Manche 4 — chronos Q1, Q2 et Q3 - 2014-04-20
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) a signé la pole position du Chinese Grand Prix 2014 en 1:53.860.
Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) complète la première ligne à 0.595s de la pole, avec Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) troisième sur la grille. Romain Grosjean (Lotus F1) entrait en Q3 en P10, tandis que Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) a manqué la coupure pour —s.
La Q3 s'est jouée dans un mouchoir de 3.219s — de la pole à la P10 — Romain Grosjean (Lotus F1) bouclant le top 10.
| Pos | Pilote | Écurie | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Écart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:55.516 | 1:54.029 | 1:53.860 | 1:53.860 |
| 2 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:56.641 | 1:55.302 | 1:54.455 | +0.595 |
| 3 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:55.926 | 1:54.499 | 1:54.960 | +1.100 |
| 4 |
| 6Nico Rosberg |
| Mercedes |
| 1:56.058 |
| 1:55.294 |
| 1:55.143 |
| +1.283 |
| 5 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:56.961 | 1:55.765 | 1:55.637 | +1.777 |
| 6 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:56.850 | 1:56.757 | 1:56.147 | +2.287 |
| 7 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:56.501 | 1:56.253 | 1:56.282 | +2.422 |
| 8 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:55.913 | 1:56.847 | 1:56.366 | +2.506 |
| 9 | 25Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:57.477 | 1:56.584 | 1:56.773 | +2.913 |
| 10 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:58.411 | 1:56.407 | 1:57.079 | +3.219 |
| 11 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:58.279 | 1:56.860 | — | +3.000 |
| 12 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:57.783 | 1:56.963 | — | +3.103 |
| 13 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:57.261 | 1:57.289 | — | +3.429 |
| 14 | 99Adrian Sutil | Sauber | 1:58.138 | 1:57.393 | — | +3.533 |
| 15 | 20Kevin Magnussen | McLaren | 1:57.369 | 1:57.675 | — | +3.815 |
| 16 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:58.362 | 1:58.264 | — | +4.404 |
| 17 | 21Esteban Gutiérrez | Sauber | 1:58.988 | — | — | +5.128 |
| 18 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham | 1:59.260 | — | — | +5.400 |
| 19 | 17Jules Bianchi | Marussia | 1:59.326 | — | — | +5.466 |
| 20 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Caterham | 2:00.646 | — | — | +6.786 |
| 21 | 4Max Chilton | Marussia | 2:00.865 | — | — | +7.005 |
| 22 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Lotus F1 | — | — | — | — |