Round 22 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2022-11-20
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) took pole for the 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with a 1:23.824 lap.
Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) joined the front row, 0.228s shy of pole, with Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) third on the grid. Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Fernando Alonso (Alpine F1 Team) missed the cut by 0.051s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.221s — pole to P10 — with Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:24.754 | 1:24.622 | 1:23.824 | 1:23.824 |
| 2 | 11Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 1:24.820 | 1:24.419 | 1:24.052 | +0.228 |
| 3 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:25.211 | 1:24.517 | 1:24.092 | +0.268 |
| 4 |
| 55Carlos Sainz |
| Ferrari |
| 1:25.090 |
| 1:24.521 |
| 1:24.242 |
| +0.418 |
| 5 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:25.594 | 1:24.774 | 1:24.508 | +0.684 |
| 6 | 63George Russell | Mercedes | 1:25.545 | 1:24.940 | 1:24.511 | +0.687 |
| 7 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:25.387 | 1:24.903 | 1:24.769 | +0.945 |
| 8 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:25.735 | 1:25.007 | 1:24.830 | +1.006 |
| 9 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:25.523 | 1:24.974 | 1:24.961 | +1.137 |
| 10 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1:25.766 | 1:25.068 | 1:25.045 | +1.221 |
| 11 | 14Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 1:25.782 | 1:25.096 | — | +1.272 |
| 12 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:25.630 | 1:25.219 | — | +1.395 |
| 13 | 47Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 1:25.711 | 1:25.225 | — | +1.401 |
| 14 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:25.741 | 1:25.359 | — | +1.535 |
| 15 | 24Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 1:25.594 | 1:25.408 | — | +1.584 |
| 16 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:25.834 | — | — | +2.010 |
| 17 | 10Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:25.859 | — | — | +2.035 |
| 18 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 1:25.892 | — | — | +2.068 |
| 19 | 23Alexander Albon | Williams | 1:26.028 | — | — | +2.204 |
| 20 | 6Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:26.054 | — | — | +2.230 |