Pit Lane F1
Round 4 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2021-05-09
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) took pole for the 2021 Spanish Grand Prix with a 1:16.741 lap.
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) joined the front row, 0.036s shy of pole, with Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) third on the grid. Fernando Alonso (Alpine F1 Team) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.406s — pole to P10 — with Fernando Alonso (Alpine F1 Team) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:18.245 | 1:17.166 | 1:16.741 | 1:16.741 |
| 2 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:18.090 | 1:16.922 | 1:16.777 | +0.036 |
| 3 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:18.005 | 1:17.142 | 1:16.873 | +0.132 |
| 4 |
| 16Charles Leclerc |
| Ferrari |
| 1:18.041 |
| 1:17.717 |
| 1:17.510 |
| +0.769 |
| 5 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:18.281 | 1:17.743 | 1:17.580 | +0.839 |
| 6 | 55Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:18.205 | 1:17.656 | 1:17.620 | +0.879 |
| 7 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1:18.264 | 1:17.719 | 1:17.622 | +0.881 |
| 8 | 11Sergio PĂ©rez | Red Bull | 1:18.203 | 1:17.669 | 1:17.701 | +0.960 |
| 9 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:17.821 | 1:17.696 | 1:18.010 | +1.269 |
| 10 | 14Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 1:18.281 | 1:17.966 | 1:18.147 | +1.406 |
| 11 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:18.241 | 1:17.974 | — | +1.233 |
| 12 | 10Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:18.190 | 1:17.982 | — | +1.241 |
| 13 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:18.289 | 1:18.079 | — | +1.338 |
| 14 | 99Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:18.549 | 1:18.356 | — | +1.615 |
| 15 | 63George Russell | Williams | 1:18.445 | 1:19.154 | — | +2.413 |
| 16 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:18.556 | — | — | +1.815 |
| 17 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 1:18.917 | — | — | +2.176 |
| 18 | 47Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 1:19.117 | — | — | +2.376 |
| 19 | 6Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:19.219 | — | — | +2.478 |
| 20 | 9Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 1:19.807 | — | — | +3.066 |