Pit Lane F1
Round 18 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2021-11-07
Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) took pole for the 2021 Mexico City Grand Prix with a 1:15.875 lap.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.145s shy of pole, with Max Verstappen (Red Bull) third on the grid. Lando Norris (McLaren) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 20.955s — pole to P10 — with Lando Norris (McLaren) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:16.727 | 1:16.864 | 1:15.875 | 1:15.875 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:17.207 | 1:16.474 | 1:16.020 | +0.145 |
| 3 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:16.788 | 1:16.483 | 1:16.225 | +0.350 |
| 4 |
| 11Sergio PĂ©rez |
| Red Bull |
| 1:17.003 |
| 1:17.055 |
| 1:16.342 |
| +0.467 |
| 5 | 10Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:16.908 | 1:16.955 | 1:16.456 | +0.581 |
| 6 | 55Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:17.517 | 1:17.248 | 1:16.761 | +0.886 |
| 7 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1:17.719 | 1:17.092 | 1:16.763 | +0.888 |
| 8 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:16.748 | 1:17.034 | 1:16.837 | +0.962 |
| 9 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:17.330 | 1:16.701 | 1:17.158 | +1.283 |
| 10 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:17.569 | 1:17.473 | 1:36.830 | +20.955 |
| 11 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:17.502 | 1:17.746 | — | +1.871 |
| 12 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 1:17.606 | 1:17.958 | — | +2.083 |
| 13 | 63George Russell | Williams | 1:17.958 | 1:18.172 | — | +2.297 |
| 14 | 99Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:17.897 | 1:18.290 | — | +2.415 |
| 15 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:18.126 | 1:18.405 | — | +2.530 |
| 16 | 14Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 1:18.452 | — | — | +2.577 |
| 17 | 6Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:18.756 | — | — | +2.881 |
| 18 | 47Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 1:18.858 | — | — | +2.983 |
| 19 | 9Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 1:19.303 | — | — | +3.428 |
| 20 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:20.873 | — | — | +4.998 |