Pit Lane F1
Round 16 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2016-10-02
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) took pole for the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix with a 1:32.850 lap.
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.414s shy of pole, with Max Verstappen (Red Bull) third on the grid. Felipe Massa (Williams) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Valtteri Bottas (Williams) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.821s — pole to P10 — with Felipe Massa (Williams) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:34.444 | 1:33.046 | 1:32.850 | 1:32.850 |
| 2 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:34.460 | 1:33.609 | 1:33.264 | +0.414 |
| 3 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:35.443 | 1:33.775 | 1:33.420 | +0.570 |
| 4 |
| 3Daniel Ricciardo |
| Red Bull |
| 1:35.079 |
| 1:33.888 |
| 1:33.467 |
| +0.617 |
| 5 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:34.557 | 1:33.972 | 1:33.584 | +0.734 |
| 6 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:34.556 | 1:33.903 | 1:33.632 | +0.782 |
| 7 | 11Sergio PĂ©rez | Force India | 1:35.068 | 1:34.538 | 1:34.319 | +1.469 |
| 8 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Force India | 1:34.827 | 1:34.441 | 1:34.489 | +1.639 |
| 9 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:35.267 | 1:34.431 | 1:34.518 | +1.668 |
| 10 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:35.267 | 1:34.422 | 1:34.671 | +1.821 |
| 11 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:35.166 | 1:34.577 | — | +1.727 |
| 12 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:35.400 | 1:35.001 | — | +2.151 |
| 13 | 21Esteban Gutiérrez | Haas F1 Team | 1:35.658 | 1:35.097 | — | +2.247 |
| 14 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Renault | 1:35.593 | 1:35.277 | — | +2.427 |
| 15 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:35.695 | 1:35.369 | — | +2.519 |
| 16 | 55Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 1:35.605 | 1:35.374 | — | +2.524 |
| 17 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:35.816 | — | — | +2.966 |
| 18 | 12Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 1:35.949 | — | — | +3.099 |
| 19 | 30Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1:35.999 | — | — | +3.149 |
| 20 | 31Esteban Ocon | Manor Marussia | 1:36.451 | — | — | +3.601 |
| 21 | 94Pascal Wehrlein | Manor Marussia | 1:36.587 | — | — | +3.737 |
| 22 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:37.155 | — | — | +4.305 |