Carlos Sainz Jr qualified third, with Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and George Russell finishing down in fifth and ninth.
After the first runs in Q3, it was Sainz who led the way by 0.044s ahead of Leclerc, with Verstappen, who had topped Q2, facing a deficit of 0.056s and complaining that his first out lap in the final segment of the session was too slow, which cost him tyre temperature.
