Pit Lane F1
Round 9 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2016-07-03
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) took pole for the 2016 Austrian Grand Prix with a 1:07.922 lap.
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.543s shy of pole, with Nico Hülkenberg (Force India) third on the grid. Felipe Massa (Williams) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Esteban Gutiérrez (Haas F1 Team) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 4.055s — pole to P10 — with Felipe Massa (Williams) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:06.947 | 1:06.228 | 1:07.922 | 1:07.922 |
| 2 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:06.516 | 1:06.403 | 1:08.465 | +0.543 |
| 3 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Force India | 1:07.385 | 1:07.257 | 1:09.285 | +1.363 |
| 4 |
| 5Sebastian Vettel |
| Ferrari |
| 1:06.761 |
| 1:06.602 |
| 1:09.781 |
| +1.859 |
| 5 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:07.653 | 1:07.572 | 1:09.900 | +1.978 |
| 6 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:07.240 | 1:06.940 | 1:09.901 | +1.979 |
| 7 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:07.500 | 1:06.840 | 1:09.980 | +2.058 |
| 8 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:07.148 | 1:06.911 | 1:10.440 | +2.518 |
| 9 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:07.131 | 1:06.866 | 1:11.153 | +3.231 |
| 10 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:07.419 | 1:07.145 | 1:11.977 | +4.055 |
| 11 | 21Esteban Gutiérrez | Haas F1 Team | 1:07.660 | 1:07.578 | — | — |
| 12 | 94Pascal Wehrlein | Manor Marussia | 1:07.565 | 1:07.700 | — | — |
| 13 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:07.662 | 1:07.850 | — | — |
| 14 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:07.671 | 1:08.154 | — | +0.232 |
| 15 | 55Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 1:07.618 | — | — | — |
| 16 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:07.657 | — | — | — |
| 17 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Renault | 1:07.941 | — | — | +0.019 |
| 18 | 30Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1:07.965 | — | — | +0.043 |
| 19 | 88Rio Haryanto | Manor Marussia | 1:08.026 | — | — | +0.104 |
| 20 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:08.409 | — | — | +0.487 |
| 21 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:08.418 | — | — | +0.496 |
| 22 | 12Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 1:08.446 | — | — | +0.524 |