Ronda 16 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2015-10-25
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) firmó la pole del United States Grand Prix de 2015 con un crono de 1:56.824.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) completó la primera fila a 0.105s de la pole, con Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) tercero en parrilla. Max Verstappen (Toro Rosso) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Fernando Alonso (McLaren) se quedó fuera por 0.066s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 3.375s — de la pole a P10 — con Max Verstappen (Toro Rosso) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:56.671 | 1:56.824 | — | 1:56.824 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:56.871 | 1:56.929 | — | +0.105 |
| 3 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:56.495 | 1:57.969 | — | +1.145 |
| 4 |
| 26Daniil Kvyat |
| Red Bull |
| 1:57.640 |
| 1:58.434 |
| — |
| +1.610 |
| 5 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 2:00.950 | 1:58.596 | — | +1.772 |
| 6 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:59.264 | 1:59.210 | — | +2.386 |
| 7 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:58.325 | 1:59.333 | — | +2.509 |
| 8 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:58.198 | 1:59.703 | — | +2.879 |
| 9 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 2:00.902 | 1:59.999 | — | +3.175 |
| 10 | 3Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso | 1:58.689 | 2:00.199 | — | +3.375 |
| 11 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:59.704 | 2:00.265 | — | +3.441 |
| 12 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:59.569 | 2:00.334 | — | +3.510 |
| 13 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 2:00.236 | 2:00.595 | — | +3.771 |
| 14 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 2:00.261 | 2:01.193 | — | +4.369 |
| 15 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Lotus F1 | 2:00.844 | 2:01.604 | — | +4.780 |
| 16 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 2:02.212 | — | — | +5.388 |
| 17 | 12Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 2:03.194 | — | — | +6.370 |
| 18 | 53Alexander Rossi | Manor Marussia | 2:04.176 | — | — | +7.352 |
| 19 | 28Will Stevens | Manor Marussia | 2:04.526 | — | — | +7.702 |
| 20 | 55Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 2:07.304 | — | — | +10.480 |