| P | Driver | Team | Lap time | Gap | Laps | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 01:12.764 | 30 | ||
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 01:12.985 | 0.221 | 32 | |
| 3 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 01:13.723 | 0.959 | 39 | |
| 4 | Fernando Alonso | Scuderia Ferrari | 01:13.742 | 0.978 | 30 | |
| 5 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 01:13.811 | 1.047 | 28 | |
| 6 | Max Verstappen* | Toro Rosso | 01:13.827 | 1.063 | 26 | |
| 7 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus | 01:14.034 | 1.270 | 31 | |
| 8 | Kimi Räikkönen | Scuderia Ferrari | 01:14.114 | 1.350 | 32 | |
| 9 | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren | 01:14.136 | 1.372 | 30 | |
| 10 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing | 01:14.197 | 1.433 | 27 | |
| 11 | Adrian Sutil | Sauber | 01:14.434 | 1.670 | 31 | |
| 12 | Felipe Nasr^ | Williams | 01:14.522 | 1.758 | 22 | |
| 13 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 01:14.678 | 1.914 | 33 | |
| 14 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing | 01:14.902 | 2.138 | 24 | |
| 15 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | 01:15.109 | 2.345 | 23 | |
| 16 | Daniel Juncadella° | Force India | 01:16.030 | 3.266 | 17 | |
| 17 | Jenson Button | McLaren | no time | 1 | ||
| 18 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber | no time | 6 |
*Substitute for Jean-Eric Vergne
^Substitute for Valtteri Bottas
°Substitute for Sergio Perez
Note: Caterham F1 and Marussia F1 teams were absent at the Brazilian Grand Prix