Round 7 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2016-06-12
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) took pole for the 2016 Canadian Grand Prix with a 1:12.812 lap.
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.062s shy of pole, with Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) third on the grid. Fernando Alonso (McLaren) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Sergio Pérez (Force India) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.526s — pole to P10 — with Fernando Alonso (McLaren) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:14.121 | 1:13.076 | 1:12.812 | 1:12.812 |
| 2 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:13.714 | 1:13.094 | 1:12.874 | +0.062 |
| 3 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:13.925 | 1:13.857 | 1:12.990 | +0.178 |
| 4 |
| 3Daniel Ricciardo |
| Red Bull |
| 1:14.030 |
| 1:13.540 |
| 1:13.166 |
| +0.354 |
| 5 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:14.601 | 1:13.793 | 1:13.414 | +0.602 |
| 6 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:14.477 | 1:13.849 | 1:13.579 | +0.767 |
| 7 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:14.389 | 1:13.791 | 1:13.670 | +0.858 |
| 8 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:14.815 | 1:13.864 | 1:13.769 | +0.957 |
| 9 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Force India | 1:14.663 | 1:14.166 | 1:13.952 | +1.140 |
| 10 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:15.026 | 1:14.260 | 1:14.338 | +1.526 |
| 11 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:14.814 | 1:14.317 | — | +1.505 |
| 12 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:14.755 | 1:14.437 | — | +1.625 |
| 13 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:14.829 | 1:14.457 | — | +1.645 |
| 14 | 21Esteban Gutiérrez | Haas F1 Team | 1:15.148 | 1:14.571 | — | +1.759 |
| 15 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:15.444 | 1:14.803 | — | +1.991 |
| 16 | 55Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 1:14.714 | 1:21.956 | — | +9.144 |
| 17 | 30Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1:15.459 | — | — | +2.647 |
| 18 | 94Pascal Wehrlein | Manor Marussia | 1:15.599 | — | — | +2.787 |
| 19 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:15.635 | — | — | +2.823 |
| 20 | 12Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 1:16.663 | — | — | +3.851 |
| 21 | 88Rio Haryanto | Manor Marussia | 1:17.052 | — | — | +4.240 |