| P | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
| 1 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 01:31.858 | 01:30.714 | 01:30.647 | 13 |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 01:32.218 | 01:31.129 | 01:30.660 | 13 |
| 3 | Kimi Räikkönen^ | Scuderia Ferrari | 01:31.674 | 01:31.406 | 01:30.949 | 12 |
| 4 | Sebastian Vettel* | Scuderia Ferrari | 01:31.659 | 01:31.227 | 01:31.028 | 12 |
| 5 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | 01:32.487 | 01:31.489 | 01:31.178 | 14 |
| 6 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing | 01:32.538 | 01:31.719 | 01:31.240 | 14 |
| 7 | Sergio Perez | Force India | 01:32.682 | 01:32.237 | 01:31.961 | 12 |
| 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas | 01:32.458 | 01:32.176 | 01:31.961 | 17 |
| 9 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 01:32.448 | 01:32.200 | 01:32.142 | 12 |
| 10 | Esteban Gutierrez | Haas | 01:32.620 | 01:32.155 | 01:32.547 | 15 |
| 11 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 01:32.383 | 01:32.315 | 11 | |
| 12 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 01:32.562 | 01:32.380 | 11 | |
| 13 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 01:32.645 | 01:32.623 | 11 | |
| 14 | Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 01:32.789 | 01:32.685 | 12 | |
| 15 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 01:32.819 | 01:32.689 | 12 | |
| 16 | Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 01:32.796 | 01:32.807 | 12 | |
| 17 | Jenson Button° | McLaren | 01:32.851 | 6 | ||
| 18 | Kevin Magnussen | Renault | 01:33.023 | 6 | ||
| 19 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 01:33.222 | 7 | ||
| 20 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 01:33.332 | 7 | ||
| 21 | Esteban Ocon | Manor Racing | 01:33.353 | 9 | ||
| 22 | Pascal Wehrlein^ | Manor Racing | 01:33.561 | 9 |
*Three-place grid penalty, penalised for causing a collision with Nico Rosberg in Turn 1 at the Malaysian Grand Prix
^Five-place grid penalty, gearbox change
°Thirty-five grid penalty, for using his sixth engine of the season, turbocharger, MGU-K, MGU-H, Energy Store and Control Electronics