Pit Lane F1
Round 22 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2021-12-12
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) took pole for the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with a 1:22.109 lap.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.371s shy of pole, with Lando Norris (McLaren) third on the grid. Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Fernando Alonso (Alpine F1 Team) missed the cut by 0.051s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.300s — pole to P10 — with Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:23.322 | 1:22.800 | 1:22.109 | 1:22.109 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:22.845 | 1:23.145 | 1:22.480 | +0.371 |
| 3 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:23.553 | 1:23.256 | 1:22.931 | +0.822 |
| 4 |
| 11Sergio PĂ©rez |
| Red Bull |
| 1:23.350 |
| 1:23.135 |
| 1:22.947 |
| +0.838 |
| 5 | 55Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:23.624 | 1:23.174 | 1:22.992 | +0.883 |
| 6 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:23.117 | 1:23.246 | 1:23.036 | +0.927 |
| 7 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:23.467 | 1:23.202 | 1:23.122 | +1.013 |
| 8 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:23.428 | 1:23.404 | 1:23.220 | +1.111 |
| 9 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:23.764 | 1:23.420 | 1:23.389 | +1.280 |
| 10 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1:23.829 | 1:23.448 | 1:23.409 | +1.300 |
| 11 | 14Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 1:23.846 | 1:23.460 | — | +1.351 |
| 12 | 10Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:23.489 | 1:24.043 | — | +1.934 |
| 13 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:24.061 | 1:24.066 | — | +1.957 |
| 14 | 99Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:24.118 | 1:24.251 | — | +2.142 |
| 15 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:24.225 | 1:24.305 | — | +2.196 |
| 16 | 6Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:24.338 | — | — | +2.229 |
| 17 | 63George Russell | Williams | 1:24.423 | — | — | +2.314 |
| 18 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 1:24.779 | — | — | +2.670 |
| 19 | 47Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 1:24.906 | — | — | +2.797 |
| 20 | 9Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 1:25.685 | — | — | +3.576 |