Pit Lane F1
Round 18 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2015-11-15
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) took pole for the 2015 Brazilian Grand Prix with a 1:11.282 lap.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.078s shy of pole, with Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) third on the grid. Max Verstappen (Toro Rosso) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Felipe Nasr (Sauber) missed the cut by 0.250s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.457s — pole to P10 — with Max Verstappen (Toro Rosso) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:11.746 | 1:12.213 | 1:11.282 | 1:11.282 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:11.682 | 1:11.665 | 1:11.360 | +0.078 |
| 3 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:12.240 | 1:11.928 | 1:11.804 | +0.522 |
| 4 |
| 77Valtteri Bottas |
| Williams |
| 1:12.934 |
| 1:12.374 |
| 1:12.085 |
| +0.803 |
| 5 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:12.185 | 1:12.243 | 1:12.144 | +0.862 |
| 6 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Force India | 1:12.595 | 1:12.485 | 1:12.265 | +0.983 |
| 7 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull | 1:12.730 | 1:12.527 | 1:12.322 | +1.040 |
| 8 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:12.980 | 1:12.858 | 1:12.415 | +1.133 |
| 9 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:12.639 | 1:12.825 | 1:12.417 | +1.135 |
| 10 | 3Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso | 1:12.824 | 1:12.712 | 1:12.739 | +1.457 |
| 11 | 12Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 1:13.111 | 1:12.989 | — | +1.707 |
| 12 | 55Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 1:13.267 | 1:13.045 | — | +1.763 |
| 13 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:13.140 | 1:13.147 | — | +1.865 |
| 14 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:13.346 | 1:13.233 | — | +1.951 |
| 15 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:13.056 | 1:13.913 | — | +2.631 |
| 16 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Lotus F1 | 1:13.385 | — | — | +2.103 |
| 17 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:13.425 | — | — | +2.143 |
| 18 | 53Alexander Rossi | Manor Marussia | 1:16.151 | — | — | +4.869 |
| 19 | 28Will Stevens | Manor Marussia | 1:16.283 | — | — | +5.001 |
| 20 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | — | — | — | — |