2020 F1 Portuguese Grand Prix qualifying results, full grid lineup
Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton will start the Portuguese Grand Prix from pole position, the 12th round of the 2020 Formula 1 World Championship season, at Portimao ahead of teammate Valtteri Bottas.
After a 30-minute delay to fix a drain cover, the teams were unleashed for the first-ever contemporary F1 qualifying sessions at the Algarve International Circuit.
In the top-10 shootout, Bottas set the bar at 1m16.986s, 0.047s quicker than Hamilton. For the second runs, Mercedes switched to the medium tyres, with Hamilton taking provisional pole with 1m16.934s, to pip Bottas by 0.052s.
Bottas struck back with a lap of 1m16.754s, only for Hamilton to respond with 1m16.652s on his second flying lap (Bottas only had one) that sealed pole position.
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen will start third, having briefly split the Mercedes, ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc.
Sergio Perez qualified fifth for Racing Point, ahead of Alex Albon’s Red Bull. The McLarens of Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris were next up, ahead of Pierre Gasly’s AlphaTauri and Daniel Ricciardo (Renault) who didn’t run after his Q2 off.
In Qualifying 2, Bottas was fastest on the medium tyres with 1m16.466s, 0.358s faster than Hamilton on similar rubber. Verstappen was 0.572s off in third, complaining of “no grip” despite using the softs, while Ricciardo escaped a spin at Turn 11 on his last lap to just make Q3.
Knocked out at this point were Renault’s Esteban Ocon, Lance Stroll (Racing Point), Daniil Kvyat (AlphaTauri), an impressive George Russell (Williams) and a less impressive Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari), whose gamble to make Q3 on mediums, like teammate Leclerc, failed by a long way.
In Qualifying 1, Hamilton set the fastest time at 1m16.828s, 0.051s quicker than Verstappen, with Bottas a tenth off the pace.
Falling at the first hurdle were the Alfa Romeos of Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi, the soon-to-be-dumped Haas duo Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen, and Nicholas Latifi (Williams).
F1 Portuguese Grand Prix qualifying grid results
| Cla | Driver | Chassis | Engine | Time | Gap | km/h | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Lewis Hamilton |  | Mercedes | Mercedes | 1'16.652 | 219.986 | |
| 2 |  Valtteri Bottas |  | Mercedes | Mercedes | 1'16.754 | 0.102 | 219.694 |
| 3 |  Max Verstappen |  | Red Bull | Honda | 1'16.904 | 0.252 | 219.265 |
| 4 |  Charles Leclerc |  | Ferrari | Ferrari | 1'17.090 | 0.438 | 218.736 |
| 5 |  Sergio Perez |  | Racing Point | Mercedes | 1'17.223 | 0.571 | 218.359 |
| 6 |  Alex Albon |  | Red Bull | Honda | 1'17.437 | 0.785 | 217.756 |
| 7 |  Carlos Sainz Jr. |  | McLaren | Renault | 1'17.520 | 0.868 | 217.523 |
| 8 | Lando Norris |  | McLaren | Renault | 1'17.525 | 0.873 | 217.509 |
| 9 |  Pierre Gasly |  | AlphaTauri | Honda | 1'17.803 | 1.151 | 216.732 |
| 10 |  Daniel Ricciardo |  | Renault | Renault | |||
| 11 | Esteban Ocon |  | Renault | Renault | 1'17.614 | 0.962 | 217.259 |
| 12 |  Lance Stroll |  | Racing Point | Mercedes | 1'17.626 | 0.974 | 217.226 |
| 13 |  Daniil Kvyat |  | AlphaTauri | Honda | 1'17.728 | 1.076 | 216.941 |
| 14 | George Russell |  | Williams | Mercedes | 1'17.788 | 1.136 | 216.773 |
| 15 |  Sebastian Vettel |  | Ferrari | Ferrari | 1'17.919 | 1.267 | 216.409 |
| 16 | Kimi Raikkonen |  | Alfa Romeo | Ferrari | 1'18.201 | 1.549 | 215.628 |
| 17 |  Antonio Giovinazzi |  | Alfa Romeo | Ferrari | 1'18.323 | 1.671 | 215.293 |
| 18 | Romain Grosjean |  | Haas | Ferrari | 1'18.364 | 1.712 | 215.180 |
| 19 |  Kevin Magnussen |  | Haas | Ferrari | 1'18.508 | 1.856 | 214.785 |
| 20 | Nicholas Latifi |  | Williams | Mercedes | 1'18.777 | 2.125 | 214.052 |
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F1 Portuguese Grand Prix qualifying Q3 results
| Cla | Driver | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Time | Gap | Interval | km/h | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton |  | Mercedes | Mercedes | 8 | 1'16.652 | 219.986 | ||
| 2 | Valtteri Bottas |  | Mercedes | Mercedes | 6 | 1'16.754 | 0.102 | 0.102 | 219.694 |
| 3 | Max Verstappen |  | Red Bull | Honda | 8 | 1'16.904 | 0.252 | 0.150 | 219.265 |
