Pit Lane F1
Round 22 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2023-11-26
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) took pole for the 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with a 1:23.445 lap.
Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.139s shy of pole, with Oscar Piastri (McLaren) third on the grid. Pierre Gasly (Alpine F1 Team) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.103s — pole to P10 — with Pierre Gasly (Alpine F1 Team) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:24.160 | 1:23.740 | 1:23.445 | 1:23.445 |
| 2 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:24.459 | 1:23.969 | 1:23.584 | +0.139 |
| 3 | 81Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 1:24.487 | 1:24.278 | 1:23.782 | +0.337 |
| 4 |
| 63George Russell |
| Mercedes |
| 1:24.337 |
| 1:24.013 |
| 1:23.788 |
| +0.343 |
| 5 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:24.368 | 1:23.920 | 1:23.816 | +0.371 |
| 6 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:24.286 | 1:24.207 | 1:23.968 | +0.523 |
| 7 | 14Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 1:24.501 | 1:24.131 | 1:24.084 | +0.639 |
| 8 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Haas F1 Team | 1:24.425 | 1:24.213 | 1:24.108 | +0.663 |
| 9 | 11Sergio PĂ©rez | Red Bull | 1:24.209 | 1:24.116 | 1:24.171 | +0.726 |
| 10 | 10Pierre Gasly | Alpine F1 Team | 1:24.600 | 1:24.078 | 1:24.548 | +1.103 |
| 11 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:24.437 | 1:24.359 | — | +0.914 |
| 12 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:24.565 | 1:24.391 | — | +0.946 |
| 13 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:24.405 | 1:24.422 | — | +0.977 |
| 14 | 23Alexander Albon | Williams | 1:24.298 | 1:24.439 | — | +0.994 |
| 15 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | AlphaTauri | 1:24.461 | 1:24.442 | — | +0.997 |
| 16 | 55Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:24.738 | — | — | +1.293 |
| 17 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:24.764 | — | — | +1.319 |
| 18 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 1:24.788 | — | — | +1.343 |
| 19 | 24Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 1:25.159 | — | — | +1.714 |
| 20 | 2Logan Sargeant | Williams | — | — | — | — |