Etapa 19 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 2016-10-30
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) cravou a pole do Mexican Grand Prix de 2016 com uma volta de 1:18.704.
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) completou a primeira fila a 0.254s da pole, com Max Verstappen (Red Bull) em terceiro no grid. Carlos Sainz (Toro Rosso) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto Fernando Alonso (McLaren) ficou de fora por —s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de 1.674s — da pole ao P10 — com Carlos Sainz (Toro Rosso) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:19.447 | 1:19.137 | 1:18.704 | 1:18.704 |
| 2 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:19.996 | 1:19.761 | 1:18.958 | +0.254 |
| 3 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:19.874 | 1:18.972 | 1:19.054 | +0.350 |
| 4 |
| 3Daniel Ricciardo |
| Red Bull |
| 1:19.713 |
| 1:19.553 |
| 1:19.133 |
| +0.429 |
| 5 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:20.599 | 1:19.769 | 1:19.330 | +0.626 |
| 6 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:19.554 | 1:19.936 | 1:19.376 | +0.672 |
| 7 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:19.865 | 1:19.385 | 1:19.381 | +0.677 |
| 8 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:20.338 | 1:19.958 | 1:19.551 | +0.847 |
| 9 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:20.423 | 1:20.151 | 1:20.032 | +1.328 |
| 10 | 55Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 1:20.457 | 1:20.169 | 1:20.378 | +1.674 |
| 11 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:20.552 | 1:20.282 | — | +1.578 |
| 12 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:20.308 | 1:20.287 | — | +1.583 |
| 13 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:21.333 | 1:20.673 | — | +1.969 |
| 14 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Renault | 1:21.254 | 1:21.131 | — | +2.427 |
| 15 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:21.062 | 1:21.536 | — | +2.832 |
| 16 | 94Pascal Wehrlein | Manor Marussia | 1:21.363 | 1:21.785 | — | +3.081 |
| 17 | 21Esteban Gutiérrez | Haas F1 Team | 1:21.401 | — | — | +2.697 |
| 18 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:21.454 | — | — | +2.750 |
| 19 | 12Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 1:21.692 | — | — | +2.988 |
| 20 | 31Esteban Ocon | Manor Marussia | 1:21.881 | — | — | +3.177 |
| 21 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:21.916 | — | — | +3.212 |