Round 11 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2021-08-01
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) took pole for the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix with a 1:15.419 lap.
Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.315s shy of pole, with Max Verstappen (Red Bull) third on the grid. Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) missed the cut by 0.121s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.331s — pole to P10 — with Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:16.424 | 1:16.553 | 1:15.419 | 1:15.419 |
| 2 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:16.569 | 1:16.702 | 1:15.734 | +0.315 |
| 3 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:16.214 | 1:15.650 | 1:15.840 | +0.421 |
| 4 |
| 11Sergio Pérez |
| Red Bull |
| 1:17.233 |
| 1:16.443 |
| 1:16.421 |
| +1.002 |
| 5 | 10Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:16.874 | 1:16.394 | 1:16.483 | +1.064 |
| 6 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:17.081 | 1:16.385 | 1:16.489 | +1.070 |
| 7 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:17.084 | 1:16.574 | 1:16.496 | +1.077 |
| 8 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:17.367 | 1:16.766 | 1:16.653 | +1.234 |
| 9 | 14Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 1:17.123 | 1:16.541 | 1:16.715 | +1.296 |
| 10 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:17.105 | 1:16.794 | 1:16.750 | +1.331 |
| 11 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1:17.664 | 1:16.871 | — | +1.452 |
| 12 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:17.038 | 1:16.893 | — | +1.474 |
| 13 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 1:17.553 | 1:17.564 | — | +2.145 |
| 14 | 99Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:17.776 | 1:17.583 | — | +2.164 |
| 15 | 55Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:16.649 | — | — | +1.230 |
| 16 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:17.919 | — | — | +2.500 |
| 17 | 63George Russell | Williams | 1:17.944 | — | — | +2.525 |
| 18 | 6Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:18.036 | — | — | +2.617 |
| 19 | 9Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 1:18.922 | — | — | +3.503 |
| 20 | 47Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | — | — | — | — |