| P | Driver | Team | Lap time | Laps |
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Scuderia Ferrari | 01:31.683 | 22 |
| 2 | Kimi Räikkönen | Scuderia Ferrari | 01:31.723 | 13 |
| 3 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 01:32.104 | 18 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 01:32.160 | 14 |
| 5 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 01:32.675 | 18 |
| 6 | Romain Grosjean | Haas | 01:33.082 | 14 |
| 7 | Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull Racing | 01:33.113 | 10 |
| 8 | Esteban Gutierrez | Haas | 01:33.337 | 14 |
| 9 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 01:33.363 | 18 |
| 10 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing | 01:33.519 | 20 |
| 11 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 01:33.569 | 16 |
| 12 | Kevin Magnussen | Renault | 01:33.617 | 9 |
| 13 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 01:33.704 | 12 |
| 14 | Stoffel Vandoorne* | McLaren | 01:33.744 | 11 |
| 15 | Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso | 01:33.778 | 20 |
| 16 | Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 01:34.003 | 20 |
| 17 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 01:34.013 | 15 |
| 18 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 01:34.128 | 16 |
| 19 | Sergio Perez | Force India | 01:34.281 | 15 |
| 20 | Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 01:34.424 | 9 |
| 21 | Rio Haryanto | Manor Racing | 01:35.546 | 15 |
| 22 | Pascal Wehrlein | Manor Racing | 01:35.724 | 16 |
*Replaced Fernando Alonso, who was ruled out of the Bahrain Grand Prix on medical grounds