Championship leader Lewis Hamilton saw off the challenge of Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg and Williams’ Valtteri Bottas to take his seventh pole position of the season in Russia on Saturday afternoon.
McLaren’s Jenson Button was fourth quickest, just ahead of Toro Rosso’s Daniil Kvyat who delighted his home fans by claiming fifth.
Pos | No | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
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1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:38.759 | 1:38.338 | 1:38.513 | 18 |
2 | 6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:39.076 | 1:38.606 | 1:38.713 | 18 |
3 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Mercedes | 1:39.125 | 1:38.971 | 1:38.920 | 23 |
4 | 22 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:39.560 | 1:39.381 | 1:39.121 | 22 |
5 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat | STR-Renault | 1:40.074 | 1:39.296 | 1:39.277 | 27 |
6 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:39.735 | 1:39.022 | 1:39.629 | 21 |
7 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:40.519 | 1:39.666 | 1:39.635 | 21 |
8 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:40.255 | 1:39.786 | 1:39.709 | 25 |
9 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:40.098 | 1:39.838 | 1:39.771 | 26 |
10 | 25 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Renault | 1:40.354 | 1:39.929 | 1:40.020 | 27 |
11 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:40.382 | 1:40.052 | 13 | |
12 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1:40.273 | 1:40.058 | 16 | |
13 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Force India-Mercedes | 1:40.723 | 1:40.163 | 13 | |
14 | 21 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:41.159 | 1:40.536 | 18 | |
15 | 99 | Adrian Sutil | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:40.766 | 1:40.984 | 18 | |
16 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:42.526 | 1:41.397 | 18 | |
17 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Caterham-Renault | 1:42.648 | 9 | ||
18 | 19 | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 1:43.064 | 8 | ||
19 | 10 | Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham-Renault | 1:43.166 | 9 | ||
20 | 13 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus-Renault | 1:43.205 | 5 | ||
21 | 4 | Max Chilton | Marussia-Ferrari | 1:43.649 | 10 | ||
Q1 107% Time | 1:45.672 |