Pit Lane F1
Round 15 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2015-10-11
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) took pole for the 2015 Russian Grand Prix with a 1:37.113 lap.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.320s shy of pole, with Valtteri Bottas (Williams) third on the grid. Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Daniil Kvyat (Red Bull) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.615s — pole to P10 — with Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:38.343 | 1:37.500 | 1:37.113 | 1:37.113 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:38.558 | 1:37.672 | 1:37.433 | +0.320 |
| 3 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:38.448 | 1:38.194 | 1:37.912 | +0.799 |
| 4 |
| 5Sebastian Vettel |
| Ferrari |
| 1:38.598 |
| 1:38.402 |
| 1:37.965 |
| +0.852 |
| 5 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:39.207 | 1:38.224 | 1:38.348 | +1.235 |
| 6 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Force India | 1:39.250 | 1:38.727 | 1:38.659 | +1.546 |
| 7 | 11Sergio PĂ©rez | Force India | 1:39.617 | 1:38.914 | 1:38.691 | +1.578 |
| 8 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:39.056 | 1:38.754 | 1:38.787 | +1.674 |
| 9 | 3Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso | 1:39.411 | 1:39.119 | 1:38.924 | +1.811 |
| 10 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:39.574 | 1:39.005 | 1:39.728 | +2.615 |
| 11 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull | 1:39.580 | 1:39.214 | — | +2.101 |
| 12 | 12Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 1:40.042 | 1:39.323 | — | +2.210 |
| 13 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:39.739 | 1:39.763 | — | +2.650 |
| 14 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Lotus F1 | 1:39.724 | 1:39.811 | — | +2.698 |
| 15 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:38.926 | 1:39.895 | — | +2.782 |
| 16 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:40.144 | — | — | +3.031 |
| 17 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:40.660 | — | — | +3.547 |
| 18 | 28Will Stevens | Manor Marussia | 1:43.693 | — | — | +6.580 |
| 19 | 98Roberto Merhi | Manor Marussia | 1:43.804 | — | — | +6.691 |