October 10, 2015 – Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg took his third pole position of the season during qualifying for the Russian Grand Prix, beating teammate Lewis Hamilton by 3 tenths of a second.
Williams’ Valtteri Bottas outqualified both Ferraris, finishing the session third quickest, with Sebastian Vettel fourth and teammate Kimi Raikkonen fifth.
| Pos | Driver | Car | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1m37.113s | – |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1m37.433s | 0.320s |
| 3 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams/Mercedes | 1m37.912s | 0.799s |
| 4 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1m37.965s | 0.852s |
| 5 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1m38.348s | 1.235s |
| 6 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India/Mercedes | 1m38.659s | 1.546s |
| 7 | Sergio Perez | Force India/Mercedes | 1m38.691s | 1.578s |
| 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus/Mercedes | 1m38.787s | 1.674s |
| 9 | Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso/Renault | 1m38.924s | 1.811s |
| 10 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull/Renault | 1m39.728s | 2.615s |
| 11 | Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull/Renault | 1m39.214s | 2.101s |
| 12 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber/Ferrari | 1m39.323s | 2.210s |
| 13 | Jenson Button | McLaren/Honda | 1m39.763s | 2.650s |
| 14 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus/Mercedes | 1m39.811s | 2.698s |
| 15 | Felipe Massa | Williams/Mercedes | 1m39.895s | 2.782s |
| 16 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber/Ferrari | 1m40.660s | 3.547s |
| 17 | Will Stevens | Marussia/Ferrari | 1m43.693s | 6.580s |
| 18 | Roberto Merhi | Marussia/Ferrari | 1m43.804s | 6.691s |
| 19 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren/Honda | 1m40.144s | 3.031s |
| 20 | Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso/Renault | – | – |