Pit Lane F1
Round 2 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2015-03-29
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) took pole for the 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix with a 1:49.834 lap.
Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.074s shy of pole, with Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) third on the grid. Marcus Ericsson (Sauber) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 3.427s — pole to P10 — with Marcus Ericsson (Sauber) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:39.269 | 1:41.517 | 1:49.834 | 1:49.834 |
| 2 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:39.814 | 1:39.632 | 1:49.908 | +0.074 |
| 3 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:39.374 | 1:39.377 | 1:50.299 | +0.465 |
| 4 |
| 3Daniel Ricciardo |
| Red Bull |
| 1:40.504 |
| 1:41.085 |
| 1:51.541 |
| +1.707 |
| 5 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull | 1:40.546 | 1:41.665 | 1:51.951 | +2.117 |
| 6 | 3Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso | 1:40.793 | 1:41.430 | 1:51.981 | +2.147 |
| 7 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:40.543 | 1:41.230 | 1:52.473 | +2.639 |
| 8 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:40.303 | 1:41.209 | 1:52.981 | +3.147 |
| 9 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:40.249 | 1:40.650 | 1:53.179 | +3.345 |
| 10 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:40.340 | 1:41.748 | 1:53.261 | +3.427 |
| 11 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:40.415 | 1:42.173 | — | — |
| 12 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Lotus F1 | 1:40.361 | 1:42.198 | — | — |
| 13 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:40.830 | 1:43.023 | — | — |
| 14 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:41.036 | 1:43.469 | — | — |
| 15 | 55Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 1:39.814 | 1:43.701 | — | — |
| 16 | 12Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 1:41.308 | — | — | — |
| 17 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:41.636 | — | — | — |
| 18 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:41.746 | — | — | — |
| 19 | 98Roberto Merhi | Manor Marussia | 1:46.677 | — | — | — |