Round 5 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2021-05-23
Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) took pole for the 2021 Monaco Grand Prix with a 1:10.346 lap.
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) joined the front row, 0.230s shy of pole, with Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) third on the grid. Antonio Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Esteban Ocon (Alpine F1 Team) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.433s — pole to P10 — with Antonio Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:11.113 | 1:10.597 | 1:10.346 | 1:10.346 |
| 2 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:11.124 | 1:10.650 | 1:10.576 | +0.230 |
| 3 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:10.938 | 1:10.695 | 1:10.601 | +0.255 |
| 4 |
| 55Carlos Sainz |
| Ferrari |
| 1:11.324 |
| 1:10.806 |
| 1:10.611 |
| +0.265 |
| 5 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:11.321 | 1:11.031 | 1:10.620 | +0.274 |
| 6 | 10Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:11.560 | 1:11.179 | 1:10.900 | +0.554 |
| 7 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:11.622 | 1:11.116 | 1:11.095 | +0.749 |
| 8 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:12.078 | 1:11.309 | 1:11.419 | +1.073 |
| 9 | 11Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 1:11.644 | 1:11.019 | 1:11.573 | +1.227 |
| 10 | 99Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:11.658 | 1:11.409 | 1:11.779 | +1.433 |
| 11 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:11.740 | 1:11.486 | — | +1.140 |
| 12 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1:11.747 | 1:11.598 | — | +1.252 |
| 13 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:11.979 | 1:11.600 | — | +1.254 |
| 14 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 1:11.899 | 1:11.642 | — | +1.296 |
| 15 | 63George Russell | Williams | 1:12.016 | 1:11.830 | — | +1.484 |
| 16 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:12.096 | — | — | +1.750 |
| 17 | 14Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 1:12.205 | — | — | +1.859 |
| 18 | 6Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:12.366 | — | — | +2.020 |
| 19 | 9Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 1:12.958 | — | — | +2.612 |