Qualifying

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Pos. No. Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Fastest Laps
1 6 Nico Rosberg ROS Mercedes 1:56.671 1:56.824 16
2 44 Lewis Hamilton HAM Mercedes 1:56.871 1:56.929 14
3 3 Daniel Ricciardo RIC Red Bull Racing 1:56.495 1:57.969 16
4 26 Daniil Kvyat KVY Red Bull Racing 1:57.640 1:58.434 16
5 11 Sergio Perez PER Force India 1:59.284 1:59.210 16
6 27 Nico Hulkenberg HUL Force India 1:58.325 1:59.333 16
7 19 Felipe Massa MAS Williams 2:00.902 1:59.999 17
8 33 Max Verstappen VES Toro Rosso 1:58.689 2:00.199 17
9 14 Fernando Alonso ALO McLaren 1:59.704 2:00.265 16
10 77 Valtteri Bottas BOT Williams 1:59.569 2:00.334 16
11 8 Romain Grosjean GRO Lotus 2:00.236 2:00.595 17
12 22 Jenson Button BUT McLaren 2:00.261 2:01.193 16
13 13 Pastor Maldonado MAL Lotus 2:00.844 2:01.604 17
14 5 Sebastian Vettel VET Ferrari 2:00.950 1:58.596 13
15 9 Marcus Ericsson ERI Sauber 2:02.212 9
16 12 Felipe Nasr NAS Sauber 2:03.194 9
17 53 Alexander Rossi RSI Marussia 2:04.176 9
18 7 Kimi Räikkönen RAI Ferrari 1:58.198 15
19 28 Will Stevens STE Marussia 2:04.526 9
NC 55 Carlos Sainz SAI Toro Rosso 2:07.304 3

Note - Q3 was cancelled due to adverse weather conditions. Vettel and Raikkonen penalised 10 grid places, and Stevens 20 places, for unscheduled power unit component changes. Sainz failed to set a time within the Q1 107 percent requirement - races at the stewards' discretion.