| P | Driver | Team | Lap time | Gap | Laps | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 01:43.476 | 32 | ||
| 2 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 01:43.609 | 0.133 | 31 | |
| 3 | Fernando Alonso | Scuderia Ferrari | 01:45.184 | 1.708 | 22 | |
| 4 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing | 01:45.334 | 1.858 | 30 | |
| 5 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing | 01:45.361 | 1.885 | 23 | |
| 6 | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 01:45.718 | 2.242 | 17 | |
| 7 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 01:45.835 | 2.359 | 32 | |
| 8 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 01:45.913 | 2.437 | 8 | |
| 9 | Sergio Perez | Force India | 01:45.983 | 2.507 | 23 | |
| 10 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 01:46.030 | 2.554 | 24 | |
| 11 | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren | 01:46.049 | 2.573 | 23 | |
| 12 | Kimi Räikkönen | Scuderia Ferrari | 01:46.131 | 2.655 | 23 | |
| 13 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 01:46.549 | 3.073 | 7 | |
| 14 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber | 01:46.556 | 3.080 | 28 | |
| 15 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus | 01:46.711 | 3.235 | 31 | |
| 16 | Esteban Ocon* | Lotus | 01:47.066 | 3.590 | 29 | |
| 17 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 01:47.235 | 3.759 | 8 | |
| 18 | Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham | 01:47.971 | 4.495 | 24 | |
| 19 | Adderly Fong^ | Sauber | 01:48.269 | 4.793 | 25 | |
| 20 | Will Stevens° | Caterham | 01:50.684 | 7.208 | 14 |
*Substitute for Romain Grosjean
^Substitute for Adrian Sutil
°Replaced Marcus Ericsson
Note: The Caterham F1 team returned to the grid at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after having missed the last two rounds of the championship