Pit Lane F1
Round 1 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2021-03-28
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) took pole for the 2021 Bahrain Grand Prix with a 1:28.997 lap.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.388s shy of pole, with Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) third on the grid. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Sergio PĂ©rez (Red Bull) missed the cut by 0.058s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.604s — pole to P10 — with Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:30.499 | 1:30.318 | 1:28.997 | 1:28.997 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:30.617 | 1:30.085 | 1:29.385 | +0.388 |
| 3 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:31.200 | 1:30.186 | 1:29.586 | +0.589 |
| 4 |
| 16Charles Leclerc |
| Ferrari |
| 1:30.691 |
| 1:30.010 |
| 1:29.678 |
| +0.681 |
| 5 | 10Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:30.848 | 1:30.513 | 1:29.809 | +0.812 |
| 6 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1:30.795 | 1:30.222 | 1:29.927 | +0.930 |
| 7 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:30.902 | 1:30.099 | 1:29.974 | +0.977 |
| 8 | 55Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:31.653 | 1:30.009 | 1:30.215 | +1.218 |
| 9 | 14Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 1:30.863 | 1:30.595 | 1:30.249 | +1.252 |
| 10 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:31.261 | 1:30.624 | 1:30.601 | +1.604 |
| 11 | 11Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 1:31.165 | 1:30.659 | — | +1.662 |
| 12 | 99Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:30.998 | 1:30.708 | — | +1.711 |
| 13 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:30.607 | 1:31.203 | — | +2.206 |
| 14 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 1:31.547 | 1:31.238 | — | +2.241 |
| 15 | 63George Russell | Williams | 1:31.316 | 1:33.430 | — | +4.433 |
| 16 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:31.724 | — | — | +2.727 |
| 17 | 6Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:31.936 | — | — | +2.939 |
| 18 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:32.056 | — | — | +3.059 |
| 19 | 47Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 1:32.449 | — | — | +3.452 |
| 20 | 9Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 1:33.273 | — | — | +4.276 |