Pit Lane F1
Round 8 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2016-06-19
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) took pole for the 2016 European Grand Prix with a 1:42.758 lap.
Sergio Pérez (Force India) joined the front row, 0.757s shy of pole, with Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) third on the grid. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Romain Grosjean (Haas F1 Team) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 19.196s — pole to P10 — with Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:43.685 | 1:42.520 | 1:42.758 | 1:42.758 |
| 2 | 11Sergio PĂ©rez | Force India | 1:44.462 | 1:43.939 | 1:43.515 | +0.757 |
| 3 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:44.570 | 1:44.141 | 1:43.966 | +1.208 |
| 4 |
| 5Sebastian Vettel |
| Ferrari |
| 1:45.062 |
| 1:44.461 |
| 1:43.966 |
| +1.208 |
| 5 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:44.936 | 1:44.533 | 1:44.269 | +1.511 |
| 6 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:45.494 | 1:44.696 | 1:44.483 | +1.725 |
| 7 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:44.694 | 1:44.687 | 1:44.717 | +1.959 |
| 8 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:44.706 | 1:44.477 | 1:45.246 | +2.488 |
| 9 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:44.939 | 1:44.387 | 1:45.570 | +2.812 |
| 10 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:44.259 | 1:43.526 | 2:01.954 | +19.196 |
| 11 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:45.507 | 1:44.755 | — | +1.997 |
| 12 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:44.860 | 1:44.824 | — | +2.066 |
| 13 | 55Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 1:44.827 | 1:45.000 | — | +2.242 |
| 14 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:45.525 | 1:45.270 | — | +2.512 |
| 15 | 21Esteban Gutiérrez | Haas F1 Team | 1:45.300 | 1:45.349 | — | +2.591 |
| 16 | 12Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 1:45.549 | 1:46.048 | — | +3.290 |
| 17 | 88Rio Haryanto | Manor Marussia | 1:45.665 | — | — | +2.907 |
| 18 | 94Pascal Wehrlein | Manor Marussia | 1:45.750 | — | — | +2.992 |
| 19 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:45.804 | — | — | +3.046 |
| 20 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:46.231 | — | — | +3.473 |
| 21 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Renault | 1:46.348 | — | — | +3.590 |
| 22 | 30Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1:46.394 | — | — | +3.636 |