Pit Lane F1
Round 18 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2014-11-09
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) took pole for the 2014 Brazilian Grand Prix with a 1:10.023 lap.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.033s shy of pole, with Felipe Massa (Williams) third on the grid. Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Esteban Gutiérrez (Sauber) missed the cut by 0.492s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.076s — pole to P10 — with Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:10.347 | 1:10.303 | 1:10.023 | 1:10.023 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:10.457 | 1:10.712 | 1:10.056 | +0.033 |
| 3 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:10.602 | 1:10.343 | 1:10.247 | +0.224 |
| 4 |
| 77Valtteri Bottas |
| Williams |
| 1:10.832 |
| 1:10.421 |
| 1:10.305 |
| +0.282 |
| 5 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:11.097 | 1:11.127 | 1:10.930 | +0.907 |
| 6 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:11.880 | 1:11.129 | 1:10.938 | +0.915 |
| 7 | 20Kevin Magnussen | McLaren | 1:11.134 | 1:11.211 | 1:10.969 | +0.946 |
| 8 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:11.558 | 1:11.215 | 1:10.977 | +0.954 |
| 9 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:11.593 | 1:11.208 | 1:11.075 | +1.052 |
| 10 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:11.193 | 1:11.188 | 1:11.099 | +1.076 |
| 11 | 21Esteban Gutiérrez | Sauber | 1:11.520 | 1:11.591 | — | +1.568 |
| 12 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:11.848 | 1:11.976 | — | +1.953 |
| 13 | 99Adrian Sutil | Sauber | 1:11.943 | 1:12.099 | — | +2.076 |
| 14 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:11.423 | — | — | +1.400 |
| 15 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:12.037 | — | — | +2.014 |
| 16 | 25Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:12.040 | — | — | +2.017 |
| 17 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:12.076 | — | — | +2.053 |
| 18 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Lotus F1 | 1:12.233 | — | — | +2.210 |