — | — | +2.324 |
| 17 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:18.089 | — | — | +2.505 |
| 18 | 63George Russell | Williams | 1:18.099 | — | — | +2.515 |
| 19 | 6Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:18.532 | — | — | +2.948 |
| 20 | 99Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:18.697 | — | — | +3.113 |