Max Verstappen earned pole position in his Red Bull for the final race of the season. Fastest in FP3 was Hamilton who was two tenths of a second quicker than Verstappen. Hamilton waited a few minutes before going out, and then clocked a 1:23.266 to take the lead ahead of Bottas, Verstappen, Norris and Alonso. Hamilton and Bottas took to the track while Verstappen stayed in the pits. The fastest 15 drivers who moved on to Q2 were: Hamilton, Bottas, Verstappen, Perez, Tsunoda, Leclerc, Gasly, Norris, Sainz, Ocon, Ricciardo, Alonso, Stroll, Giovinazzi and Vettel. The fastest 10 drivers who moved on to Q3 were: Verstappen, Perez, Hamilton, Sainz, Leclerc, Bottas, Norris, Tsunoda, Ocon and Ricciardo. And when the noise stopped, the top 10 were Verstappen, Hamilton, Norris, Perez, Sainz, Bottas, Leclerc, Tsunoda, Ocon and Riccardo.

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