 The third part of qualifying determined pole position and only the two Mercedes drivers set two timed laps . After he clocked in behind both Ferrari drivers in his first run , Rosberg improved to second place on his second time out , but was unable to challenge teammate Hamilton , who took the fiftieth pole position of his career . Every other driver was limited to only one timed lap and in the end , the two Ferraris of Vettel and Räikkönen locked out the second row on the grid ahead of Max Verstappen and Felipe Massa . Sainz and Ricciardo rounded up the top eight on the grid . Therefore , Q3 saw little running with the final positions determined very early on and drivers exiting their cars five minutes before the end of qualifying . 
