Pit Lane F1
Round 2 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2014-03-30
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) took pole for the 2014 Malaysian Grand Prix with a 1:59.431 lap.
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) joined the front row, 0.055s shy of pole, with Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) third on the grid. Jenson Button (McLaren) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Daniil Kvyat (Toro Rosso) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 4.622s — pole to P10 — with Jenson Button (McLaren) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:57.202 | 1:59.041 | 1:59.431 | 1:59.431 |
| 2 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:57.654 | 1:59.399 | 1:59.486 | +0.055 |
| 3 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:57.183 | 1:59.445 | 2:00.050 | +0.619 |
| 4 |
| 14Fernando Alonso |
| Ferrari |
| 1:58.889 |
| 2:01.356 |
| 2:00.175 |
| +0.744 |
| 5 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:58.913 | 2:00.147 | 2:00.541 | +1.110 |
| 6 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:59.257 | 2:01.532 | 2:01.218 | +1.787 |
| 7 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Force India | 1:58.883 | 2:00.839 | 2:01.712 | +2.281 |
| 8 | 20Kevin Magnussen | McLaren | 2:00.356 | 2:02.094 | 2:02.213 | +2.782 |
| 9 | 25Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 2:01.689 | 2:02.096 | 2:03.078 | +3.647 |
| 10 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 2:00.889 | 2:01.810 | 2:04.053 | +4.622 |
| 11 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 2:01.175 | 2:02.351 | — | +2.920 |
| 12 | 21Esteban Gutiérrez | Sauber | 2:01.134 | 2:02.369 | — | +2.938 |
| 13 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 2:00.047 | 2:02.460 | — | +3.029 |
| 14 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 2:00.076 | 2:02.511 | — | +3.080 |
| 15 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:59.709 | 2:02.756 | — | +3.325 |
| 16 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 2:00.202 | 2:02.885 | — | +3.454 |
| 17 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Lotus F1 | 2:02.074 | — | — | +2.643 |
| 18 | 99Adrian Sutil | Sauber | 2:02.131 | — | — | +2.700 |
| 19 | 17Jules Bianchi | Marussia | 2:02.702 | — | — | +3.271 |
| 20 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham | 2:03.595 | — | — | +4.164 |
| 21 | 4Max Chilton | Marussia | 2:04.388 | — | — | +4.957 |
| 22 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Caterham | 2:04.407 | — | — | +4.976 |