Pit Lane F1
Round 5 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2016-05-15
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) took pole for the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix with a 1:22.000 lap.
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.280s shy of pole, with Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) third on the grid. Fernando Alonso (McLaren) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Nico HĂĽlkenberg (Force India) missed the cut by 0.222s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.981s — pole to P10 — with Fernando Alonso (McLaren) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:23.214 | 1:22.159 | 1:22.000 | 1:22.000 |
| 2 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:23.002 | 1:22.759 | 1:22.280 | +0.280 |
| 3 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:23.749 | 1:23.585 | 1:22.680 | +0.680 |
| 4 |
| 3Max Verstappen |
| Red Bull |
| 1:23.578 |
| 1:23.178 |
| 1:23.087 |
| +1.087 |
| 5 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:23.796 | 1:23.504 | 1:23.113 | +1.113 |
| 6 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:24.124 | 1:23.688 | 1:23.334 | +1.334 |
| 7 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:24.251 | 1:24.023 | 1:23.522 | +1.522 |
| 8 | 55Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 1:24.496 | 1:24.077 | 1:23.643 | +1.643 |
| 9 | 11Sergio PĂ©rez | Force India | 1:24.698 | 1:24.003 | 1:23.782 | +1.782 |
| 10 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:24.578 | 1:24.192 | 1:23.981 | +1.981 |
| 11 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:24.463 | 1:24.203 | — | +2.203 |
| 12 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:24.583 | 1:24.348 | — | +2.348 |
| 13 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:24.696 | 1:24.445 | — | +2.445 |
| 14 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:24.716 | 1:24.480 | — | +2.480 |
| 15 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Renault | 1:24.669 | 1:24.625 | — | +2.625 |
| 16 | 21Esteban Gutiérrez | Haas F1 Team | 1:24.406 | 1:24.778 | — | +2.778 |
| 17 | 30Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1:24.903 | — | — | +2.903 |
| 18 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:24.941 | — | — | +2.941 |
| 19 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:25.202 | — | — | +3.202 |
| 20 | 12Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 1:25.579 | — | — | +3.579 |
| 21 | 94Pascal Wehrlein | Manor Marussia | 1:25.745 | — | — | +3.745 |
| 22 | 88Rio Haryanto | Manor Marussia | 1:25.939 | — | — | +3.939 |