Qualifying results - Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2016 - Lewis Hamilton takes pole in championship title bid

Mercedes locked out the front row of the grid for the final round of the 2016 season, with Lewis Hamilton scooping pole position for the race on Sunday. Rosberg did his best but had to settle for second place, with Daniel Ricciardo and Kimi Räikkönen behind. Both the front runners are likely happy that Max Verstappen qualified further back, in sixth place, easing the pressure on them into the first corner.

Toro Rosso’s difficult weekend continued with both drivers dropping out in Q1, whilst Pascal Wehrlein capitalised on this to get into Q2 with his Manor. Button qualified 12th on his final race in F1, whilst Massa managed to squeeze into the top ten for his last hurrah.

Position	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:38.755	12
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:39.058	12
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	1:39.589	17
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Scuderia Ferrari	1:39.604	14
5	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Ferrari	1:39.661	14
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:39.818	13
7	Nico Hülkenberg	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:40.501	12
8	Sergio Pérez	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:40.519	12
9	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	1:41.106	17
10	Felipe Massa	Williams Martini Racing	1:41.213	15
11	Valtteri Bottas	Williams Martini Racing	1:41.084	9
12	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	1:41.272	14
13	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas F1 Team	1:41.480	16
14	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	1:41.564	15
15	Jolyon Palmer	Renault Sport F1 Team	1:41.820	14
16	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor Racing MRT	1:41.995	14
17	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:42.003	9
18	Kevin Magnussen	Renault Sport F1 Team	1:42.142	6
19	Felipe Nasr	Sauber F1 Team	1:42.247	8
20	Esteban Ocon	Manor Racing MRT	1:42.286	8
21	Carlos Sainz Jr	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:42.393	9
22	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber F1 Team	1:42.637	8