Pit Lane F1
Round 4 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2014-04-20
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) took pole for the 2014 Chinese Grand Prix with a 1:53.860 lap.
Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) joined the front row, 0.595s shy of pole, with Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) third on the grid. Romain Grosjean (Lotus F1) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 3.219s — pole to P10 — with Romain Grosjean (Lotus F1) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 HĂĽlkenberg | 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 | — | — | — | — |