Round 17 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2014-11-02
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) took pole for the 2014 United States Grand Prix with a 1:36.067 lap.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.376s shy of pole, with Valtteri Bottas (Williams) third on the grid. Adrian Sutil (Sauber) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Pastor Maldonado (Lotus F1) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.743s — pole to P10 — with Adrian Sutil (Sauber) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:38.303 | 1:36.290 | 1:36.067 | 1:36.067 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:37.196 | 1:37.287 | 1:36.443 | +0.376 |
| 3 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:38.249 | 1:37.499 | 1:36.906 | +0.839 |
| 4 |
| 19Felipe Massa |
| Williams |
| 1:37.877 |
| 1:37.347 |
| 1:37.205 |
| +1.138 |
| 5 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:38.814 | 1:37.873 | 1:37.244 | +1.177 |
| 6 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:38.349 | 1:38.010 | 1:37.610 | +1.543 |
| 7 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:38.574 | 1:38.024 | 1:37.655 | +1.588 |
| 8 | 20Kevin Magnussen | McLaren | 1:38.557 | 1:38.047 | 1:37.706 | +1.639 |
| 9 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:38.669 | 1:38.263 | 1:37.804 | +1.737 |
| 10 | 99Adrian Sutil | Sauber | 1:38.855 | 1:38.378 | 1:38.810 | +2.743 |
| 11 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Lotus F1 | 1:38.608 | 1:38.467 | — | +2.400 |
| 12 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:39.200 | 1:38.554 | — | +2.487 |
| 13 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:38.931 | 1:38.598 | — | +2.531 |
| 14 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:38.936 | 1:38.699 | — | +2.632 |
| 15 | 25Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:39.250 | — | — | +3.183 |
| 16 | 21Esteban Gutiérrez | Sauber | 1:39.555 | — | — | +3.488 |
| 17 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:39.621 | — | — | +3.554 |
| 18 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:39.679 | — | — | +3.612 |