Etapa 16 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 2016-10-02
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) cravou a pole do Malaysian Grand Prix de 2016 com uma volta de 1:32.850.
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) completou a primeira fila a 0.414s da pole, com Max Verstappen (Red Bull) em terceiro no grid. Felipe Massa (Williams) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto Valtteri Bottas (Williams) ficou de fora por —s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de 1.821s — da pole ao P10 — com Felipe Massa (Williams) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:34.444 | 1:33.046 | 1:32.850 | 1:32.850 |
| 2 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:34.460 | 1:33.609 | 1:33.264 | +0.414 |
| 3 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:35.443 | 1:33.775 | 1:33.420 | +0.570 |
| 4 |
| 3Daniel Ricciardo |
| Red Bull |
| 1:35.079 |
| 1:33.888 |
| 1:33.467 |
| +0.617 |
| 5 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:34.557 | 1:33.972 | 1:33.584 | +0.734 |
| 6 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:34.556 | 1:33.903 | 1:33.632 | +0.782 |
| 7 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:35.068 | 1:34.538 | 1:34.319 | +1.469 |
| 8 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:34.827 | 1:34.441 | 1:34.489 | +1.639 |
| 9 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:35.267 | 1:34.431 | 1:34.518 | +1.668 |
| 10 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:35.267 | 1:34.422 | 1:34.671 | +1.821 |
| 11 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:35.166 | 1:34.577 | — | +1.727 |
| 12 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:35.400 | 1:35.001 | — | +2.151 |
| 13 | 21Esteban Gutiérrez | Haas F1 Team | 1:35.658 | 1:35.097 | — | +2.247 |
| 14 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Renault | 1:35.593 | 1:35.277 | — | +2.427 |
| 15 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:35.695 | 1:35.369 | — | +2.519 |
| 16 | 55Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 1:35.605 | 1:35.374 | — | +2.524 |
| 17 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:35.816 | — | — | +2.966 |
| 18 | 12Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 1:35.949 | — | — | +3.099 |
| 19 | 30Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1:35.999 | — | — | +3.149 |
| 20 | 31Esteban Ocon | Manor Marussia | 1:36.451 | — | — | +3.601 |
| 21 | 94Pascal Wehrlein | Manor Marussia | 1:36.587 | — | — | +3.737 |
| 22 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:37.155 | — | — | +4.305 |