Pit Lane F1
Round 19 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2021-11-14
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) took pole for the 2021 SĂŁo Paulo Grand Prix with a 1:07.934 lap.
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) joined the front row, 0.438s shy of pole, with Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) third on the grid. Fernando Alonso (Alpine F1 Team) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Esteban Ocon (Alpine F1 Team) missed the cut by 0.076s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.179s — pole to P10 — with Fernando Alonso (Alpine F1 Team) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:08.733 | 1:08.068 | 1:07.934 | 1:07.934 |
| 2 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:09.329 | 1:08.499 | 1:08.372 | +0.438 |
| 3 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:09.040 | 1:08.426 | 1:08.469 | +0.535 |
| 4 |
| 11Sergio PĂ©rez |
| Red Bull |
| 1:09.172 |
| 1:08.973 |
| 1:08.483 |
| +0.549 |
| 5 | 10Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:09.347 | 1:08.903 | 1:08.777 | +0.843 |
| 6 | 55Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:09.046 | 1:09.031 | 1:08.826 | +0.892 |
| 7 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:09.155 | 1:08.859 | 1:08.960 | +1.026 |
| 8 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:09.365 | 1:09.030 | 1:08.980 | +1.046 |
| 9 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1:09.374 | 1:09.093 | 1:09.039 | +1.105 |
| 10 | 14Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 1:09.391 | 1:09.137 | 1:09.113 | +1.179 |
| 11 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:09.430 | 1:09.189 | — | +1.255 |
| 12 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:09.451 | 1:09.399 | — | +1.465 |
| 13 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:09.350 | 1:09.483 | — | +1.549 |
| 14 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 1:09.598 | 1:09.503 | — | +1.569 |
| 15 | 99Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:09.342 | 1:10.227 | — | +2.293 |
| 16 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:09.663 | — | — | +1.729 |
| 17 | 6Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:09.897 | — | — | +1.963 |
| 18 | 63George Russell | Williams | 1:09.953 | — | — | +2.019 |
| 19 | 47Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 1:10.329 | — | — | +2.395 |
| 20 | 9Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 1:10.589 | — | — | +2.655 |