Pit Lane F1
Round 17 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2023-10-08
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) took pole for the 2023 Qatar Grand Prix with a 1:23.778 lap.
George Russell (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.441s shy of pole, with Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) third on the grid. Lando Norris (McLaren) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) missed the cut by 0.616s.
Q3 was settled inside 0.907s — pole to P10 — with Lando Norris (McLaren) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:25.007 | 1:24.483 | 1:23.778 | 1:23.778 |
| 2 | 63George Russell | Mercedes | 1:25.334 | 1:24.827 | 1:24.219 | +0.441 |
| 3 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:26.076 | 1:24.381 | 1:24.305 | +0.527 |
| 4 |
| 14Fernando Alonso |
| Aston Martin |
| 1:25.223 |
| 1:25.241 |
| 1:24.369 |
| +0.591 |
| 5 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:25.452 | 1:25.079 | 1:24.424 | +0.646 |
| 6 | 81Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 1:25.266 | 1:24.724 | 1:24.540 | +0.762 |
| 7 | 10Pierre Gasly | Alpine F1 Team | 1:25.566 | 1:24.918 | 1:24.553 | +0.775 |
| 8 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:25.711 | 1:24.928 | 1:24.763 | +0.985 |
| 9 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 1:26.038 | 1:25.297 | 1:25.058 | +1.280 |
| 10 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:25.131 | 1:24.685 | — | +0.907 |
| 11 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:26.058 | 1:25.301 | — | +1.523 |
| 12 | 55Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:25.808 | 1:25.328 | — | +1.550 |
| 13 | 11Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 1:25.991 | 1:25.462 | — | +1.684 |
| 14 | 23Alexander Albon | Williams | 1:26.118 | 1:25.707 | — | +1.929 |
| 15 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Haas F1 Team | 1:25.904 | 1:25.783 | — | +2.005 |
| 16 | 2Logan Sargeant | Williams | 1:26.210 | — | — | +2.432 |
| 17 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:26.345 | — | — | +2.567 |
| 18 | 30Liam Lawson | AlphaTauri | 1:26.635 | — | — | +2.857 |
| 19 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:27.046 | — | — | +3.268 |
| 20 | 24Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 1:27.432 | — | — | +3.654 |