Ronda 12 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2016-07-31
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) firmó la pole del German Grand Prix de 2016 con un crono de 1:14.363.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) completó la primera fila a 0.107s de la pole, con Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) tercero en parrilla. Felipe Massa (Williams) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Esteban Gutiérrez (Haas F1 Team) se quedó fuera por 0.268s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 1.252s — de la pole a P10 — con Felipe Massa (Williams) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:15.485 | 1:14.839 | 1:14.363 | 1:14.363 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:15.243 | 1:14.748 | 1:14.470 | +0.107 |
| 3 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:15.591 | 1:15.545 | 1:14.726 | +0.363 |
| 4 |
| 3Max Verstappen |
| Red Bull |
| 1:15.875 |
| 1:15.124 |
| 1:14.834 |
| +0.471 |
| 5 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:15.752 | 1:15.242 | 1:15.142 | +0.779 |
| 6 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:15.927 | 1:15.630 | 1:15.315 | +0.952 |
| 7 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:16.301 | 1:15.623 | 1:15.510 | +1.147 |
| 8 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:15.952 | 1:15.490 | 1:15.530 | +1.167 |
| 9 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:16.169 | 1:15.500 | 1:15.537 | +1.174 |
| 10 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:16.503 | 1:15.699 | 1:15.615 | +1.252 |
| 11 | 21Esteban Gutiérrez | Haas F1 Team | 1:15.987 | 1:15.883 | — | +1.520 |
| 12 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:16.172 | 1:15.909 | — | +1.546 |
| 13 | 55Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 1:16.317 | 1:15.989 | — | +1.626 |
| 14 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:16.338 | 1:16.041 | — | +1.678 |
| 15 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:16.328 | 1:16.086 | — | +1.723 |
| 16 | 30Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1:16.636 | 1:16.665 | — | +2.302 |
| 17 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Renault | 1:16.716 | — | — | +2.353 |
| 18 | 94Pascal Wehrlein | Manor Marussia | 1:16.717 | — | — | +2.354 |
| 19 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:16.876 | — | — | +2.513 |
| 20 | 88Rio Haryanto | Manor Marussia | 1:16.977 | — | — | +2.614 |
| 21 | 12Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 1:17.123 | — | — | +2.760 |
| 22 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:17.238 | — | — | +2.875 |