Round 7 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2020-08-30
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) took pole for the 2020 Belgian Grand Prix with a 1:41.252 lap.
Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.511s shy of pole, with Max Verstappen (Red Bull) third on the grid. Lando Norris (McLaren) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Daniil Kvyat (AlphaTauri) missed the cut by 0.073s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.405s — pole to P10 — with Lando Norris (McLaren) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:42.323 | 1:42.014 | 1:41.252 | 1:41.252 |
| 2 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:42.534 | 1:42.126 | 1:41.763 | +0.511 |
| 3 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:43.197 | 1:42.473 | 1:41.778 | +0.526 |
| 4 |
| 3Daniel Ricciardo |
| Renault |
| 1:43.309 |
| 1:42.487 |
| 1:42.061 |
| +0.809 |
| 5 | 23Alexander Albon | Red Bull | 1:43.418 | 1:42.193 | 1:42.264 | +1.012 |
| 6 | 31Esteban Ocon | Renault | 1:43.505 | 1:42.534 | 1:42.396 | +1.144 |
| 7 | 55Carlos Sainz | McLaren | 1:43.322 | 1:42.478 | 1:42.438 | +1.186 |
| 8 | 11Sergio Pérez | Racing Point | 1:43.349 | 1:42.670 | 1:42.532 | +1.280 |
| 9 | 18Lance Stroll | Racing Point | 1:43.265 | 1:42.491 | 1:42.603 | +1.351 |
| 10 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:43.514 | 1:42.722 | 1:42.657 | +1.405 |
| 11 | 26Daniil Kvyat | AlphaTauri | 1:43.267 | 1:42.730 | — | +1.478 |
| 12 | 10Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:43.262 | 1:42.745 | — | +1.493 |
| 13 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:43.656 | 1:42.996 | — | +1.744 |
| 14 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:43.567 | 1:43.261 | — | +2.009 |
| 15 | 63George Russell | Williams | 1:43.630 | 1:43.468 | — | +2.216 |
| 16 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 1:43.743 | — | — | +2.491 |
| 17 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:43.838 | — | — | +2.586 |
| 18 | 99Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:43.950 | — | — | +2.698 |
| 19 | 6Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:44.138 | — | — | +2.886 |
| 20 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:44.314 | — | — | +3.062 |