2016 FORMULA 1 PETRONAS MALAYSIA GRAND PRIX
| pos | driver | team | q1 | q2 | q3 | laps | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | HAM | Mercedes | 1:34.444 | 1:33.046 | 1:32.850 | 11 |
| 2 | Nico Rosberg | ROS | Mercedes | 1:34.460 | 1:33.609 | 1:33.264 | 12 |
| 3 | Max Verstappen | VER | Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer | 1:35.443 | 1:33.775 | 1:33.420 | 15 |
| 4 | Daniel Ricciardo | RIC | Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer | 1:35.079 | 1:33.888 | 1:33.467 | 12 |
| 5 | Sebastian Vettel | VET | Ferrari | 1:34.557 | 1:33.972 | 1:33.584 | 17 |
| 6 | Kimi Räikkönen | RAI | Ferrari | 1:34.556 | 1:33.903 | 1:33.632 | 16 |
| 7 | Sergio Perez | PER | Force India Mercedes | 1:35.068 | 1:34.538 | 1:34.319 | 17 |
| 8 | Nico Hulkenberg | HUL | Force India Mercedes | 1:34.827 | 1:34.441 | 1:34.489 | 15 |
| 9 | Jenson Button | BUT | McLaren Honda | 1:35.267 | 1:34.431 | 1:34.518 | 17 |
| 10 | Felipe Massa | MAS | Williams Mercedes | 1:35.267 | 1:34.422 | 1:34.671 | 13 |
| 11 | Valtteri Bottas | BOT | Williams Mercedes | 1:35.166 | 1:34.577 | 9 | |
| 12 | Romain Grosjean | GRO | Haas Ferrari | 1:35.400 | 1:35.001 | 14 | |
| 13 | Esteban Gutierrez | GUT | Haas Ferrari | 1:35.658 | 1:35.097 | 14 | |
| 14 | Kevin Magnussen | MAG | Renault | 1:35.593 | 1:35.277 | 13 | |
| 15 | Daniil Kvyat | KVY | Toro Rosso Ferrari | 1:35.695 | 1:35.369 | 12 | |
| 16 | Carlos Sainz | SAI | Toro Rosso Ferrari | 1:35.605 | 1:35.374 | 12 | |
| 17 | Marcus Ericsson | ERI | Sauber Ferrari | 1:35.816 | 8 | ||
| 18 | Felipe Nasr | NAS | Sauber Ferrari | 1:35.949 | 8 | ||
| 19 | Jolyon Palmer | PAL | Renault | 1:35.999 | 8 | ||
| 20 | Esteban Ocon | OCO | MRT Mercedes | 1:36.451 | 9 | ||
| 21 | Pascal Wehrlein | WEH | MRT Mercedes | 1:36.587 | 9 | ||
| 22 | Fernando Alonso | ALO | McLaren Honda | 1:37.155 | 5 |