Ronda 1 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2016-03-20
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) firmó la pole del Australian Grand Prix de 2016 con un crono de 1:23.837.
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) completó la primera fila a 0.360s de la pole, con Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) tercero en parrilla. Nico Hülkenberg (Force India) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Valtteri Bottas (Williams) se quedó fuera por 0.096s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 2.028s — de la pole a P10 — con Nico Hülkenberg (Force India) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:25.351 | 1:24.605 | 1:23.837 | 1:23.837 |
| 2 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:26.934 | 1:24.796 | 1:24.197 | +0.360 |
| 3 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:26.945 | 1:25.257 | 1:24.675 | +0.838 |
| 4 |
| 7Kimi Räikkönen |
| Ferrari |
| 1:26.579 |
| 1:25.615 |
| 1:25.033 |
| +1.196 |
| 5 | 3Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso | 1:26.934 | 1:25.615 | 1:25.434 | +1.597 |
| 6 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:25.918 | 1:25.644 | 1:25.458 | +1.621 |
| 7 | 55Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 1:27.057 | 1:25.384 | 1:25.582 | +1.745 |
| 8 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:26.945 | 1:25.599 | 1:25.589 | +1.752 |
| 9 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:26.607 | 1:25.753 | — | +1.916 |
| 10 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:26.550 | 1:25.865 | — | +2.028 |
| 11 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:27.135 | 1:25.961 | — | +2.124 |
| 12 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:26.537 | 1:26.125 | — | +2.288 |
| 13 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:26.740 | 1:26.304 | — | +2.467 |
| 14 | 30Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1:27.241 | 1:27.601 | — | +3.764 |
| 15 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Renault | 1:27.297 | 1:27.742 | — | +3.905 |
| 16 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:27.435 | — | — | +3.598 |
| 17 | 12Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 1:27.958 | — | — | +4.121 |
| 18 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull | 1:28.006 | — | — | +4.169 |
| 19 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:28.322 | — | — | +4.485 |
| 20 | 21Esteban Gutiérrez | Haas F1 Team | 1:29.606 | — | — | +5.769 |
| 21 | 88Rio Haryanto | Manor Marussia | 1:29.627 | — | — | +5.790 |
| 22 | 94Pascal Wehrlein | Manor Marussia | 1:29.642 | — | — | +5.805 |