Pit Lane F1
Round 20 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2016-11-13
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) took pole for the 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix with a 1:10.736 lap.
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.102s shy of pole, with Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) third on the grid. Fernando Alonso (McLaren) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Valtteri Bottas (Williams) missed the cut by 0.154s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.530s — pole to P10 — with Fernando Alonso (McLaren) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:11.511 | 1:11.238 | 1:10.736 | 1:10.736 |
| 2 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:11.815 | 1:11.373 | 1:10.838 | +0.102 |
| 3 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:12.100 | 1:12.301 | 1:11.404 | +0.668 |
| 4 |
| 3Max Verstappen |
| Red Bull |
| 1:11.957 |
| 1:11.834 |
| 1:11.485 |
| +0.749 |
| 5 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:12.159 | 1:12.010 | 1:11.495 | +0.759 |
| 6 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:12.409 | 1:12.047 | 1:11.540 | +0.804 |
| 7 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:12.893 | 1:12.343 | 1:11.937 | +1.201 |
| 8 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Force India | 1:12.428 | 1:12.360 | 1:12.104 | +1.368 |
| 9 | 11Sergio PĂ©rez | Force India | 1:12.684 | 1:12.331 | 1:12.165 | +1.429 |
| 10 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:12.700 | 1:12.312 | 1:12.266 | +1.530 |
| 11 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:12.680 | 1:12.420 | — | +1.684 |
| 12 | 21Esteban Gutiérrez | Haas F1 Team | 1:13.052 | 1:12.431 | — | +1.695 |
| 13 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:12.432 | 1:12.521 | — | +1.785 |
| 14 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:13.071 | 1:12.726 | — | +1.990 |
| 15 | 55Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 1:12.950 | 1:12.920 | — | +2.184 |
| 16 | 30Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1:13.259 | 1:13.258 | — | +2.522 |
| 17 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:13.276 | — | — | +2.540 |
| 18 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Renault | 1:13.410 | — | — | +2.674 |
| 19 | 94Pascal Wehrlein | Manor Marussia | 1:13.427 | — | — | +2.691 |
| 20 | 31Esteban Ocon | Manor Marussia | 1:13.432 | — | — | +2.696 |
| 21 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:13.623 | — | — | +2.887 |
| 22 | 12Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 1:13.681 | — | — | +2.945 |