Round 3 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2014-04-06
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) took pole for the 2014 Bahrain Grand Prix with a 1:33.185 lap.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.279s shy of pole, with Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) third on the grid. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.807s — pole to P10 — with Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:35.439 | 1:33.708 | 1:33.185 | 1:33.185 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:35.323 | 1:33.872 | 1:33.464 | +0.279 |
| 3 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:36.220 | 1:34.592 | 1:34.051 | +0.866 |
| 4 |
| 77Valtteri Bottas |
| Williams |
| 1:34.934 |
| 1:34.842 |
| 1:34.247 |
| +1.062 |
| 5 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:34.998 | 1:34.747 | 1:34.346 | +1.161 |
| 6 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:35.234 | 1:34.925 | 1:34.368 | +1.183 |
| 7 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:35.699 | 1:34.714 | 1:34.387 | +1.202 |
| 8 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:35.085 | 1:34.842 | 1:34.511 | +1.326 |
| 9 | 20Kevin Magnussen | McLaren | 1:35.288 | 1:34.904 | 1:34.712 | +1.527 |
| 10 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:35.251 | 1:34.723 | 1:34.992 | +1.807 |
| 11 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:35.549 | 1:34.985 | — | +1.800 |
| 12 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:34.874 | 1:35.116 | — | +1.931 |
| 13 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:35.395 | 1:35.145 | — | +1.960 |
| 14 | 25Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:35.815 | 1:35.286 | — | +2.101 |
| 15 | 21Esteban Gutiérrez | Sauber | 1:36.567 | 1:35.891 | — | +2.706 |
| 16 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:36.654 | 1:35.908 | — | +2.723 |
| 17 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Lotus F1 | 1:36.663 | — | — | +3.478 |
| 18 | 99Adrian Sutil | Sauber | 1:36.840 | — | — | +3.655 |
| 19 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham | 1:37.085 | — | — | +3.900 |
| 20 | 17Jules Bianchi | Marussia | 1:37.310 | — | — | +4.125 |
| 21 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Caterham | 1:37.875 | — | — | +4.690 |
| 22 | 4Max Chilton | Marussia | 1:37.913 | — | — | +4.728 |