Round 9 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2021-07-04
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) took pole for the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix with a 1:03.720 lap.
Lando Norris (McLaren) joined the front row, 0.048s shy of pole, with Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) third on the grid. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 0.898s — pole to P10 — with Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:04.249 | 1:03.927 | 1:03.720 | 1:03.720 |
| 2 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:04.345 | 1:04.415 | 1:03.768 | +0.048 |
| 3 | 11Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 1:04.833 | 1:04.483 | 1:03.990 | +0.270 |
| 4 |
| 44Lewis Hamilton |
| Mercedes |
| 1:04.506 |
| 1:04.258 |
| 1:04.014 |
| +0.294 |
| 5 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:04.563 | 1:04.376 | 1:04.049 | +0.329 |
| 6 | 10Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:04.841 | 1:04.412 | 1:04.107 | +0.387 |
| 7 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:04.967 | 1:04.518 | 1:04.273 | +0.553 |
| 8 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:04.846 | 1:04.493 | 1:04.570 | +0.850 |
| 9 | 63George Russell | Williams | 1:04.907 | 1:04.553 | 1:04.591 | +0.871 |
| 10 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:04.927 | 1:04.547 | 1:04.618 | +0.898 |
| 11 | 55Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:04.596 | 1:04.559 | — | +0.839 |
| 12 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:04.906 | 1:04.600 | — | +0.880 |
| 13 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1:04.977 | 1:04.719 | — | +0.999 |
| 14 | 14Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 1:04.472 | 1:04.856 | — | +1.136 |
| 15 | 99Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:04.782 | 1:05.083 | — | +1.363 |
| 16 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 1:05.009 | — | — | +1.289 |
| 17 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:05.051 | — | — | +1.331 |
| 18 | 6Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:05.195 | — | — | +1.475 |
| 19 | 47Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 1:05.427 | — | — | +1.707 |
| 20 | 9Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 1:05.951 | — | — | +2.231 |