Rosberg finished Hamilton's series

Nico Baberg finished the Bahrain qualifiers the best, winning the best starting position for the first time this year. He also had some luck at the expense of his teammate Lewis Hamilton, who in one of the turns turned sharply off the track and thus "left" the first place to Rosberg. The excellent Daniel Ricciardo finished third again, followed by Bottas and Perez in fourth and fifth. It is worth mentioning the sixth Raikkonen, who made only one quick lap in the last part of the qualifications, as he only had one fresh set of tires left.

Button, Massa, Magnussen and Alonso were also in the top ten. Only eleventh place went to the current world champion Sebastian Vettl, who thus finished the qualifications before Hulkenberg. Let’s mention the fastest in the first part of Pastor Maldonado’s qualifications with Lotus-Renault.

Qualifying times:
 1. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m33.185s 2. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m33.464s + 0.279s 3. Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-Renault 1m34.051s + 0.866s 4. Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 1m34.247s + 1.062s 5. Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 1m34.346s + 1.161s 6. Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1m34.368s + 1.183s 7. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m34.387s + 1.202s 8. Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 1m34.511s + 1.326s 9. Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 1m34.712s + 1.527s 10. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m34.992s + 1.807s
Q2 cutting time: 1m34.925s Lag **
11. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m34.985s + 1.277s 12. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m35.116s + 1.408s 13. Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso-Renault 1m35.145s + 1.437s 14. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso -Renault 1m35.286s + 1.578s 15. Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1m35.891s + 2.183s 16. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m35.908s + 2.200s
Q1 cutting time: 1m36.654s Lag *
17. Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault 1m36.663s + 1.789s 18. Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 1m36.840s + 1.966s 19. Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault 1m37.085s + 2.211s 20. Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari 1m37.310s + 2.436s 21. Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 1m37.875s + 3.001s 22. Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari 1m37.913s + 3.039s

* Lagging to the fastest in Q1

** Lagging to the fastest in Q2