Round 10 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2021-07-18
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) took pole for the 2021 British Grand Prix with a 1:26.134 lap.
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) joined the front row, 0.075s shy of pole, with Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) third on the grid. Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Fernando Alonso (Alpine F1 Team) missed the cut by 0.066s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.045s — pole to P10 — with Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:26.786 | 1:26.023 | 1:26.134 | 1:26.134 |
| 2 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:26.751 | 1:26.315 | 1:26.209 | +0.075 |
| 3 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:27.487 | 1:26.764 | 1:26.328 | +0.194 |
| 4 |
| 16Charles Leclerc |
| Ferrari |
| 1:27.051 |
| 1:26.919 |
| 1:26.828 |
| +0.694 |
| 5 | 11Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 1:27.121 | 1:27.073 | 1:26.844 | +0.710 |
| 6 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:27.444 | 1:27.220 | 1:26.897 | +0.763 |
| 7 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1:27.323 | 1:27.125 | 1:26.899 | +0.765 |
| 8 | 63George Russell | Williams | 1:27.671 | 1:27.080 | 1:26.971 | +0.837 |
| 9 | 55Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:27.337 | 1:26.848 | 1:27.007 | +0.873 |
| 10 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:27.493 | 1:27.103 | 1:27.179 | +1.045 |
| 11 | 14Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 1:27.580 | 1:27.245 | — | +1.111 |
| 12 | 10Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:27.600 | 1:27.273 | — | +1.139 |
| 13 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:27.415 | 1:27.340 | — | +1.206 |
| 14 | 99Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:27.595 | 1:27.617 | — | +1.483 |
| 15 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:28.017 | 1:27.665 | — | +1.531 |
| 16 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:28.043 | — | — | +1.909 |
| 17 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 1:28.062 | — | — | +1.928 |
| 18 | 6Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:28.254 | — | — | +2.120 |
| 19 | 47Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 1:28.738 | — | — | +2.604 |
| 20 | 9Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 1:29.051 | — | — | +2.917 |