Pit Lane F1
Round 20 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2022-10-30
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) took pole for the 2022 Mexico City Grand Prix with a 1:17.775 lap.
George Russell (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.304s shy of pole, with Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) third on the grid. Esteban Ocon (Alpine F1 Team) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) missed the cut by 0.315s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.235s — pole to P10 — with Esteban Ocon (Alpine F1 Team) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:19.222 | 1:18.566 | 1:17.775 | 1:17.775 |
| 2 | 63George Russell | Mercedes | 1:19.583 | 1:18.565 | 1:18.079 | +0.304 |
| 3 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:19.169 | 1:18.552 | 1:18.084 | +0.309 |
| 4 |
| 11Sergio PĂ©rez |
| Red Bull |
| 1:19.706 |
| 1:18.615 |
| 1:18.128 |
| +0.353 |
| 5 | 55Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:19.566 | 1:18.560 | 1:18.351 | +0.576 |
| 6 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 1:19.523 | 1:18.762 | 1:18.401 | +0.626 |
| 7 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:19.505 | 1:19.109 | 1:18.555 | +0.780 |
| 8 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:19.857 | 1:19.119 | 1:18.721 | +0.946 |
| 9 | 14Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 1:20.006 | 1:19.272 | 1:18.939 | +1.164 |
| 10 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:19.945 | 1:19.081 | 1:19.010 | +1.235 |
| 11 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1:20.279 | 1:19.325 | — | +1.550 |
| 12 | 24Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 1:20.283 | 1:19.476 | — | +1.701 |
| 13 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:19.907 | 1:19.589 | — | +1.814 |
| 14 | 10Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:20.256 | 1:19.672 | — | +1.897 |
| 15 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:20.293 | 1:19.833 | — | +2.058 |
| 16 | 47Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 1:20.419 | — | — | +2.644 |
| 17 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:20.419 | — | — | +2.644 |
| 18 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:20.520 | — | — | +2.745 |
| 19 | 23Alexander Albon | Williams | 1:20.859 | — | — | +3.084 |
| 20 | 6Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:21.167 | — | — | +3.392 |