Ronda 16 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2014-10-12
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) firmó la pole del Russian Grand Prix de 2014 con un crono de 1:38.513.
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) completó la primera fila a 0.200s de la pole, con Valtteri Bottas (Williams) tercero en parrilla. Jean-Éric Vergne (Toro Rosso) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) se quedó fuera por 0.032s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 1.507s — de la pole a P10 — con Jean-Éric Vergne (Toro Rosso) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:38.759 | 1:38.338 | 1:38.513 | 1:38.513 |
| 2 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:39.076 | 1:38.606 | 1:38.713 | +0.200 |
| 3 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:39.125 | 1:38.971 | 1:38.920 | +0.407 |
| 4 |
| 22Jenson Button |
| McLaren |
| 1:39.560 |
| 1:39.381 |
| 1:39.121 |
| +0.608 |
| 5 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:40.074 | 1:39.296 | 1:39.277 | +0.764 |
| 6 | 20Kevin Magnussen | McLaren | 1:39.735 | 1:39.022 | 1:39.629 | +1.116 |
| 7 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:40.519 | 1:39.666 | 1:39.635 | +1.122 |
| 8 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:40.255 | 1:39.786 | 1:39.709 | +1.196 |
| 9 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:40.098 | 1:39.838 | 1:39.771 | +1.258 |
| 10 | 25Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:40.354 | 1:39.929 | 1:40.020 | +1.507 |
| 11 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:40.382 | 1:40.052 | — | +1.539 |
| 12 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:40.273 | 1:40.058 | — | +1.545 |
| 13 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:40.723 | 1:40.163 | — | +1.650 |
| 14 | 21Esteban Gutiérrez | Sauber | 1:41.159 | 1:40.536 | — | +2.023 |
| 15 | 99Adrian Sutil | Sauber | 1:40.766 | 1:40.984 | — | +2.471 |
| 16 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:42.526 | 1:41.397 | — | +2.884 |
| 17 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Caterham | 1:42.648 | — | — | +4.135 |
| 18 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:43.064 | — | — | +4.551 |
| 19 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham | 1:43.166 | — | — | +4.653 |
| 20 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Lotus F1 | 1:43.205 | — | — | +4.692 |
| 21 | 4Max Chilton | Marussia | 1:43.649 | — | — | +5.136 |