Round 5 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2014-05-11
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) took pole for the 2014 Spanish Grand Prix with a 1:25.232 lap.
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.168s shy of pole, with Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) third on the grid. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Nico HĂĽlkenberg (Force India) missed the cut by 0.633s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.820s — pole to P10 — with Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:27.238 | 1:26.210 | 1:25.232 | 1:25.232 |
| 2 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:26.764 | 1:26.088 | 1:25.400 | +0.168 |
| 3 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:28.053 | 1:26.613 | 1:26.285 | +1.053 |
| 4 |
| 77Valtteri Bottas |
| Williams |
| 1:28.198 |
| 1:27.563 |
| 1:26.632 |
| +1.400 |
| 5 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:28.472 | 1:27.258 | 1:26.960 | +1.728 |
| 6 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:28.308 | 1:27.335 | 1:27.104 | +1.872 |
| 7 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:28.329 | 1:27.602 | 1:27.140 | +1.908 |
| 8 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:28.279 | 1:27.570 | 1:27.335 | +2.103 |
| 9 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:28.061 | 1:27.016 | 1:27.402 | +2.170 |
| 10 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:27.958 | 1:27.052 | — | +1.820 |
| 11 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:28.155 | 1:27.685 | — | +2.453 |
| 12 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:28.469 | 1:28.002 | — | +2.770 |
| 13 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:28.074 | 1:28.039 | — | +2.807 |
| 14 | 21Esteban Gutiérrez | Sauber | 1:28.374 | 1:28.280 | — | +3.048 |
| 15 | 20Kevin Magnussen | McLaren | 1:28.389 | — | — | +3.157 |
| 16 | 25Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:28.194 | — | — | +2.962 |
| 17 | 99Adrian Sutil | Sauber | 1:28.563 | — | — | +3.331 |
| 18 | 4Max Chilton | Marussia | 1:29.586 | — | — | +4.354 |
| 19 | 17Jules Bianchi | Marussia | 1:30.177 | — | — | +4.945 |
| 20 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Caterham | 1:30.312 | — | — | +5.080 |
| 21 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham | 1:30.375 | — | — | +5.143 |
| 22 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Lotus F1 | — | — | — | — |