2020 F1 Portuguese Grand Prix qualifying results, full grid lineup

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