Round 6 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2016-05-29
Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) took pole for the 2016 Monaco Grand Prix with a 1:13.622 lap.
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.169s shy of pole, with Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) third on the grid. Fernando Alonso (McLaren) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Valtteri Bottas (Williams) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.741s — pole to P10 — with Fernando Alonso (McLaren) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:14.912 | 1:14.357 | 1:13.622 | 1:13.622 |
| 2 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:14.873 | 1:14.043 | 1:13.791 | +0.169 |
| 3 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:14.826 | 1:14.056 | 1:13.942 | +0.320 |
| 4 |
| 5Sebastian Vettel |
| Ferrari |
| 1:14.610 |
| 1:14.318 |
| 1:14.552 |
| +0.930 |
| 5 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Force India | 1:15.333 | 1:14.989 | 1:14.726 | +1.104 |
| 6 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:15.499 | 1:14.789 | 1:14.732 | +1.110 |
| 7 | 55Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 1:15.467 | 1:14.805 | 1:14.749 | +1.127 |
| 8 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:15.328 | 1:14.937 | 1:14.902 | +1.280 |
| 9 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:15.384 | 1:14.794 | 1:15.273 | +1.651 |
| 10 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:15.504 | 1:15.107 | 1:15.363 | +1.741 |
| 11 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:15.521 | 1:15.273 | — | +1.651 |
| 12 | 21Esteban Gutiérrez | Haas F1 Team | 1:15.592 | 1:15.293 | — | +1.671 |
| 13 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:15.554 | 1:15.352 | — | +1.730 |
| 14 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:15.710 | 1:15.385 | — | +1.763 |
| 15 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:15.465 | 1:15.571 | — | +1.949 |
| 16 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Renault | 1:16.253 | 1:16.058 | — | +2.436 |
| 17 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:16.299 | — | — | +2.677 |
| 18 | 30Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1:16.586 | — | — | +2.964 |
| 19 | 88Rio Haryanto | Manor Marussia | 1:17.295 | — | — | +3.673 |
| 20 | 94Pascal Wehrlein | Manor Marussia | 1:17.452 | — | — | +3.830 |
| 21 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:22.467 | — | — | +8.845 |
| 22 | 12Felipe Nasr | Sauber | — | — | — | — |