| Row 1 | 1. Nico Rosberg 1’35.417 Mercedes | |
| 2. Valtteri Bottas 1’36.536 Williams | ||
| Row 2 | 3. Kimi Raikkonen 1’36.663 Ferrari | |
| 4. Felipe Massa 1’37.016 Williams | ||
| Row 3 | 5. Daniel Ricciardo 1’37.125 Red Bull | |
| 6. Sergio Perez 1’37.212 Force India | ||
| Row 4 | 7. Sebastian Vettel* 1’36.123 Ferrari | |
| 8. Daniil Kvyat 1’37.459 Red Bull | ||
| Row 5 | 9. Max Verstappen 1’37.583 Toro Rosso | |
| 10. Lewis Hamilton No time Mercedes | ||
| Row 6 | 11. Carlos Sainz Jnr 1’37.652 Toro Rosso | |
| 12. Jenson Button 1’37.701 McLaren | ||
| Row 7 | 13. Nico Hulkenberg 1’37.771 Force India | |
| 14. Fernando Alonso 1’37.807 McLaren | ||
| Row 8 | 15. Romain Grosjean 1’38.055 Haas | |
| 16. Esteban Gutierrez 1’38.115 Haas | ||
| Row 9 | 17. Kevin Magnussen 1’38.914 Renault | |
| 18. Jolyon Palmer 1’39.009 Renault | ||
| Row 10 | 19. Felipe Nasr 1’39.018 Sauber | |
| 20. Pascal Wehrlein 1’39.399 Manor | ||
| Row 11 | 21. Rio Haryanto 1’39.463 Manor | |
| 22. Marcus Ericsson 1’39.519 Sauber |
*Five-place penalty for gearbox change
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PorscheF1 (@xtwl)
30th April 2016, 14:05
Today was rather boring but with Vettel and Hamilton out of place we’ll see some overtakes in the first three or four laps untill they run third and fourth…
spoutnik (@spoutnik)
30th April 2016, 14:09
.. And so, what happened to Lewis? It was somewhar boring. the mcLarens not making it into q3, Vettel with his penalty, Hamilton 10th, the red bulls dead slow and the ferraris 0.7 seconds behind. And we will still not see a decent battle between Rosberg and Hamilton.
Uzair Syed (@ultimateuzair)
30th April 2016, 14:11
Hamilton’s luck so far has been unbelievably bad. Rosberg on the other hand is surely enjoying his great luck at the moment. If he loses the championship from this position, then I literally have no words…
… and Raikkonen needs to retire.
Cyber
30th April 2016, 14:21
Rosberg is surely on to a great season start, but but. Many races and many points remain up for grabs. Just ask Hamilton how it is to lead most of the season, just to loose the WDC in the very last race to a driver who never lead the entire season until after the result of the very last race…
Hamilton clearly have some eager young guns just a head of him at tomorrow start. Will be interesting to see them battle it out, though expect the extra grunt in the Mercedes makes the outcome quite predictable.
Alonso may still be scratching his head on why he changed to McLaren after seeing the Ferraris far ahead again today.
Btw, was that the hugely improved Renault engine we saw today?
Nough said…
Franton
30th April 2016, 23:10
Do the maths and tell me that again with a straight face. Six point difference between first and second. Now assume Merc will only finish one-two. How many races to catch up the points deficit? That’s right, six races. Now factor in that Lewis’ car has used more components than Rosberg, so much so we can expect further penalties later this year. Still think the year is open? I don’t.
Mike Dee (@mike-dee)
1st May 2016, 0:27
Frantonm, I recommend you go back to school and do the math again :) 25-18=7!
Yusha (@freebird78)
30th April 2016, 14:13
More reliability issues for Hamilton. I was looking forward to the Q3 battle between Hamilton and Rosberg. Let’s see how this plays out in the race. Mercedes and Ferrari need to get reliability in order if they want to give Vettel and Hamilton to fight for the championship. I’d be happy if Lewis makes it to the podium.
lockup (@)
30th April 2016, 14:19
Jense ahead of Nando.
Bottas finally deals with Massa.
Ferrari as far away as ever.
Can’t believe Merc did NOT fix the winding, but kudos for admitting that, at least.
Cyber
30th April 2016, 14:27
Cant recall Button as a strong qualifier, but he surely seem to beat Alonso to it very frequently.
What happened to the old Alonso, who just by his presence made the car go 0.5 sec faster?
Strange how we see the flamboyant and typically faster Hamilton and Alonso struggle vs their own low-key teammates this season.
