Pit Lane F1
Round 12 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2016-07-31
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) took pole for the 2016 German Grand Prix with a 1:14.363 lap.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.107s shy of pole, with Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) third on the grid. Felipe Massa (Williams) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Esteban Gutiérrez (Haas F1 Team) missed the cut by 0.268s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.252s — pole to P10 — with Felipe Massa (Williams) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:15.485 | 1:14.839 | 1:14.363 | 1:14.363 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:15.243 | 1:14.748 | 1:14.470 | +0.107 |
| 3 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:15.591 | 1:15.545 | 1:14.726 | +0.363 |
| 4 |
| 3Max Verstappen |
| Red Bull |
| 1:15.875 |
| 1:15.124 |
| 1:14.834 |
| +0.471 |
| 5 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:15.752 | 1:15.242 | 1:15.142 | +0.779 |
| 6 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:15.927 | 1:15.630 | 1:15.315 | +0.952 |
| 7 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Force India | 1:16.301 | 1:15.623 | 1:15.510 | +1.147 |
| 8 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:15.952 | 1:15.490 | 1:15.530 | +1.167 |
| 9 | 11Sergio PĂ©rez | Force India | 1:16.169 | 1:15.500 | 1:15.537 | +1.174 |
| 10 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:16.503 | 1:15.699 | 1:15.615 | +1.252 |
| 11 | 21Esteban Gutiérrez | Haas F1 Team | 1:15.987 | 1:15.883 | — | +1.520 |
| 12 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:16.172 | 1:15.909 | — | +1.546 |
| 13 | 55Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 1:16.317 | 1:15.989 | — | +1.626 |
| 14 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:16.338 | 1:16.041 | — | +1.678 |
| 15 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:16.328 | 1:16.086 | — | +1.723 |
| 16 | 30Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1:16.636 | 1:16.665 | — | +2.302 |
| 17 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Renault | 1:16.716 | — | — | +2.353 |
| 18 | 94Pascal Wehrlein | Manor Marussia | 1:16.717 | — | — | +2.354 |
| 19 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:16.876 | — | — | +2.513 |
| 20 | 88Rio Haryanto | Manor Marussia | 1:16.977 | — | — | +2.614 |
| 21 | 12Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 1:17.123 | — | — | +2.760 |
| 22 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:17.238 | — | — | +2.875 |