Pit Lane F1
Round 17 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2021-10-24
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) took pole for the 2021 United States Grand Prix with a 1:32.910 lap.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.209s shy of pole, with Sergio PĂ©rez (Red Bull) third on the grid. Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Esteban Ocon (Alpine F1 Team) missed the cut by 0.459s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.008s — pole to P10 — with Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:34.352 | 1:33.464 | 1:32.910 | 1:32.910 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:34.579 | 1:33.797 | 1:33.119 | +0.209 |
| 3 | 11Sergio PĂ©rez | Red Bull | 1:34.369 | 1:34.178 | 1:33.134 | +0.224 |
| 4 |
| 77Valtteri Bottas |
| Mercedes |
| 1:34.590 |
| 1:33.959 |
| 1:33.475 |
| +0.565 |
| 5 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:34.153 | 1:33.928 | 1:33.606 | +0.696 |
| 6 | 55Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:34.558 | 1:34.126 | 1:33.792 | +0.882 |
| 7 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1:34.407 | 1:34.643 | 1:33.808 | +0.898 |
| 8 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:34.551 | 1:33.880 | 1:33.887 | +0.977 |
| 9 | 10Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:34.567 | 1:34.583 | 1:34.118 | +1.208 |
| 10 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:35.360 | 1:35.137 | 1:34.918 | +2.008 |
| 11 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:35.747 | 1:35.377 | — | +2.467 |
| 12 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:35.281 | 1:35.500 | — | +2.590 |
| 13 | 99Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:35.920 | 1:35.794 | — | +2.884 |
| 14 | 14Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 1:35.756 | 1:44.549 | — | +11.639 |
| 15 | 63George Russell | Williams | 1:35.746 | — | — | +2.836 |
| 16 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:35.983 | — | — | +3.073 |
| 17 | 6Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:35.995 | — | — | +3.085 |
| 18 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 1:36.311 | — | — | +3.401 |
| 19 | 47Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 1:36.499 | — | — | +3.589 |
| 20 | 9Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 1:36.796 | — | — | +3.886 |