Pit Lane F1
Round 16 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2015-10-25
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) took pole for the 2015 United States Grand Prix with a 1:56.824 lap.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.105s shy of pole, with Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) third on the grid. Max Verstappen (Toro Rosso) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Fernando Alonso (McLaren) missed the cut by 0.066s.
Q3 was settled inside 3.375s — pole to P10 — with Max Verstappen (Toro Rosso) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:56.671 | 1:56.824 | — | 1:56.824 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:56.871 | 1:56.929 | — | +0.105 |
| 3 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:56.495 | 1:57.969 | — | +1.145 |
| 4 |
| 26Daniil Kvyat |
| Red Bull |
| 1:57.640 |
| 1:58.434 |
| — |
| +1.610 |
| 5 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 2:00.950 | 1:58.596 | — | +1.772 |
| 6 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:59.264 | 1:59.210 | — | +2.386 |
| 7 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:58.325 | 1:59.333 | — | +2.509 |
| 8 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:58.198 | 1:59.703 | — | +2.879 |
| 9 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 2:00.902 | 1:59.999 | — | +3.175 |
| 10 | 3Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso | 1:58.689 | 2:00.199 | — | +3.375 |
| 11 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:59.704 | 2:00.265 | — | +3.441 |
| 12 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:59.569 | 2:00.334 | — | +3.510 |
| 13 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 2:00.236 | 2:00.595 | — | +3.771 |
| 14 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 2:00.261 | 2:01.193 | — | +4.369 |
| 15 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Lotus F1 | 2:00.844 | 2:01.604 | — | +4.780 |
| 16 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 2:02.212 | — | — | +5.388 |
| 17 | 12Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 2:03.194 | — | — | +6.370 |
| 18 | 53Alexander Rossi | Manor Marussia | 2:04.176 | — | — | +7.352 |
| 19 | 28Will Stevens | Manor Marussia | 2:04.526 | — | — | +7.702 |
| 20 | 55Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 2:07.304 | — | — | +10.480 |