| P | Driver | Team | Lap time | Laps |
| 1 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 01:31.001 | 38 |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 01:31.242 | 32 |
| 3 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 01:32.281 | 32 |
| 4 | Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso | 01:32.406 | 31 |
| 5 | Kimi Räikkönen | Scuderia Ferrari | 01:32.452 | 38 |
| 6 | Sebastian Vettel | Scuderia Ferrari | 01:32.650 | 26 |
| 7 | Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull Racing | 01:32.703 | 34 |
| 8 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 01:32.792 | 39 |
| 9 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing | 01:32.870 | 23 |
| 10 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 01:32.873 | 36 |
| 11 | Stoffel Vandoorne* | McLaren | 01:32.999 | 30 |
| 12 | Esteban Gutierrez | Haas | 01:33.129 | 31 |
| 13 | Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 01:33.177 | 36 |
| 14 | Romain Grosjean | Haas | 01:33.384 | 23 |
| 15 | Sergio Perez | Force India | 01:33.406 | 35 |
| 16 | Kevin Magnussen | Renault | 01:33.447 | 34 |
| 17 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 01:33.570 | 37 |
| 18 | Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 01:33.640 | 35 |
| 19 | Pascal Wehrlein | Manor Racing | 01:33.953 | 21 |
| 20 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 01:34.224 | 31 |
| 21 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 01:34.477 | 34 |
| 22 | Rio Haryanto | Manor Racing | 01:34.562 | 33 |
*Replaced Fernando Alonso, who was ruled out of the Bahrain Grand Prix on medical grounds
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