| 4 | Charles Leclerc |  | Ferrari | Ferrari | 8 | 1'17.090 | 0.438 | 0.186 | 218.736 |
| 5 | Sergio Perez |  | Racing Point | Mercedes | 7 | 1'17.223 | 0.571 | 0.133 | 218.359 |
| 6 | Alex Albon |  | Red Bull | Honda | 8 | 1'17.437 | 0.785 | 0.214 | 217.756 |
| 7 | Carlos Sainz Jr. |  | McLaren | Renault | 6 | 1'17.520 | 0.868 | 0.083 | 217.523 |
| 8 | Lando Norris |  | McLaren | Renault | 6 | 1'17.525 | 0.873 | 0.005 | 217.509 |
| 9 | Pierre Gasly |  | AlphaTauri | Honda | 5 | 1'17.803 | 1.151 | 0.278 | 216.732 |
| 10 | Daniel Ricciardo | | Renault | Renault | 0 | ||||
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F1 Portuguese Grand Prix qualifying Q2 results
| Cla | Driver | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Time | Gap | Interval | km/h | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valtteri Bottas | | Mercedes | Mercedes | 6 | 1'16.466 | 220.521 | ||
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton |  | Mercedes | Mercedes | 7 | 1'16.824 | 0.358 | 0.358 | 219.493 |
| 3 | Max Verstappen |  | Red Bull | Honda | 9 | 1'17.038 | 0.572 | 0.214 | 218.884 |
| 4 | Sergio Perez | | Racing Point | Mercedes | 7 | 1'17.129 | 0.663 | 0.091 | 218.625 |
| 5 | Carlos Sainz Jr. |  | McLaren | Renault | 8 | 1'17.183 | 0.717 | 0.054 | 218.472 |
| 6 | Lando Norris | | McLaren | Renault | 7 | 1'17.321 | 0.855 | 0.138 | 218.083 |
| 7 | Pierre Gasly | | AlphaTauri | Honda | 9 | 1'17.367 | 0.901 | 0.046 | 217.953 |
| 8 | Charles Leclerc |  | Ferrari | Ferrari | 9 | 1'17.367 | 0.901 | 0.000 | 217.953 |
| 9 | Alex Albon | | Red Bull | Honda | 10 | 1'17.411 | 0.945 | 0.044 | 217.829 |
| 10 | Daniel Ricciardo |  | Renault | Renault | 9 | 1'17.481 | 1.015 | 0.070 | 217.632 |
| 11 | Esteban Ocon |  | Renault | Renault | 8 | 1'17.614 | 1.148 | 0.133 | 217.259 |
| 12 | Lance Stroll | | Racing Point | Mercedes | 10 | 1'17.626 | 1.160 | 0.012 | 217.226 |
| 13 | Daniil Kvyat |  | AlphaTauri | Honda | 10 | 1'17.728 | 1.262 | 0.102 | 216.941 |
| 14 | George Russell |  | Williams | Mercedes | 6 | 1'17.788 | 1.322 | 0.060 | 216.773 |
| 15 | Sebastian Vettel | | Ferrari | Ferrari | 10 | 1'17.919 | 1.453 | 0.131 | 216.409 |
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F1 Portuguese Grand Prix qualifying Q1 results
| Cla | Driver | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Time | Gap | Interval | km/h | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton |  | Mercedes | Mercedes | 6 | 1'16.828 | 219.482 | ||
| 2 | Max Verstappen | | Red Bull | Honda | 6 | 1'16.879 | 0.051 | 0.051 | 219.336 |
| 3 | Valtteri Bottas | | Mercedes | Mercedes | 5 | 1'16.945 | 0.117 | 0.066 | 219.148 |
| 4 | Pierre Gasly |  | AlphaTauri | Honda | 12 | 1'17.209 | 0.381 | 0.264 | 218.399 |
| 5 | Sergio Perez |  | Racing Point | Mercedes | 7 | 1'17.370 | 0.542 | 0.161 | 217.944 |
| 6 | Charles Leclerc | | Ferrari | Ferrari | 6 | 1'17.421 | 0.593 | 0.051 | 217.801 |
| 7 | Alex Albon | | Red Bull | Honda | 11 | 1'17.435 | 0.607 | 0.014 | 217.761 |
| 8 | Sebastian Vettel | | Ferrari | Ferrari | 10 | 1'17.446 | 0.618 | 0.011 | 217.731 |
| 9 | Lando Norris | | McLaren | Renault | 11 | 1'17.547 | 0.719 | 0.101 | 217.447 |
| 10 | Daniel Ricciardo | | Renault | Renault | 8 | 1'17.621 | 0.793 | 0.074 | 217.240 |
| 11 | Carlos Sainz Jr. |  | McLaren | Renault | 10 | 1'17.627 | 0.799 | 0.006 | 217.223 |
| 12 | Lance Stroll |  | Racing Point | Mercedes | 12 | 1'17.667 | 0.839 | 0.040 | 217.111 |
| 13 | Esteban Ocon | | Renault | Renault | 10 | 1'17.775 | 0.947 | 0.108 | 216.810 |
| 14 | Daniil Kvyat |  | AlphaTauri | Honda | 12 | 1'17.841 | 1.013 | 0.066 | 216.626 |
| 15 | George Russell | | Williams | Mercedes | 11 | 1'17.931 | 1.103 | 0.090 | 216.376 |
| 16 | Kimi Raikkonen | | Alfa Romeo | Ferrari | 12 | 1'18.201 | 1.373 | 0.270 | 215.628 |
| 17 | Antonio Giovinazzi |  | Alfa Romeo | Ferrari | 12 | 1'18.323 | 1.495 | 0.122 | 215.293 |
| 18 | Romain Grosjean |  | Haas | Ferrari | 12 | 1'18.364 | 1.536 | 0.041 | 215.180 |
| 19 | Kevin Magnussen |  | Haas | Ferrari | 10 | 1'18.508 | 1.680 | 0.144 | 214.785 |
| 20 | Nicholas Latifi | | Williams | Mercedes | 11 | 1'18.777 | 1.949 | 0.269 | 214.052 |
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F1 Portuguese Grand Prix qualifying as it happened
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| Author | Charles Bradley |
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