July 23, 2016 – It started very wet and ended – almost two hours later – practically dry. After a delayed start and four red-flag stoppages, Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg emerged fastest from Saturday’s qualifying at the Hungaroring to clinch pole position for the 2016 Hungarian GP, beating team mate Lewis Hamilton by barely a tenth of a second as the Briton aborted his pole lap due to a yellow flag caused by Alonso’s spinning McLaren.
| Pos | Driver | Car | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1m19.965s | – |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1m20.108s | 0.143s |
| 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull/Renault | 1m20.280s | 0.315s |
| 4 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull/Renault | 1m20.557s | 0.592s |
| 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1m20.874s | 0.909s |
| 6 | Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso/Ferrari | 1m21.131s | 1.166s |
| 7 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren/Honda | 1m21.211s | 1.246s |
| 8 | Jenson Button | McLaren/Honda | 1m21.597s | 1.632s |
| 9 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India/Mercedes | 1m21.823s | 1.858s |
| 10 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams/Mercedes | 1m22.182s | 2.217s |
| 11 | Romain Grosjean | Haas/Ferrari | 1m24.941s | – |
| 12 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso/Ferrari | 1m25.301s | – |
| 13 | Sergio Perez | Force India/Mercedes | 1m25.416s | – |
| 14 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1m25.435s | – |
| 15 | Esteban Gutierrez | Haas/Ferrari | 1m26.189s | – |
| 16 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber/Ferrari | 1m27.063s | – |
| 17 | Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1m43.965s | – |
| 18 | Felipe Massa | Williams/Mercedes | 1m43.999s | – |
| 19 | Kevin Magnussen | Renault | 1m44.543s | – |
| 20 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber/Ferrari | 1m46.984s | – |
| 21 | Pascal Wehrlein | Manor/Mercedes | 1m47.343s | – |
| 22 | Rio Haryanto | Manor/Mercedes | 1m50.189s | – |
