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Hadjar qualifies third and carries a five-place grid penalty into Sunday.\n\n1. P1\n\n #### Max Verstappen\n\n Red Bull Racing\n\n **1:35.130**\n2. P2\n\n #### Lewis Hamilton\n\n Ferrari\n\n **1:35.428** +0.298s\n3. P3\n\n #### Isack Hadjar\n\n Red Bull Racing\n\n **1:35.558** +0.428s\n\nQualifying positions are shown below. Grid penalties affect Sunday’s starting order.\n\n| Pos. | Team | Driver | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| **Q3** Final shootout | | | | | | |\n| 1 | | Max Verstappen #3 | 1:36.477 | 1:35.696 | 1:35.130 | 12 |\n| 2 | | Lewis Hamilton #44 | 1:36.595 | 1:36.032 | 1:35.428 | 15 |\n| 3 | | Isack Hadjar #6 Five-place grid penalty for a power-unit change. | 1:36.898 | 1:36.192 | 1:35.558 | 12 |\n| 4 | | Kimi Antonelli #12 | 1:37.041 | 1:35.959 | 1:35.631 | 12 |\n| 5 | | Charles Leclerc #16 | 1:36.730 | 1:35.970 | 1:35.666 | 12 |\n| 6 | | Lando Norris #1 | 1:37.092 | 1:36.173 | 1:35.757 | 12 |\n| 7 | | Oscar Piastri #81 | 1:36.852 | 1:36.020 | 1:35.762 | 12 |\n| 8 | | George Russell #63 | 1:37.264 | 1:36.245 | 1:35.871 | 12 |\n| 9 | | Pierre Gasly #10 | 1:37.174 | 1:36.410 | 1:37.210 | 18 |\n| 10 | | Gabriel Bortoleto #5 | 1:37.106 | 1:36.814 | 1:37.673 | 18 |\n| **Q2** Eliminated in Q2 | | | | | | |\n| 11 | | Liam Lawson #30 | 1:37.332 | 1:37.023 | — | 12 |\n| 12 | | Fernando Alonso #14 | 1:37.721 | 1:37.220 | — | 9 |\n| 13 | | Carlos Sainz #55 | 1:37.651 | 1:37.527 | — | 12 |\n| 14 | | Lance Stroll #18 | 1:37.729 | 1:37.566 | — | 12 |\n| 15 | | Franco Colapinto #43 15 places of grid penalties: ten for a power-unit change and five carried over from Baku. | 1:37.179 | DNF | — | 8 |\n| 16 | | Arvid Lindblad #41 30-place grid penalty for power-unit changes; starts at the back of the field. | 1:37.883 | DNF | — | 9 |\n| **Q1** Eliminated in Q1 | | | | | | |\n| 17 | | Nico Hulkenberg #27 | 1:37.970 | — | — | 6 |\n| 18 | | Oliver Bearman #87 | 1:37.980 | — | — | 9 |\n| 19 | | Esteban Ocon #31 | 1:38.233 | — | — | 9 |\n| 20 | | Alexander Albon #23 | 1:38.600 | — | — | 6 |\n| 21 | | Valtteri Bottas #77 | 1:38.611 | — | — | 6 |\n| 22 | | Sergio Perez #11 | 1:38.933 | — | — | 6 |\n\nDNF in Q2 means the driver did not finish that segment. A dash means no time was recorded in that segment.\n\nResults notes & official classifications\n\nClassifications recorded on 2026-10-03. Positions may change after steward decisions. Qualifying positions can differ from the starting grid; penalties and classification changes are noted where published.\n\nPractice lap times are calculated from the leading lap and the published gaps, to the nearest millisecond.\n\n- [Practice 1 classification ↗]()\n- [Practice 2 classification ↗]()\n- [Practice 3 classification ↗]()\n- [Qualifying classification ↗]()\n- [Grid penalties ↗]()\n- [Official weekend timetable ↗]()" }