Pit Lane F1
Round 19 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2015-11-29
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) took pole for the 2015 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with a 1:40.237 lap.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.377s shy of pole, with Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) third on the grid. Carlos Sainz (Toro Rosso) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Max Verstappen (Toro Rosso) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.471s — pole to P10 — with Carlos Sainz (Toro Rosso) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:41.111 | 1:40.979 | 1:40.237 | 1:40.237 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:40.974 | 1:40.758 | 1:40.614 | +0.377 |
| 3 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:42.500 | 1:41.612 | 1:41.051 | +0.814 |
| 4 |
| 11Sergio PĂ©rez |
| Force India |
| 1:41.983 |
| 1:41.560 |
| 1:41.184 |
| +0.947 |
| 5 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:42.275 | 1:41.830 | 1:41.444 | +1.207 |
| 6 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:42.608 | 1:41.868 | 1:41.656 | +1.419 |
| 7 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Force India | 1:41.996 | 1:41.925 | 1:41.686 | +1.449 |
| 8 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:42.303 | 1:42.349 | 1:41.759 | +1.522 |
| 9 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull | 1:42.540 | 1:42.328 | 1:41.933 | +1.696 |
| 10 | 55Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 1:42.911 | 1:42.482 | 1:42.708 | +2.471 |
| 11 | 3Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso | 1:42.889 | 1:42.521 | — | +2.284 |
| 12 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:42.570 | 1:42.668 | — | +2.431 |
| 13 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Lotus F1 | 1:42.929 | 1:42.807 | — | +2.570 |
| 14 | 12Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 1:42.896 | 1:43.614 | — | +3.377 |
| 15 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:42.585 | — | — | +2.348 |
| 16 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:42.941 | — | — | +2.704 |
| 17 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:43.187 | — | — | +2.950 |
| 18 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:43.838 | — | — | +3.601 |
| 19 | 28Will Stevens | Manor Marussia | 1:46.297 | — | — | +6.060 |
| 20 | 98Roberto Merhi | Manor Marussia | 1:47.434 | — | — | +7.197 |