Pit Lane F1
Round 4 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2016-05-01
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) took pole for the 2016 Russian Grand Prix with a 1:35.417 lap.
Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.706s shy of pole, with Valtteri Bottas (Williams) third on the grid. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Carlos Sainz (Toro Rosso) missed the cut by 1.832s.
Q3 was settled inside 0.403s — pole to P10 — with Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:36.119 | 1:35.337 | 1:35.417 | 1:35.417 |
| 2 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:36.555 | 1:36.623 | 1:36.123 | +0.706 |
| 3 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:37.746 | 1:37.140 | 1:36.536 | +1.119 |
| 4 |
| 7Kimi Räikkönen |
| Ferrari |
| 1:36.976 |
| 1:36.741 |
| 1:36.663 |
| +1.246 |
| 5 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:37.753 | 1:37.230 | 1:37.016 | +1.599 |
| 6 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:38.091 | 1:37.569 | 1:37.125 | +1.708 |
| 7 | 11Sergio PĂ©rez | Force India | 1:38.006 | 1:37.282 | 1:37.212 | +1.795 |
| 8 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull | 1:38.265 | 1:37.606 | 1:37.459 | +2.042 |
| 9 | 3Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso | 1:38.123 | 1:37.510 | 1:37.583 | +2.166 |
| 10 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:36.006 | 1:35.820 | — | +0.403 |
| 11 | 55Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 1:37.784 | 1:37.652 | — | +2.235 |
| 12 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:38.332 | 1:37.701 | — | +2.284 |
| 13 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:38.562 | 1:37.771 | — | +2.354 |
| 14 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:37.971 | 1:37.807 | — | +2.390 |
| 15 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:38.383 | 1:38.055 | — | +2.638 |
| 16 | 21Esteban Gutiérrez | Haas F1 Team | 1:38.678 | 1:38.115 | — | +2.698 |
| 17 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Renault | 1:38.914 | — | — | +3.497 |
| 18 | 30Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1:39.009 | — | — | +3.592 |
| 19 | 12Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 1:39.018 | — | — | +3.601 |
| 20 | 94Pascal Wehrlein | Manor Marussia | 1:39.399 | — | — | +3.982 |
| 21 | 88Rio Haryanto | Manor Marussia | 1:39.463 | — | — | +4.046 |
| 22 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:39.519 | — | — | +4.102 |