Lewis Hamilton easily posted the fastest lap by more than a second, untroubled as he was by teammate Nico Rosberg. Kevin Magnussen made the most of the Mercedes engine on board his McLaren to be second fastest, but the surprise of the day was the pace of the Toro Rosso drivers. They were third and fourth on the list, with just two tenths of a second between them.

Max Chilton still managed to be slower than Jenson Button, despite the fact the McLaren driver didn't get to the end of the race. Romain Grosjean wasn't too far ahead though, sandwiched between the two Marussia drivers on the fastest laps list.