Ronda 18 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2015-11-15
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) firmó la pole del Brazilian Grand Prix de 2015 con un crono de 1:11.282.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) completó la primera fila a 0.078s de la pole, con Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) tercero en parrilla. Max Verstappen (Toro Rosso) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Felipe Nasr (Sauber) se quedó fuera por 0.250s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 1.457s — 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 | 1:11.746 | 1:12.213 | 1:11.282 | 1:11.282 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:11.682 | 1:11.665 | 1:11.360 | +0.078 |
| 3 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:12.240 | 1:11.928 | 1:11.804 | +0.522 |
| 4 |
| 77Valtteri Bottas |
| Williams |
| 1:12.934 |
| 1:12.374 |
| 1:12.085 |
| +0.803 |
| 5 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:12.185 | 1:12.243 | 1:12.144 | +0.862 |
| 6 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:12.595 | 1:12.485 | 1:12.265 | +0.983 |
| 7 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull | 1:12.730 | 1:12.527 | 1:12.322 | +1.040 |
| 8 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:12.980 | 1:12.858 | 1:12.415 | +1.133 |
| 9 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:12.639 | 1:12.825 | 1:12.417 | +1.135 |
| 10 | 3Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso | 1:12.824 | 1:12.712 | 1:12.739 | +1.457 |
| 11 | 12Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 1:13.111 | 1:12.989 | — | +1.707 |
| 12 | 55Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 1:13.267 | 1:13.045 | — | +1.763 |
| 13 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:13.140 | 1:13.147 | — | +1.865 |
| 14 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:13.346 | 1:13.233 | — | +1.951 |
| 15 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:13.056 | 1:13.913 | — | +2.631 |
| 16 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Lotus F1 | 1:13.385 | — | — | +2.103 |
| 17 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:13.425 | — | — | +2.143 |
| 18 | 53Alexander Rossi | Manor Marussia | 1:16.151 | — | — | +4.869 |
| 19 | 28Will Stevens | Manor Marussia | 1:16.283 | — | — | +5.001 |
| 20 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | — | — | — | — |