Round 14 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2016-09-04
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) took pole for the 2016 Italian Grand Prix with a 1:21.135 lap.
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.478s shy of pole, with Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) third on the grid. Esteban Gutiérrez (Haas F1 Team) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Felipe Massa (Williams) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.049s — pole to P10 — with Esteban Gutiérrez (Haas F1 Team) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:21.854 | 1:21.498 | 1:21.135 | 1:21.135 |
| 2 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:22.497 | 1:21.809 | 1:21.613 | +0.478 |
| 3 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:23.077 | 1:22.275 | 1:21.972 | +0.837 |
| 4 |
| 7Kimi Räikkönen |
| Ferrari |
| 1:23.217 |
| 1:22.568 |
| 1:22.065 |
| +0.930 |
| 5 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:23.264 | 1:22.499 | 1:22.388 | +1.253 |
| 6 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:23.158 | 1:22.638 | 1:22.389 | +1.254 |
| 7 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:23.229 | 1:22.857 | 1:22.411 | +1.276 |
| 8 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:23.439 | 1:22.922 | 1:22.814 | +1.679 |
| 9 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Force India | 1:23.259 | 1:22.951 | 1:22.836 | +1.701 |
| 10 | 21Esteban Gutiérrez | Haas F1 Team | 1:23.386 | 1:22.856 | 1:23.184 | +2.049 |
| 11 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:23.489 | 1:22.967 | — | +1.832 |
| 12 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:23.421 | 1:23.092 | — | +1.957 |
| 13 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:23.783 | 1:23.273 | — | +2.138 |
| 14 | 94Pascal Wehrlein | Manor Marussia | 1:23.760 | 1:23.315 | — | +2.180 |
| 15 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:23.666 | 1:23.399 | — | +2.264 |
| 16 | 55Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 1:23.661 | 1:23.496 | — | +2.361 |
| 17 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:23.825 | — | — | +2.690 |
| 18 | 12Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 1:23.956 | — | — | +2.821 |
| 19 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:24.087 | — | — | +2.952 |
| 20 | 30Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1:24.230 | — | — | +3.095 |
| 21 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Renault | 1:24.436 | — | — | +3.301 |