Round 8 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2021-06-27
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) took pole for the 2021 Styrian Grand Prix with a 1:03.841 lap.
Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.194s shy of pole, with Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) third on the grid. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while George Russell (Williams) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 0.867s — pole to P10 — with Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:04.489 | 1:04.433 | 1:03.841 | 1:03.841 |
| 2 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:04.537 | 1:04.443 | 1:04.035 | +0.194 |
| 3 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:04.672 | 1:04.512 | 1:04.067 | +0.226 |
| 4 |
| 1Lando Norris |
| McLaren |
| 1:04.584 |
| 1:04.298 |
| 1:04.120 |
| +0.279 |
| 5 | 11Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 1:04.638 | 1:04.197 | 1:04.168 | +0.327 |
| 6 | 10Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:04.765 | 1:04.429 | 1:04.236 | +0.395 |
| 7 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:04.745 | 1:04.646 | 1:04.472 | +0.631 |
| 8 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:04.608 | 1:04.631 | 1:04.514 | +0.673 |
| 9 | 14Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 1:04.971 | 1:04.582 | 1:04.574 | +0.733 |
| 10 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:04.821 | 1:04.663 | 1:04.708 | +0.867 |
| 11 | 63George Russell | Williams | 1:05.033 | 1:04.671 | — | +0.830 |
| 12 | 55Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:04.859 | 1:04.800 | — | +0.959 |
| 13 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1:05.142 | 1:04.808 | — | +0.967 |
| 14 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:05.051 | 1:04.875 | — | +1.034 |
| 15 | 99Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:05.092 | 1:04.913 | — | +1.072 |
| 16 | 6Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:05.175 | — | — | +1.334 |
| 17 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:05.217 | — | — | +1.376 |
| 18 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 1:05.429 | — | — | +1.588 |
| 19 | 47Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 1:06.041 | — | — | +2.200 |
| 20 | 9Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 1:06.192 | — | — | +2.351 |