Free Practice 3
Nico Rosberg, Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Räikkönen were the fastest. Lewis Hamilton, struggled to recover from some problems he experienced again, but this time it was his teammate, Nico Rosberg, who had the advantage. Kimi Räikkönen suffered a puncture on one of the hard tyres, but despite the tyre was not able to be used again, he managed to get the third fastest time, and the other Ferrari with Sebastian Vettel just right behind him. Williams and Red Bull fought for the subsequent positions. Toro Rosso, Lotus and Sauber, are in the middle of the pack, with McLaren and Force India finishing after them.
| 1. | Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) | 1:39.690 | 13 laps |
| 2. | Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) | 1:39.873 | 10 laps |
| 3. | Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) | 1:40.245 | 9 laps |
| 4. | Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) | 1:40.266 | 13 laps |
| 5. | Felipe Massa (Williams) | 1:40.391 | 14 laps |
| 6. | Valtteri Bottas (Williams) | 1:40.406 | 15 laps |
| 7. | Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) | 1:40.590 | 19 laps |
| 8. | Carlos Sainz (Toro Rosso) | 1:40.601 | 19 laps |
| 9. | Max Verstappen (Toro Rosso) | 1:40.989 | 18 laps |
| 10. | Marcus Ericsson (Sauber) | 1:41.200 | 19 laps |
| 11. | Romain Grosjean (Lotus) | 1:41.877 | 16 laps |
| 12. | Pastor Maldonado (Lotus) | 1:41.592 | 18 laps |
| 13. | Daniil Kvyat (Red Bull) | 1:41.775 | 14 laps |
| 14. | Nico Hülkenberg (Force India) | 1:41.804 | 15 laps |
| 15. | Fernando Alonso (McLaren) | 1:41.991 | 13 laps |
| 16. | Sergio Pérez (Force India) | 1:42.099 | 14 laps |
| 17. | Felipe Nasr (Sauber) | 1:42.117 | 18 laps |
| 18. | Jenson Button (McLaren) | 1:42.319 | 13 laps |
| 19. | Roberto Merhi (Manor) | 1:46.647 | 9 laps |
| 20. | Will Stevens (Manor) | 1:47.059 | 6 laps |
Classification
This was a rainy and full of surprises classification.
The first surprise is that for the first time since Belgium GP 2014 we will see a different car other than Mercedes’ on front row of the grid. It seems this race will be a little bit different, having Ferrari’s red color in the second position. Despite the inclement weather, Lewis Hamilton takes pole.
McLaren keeps progressing slowly but they would probably continue in the last positions of the grid, if it wasn’t for Manor, however, they trust their advance for the remaining days of the championship.
Manor occupies the last position and it has been confirmed that Roberto Merhi will race, despite his Q1 time was not within 107%
Due to the rain Kimi Raïkönnen and Carlos Sainz were the most affected drivers, finishing 11th and 15th respectively.
Results are shown as follows:
| 1. | Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) | 11:39.269 | 1:41.517 | 1:49.834 |
| 2. | Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) | 1:39.814 | 1:39.632 | 1:49.908 |
| 3. | Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) | 1:39.374 | 1:39.377 | 1:50.299 |
| 4. | Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) | 1:40.504 | 1:41.085 | 1:51.541 |
| 5. | Daniil Kvyat (Red Bull) | 1:40.546 | 1:41.665 | 1:51.951 |
| 6. | Max Verstappen (Toro Rosso) | 1:40.793 | 1:41.430 | 1:51.981 |
| 7. | Felipe Massa (Williams) | 1:40.543 | 1:41.230 | 1:52.473 |
| 8. | Romain Grosjean (Lotus) | 1:40.303 | 1:41.209 | 1:52.981 |
| 9. | Valtteri Bottas (Williams) | 1:40.249 | 1:40.650 | 1:53.179 |
| 10. | Marcus Ericsson (Sauber) | 1:40.340 | 1:41.748 | 1:53.261 |
| 11. | Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) | 1:40.415 | 1:42.173 | |
| 12. | Pastor Maldonado (Lotus) | 1:40.361 | 1:42.198 | |
| 13. | Nico Hülkenberg (Force India) | 1:40.830 | 1:43.023 | |
| 14. | Sergio Pérez (Force India) | 1:41.036 | 1:43.469 | |
| 15. | Carlos Sainz (Toro Rosso) | 1:39.814 | 1:43.701 | |
| 16. | Felipe Nasr (Sauber) | 1:41.308 | ||
| 17. | Jenson Button (McLaren) | 1:41.636 | ||
| 18. | Fernando Alonso (McLaren) | 1:41.746 | ||
| Roberto Merhi (Manor) | 1:46.677 |
