Pit Lane F1
Round 19 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2016-10-30
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) took pole for the 2016 Mexican Grand Prix with a 1:18.704 lap.
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.254s shy of pole, with Max Verstappen (Red Bull) third on the grid. Carlos Sainz (Toro Rosso) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Fernando Alonso (McLaren) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.674s — pole to P10 — with Carlos Sainz (Toro Rosso) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:19.447 | 1:19.137 | 1:18.704 | 1:18.704 |
| 2 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:19.996 | 1:19.761 | 1:18.958 | +0.254 |
| 3 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:19.874 | 1:18.972 | 1:19.054 | +0.350 |
| 4 |
| 3Daniel Ricciardo |
| Red Bull |
| 1:19.713 |
| 1:19.553 |
| 1:19.133 |
| +0.429 |
| 5 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Force India | 1:20.599 | 1:19.769 | 1:19.330 | +0.626 |
| 6 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:19.554 | 1:19.936 | 1:19.376 | +0.672 |
| 7 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:19.865 | 1:19.385 | 1:19.381 | +0.677 |
| 8 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:20.338 | 1:19.958 | 1:19.551 | +0.847 |
| 9 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:20.423 | 1:20.151 | 1:20.032 | +1.328 |
| 10 | 55Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 1:20.457 | 1:20.169 | 1:20.378 | +1.674 |
| 11 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:20.552 | 1:20.282 | — | +1.578 |
| 12 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:20.308 | 1:20.287 | — | +1.583 |
| 13 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:21.333 | 1:20.673 | — | +1.969 |
| 14 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Renault | 1:21.254 | 1:21.131 | — | +2.427 |
| 15 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:21.062 | 1:21.536 | — | +2.832 |
| 16 | 94Pascal Wehrlein | Manor Marussia | 1:21.363 | 1:21.785 | — | +3.081 |
| 17 | 21Esteban Gutiérrez | Haas F1 Team | 1:21.401 | — | — | +2.697 |
| 18 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:21.454 | — | — | +2.750 |
| 19 | 12Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 1:21.692 | — | — | +2.988 |
| 20 | 31Esteban Ocon | Manor Marussia | 1:21.881 | — | — | +3.177 |
| 21 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:21.916 | — | — | +3.212 |