Pit Lane F1
Round 21 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2021-12-05
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) took pole for the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix with a 1:27.511 lap.
Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.111s shy of pole, with Max Verstappen (Red Bull) third on the grid. Antonio Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.243s — pole to P10 — with Antonio Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:28.466 | 1:27.712 | 1:27.511 | 1:27.511 |
| 2 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:28.057 | 1:28.054 | 1:27.622 | +0.111 |
| 3 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:28.285 | 1:27.953 | 1:27.653 | +0.142 |
| 4 |
| 16Charles Leclerc |
| Ferrari |
| 1:28.310 |
| 1:28.459 |
| 1:28.054 |
| +0.543 |
| 5 | 11Sergio PĂ©rez | Red Bull | 1:28.021 | 1:27.946 | 1:28.123 | +0.612 |
| 6 | 10Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:28.401 | 1:28.314 | 1:28.125 | +0.614 |
| 7 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:28.338 | 1:28.344 | 1:28.180 | +0.669 |
| 8 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:28.503 | 1:28.222 | 1:28.442 | +0.931 |
| 9 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:28.752 | 1:28.574 | 1:28.647 | +1.136 |
| 10 | 99Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:28.899 | 1:28.616 | 1:28.754 | +1.243 |
| 11 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1:28.216 | 1:28.668 | — | +1.157 |
| 12 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 1:28.856 | 1:28.885 | — | +1.374 |
| 13 | 14Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 1:28.944 | 1:28.920 | — | +1.409 |
| 14 | 63George Russell | Williams | 1:28.926 | 1:29.054 | — | +1.543 |
| 15 | 55Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:28.237 | 1:53.652 | — | +26.141 |
| 16 | 6Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:29.177 | — | — | +1.666 |
| 17 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:29.198 | — | — | +1.687 |
| 18 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:29.368 | — | — | +1.857 |
| 19 | 47Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 1:29.464 | — | — | +1.953 |
| 20 | 9Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 1:30.473 | — | — | +2.962 |