You’d be forgiven for thinking this was a Mexican GP qualifying event that was going to be dominated by Red Bull given their performance on Friday and the lack of pace Mercedes seemed to suffer. However, in FP3 and qualifying, Red Bull were clearly nursing a rear wing issue and will start behind the Mercedes duo of Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton respectively.
Qualifying results:
| Pos | Name | Car | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1m16.727s | 1m16.864s | 1m15.875s |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1m17.207s | 1m16.474s | 1m16.02s |
| 3 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull-Honda | 1m16.788s | 1m16.483s | 1m16.225s |
| 4 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull-Honda | 1m17.003s | 1m17.055s | 1m16.342s |
| 5 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri-Honda | 1m16.908s | 1m16.955s | 1m16.456s |
| 6 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Ferrari | 1m17.517s | 1m17.248s | 1m16.761s |
| 7 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m17.719s | 1m17.092s | 1m16.763s |
| 8 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1m16.748s | 1m17.034s | 1m16.837s |
| 9 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri-Honda | 1m17.33s | 1m16.701s | 1m17.158s |
| 10 | Lando Norris | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m17.569s | 1m17.473s | 1m36.83s |
| 11 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin-Mercedes | 1m17.502s | 1m17.746s | |
| 12 | Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | 1m17.606s | 1m17.958s | |
| 13 | George Russell | Williams-Mercedes | 1m17.958s | 1m18.172s | |
| 14 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | 1m17.897s | 1m18.29s | |
| 15 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine-Renault | 1m18.126s | 1m18.405s | |
| 16 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine-Renault | 1m18.452s | ||
| 17 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams-Mercedes | 1m18.756s | ||
| 18 | Mick Schumacher | Haas-Ferrari | 1m18.858s | ||
| 19 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas-Ferrari | 1m19.303s | ||
| 20 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin-Mercedes | 1m20.873s |
