Ronda 21 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2016-11-27
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) firmó la pole del Abu Dhabi Grand Prix de 2016 con un crono de 1:38.755.
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) completó la primera fila a 0.303s de la pole, con Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) tercero en parrilla. Felipe Massa (Williams) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Valtteri Bottas (Williams) se quedó fuera por —s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 2.458s — de la pole a P10 — con Felipe Massa (Williams) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:39.487 | 1:39.382 | 1:38.755 | 1:38.755 |
| 2 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:40.511 | 1:39.490 | 1:39.058 | +0.303 |
| 3 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:41.002 | 1:40.429 | 1:39.589 | +0.834 |
| 4 |
| 7Kimi Räikkönen |
| Ferrari |
| 1:40.338 |
| 1:39.629 |
| 1:39.604 |
| +0.849 |
| 5 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:40.341 | 1:40.034 | 1:39.661 | +0.906 |
| 6 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:40.424 | 1:39.903 | 1:39.818 | +1.063 |
| 7 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:41.000 | 1:40.709 | 1:40.501 | +1.746 |
| 8 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:40.864 | 1:40.743 | 1:40.519 | +1.764 |
| 9 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:41.616 | 1:41.044 | 1:41.106 | +2.351 |
| 10 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:41.157 | 1:40.858 | 1:41.213 | +2.458 |
| 11 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:41.192 | 1:41.084 | — | +2.329 |
| 12 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:41.158 | 1:41.272 | — | +2.517 |
| 13 | 21Esteban Gutiérrez | Haas F1 Team | 1:41.639 | 1:41.480 | — | +2.725 |
| 14 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:41.467 | 1:41.564 | — | +2.809 |
| 15 | 30Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1:41.775 | 1:41.820 | — | +3.065 |
| 16 | 94Pascal Wehrlein | Manor Marussia | 1:41.886 | 1:41.995 | — | +3.240 |
| 17 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:42.003 | — | — | +3.248 |
| 18 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Renault | 1:42.142 | — | — | +3.387 |
| 19 | 12Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 1:42.247 | — | — | +3.492 |
| 20 | 31Esteban Ocon | Manor Marussia | 1:42.286 | — | — | +3.531 |
| 21 | 55Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 1:42.393 | — | — | +3.638 |
| 22 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:42.637 | — | — | +3.882 |