Malaysian Grand Prix – Qualifying

Sepang, 28 March

Sebastian Vettel’s Ferrari will line up on the front row of the grid for tomorrow’s Malaysian Grand Prix, after qualifying second in a session hit by a massive storm. The rain arrived at the Malaysian track towards the end of the second part of the session and that meant Kimi Raikkonen, eleventh at the time in 1.42.173, was unable to make the cut into the top ten. In the delayed final part, the German steered his SF15-T to second, running two sets of intermediate tyres, with a best lap of 1.49.908, splitting the two Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton, who took pole in 1.49.834 and Nico Rosberg third in 1.50.299.
P
Driver
Car
Time
Gap
1
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
1m49.834s
–
2
Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari
1m49.908s
0.074s
3
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes
1m50.299s
0.465s
4
Daniel Ricciardo
Red Bull/Renault
1m51.541s
 1.707s
5
Daniil Kvyat
Red Bull/Renault
1m51.950s
 2.116s
6
Max Verstappen
Toro Rosso/Renault
1m51.980s
 2.146s
7
Felipe Massa
Williams/Mercedes
1m52.473s
 2.639s
8
Romain Grosjean
Lotus/Mercedes
1m52.980s
 3.146s
9
Valtteri Bottas
Williams/Mercedes
1m53.179s
 3.345s
10
Marcus Ericsson
Sauber/Ferrari
1m53.260s
3.426s
11
Kimi Raikkonen
Ferrari
1m42.173s
 –
12
Pastor Maldonado
Lotus/Mercedes
1m42.197s
  –
13
Nico Hulkenberg
Force India/Mercedes
1m43.022s
  –
14
Sergio Perez
Force India/Mercedes
1m43.468s
  –
15
Carlos Sainz
Toro Rosso/Renault
1m43.700s
  –
16
Felipe Nasr
Sauber/Ferrari
1m41.308s
  –
17
Jenson Button
McLaren/Honda
1m41.635s
  –
18
Fernando Alonso
McLaren/Honda
1m41.745s
 –
19
Roberto Merhi
Marussia/Ferrari
1m46.677s
 –
20
Will Stevens
Marussia/Ferrari
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