Pit Lane F1
Round 2 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2016-04-03
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) took pole for the 2016 Bahrain Grand Prix with a 1:29.493 lap.
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.077s shy of pole, with Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) third on the grid. Max Verstappen (Toro Rosso) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Carlos Sainz (Toro Rosso) missed the cut by 0.044s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.279s — pole to P10 — with Max Verstappen (Toro Rosso) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:31.391 | 1:30.039 | 1:29.493 | 1:29.493 |
| 2 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:31.325 | 1:30.535 | 1:29.570 | +0.077 |
| 3 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:31.636 | 1:30.409 | 1:30.012 | +0.519 |
| 4 |
| 7Kimi Räikkönen |
| Ferrari |
| 1:31.685 |
| 1:30.559 |
| 1:30.244 |
| +0.751 |
| 5 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:31.403 | 1:31.122 | 1:30.854 | +1.361 |
| 6 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:31.672 | 1:30.931 | 1:31.153 | +1.660 |
| 7 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:32.045 | 1:31.374 | 1:31.155 | +1.662 |
| 8 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Force India | 1:31.987 | 1:31.604 | 1:31.620 | +2.127 |
| 9 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:32.005 | 1:31.756 | — | +2.263 |
| 10 | 3Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso | 1:31.888 | 1:31.772 | — | +2.279 |
| 11 | 55Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 1:31.716 | 1:31.816 | — | +2.323 |
| 12 | 2Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:32.472 | 1:31.934 | — | +2.441 |
| 13 | 21Esteban Gutiérrez | Haas F1 Team | 1:32.118 | 1:31.945 | — | +2.452 |
| 14 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:31.976 | 1:31.998 | — | +2.505 |
| 15 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull | 1:32.559 | 1:32.241 | — | +2.748 |
| 16 | 94Pascal Wehrlein | Manor Marussia | 1:32.806 | — | — | +3.313 |
| 17 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:32.840 | — | — | +3.347 |
| 18 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:32.911 | — | — | +3.418 |
| 19 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Renault | 1:33.181 | — | — | +3.688 |
| 20 | 30Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1:33.438 | — | — | +3.945 |
| 21 | 88Rio Haryanto | Manor Marussia | 1:34.190 | — | — | +4.697 |
| 22 | 12Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 1:34.388 | — | — | +4.895 |