Qualifying results 2016 Malaysian F1 Grand Prix

2016 Malaysian GP top 3 qualifiers: Lewis Hamilton, Nico Rosberg & Max Verstappen

Event: Malaysian Grand Prix
Track: Sepang International Circuit

Weather: 31°C dry & sunny
Tarmac: 42°C dry
Humidity: 55%

Lewis Hamilton scored pole position for tomorrows 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix. It''s the 57th Formula 1 pole position for Hamilton.

The record of Michael Schumacher of 61 poles slowly comes in sight for Hamilton.

The British Mercedes driver was the only driver who could drive a lap time below 1 minute and 33 seconds.

Second grid place was won by Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg. He could not get the newly designed last corner right and had to settle for second.

Regarding the start failures of Hamilton this season, he was confident for the race tomorrow.

Dutch driver Max Verstappen who turned 19 years old yesterday, took the 3rd grid slot. He showed very good race pace in the long runs on yesterdays practice sessions.

When Red Bull gets it right for tomorrows race, the teenager will be a serious candidate for a race win.

Qualifying results 2016 Malaysian F1 GP

PosNoDriverTeamQ1Q2Q3
144Lewis HamiltonMercedes01:34.44401:33.04601:32.850
26Nico RosbergMercedes01:34.46001:33.60901:33.264
333Max VerstappenRed Bull01:35.44301:33.77501:33.420
43Daniel RicciardoRed Bull01:35.07901:33.88801:33.467
55Sebastian VettelFerrari01:34.55701:33.97201:33.584
67Kimi RäikkönenFerrari01:34.55601:33.90301:33.632
711Sergio PérezForce India01:35.06801:34.53801:34.319
827Nico HülkenbergForce India01:34.82701:34.44101:34.489
922Jenson ButtonMcLaren01:35.26701:34.42201:34.518
1019Felipe MassaWilliams01:35.26701:34.42201:34.671
1177Valtteri BottasWilliams01:35.16601:34.577
128Romain GrosjeanHaas01:35.40001:35.001
1321Esteban GutierrezHaas01:35.65801:35.097
1420Kevin MagnussenRenault01:35.59301:35.277
1526Daniil KvyatToro Rosso01:35.69501:35.369
1655Carlos SainzToro Rosso01:35.60501:35.374
179Marcus EricssonSauber01:35.816
1812Felipe NasrSauber01:35.949
1930Jolyon PalmerRenault01:35.999
2045Esteban OconManor01:36.451
2194Pascal WehrleinManor01:36.587
2214Fernando AlonsoMcLaren01:37.155


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