Ronda 5 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2016-05-15
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) firmó la pole del Spanish Grand Prix de 2016 con un crono de 1:22.000.
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) completó la primera fila a 0.280s de la pole, con Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) tercero en parrilla. Fernando Alonso (McLaren) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Nico Hülkenberg (Force India) se quedó fuera por 0.222s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 1.981s — de la pole a P10 — con Fernando Alonso (McLaren) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:23.214 | 1:22.159 | 1:22.000 | 1:22.000 |
| 2 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:23.002 | 1:22.759 | 1:22.280 | +0.280 |
| 3 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:23.749 | 1:23.585 | 1:22.680 | +0.680 |
| 4 |
| 3Max Verstappen |
| Red Bull |
| 1:23.578 |
| 1:23.178 |
| 1:23.087 |
| +1.087 |
| 5 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:23.796 | 1:23.504 | 1:23.113 | +1.113 |
| 6 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:24.124 | 1:23.688 | 1:23.334 | +1.334 |
| 7 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:24.251 | 1:24.023 | 1:23.522 | +1.522 |
| 8 | 55Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 1:24.496 | 1:24.077 | 1:23.643 | +1.643 |
| 9 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:24.698 | 1:24.003 | 1:23.782 | +1.782 |
| 10 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:24.578 | 1:24.192 | 1:23.981 | +1.981 |
| 11 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:24.463 | 1:24.203 | — | +2.203 |
| 12 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:24.583 | 1:24.348 | — | +2.348 |
| 13 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:24.696 | 1:24.445 | — | +2.445 |
| 14 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:24.716 | 1:24.480 | — | +2.480 |
| 15 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Renault | 1:24.669 | 1:24.625 | — | +2.625 |
| 16 | 21Esteban Gutiérrez | Haas F1 Team | 1:24.406 | 1:24.778 | — | +2.778 |
| 17 | 30Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1:24.903 | — | — | +2.903 |
| 18 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:24.941 | — | — | +2.941 |
| 19 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:25.202 | — | — | +3.202 |
| 20 | 12Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 1:25.579 | — | — | +3.579 |
| 21 | 94Pascal Wehrlein | Manor Marussia | 1:25.745 | — | — | +3.745 |
| 22 | 88Rio Haryanto | Manor Marussia | 1:25.939 | — | — | +3.939 |