Pit Lane F1
Round 19 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2023-10-29
Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) took pole for the 2023 Mexico City Grand Prix with a 1:17.166 lap.
Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.067s shy of pole, with Max Verstappen (Red Bull) third on the grid. Guanyu Zhou (Alfa Romeo) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Pierre Gasly (Alpine F1 Team) missed the cut by 0.471s.
Q3 was settled inside 0.884s — pole to P10 — with Guanyu Zhou (Alfa Romeo) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:18.401 | 1:17.901 | 1:17.166 | 1:17.166 |
| 2 | 55Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:18.755 | 1:18.382 | 1:17.233 | +0.067 |
| 3 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:18.099 | 1:17.625 | 1:17.263 | +0.097 |
| 4 |
| 3Daniel Ricciardo |
| AlphaTauri |
| 1:18.341 |
| 1:17.706 |
| 1:17.382 |
| +0.216 |
| 5 | 11Sergio PĂ©rez | Red Bull | 1:18.553 | 1:18.124 | 1:17.423 | +0.257 |
| 6 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:18.677 | 1:17.571 | 1:17.454 | +0.288 |
| 7 | 81Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 1:18.241 | 1:17.874 | 1:17.623 | +0.457 |
| 8 | 63George Russell | Mercedes | 1:18.893 | 1:17.673 | 1:17.674 | +0.508 |
| 9 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 1:18.429 | 1:18.016 | 1:18.032 | +0.866 |
| 10 | 24Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 1:19.016 | 1:18.440 | 1:18.050 | +0.884 |
| 11 | 10Pierre Gasly | Alpine F1 Team | 1:18.945 | 1:18.521 | — | +1.355 |
| 12 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Haas F1 Team | 1:18.969 | 1:18.524 | — | +1.358 |
| 13 | 14Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 1:18.848 | 1:18.738 | — | +1.572 |
| 14 | 23Alexander Albon | Williams | 1:18.828 | 1:19.147 | — | +1.981 |
| 15 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:18.890 | — | — | +1.724 |
| 16 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:19.080 | — | — | +1.914 |
| 17 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:19.163 | — | — | +1.997 |
| 18 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:19.227 | — | — | +2.061 |
| 19 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:21.554 | — | — | +4.388 |
| 20 | 2Logan Sargeant | Williams | — | — | — | — |