Pit Lane F1
Round 8 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2015-06-21
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) took pole for the 2015 Austrian Grand Prix with a 1:08.455 lap.
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.200s shy of pole, with Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) third on the grid. Romain Grosjean (Lotus F1) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Pastor Maldonado (Lotus F1) missed the cut by 0.454s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.465s — pole to P10 — with Romain Grosjean (Lotus F1) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:12.218 | 1:09.062 | 1:08.455 | 1:08.455 |
| 2 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:10.976 | 1:08.634 | 1:08.655 | +0.200 |
| 3 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:11.184 | 1:09.392 | 1:08.810 | +0.355 |
| 4 |
| 19Felipe Massa |
| Williams |
| 1:11.830 |
| 1:09.719 |
| 1:09.192 |
| +0.737 |
| 5 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Force India | 1:11.319 | 1:09.604 | 1:09.278 | +0.823 |
| 6 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:11.894 | 1:09.598 | 1:09.319 | +0.864 |
| 7 | 3Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso | 1:11.307 | 1:09.631 | 1:09.612 | +1.157 |
| 8 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull | 1:12.092 | 1:10.187 | 1:09.694 | +1.239 |
| 9 | 12Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 1:12.001 | 1:09.652 | 1:09.713 | +1.258 |
| 10 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:11.821 | 1:09.920 | — | +1.465 |
| 11 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Lotus F1 | 1:11.661 | 1:10.374 | — | +1.919 |
| 12 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:12.388 | 1:10.426 | — | +1.971 |
| 13 | 55Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 1:11.158 | 1:10.465 | — | +2.010 |
| 14 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:11.973 | 1:10.482 | — | +2.027 |
| 15 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:12.508 | 1:10.736 | — | +2.281 |
| 16 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:12.522 | — | — | +4.067 |
| 17 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:12.632 | — | — | +4.177 |
| 18 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:12.867 | — | — | +4.412 |
| 19 | 98Roberto Merhi | Manor Marussia | 1:14.071 | — | — | +5.616 |
| 20 | 28Will Stevens | Manor Marussia | 1:15.368 | — | — | +6.913 |