Ronda 18 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2016-10-23
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) firmó la pole del United States Grand Prix de 2016 con un crono de 1:34.999.
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) completó la primera fila a 0.216s de la pole, con Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) tercero en parrilla. Carlos Sainz (Toro Rosso) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Sergio Pérez (Force India) se quedó fuera por 0.027s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 2.327s — de la pole a P10 — con Carlos Sainz (Toro Rosso) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:36.296 | 1:36.450 | 1:34.999 | 1:34.999 |
| 2 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:36.397 | 1:36.351 | 1:35.215 | +0.216 |
| 3 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:36.759 | 1:36.255 | 1:35.509 | +0.510 |
| 4 |
| 3Max Verstappen |
| Red Bull |
| 1:36.613 |
| 1:36.857 |
| 1:35.747 |
| +0.748 |
| 5 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:36.985 | 1:36.584 | 1:36.131 | +1.132 |
| 6 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:37.151 | 1:36.462 | 1:36.358 | +1.359 |
| 7 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:36.950 | 1:36.626 | 1:36.628 | +1.629 |
| 8 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:37.456 | 1:37.202 | 1:37.116 | +2.117 |
| 9 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:37.402 | 1:37.214 | 1:37.269 | +2.270 |
| 10 | 55Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 1:37.744 | 1:37.175 | 1:37.326 | +2.327 |
| 11 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:37.345 | 1:37.353 | — | +2.354 |
| 12 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:37.913 | 1:37.417 | — | +2.418 |
| 13 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:37.844 | 1:37.480 | — | +2.481 |
| 14 | 21Esteban Gutiérrez | Haas F1 Team | 1:38.053 | 1:37.773 | — | +2.774 |
| 15 | 30Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1:38.084 | 1:37.935 | — | +2.936 |
| 16 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:38.040 | 1:39.356 | — | +4.357 |
| 17 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:38.308 | — | — | +3.309 |
| 18 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Renault | 1:38.317 | — | — | +3.318 |
| 19 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:38.327 | — | — | +3.328 |
| 20 | 94Pascal Wehrlein | Manor Marussia | 1:38.548 | — | — | +3.549 |
| 21 | 12Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 1:38.583 | — | — | +3.584 |
| 22 | 31Esteban Ocon | Manor Marussia | 1:38.806 | — | — | +3.807 |