Ronda 2 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2016-04-03
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) firmó la pole del Bahrain Grand Prix de 2016 con un crono de 1:29.493.
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) completó la primera fila a 0.077s de la pole, con Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) tercero en parrilla. Max Verstappen (Toro Rosso) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Carlos Sainz (Toro Rosso) se quedó fuera por 0.044s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 2.279s — de la pole a P10 — con Max Verstappen (Toro Rosso) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:31.391 | 1:30.039 | 1:29.493 | 1:29.493 |
| 2 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:31.325 | 1:30.535 | 1:29.570 | +0.077 |
| 3 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:31.636 | 1:30.409 | 1:30.012 | +0.519 |
| 4 |
| 7Kimi Räikkönen |
| Ferrari |
| 1:31.685 |
| 1:30.559 |
| 1:30.244 |
| +0.751 |
| 5 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:31.403 | 1:31.122 | 1:30.854 | +1.361 |
| 6 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:31.672 | 1:30.931 | 1:31.153 | +1.660 |
| 7 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:32.045 | 1:31.374 | 1:31.155 | +1.662 |
| 8 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:31.987 | 1:31.604 | 1:31.620 | +2.127 |
| 9 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:32.005 | 1:31.756 | — | +2.263 |
| 10 | 3Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso | 1:31.888 | 1:31.772 | — | +2.279 |
| 11 | 55Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 1:31.716 | 1:31.816 | — | +2.323 |
| 12 | 2Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:32.472 | 1:31.934 | — | +2.441 |
| 13 | 21Esteban Gutiérrez | Haas F1 Team | 1:32.118 | 1:31.945 | — | +2.452 |
| 14 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:31.976 | 1:31.998 | — | +2.505 |
| 15 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull | 1:32.559 | 1:32.241 | — | +2.748 |
| 16 | 94Pascal Wehrlein | Manor Marussia | 1:32.806 | — | — | +3.313 |
| 17 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:32.840 | — | — | +3.347 |
| 18 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:32.911 | — | — | +3.418 |
| 19 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Renault | 1:33.181 | — | — | +3.688 |
| 20 | 30Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1:33.438 | — | — | +3.945 |
| 21 | 88Rio Haryanto | Manor Marussia | 1:34.190 | — | — | +4.697 |
| 22 | 12Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 1:34.388 | — | — | +4.895 |