Round 5 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2023-05-07
Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) took pole for the 2023 Miami Grand Prix with a 1:26.841 lap.
Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) joined the front row, 0.361s shy of pole, with Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) third on the grid. Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Alexander Albon (Williams) missed the cut by 0.231s.
Q3 was settled inside 0.723s — pole to P10 — with Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 1:27.713 | 1:27.328 | 1:26.841 | 1:26.841 |
| 2 | 14Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 1:28.179 | 1:27.097 | 1:27.202 | +0.361 |
| 3 | 55Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:27.686 | 1:27.148 | 1:27.349 | +0.508 |
| 4 |
| 20Kevin Magnussen |
| Haas F1 Team |
| 1:27.809 |
| 1:27.673 |
| 1:27.767 |
| +0.926 |
| 5 | 10Pierre Gasly | Alpine F1 Team | 1:28.061 | 1:27.612 | 1:27.786 | +0.945 |
| 6 | 63George Russell | Mercedes | 1:28.086 | 1:27.743 | 1:27.804 | +0.963 |
| 7 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:27.713 | 1:26.964 | 1:27.861 | +1.020 |
| 8 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:27.872 | 1:27.444 | 1:27.935 | +1.094 |
| 9 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:27.363 | 1:26.814 | — | — |
| 10 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 1:27.864 | 1:27.564 | — | +0.723 |
| 11 | 23Alexander Albon | Williams | 1:28.234 | 1:27.795 | — | +0.954 |
| 12 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Haas F1 Team | 1:27.945 | 1:27.903 | — | +1.062 |
| 13 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:27.846 | 1:27.975 | — | +1.134 |
| 14 | 24Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 1:28.180 | 1:28.091 | — | +1.250 |
| 15 | 21Nyck de Vries | AlphaTauri | 1:28.325 | 1:28.395 | — | +1.554 |
| 16 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:28.394 | — | — | +1.553 |
| 17 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:28.429 | — | — | +1.588 |
| 18 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:28.476 | — | — | +1.635 |
| 19 | 81Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 1:28.484 | — | — | +1.643 |
| 20 | 2Logan Sargeant | Williams | 1:28.577 | — | — | +1.736 |