Pit Lane F1
Round 16 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2026-10-04
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) took pole for the 2026 Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia with a 1:35.130 lap.
Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.298s shy of pole, with Isack Hadjar (Red Bull) third on the grid. Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Liam Lawson (RB F1 Team) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.543s — pole to P10 — with Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:36.477 | 1:35.696 | 1:35.130 | 1:35.130 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Ferrari | 1:36.595 | 1:36.032 | 1:35.428 | +0.298 |
| 3 | 6Isack Hadjar | Red Bull | 1:36.898 | 1:36.192 | 1:35.558 | +0.428 |
| 4 |
| 12Andrea Kimi Antonelli |
| Mercedes |
| 1:37.041 |
| 1:35.959 |
| 1:35.631 |
| +0.501 |
| 5 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:36.730 | 1:35.970 | 1:35.666 | +0.536 |
| 6 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:37.092 | 1:36.173 | 1:35.757 | +0.627 |
| 7 | 81Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 1:36.852 | 1:36.020 | 1:35.762 | +0.632 |
| 8 | 63George Russell | Mercedes | 1:37.264 | 1:36.245 | 1:35.871 | +0.741 |
| 9 | 10Pierre Gasly | Alpine F1 Team | 1:37.174 | 1:36.410 | 1:37.210 | +2.080 |
| 10 | 5Gabriel Bortoleto | Audi | 1:37.106 | 1:36.814 | 1:37.673 | +2.543 |
| 11 | 30Liam Lawson | RB F1 Team | 1:37.332 | 1:37.023 | — | +1.893 |
| 12 | 14Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 1:37.721 | 1:37.220 | — | +2.090 |
| 13 | 55Carlos Sainz | Williams | 1:37.651 | 1:37.527 | — | +2.397 |
| 14 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:37.729 | 1:37.566 | — | +2.436 |
| 15 | 43Franco Colapinto | Alpine F1 Team | 1:37.179 | — | — | +2.049 |
| 16 | 41Arvid Lindblad | RB F1 Team | 1:37.883 | — | — | +2.753 |
| 17 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Audi | 1:37.970 | — | — | +2.840 |
| 18 | 87Oliver Bearman | Haas F1 Team | 1:37.980 | — | — | +2.850 |
| 19 | 31Esteban Ocon | Haas F1 Team | 1:38.233 | — | — | +3.103 |
| 20 | 23Alexander Albon | Williams | 1:38.600 | — | — | +3.470 |
| 21 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Cadillac F1 Team | 1:38.611 | — | — | +3.481 |
| 22 | 11Sergio Pérez | Cadillac F1 Team | 1:38.933 | — | — | +3.803 |