Lewis Hamilton akhirnya merebut pole position di Grand Prix Rusia usai mencatat waktu tercepat di sesi kualifikasi yang berlangsung Sabtu (11/10) di Sirkuit Sochi. Hamilton menorehkan waktu 1 menit 38.513 detik. Sedangkan rekan timnya Nico Rosberg menempati grid kedua dengan 1 menit 38.713 detik.
Hasil lengkap kualifikasi GP Rusia, Sirkuit Sochi, Sabtu (11/10):
1. Lewis Hamilton Britain Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 38.513s
2. Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 38.713s
3. Valtteri Bottas Finland Williams-Mercedes 1m 38.920s
4. Jenson Button Britain McLaren-Mercedes 1m 39.121s
5. Daniil Kvyat Russia Toro Rosso-Renault 1m 39.277s
6. Kevin Magnussen Denmark McLaren-Mercedes 1m 39.629s**
7. Daniel Ricciardo Australia Red Bull-Renault 1m 39.635s
8. Fernando Alonso Spain Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 39.709s
9. Kimi Raikkonen Finland Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 39.771s
10. Jean-Eric Vergne France Toro Rosso-Renault 1m 40.020s
11. Sebastian Vettel Germany Red Bull-Renault 1m 40.052s
12. Nico Hulkenberg Germany Force India-Mercedes 1m 40.058s**
13. Sergio Perez Mexico Force India-Mercedes 1m 40.163s
14. Esteban Gutierrez Mexico Sauber-Ferrari 1m 40.536s
15. Adrian Sutil Germany Sauber-Ferrari 1m 40.984s
16. Romain Grosjean France Lotus-Renault 1m 41.397s
17. Marcus Ericsson Sweden Caterham-Renault 1m 42.648s
18. Felipe Massa Brazil Williams-Mercedes 1m 43.064s
19. Kamui Kobayashi Japan Caterham-Renault 1m 43.166s
20. Pastor Maldonado Venezuela Lotus-Renault 1m 43.205s*
21. Max Chilton Briton Marussia-Ferrari 1m 43.649s**
107% time: 1min 45.672secs
all times unofficial
*denotes five-place grid penalty (carried over from Japan after ten-place grid penalty for an engine change (only served five-places at Suzuka))
**denotes five-place grid penalty (gearbox change)