Pit Lane F1
Round 3 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2021-05-02
Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) took pole for the 2021 Portuguese Grand Prix with a 1:18.348 lap.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.007s shy of pole, with Max Verstappen (Red Bull) third on the grid. Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while George Russell (Williams) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.311s — pole to P10 — with Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:18.722 | 1:18.458 | 1:18.348 | 1:18.348 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:18.857 | 1:17.968 | 1:18.355 | +0.007 |
| 3 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:19.485 | 1:18.650 | 1:18.746 | +0.398 |
| 4 |
| 11Sergio PĂ©rez |
| Red Bull |
| 1:19.337 |
| 1:18.845 |
| 1:18.890 |
| +0.542 |
| 5 | 55Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:19.309 | 1:18.813 | 1:19.039 | +0.691 |
| 6 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:19.092 | 1:18.586 | 1:19.042 | +0.694 |
| 7 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:18.794 | 1:18.481 | 1:19.116 | +0.768 |
| 8 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:19.373 | 1:18.769 | 1:19.306 | +0.958 |
| 9 | 10Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:19.464 | 1:19.052 | 1:19.475 | +1.127 |
| 10 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:19.403 | 1:18.970 | 1:19.659 | +1.311 |
| 11 | 63George Russell | Williams | 1:19.797 | 1:19.109 | — | +0.761 |
| 12 | 99Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:19.410 | 1:19.216 | — | +0.868 |
| 13 | 14Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 1:19.728 | 1:19.456 | — | +1.108 |
| 14 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:19.684 | 1:19.463 | — | +1.115 |
| 15 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 1:19.748 | 1:19.812 | — | +1.464 |
| 16 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1:19.839 | — | — | +1.491 |
| 17 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:19.913 | — | — | +1.565 |
| 18 | 6Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:20.285 | — | — | +1.937 |
| 19 | 47Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 1:20.452 | — | — | +2.104 |
| 20 | 9Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 1:20.912 | — | — | +2.564 |