Pit Lane F1
Round 2 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2023-03-19
Sergio PĂ©rez (Red Bull) took pole for the 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix with a 1:28.265 lap.
Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.155s shy of pole, with Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) third on the grid. Pierre Gasly (Alpine F1 Team) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Nico HĂĽlkenberg (Haas F1 Team) missed the cut by 0.094s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.092s — pole to P10 — with Pierre Gasly (Alpine F1 Team) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11Sergio PĂ©rez | Red Bull | 1:29.244 | 1:28.635 | 1:28.265 | 1:28.265 |
| 2 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:29.376 | 1:28.903 | 1:28.420 | +0.155 |
| 3 | 14Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 1:29.298 | 1:28.757 | 1:28.730 | +0.465 |
| 4 |
| 63George Russell |
| Mercedes |
| 1:29.592 |
| 1:29.132 |
| 1:28.857 |
| +0.592 |
| 5 | 55Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:29.411 | 1:28.957 | 1:28.931 | +0.666 |
| 6 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:29.335 | 1:28.962 | 1:28.945 | +0.680 |
| 7 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:29.707 | 1:29.255 | 1:29.078 | +0.813 |
| 8 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:29.689 | 1:29.374 | 1:29.223 | +0.958 |
| 9 | 81Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 1:29.706 | 1:29.378 | 1:29.243 | +0.978 |
| 10 | 10Pierre Gasly | Alpine F1 Team | 1:29.890 | 1:29.411 | 1:29.357 | +1.092 |
| 11 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Haas F1 Team | 1:29.547 | 1:29.451 | — | +1.186 |
| 12 | 24Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 1:29.654 | 1:29.461 | — | +1.196 |
| 13 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:29.744 | 1:29.634 | — | +1.369 |
| 14 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 1:29.929 | 1:29.668 | — | +1.403 |
| 15 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:28.761 | 1:49.953 | — | +21.688 |
| 16 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:29.939 | — | — | +1.674 |
| 17 | 23Alexander Albon | Williams | 1:29.994 | — | — | +1.729 |
| 18 | 21Nyck de Vries | AlphaTauri | 1:30.244 | — | — | +1.979 |
| 19 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:30.447 | — | — | +2.182 |
| 20 | 2Logan Sargeant | Williams | 2:08.510 | — | — | +40.245 |