| P | Driver | Team | Lap time | Laps |
| 1 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 01:32.294 | 24 |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 01:32.799 | 24 |
| 3 | Kimi Räikkönen | Scuderia Ferrari | 01:34.128 | 16 |
| 4 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing | 01:34.461 | 27 |
| 5 | Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull Racing | 01:34.541 | 30 |
| 6 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 01:34.601 | 28 |
| 7 | Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 01:34.793 | 21 |
| 8 | Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso | 01:34.860 | 19 |
| 9 | Romain Grosjean | Haas | 01:35.000 | 18 |
| 10 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 01:35.006 | 19 |
| 11 | Sebastian Vettel | Scuderia Ferrari | 01:35.073 | 14 |
| 12 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 01:35.174 | 21 |
| 13 | Esteban Gutierrez | Haas | 01:35.309 | 19 |
| 14 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 01:35.440 | 28 |
| 15 | Kevin Magnussen | Renault | 01:35.490 | 27 |
| 16 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 01:35.728 | 30 |
| 17 | Pascal Wehrlein | Manor Racing | 01:36.371 | 26 |
| 18 | Stoffel Vandoorne* | McLaren | 01:36.392 | 25 |
| 19 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 01:36.719 | 24 |
| 20 | Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 01:36.939 | 28 |
| 21 | Alfonso Celis^ | Force India | 01:37.287 | 23 |
| 22 | Rio Haryanto | Manor Racing | 01:37.714 | 27 |
*Replaced Fernando Alonso, who was ruled out of the Bahrain Grand Prix on medical grounds
^Substitute for Sergio Perez