Pit Lane F1
Round 7 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2021-06-20
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) took pole for the 2021 French Grand Prix with a 1:29.990 lap.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.258s shy of pole, with Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) third on the grid. Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Esteban Ocon (Alpine F1 Team) missed the cut by 0.354s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.392s — pole to P10 — with Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:31.001 | 1:31.080 | 1:29.990 | 1:29.990 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:31.237 | 1:30.788 | 1:30.248 | +0.258 |
| 3 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:31.669 | 1:30.735 | 1:30.376 | +0.386 |
| 4 |
| 11Sergio PĂ©rez |
| Red Bull |
| 1:31.560 |
| 1:30.971 |
| 1:30.445 |
| +0.455 |
| 5 | 55Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:32.079 | 1:31.146 | 1:30.840 | +0.850 |
| 6 | 10Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:31.898 | 1:31.353 | 1:30.868 | +0.878 |
| 7 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:32.209 | 1:31.567 | 1:30.987 | +0.997 |
| 8 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:31.733 | 1:31.542 | 1:31.252 | +1.262 |
| 9 | 14Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 1:32.158 | 1:31.549 | 1:31.340 | +1.350 |
| 10 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1:32.181 | 1:31.615 | 1:31.382 | +1.392 |
| 11 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:32.139 | 1:31.736 | — | +1.746 |
| 12 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:32.132 | 1:31.767 | — | +1.777 |
| 13 | 99Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:32.722 | 1:31.813 | — | +1.823 |
| 14 | 63George Russell | Williams | 1:33.060 | 1:32.065 | — | +2.075 |
| 15 | 47Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 1:32.942 | — | — | +2.952 |
| 16 | 6Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:33.062 | — | — | +3.072 |
| 17 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 1:33.354 | — | — | +3.364 |
| 18 | 9Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 1:33.554 | — | — | +3.564 |
| 19 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | — | — | — | — |