| P | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
| 1 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes |
00:53.904 | 00:53.803 | 00:53.377 | 24 |
| 2 | George Russell* | Mercedes |
00:54.160 | 00:53.819 | 00:53.403 | 25 |
| 3 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | 00:54.037 | 00:53.647 | 00:53.433 | 17 |
| 4 | Charles Leclerc | Scuderia Ferrari | 00:54.249 | 00:53.825 | 00:53.613 | 21 |
| 5 | Sergio Perez | Racing Point | 00:54.236 | 00:53.787 | 00:53.790 | 17 |
| 6 | Daniil Kvyat | AlphaTauri | 00:54.346 | 00:53.856 | 00:53.906 | 26 |
| 7 | Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | 00:54.388 | 00:53.871 | 00:53.957 | 15 |
| 8 | Carlos Sainz | McLaren | 00:54.450 | 00:53.818 | 00:54.010 | 20 |
| 9 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 00:54.207 | 00:53.941 | 00:54.154 | 28 |
| 10 | Lance Stroll | Racing Point | 00:54.595 | 00:53.840 | 00:54.200 | 19 |
| 11 | Esteban Ocon | Renault | 00:54.309 | 00:53.995 | 13 | |
| 12 | Alexander Albon | Red Bull Racing | 00:54.620 | 00:54.026 | 12 | |
| 13 | Sebastian Vettel | Scuderia Ferrari | 00:54.301 | 00:54.175 | 17 | |
| 14 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 00:54.523 | 00:54.377 | 14 | |
| 15 | Lando Norris+ | McLaren | 00:54.194 | 00:54.693 | 15 | |
| 16 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 00:54.705 | 9 | ||
| 17 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 00:54.796 | 11 | ||
| 18 | Jack Aitken° |
Williams | 00:54.892 | 9 | ||
| 19 | Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 00:54.963 | 11 | ||
| 20 | Pietro Fittipaldi^+ |
Haas | 00:55.426 | 11 |
*Replaced Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes for the Sakhir Grand Prix
^Replaced Romain Grosjean for the Sakhir Grand Prix
°Replaced George Russell at Williams Racing for the Sakhir Grand Prix
+Back of the grid start penalty, additional power unit elements have been used (2)
Note: Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton was ruled out of the Sakhir Grand Prix after testing positive for COVID-19.
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