Pit Lane F1
Round 16 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2021-10-10
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) took pole for the 2021 Turkish Grand Prix with a 1:22.868 lap.
Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.130s shy of pole, with Max Verstappen (Red Bull) third on the grid. Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin) missed the cut by 0.427s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.500s — pole to P10 — with Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:24.585 | 1:23.082 | 1:22.868 | 1:22.868 |
| 2 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:25.047 | 1:23.579 | 1:22.998 | +0.130 |
| 3 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:24.592 | 1:23.732 | 1:23.196 | +0.328 |
| 4 |
| 16Charles Leclerc |
| Ferrari |
| 1:24.869 |
| 1:24.015 |
| 1:23.265 |
| +0.397 |
| 5 | 10Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:24.704 | 1:23.817 | 1:23.326 | +0.458 |
| 6 | 14Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 1:25.174 | 1:23.914 | 1:23.477 | +0.609 |
| 7 | 11Sergio PĂ©rez | Red Bull | 1:24.963 | 1:23.961 | 1:23.706 | +0.838 |
| 8 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:25.138 | 1:24.642 | 1:23.954 | +1.086 |
| 9 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:25.511 | 1:24.601 | 1:24.305 | +1.437 |
| 10 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:25.409 | 1:24.054 | 1:24.368 | +1.500 |
| 11 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:25.787 | 1:24.795 | — | +1.927 |
| 12 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:25.422 | 1:24.842 | — | +1.974 |
| 13 | 63George Russell | Williams | 1:25.417 | 1:25.007 | — | +2.139 |
| 14 | 47Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 1:25.555 | 1:25.200 | — | +2.332 |
| 15 | 55Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:25.177 | — | — | +2.309 |
| 16 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1:25.881 | — | — | +3.013 |
| 17 | 6Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:26.086 | — | — | +3.218 |
| 18 | 99Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:26.430 | — | — | +3.562 |
| 19 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 1:27.525 | — | — | +4.657 |
| 20 | 9Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 1:28.449 | — | — | +5.581 |