Pit Lane F1
Round 3 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2015-04-12
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) took pole for the 2015 Chinese Grand Prix with a 1:35.782 lap.
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.046s shy of pole, with Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) third on the grid. Marcus Ericsson (Sauber) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Pastor Maldonado (Lotus F1) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.376s — pole to P10 — with Marcus Ericsson (Sauber) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:38.285 | 1:36.423 | 1:35.782 | 1:35.782 |
| 2 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:38.496 | 1:36.747 | 1:35.828 | +0.046 |
| 3 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:37.502 | 1:36.957 | 1:36.687 | +0.905 |
| 4 |
| 19Felipe Massa |
| Williams |
| 1:38.433 |
| 1:37.357 |
| 1:36.954 |
| +1.172 |
| 5 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:38.014 | 1:37.763 | 1:37.143 | +1.361 |
| 6 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:37.790 | 1:37.109 | 1:37.232 | +1.450 |
| 7 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:38.534 | 1:37.939 | 1:37.540 | +1.758 |
| 8 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:38.209 | 1:38.063 | 1:37.905 | +2.123 |
| 9 | 12Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 1:38.521 | 1:38.017 | 1:38.067 | +2.285 |
| 10 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:38.941 | 1:38.127 | 1:38.158 | +2.376 |
| 11 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Lotus F1 | 1:38.563 | 1:38.134 | — | +2.352 |
| 12 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull | 1:39.051 | 1:38.209 | — | +2.427 |
| 13 | 3Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso | 1:38.387 | 1:38.393 | — | +2.611 |
| 14 | 55Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 1:38.622 | 1:38.538 | — | +2.756 |
| 15 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:38.903 | 1:39.290 | — | +3.508 |
| 16 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:39.216 | — | — | +3.434 |
| 17 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:39.276 | — | — | +3.494 |
| 18 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:39.280 | — | — | +3.498 |
| 19 | 28Will Stevens | Manor Marussia | 1:42.091 | — | — | +6.309 |
| 20 | 98Roberto Merhi | Manor Marussia | 1:42.842 | — | — | +7.060 |