Pit Lane F1
Round 3 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2016-04-17
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) took pole for the 2016 Chinese Grand Prix with a 1:35.402 lap.
Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) joined the front row, 0.515s shy of pole, with Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) third on the grid. Nico Hülkenberg (Force India) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Felipe Massa (Williams) missed the cut by 0.014s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.931s — pole to P10 — with Nico Hülkenberg (Force India) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:37.669 | 1:36.240 | 1:35.402 | 1:35.402 |
| 2 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:37.672 | 1:36.815 | 1:35.917 | +0.515 |
| 3 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:37.347 | 1:36.118 | 1:35.972 | +0.570 |
| 4 |
| 5Sebastian Vettel |
| Ferrari |
| 1:37.001 |
| 1:36.183 |
| 1:36.246 |
| +0.844 |
| 5 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:37.537 | 1:36.831 | 1:36.296 | +0.894 |
| 6 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull | 1:37.719 | 1:36.948 | 1:36.399 | +0.997 |
| 7 | 11Sergio PĂ©rez | Force India | 1:38.096 | 1:37.149 | 1:36.865 | +1.463 |
| 8 | 55Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 1:37.656 | 1:37.204 | 1:36.881 | +1.479 |
| 9 | 3Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso | 1:38.181 | 1:37.265 | 1:37.194 | +1.792 |
| 10 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:38.165 | 1:37.333 | — | +1.931 |
| 11 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:38.016 | 1:37.347 | — | +1.945 |
| 12 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:38.451 | 1:38.826 | — | +3.424 |
| 13 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:37.593 | 1:39.093 | — | +3.691 |
| 14 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:38.425 | 1:39.830 | — | +4.428 |
| 15 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:38.321 | 1:40.742 | — | +5.340 |
| 16 | 12Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 1:38.654 | 1:42.430 | — | +7.028 |
| 17 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Renault | 1:38.673 | — | — | +3.271 |
| 18 | 21Esteban Gutiérrez | Haas F1 Team | 1:38.770 | — | — | +3.368 |
| 19 | 30Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1:39.528 | — | — | +4.126 |
| 20 | 88Rio Haryanto | Manor Marussia | 1:40.264 | — | — | +4.862 |
| 21 | 94Pascal Wehrlein | Manor Marussia | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | — | — | — | — |