2016 Bahrain Grand Prix
Qualifying
Notes – Kevin Magnussen started the race from the pit lane as a penalty, after failing to stop for a mandatory weight check and the team instead conducting work on the car during free practice.

2016 Bahrain Grand Prix

Section Title: Qualifying
Table Section Text: Notes – Kevin Magnussen started the race from the pit lane as a penalty, after failing to stop for a mandatory weight check and the team instead conducting work on the car during free practice.

Pos.	Car no.	Driver	Constructor	Qualifying times	Final grid

Q1	Q2	Q3

1	44	United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:31.391	1:30.039	1:29.493	1

2	6	Germany Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:31.325	1:30.535	1:29.570	2

3	5	Germany Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:31.636	1:30.409	1:30.012	3

4	7	Finland Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:31.685	1:30.559	1:30.244	4

5	3	Australia Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	1:31.403	1:31.122	1:30.854	5

6	77	Finland Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1:31.672	1:30.931	1:31.153	6

7	19	Brazil Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:32.045	1:31.374	1:31.155	7

8	27	Germany Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:31.987	1:31.604	1:31.620	8

9	8	France Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:32.005	1:31.756	9

10	33	Netherlands Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:31.888	1:31.772	10

11	55	Spain Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:31.716	1:31.816	11

12	47	Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Honda	1:32.472	1:31.934	12

13	21	Mexico Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas-Ferrari	1:32.118	1:31.945	13

14	22	United Kingdom Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	1:31.976	1:31.998	14

15	26	Russia Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	1:32.559	1:32.241	15

16	94	Germany Pascal Wehrlein	MRT-Mercedes	1:32.806	16

17	9	Sweden Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:32.840	17

18	11	Mexico Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	1:32.911	18

19	20	Denmark Kevin Magnussen	Renault	1:33.181	PL

20	30	United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:33.438	19

21	88	Indonesia Rio Haryanto	MRT-Mercedes	1:34.190	20

22	12	Brazil Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	1:34.388	21

107% time: 1:37.717

Source:

Sentence(s)

Hamilton set the fastest lap at the Bahrain Circuit, at 1:29.493, to achieve pole position ahead of Rosberg, who was just 0.077 seconds slower.

final_sentence: Hamilton set the fastest lap at the Bahrain Circuit, at 1:29.493, to achieve pole position ahead of Rosberg, who was just 0.077 seconds slower.