- Pole
- Max Verstappen
- Pole team
- Red Bull
- Front row
- Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton
- Classified
- Top 22
- Round
- 16
- Circuit
- Sepang
- Qualifying date
- October 3, 2026
The front of the grid
Max Verstappen qualified first for Red Bull. Lewis Hamilton secured the other front-row place for Ferrari, with Isack Hadjar third for Red Bull.
How the classification lined up
The first three positions were Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton, and Isack Hadjar. P4 through P22 were Kimi Antonelli, Charles Leclerc, Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri, George Russell, Pierre Gasly, Gabriel Bortoleto, Liam Lawson, Fernando Alonso, Carlos Sainz Jr., Lance Stroll, Franco Colapinto, Arvid Lindblad, Nico Hülkenberg, Oliver Bearman, Esteban Ocon, Alexander Albon, Valtteri Bottas, and Sergio Pérez.
Team representation
Alpine placed 2 cars, Aston Martin placed 2 cars, Audi placed 2 cars, Cadillac placed 2 cars, Ferrari placed 2 cars, Haas placed 2 cars, McLaren placed 2 cars, Mercedes placed 2 cars, Racing Bulls placed 2 cars, Red Bull placed 2 cars, and Williams placed 2 cars in the published classification. This summary reports only the supplied order and driver identities.
This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Oct 4, 2026.