Round 11 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2016-07-24
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) took pole for the 2016 Hungarian Grand Prix with a 1:19.965 lap.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.143s shy of pole, with Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) third on the grid. Valtteri Bottas (Williams) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Romain Grosjean (Haas F1 Team) missed the cut by 2.759s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.217s — pole to P10 — with Valtteri Bottas (Williams) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:33.302 | 1:22.806 | 1:19.965 | 1:19.965 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:34.210 | 1:24.836 | 1:20.108 | +0.143 |
| 3 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:39.968 | 1:23.234 | 1:20.280 | +0.315 |
| 4 |
| 3Max Verstappen |
| Red Bull |
| 1:40.424 |
| 1:22.660 |
| 1:20.557 |
| +0.592 |
| 5 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:35.718 | 1:24.082 | 1:20.874 | +0.909 |
| 6 | 55Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 1:36.115 | 1:24.734 | 1:21.131 | +1.166 |
| 7 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:35.165 | 1:23.816 | 1:21.211 | +1.246 |
| 8 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:37.983 | 1:24.456 | 1:21.597 | +1.632 |
| 9 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Force India | 1:41.471 | 1:23.901 | 1:21.823 | +1.858 |
| 10 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:42.758 | 1:24.506 | 1:22.182 | +2.217 |
| 11 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:35.906 | 1:24.941 | — | +4.976 |
| 12 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:36.714 | 1:25.301 | — | +5.336 |
| 13 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:41.411 | 1:25.416 | — | +5.451 |
| 14 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:36.853 | 1:25.435 | — | +5.470 |
| 15 | 21Esteban Gutiérrez | Haas F1 Team | 1:38.959 | 1:26.189 | — | +6.224 |
| 16 | 12Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 1:37.772 | 1:27.063 | — | +7.098 |
| 17 | 30Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1:43.965 | — | — | +24.000 |
| 18 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:43.999 | — | — | +24.034 |
| 19 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Renault | 1:44.543 | — | — | +24.578 |
| 20 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:46.984 | — | — | +27.019 |
| 21 | 94Pascal Wehrlein | Manor Marussia | 1:47.343 | — | — | +27.378 |
| 22 | 88Rio Haryanto | Manor Marussia | 1:50.189 | — | — | +30.224 |