| P | Driver | Team | Lap time | Laps |
| 1 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 01:47.995 | 27 |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 01:48.314 | 24 |
| 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing | 01:48.331 | 21 |
| 4 | Sebastian Vettel | Scuderia Ferrari | 01:48.494 | 23 |
| 5 | Kimi Räikkönen | Scuderia Ferrari | 01:48.785 | 20 |
| 6 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 01:49.380 | 19 |
| 7 | Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso | 01:49.466 | 17 |
| 8 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 01:49.854 | 21 |
| 9 | Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 01:50.019 | 28 |
| 10 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus | 01:50.068 | 21 |
| 11 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 01:50.123 | 21 |
| 12 | Sergio Perez | Force India | 01:50.125 | 23 |
| 13 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 01:50.158 | 18 |
| 14 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | 01:50.341 | 23 |
| 15 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 01:50.455 | 21 |
| 16 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 01:50.883 | 21 |
| 17 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 01:51.035 | 18 |
| 18 | Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull Racing | 01:51.188 | 8 |
| 19 | Will Stevens | Manor | 01:53.903 | 20 |
| 20 | Alexander Rossi* | Manor | 01:53.918 | 18 |
*Joined the Manor F1 Team to race alongside Will Stevens in Singapore, Japan, USA, Mexico and Brazil with Roberto Merhi racing in Russia and Abu Dhabi