Round 6 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2021-06-06
Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) took pole for the 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix with a 1:41.218 lap.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.232s shy of pole, with Max Verstappen (Red Bull) third on the grid. Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.441s — pole to P10 — with Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:42.241 | 1:41.659 | 1:41.218 | 1:41.218 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:41.545 | 1:41.634 | 1:41.450 | +0.232 |
| 3 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:41.760 | 1:41.625 | 1:41.563 | +0.345 |
| 4 |
| 10Pierre Gasly |
| AlphaTauri |
| 1:42.288 |
| 1:41.932 |
| 1:41.565 |
| +0.347 |
| 5 | 55Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:42.121 | 1:41.740 | 1:41.576 | +0.358 |
| 6 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:42.167 | 1:41.813 | 1:41.747 | +0.529 |
| 7 | 11Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 1:41.968 | 1:41.630 | 1:41.917 | +0.699 |
| 8 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:42.521 | 1:41.654 | 1:42.211 | +0.993 |
| 9 | 14Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 1:42.934 | 1:42.195 | 1:42.327 | +1.109 |
| 10 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:42.701 | 1:42.106 | 1:42.659 | +1.441 |
| 11 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:42.460 | 1:42.224 | — | +1.006 |
| 12 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:42.426 | 1:42.273 | — | +1.055 |
| 13 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1:42.304 | 1:42.558 | — | +1.340 |
| 14 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 1:42.923 | 1:42.587 | — | +1.369 |
| 15 | 63George Russell | Williams | 1:42.728 | 1:42.758 | — | +1.540 |
| 16 | 6Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:43.128 | — | — | +1.910 |
| 17 | 47Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 1:44.158 | — | — | +2.940 |
| 18 | 9Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 1:44.238 | — | — | +3.020 |
| 19 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | 99Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | — | — | — | — |