Pit Lane F1
Round 20 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2021-11-21
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) took pole for the 2021 Qatar Grand Prix with a 1:20.827 lap.
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) joined the front row, 0.455s shy of pole, with Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) third on the grid. Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.958s — pole to P10 — with Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:21.901 | 1:21.682 | 1:20.827 | 1:20.827 |
| 2 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:21.996 | 1:21.984 | 1:21.282 | +0.455 |
| 3 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:22.016 | 1:21.991 | 1:21.478 | +0.651 |
| 4 |
| 10Pierre Gasly |
| AlphaTauri |
| 1:22.535 |
| 1:21.728 |
| 1:21.640 |
| +0.813 |
| 5 | 14Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 1:22.422 | 1:21.894 | 1:21.670 | +0.843 |
| 6 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:22.839 | 1:22.216 | 1:21.731 | +0.904 |
| 7 | 55Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:22.304 | 1:22.241 | 1:21.840 | +1.013 |
| 8 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:22.458 | 1:22.058 | 1:21.881 | +1.054 |
| 9 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:22.565 | 1:22.012 | 1:22.028 | +1.201 |
| 10 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:22.549 | 1:22.146 | 1:22.785 | +1.958 |
| 11 | 11Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 1:22.398 | 1:22.346 | — | +1.519 |
| 12 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:22.551 | 1:22.460 | — | +1.633 |
| 13 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:22.742 | 1:22.463 | — | +1.636 |
| 14 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1:22.688 | 1:22.597 | — | +1.770 |
| 15 | 63George Russell | Williams | 1:22.863 | 1:22.756 | — | +1.929 |
| 16 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 1:23.156 | — | — | +2.329 |
| 17 | 6Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:23.213 | — | — | +2.386 |
| 18 | 99Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:23.262 | — | — | +2.435 |
| 19 | 47Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 1:23.407 | — | — | +2.580 |
| 20 | 9Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 1:25.859 | — | — | +5.032 |