Matts_F1 (@ayrtons6094)
30th April 2016, 17:29
Hamilton struggling against his teammate? I remember him being on pole for the first two races and even though he didn’t win them he surely lost it at the start and not because he doesn’t have the pace. You know what happened last race and today.
And I don’t know why you consider Button low key. Sure not so quick in quali but he generally is up with the top in terms of race pace, and moreover I think when both the McLaren’s haven’t suffered issues it’s Alonso who has performed better of the two in their time together so far.
Todfod (@todfod)
1st May 2016, 7:46
If I remember correctly, this is the 1st race this season Alonso has qualified behind Button, so you might be talking up non existent facts.
I really don’t think the mclaren teammate rivalry is even serious right now. Both drivers are just hoping the team gets it’s act together, and are least concerned about beating each other.
OmarRoncal - Go Seb!!! (@)
30th April 2016, 14:32
80s mode is so good!!!
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
30th April 2016, 15:00
@omarr-pepper Glad you like it!
toiago (@toiago)
30th April 2016, 17:41
@keithcollantine I don’t know if it would be fitting with the style, but the number of the place in which each driver will start would be helpful.
Piotr E. Hogarth (@pehogarth)
30th April 2016, 16:57
I love it, too!
Diceman (@diceman)
30th April 2016, 17:07
It’s indeed fantastic.
hey (@hey)
1st May 2016, 12:17
+1
Markku Virtanen
30th April 2016, 14:44
Three drivers starting in front tomorrow have Finnish passport!
Colonel RPG
30th April 2016, 19:42
:D
Strontium (@strontium)
30th April 2016, 22:26
Think how different the statistics would be if he raced with it!
Sviatoslav (@)
30th April 2016, 16:47
What is happening to Hulk? This is so depressing to see that he constantly underperforms. But I recall his great fights with such racers as Hamilton, Webber, Alonso in Korea, for instance. Then, he was flawless. He was able to keep up with McLaren in Interlagos several years ago to at least try winning a race. Last year, he was able to win a 24-hours race immediately.
This is why everyone hails Perez (who gets lucky podiums from time to time, like he did last year in Russia), but forgets about Hulk.
Todfod (@todfod)
1st May 2016, 7:50
I partially agree. He was known for his consistent quali pace. If his car could make it in to Q3, he’d be there 9 out of 10 timez. Recently, he hasn’t been pulling out anything spectacular and has looked inconsistent. I would still rate him higher than Perez though, who although has gotten a few podiums on alternate strategies, isn’t consistent enough, and can be really terrible on some given days
RaceKing86 (@paulking)
1st May 2016, 2:31
Another Mercedes pole I see, I had an idea the other day about how to mix up the grid like Bernie seems determined on doing yet still keep the competition fair and interesting.
Basically whoever finished 11th in the last race starts first (sounds crazy but hear me out).
So under my idea there would be 2 races per a weekend, one on Saturday afternoon and one on Sunday, these races are both worth the same points under the current scoring system. Grid order is determined by what position a driver finished in the last race in the following manner:
Pole position, Race result 11th
2nd position, Race result 12th
3rd postion, Race result 13th
… and so on
11th position, Race result 21st
12th position, Race result 22nd
13th position, Race result 10th
14th position, Race result 9th
15th position, Race result 8th
…and so on
21st Position, Race result 2nd
22nd Position, Race result 1st
This way no matter what position a driver is racing for it is always important (whether it be for championship points or grid position), there is no incentive to deliberately come last, like is the problem with reverse grids.
The only issue with my system is a driver may deliberately give up 10th position to start at pole in the next race, but if they want to sacrifice a championship point to start pole then that is a strategic decision they can make.
For the first race of the season grid order will be determined by practice 3 times (which effectively becomes an initial qualifying session, perhaps under 2015 rules).
There is probably some problem I’m not thinking of but the more I think about this system the more it makes sense.
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
1st May 2016, 11:42
For me this is why the idea is a complete non-starter. It definitely would happen, there’s precedent for it from other championships (e.g. the BTCC a few years ago).
That and there’s nothing wrong with the current arrangement.
RaceKing86 (@paulking)
1st May 2016, 12:46
I agree there is nothing much wrong with the current arrangement, I guess I was just thinking if F1 must try something, elimination qualifying was the worst. Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate your view on the matter.
Keisalex
1st May 2016, 10:20
Just came here to say that the 80’s grid is A-W-E-S-O-M-E!!!