2016 FORMULA 1 PIRELLI CHINESE GRAND PRIX
| pos | driver | team | q1 | q2 | q3 | laps | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nico Rosberg | ROS | Mercedes | 1:37.669 | 1:36.240 | 1:35.402 | 16 |
| 2 | Daniel Ricciardo | RIC | Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer | 1:37.672 | 1:36.815 | 1:35.917 | 13 |
| 3 | Kimi Räikkönen | RAI | Ferrari | 1:37.347 | 1:36.118 | 1:35.972 | 13 |
| 4 | Sebastian Vettel | VET | Ferrari | 1:37.001 | 1:36.183 | 1:36.246 | 10 |
| 5 | Valtteri Bottas | BOT | Williams Mercedes | 1:37.537 | 1:36.831 | 1:36.296 | 13 |
| 6 | Daniil Kvyat | KVY | Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer | 1:37.719 | 1:36.948 | 1:36.399 | 14 |
| 7 | Sergio Perez | PER | Force India Mercedes | 1:38.096 | 1:37.149 | 1:36.865 | 15 |
| 8 | Carlos Sainz | SAI | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:37.656 | 1:37.204 | 1:36.881 | 15 |
| 9 | Max Verstappen | VER | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:38.181 | 1:37.265 | 1:37.194 | 15 |
| 10 | Nico Hulkenberg | HUL | Force India Mercedes | 1:38.165 | 1:37.333 | 10 | |
| 11 | Felipe Massa | MAS | Williams Mercedes | 1:38.016 | 1:37.347 | 9 | |
| 12 | Fernando Alonso | ALO | McLaren Honda | 1:38.451 | 1:38.826 | 11 | |
| 13 | Jenson Button | BUT | McLaren Honda | 1:37.593 | 1:39.093 | 11 | |
| 14 | Romain Grosjean | GRO | Haas Ferrari | 1:38.425 | 1:39.830 | 13 | |
| 15 | Marcus Ericsson | ERI | Sauber Ferrari | 1:38.321 | 1:40.742 | 11 | |
| 16 | Felipe Nasr | NAS | Sauber Ferrari | 1:38.654 | 1:42.430 | 11 | |
| 17 | Kevin Magnussen | MAG | Renault | 1:38.673 | 9 | ||
| 18 | Esteban Gutierrez | GUT | Haas Ferrari | 1:38.770 | 9 | ||
| 19 | Jolyon Palmer | PAL | Renault | 1:39.528 | 9 | ||
| 20 | Rio Haryanto | HAR | MRT-Mercedes | 1:40.264 | 9 | ||
| 0 | Pascal Wehrlein | WEH | MRT-Mercedes | DNF | 2 | ||
| 0 | Lewis Hamilton | HAM | Mercedes | DNF | 3 |