Pit Lane F1
Round 5 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2024-04-21
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) took pole for the 2024 Chinese Grand Prix with a 1:33.660 lap.
Sergio PĂ©rez (Red Bull) joined the front row, 0.322s shy of pole, with Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) third on the grid. Valtteri Bottas (Sauber) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) missed the cut by 0.173s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.005s — pole to P10 — with Valtteri Bottas (Sauber) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:34.742 | 1:33.794 | 1:33.660 | 1:33.660 |
| 2 | 11Sergio PĂ©rez | Red Bull | 1:35.457 | 1:34.026 | 1:33.982 | +0.322 |
| 3 | 14Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 1:35.116 | 1:34.652 | 1:34.148 | +0.488 |
| 4 |
| 1Lando Norris |
| McLaren |
| 1:34.842 |
| 1:34.460 |
| 1:34.165 |
| +0.505 |
| 5 | 81Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 1:35.014 | 1:34.659 | 1:34.273 | +0.613 |
| 6 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:34.797 | 1:34.399 | 1:34.289 | +0.629 |
| 7 | 55Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:34.970 | 1:34.368 | 1:34.297 | +0.637 |
| 8 | 63George Russell | Mercedes | 1:35.084 | 1:34.609 | 1:34.433 | +0.773 |
| 9 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Haas F1 Team | 1:35.068 | 1:34.667 | 1:34.604 | +0.944 |
| 10 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Sauber | 1:35.169 | 1:34.769 | 1:34.665 | +1.005 |
| 11 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:35.334 | 1:34.838 | — | +1.178 |
| 12 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | RB F1 Team | 1:35.443 | 1:34.934 | — | +1.274 |
| 13 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:35.356 | 1:35.223 | — | +1.563 |
| 14 | 23Alexander Albon | Williams | 1:35.384 | 1:35.241 | — | +1.581 |
| 15 | 10Pierre Gasly | Alpine F1 Team | 1:35.287 | 1:35.463 | — | +1.803 |
| 16 | 24Guanyu Zhou | Sauber | 1:35.505 | — | — | +1.845 |
| 17 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:35.516 | — | — | +1.856 |
| 18 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:35.573 | — | — | +1.913 |
| 19 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | RB F1 Team | 1:35.746 | — | — | +2.086 |
| 20 | 2Logan Sargeant | Williams | 1:36.358 | — | — | +2.698 |