Hamilton took pole position for the Belgian Grand Prix on August 22 with a 1:47.197 in Q3, finishing 0.458 seconds ahead of Rosberg. Bottas was third and Grosjean fourth.
Hamilton led Q1 with a 1:48.908, just 0.015 seconds ahead of Rosberg. Both progressed comfortably on medium tyres. Pérez was third, while Bottas moved up to fourth late in the session.
Bottas’s late improvement pushed Nasr into the elimination zone in sixteenth. Button was seventeenth and Alonso eighteenth, with Stevens and Merhi also going out in Q1.
Rosberg moved ahead of Hamilton in Q2 with a 1:47.955, while his team-mate set a 1:48.024. Räikkönen stopped near Turn 14 with a car problem and failed to complete a timed lap in the segment.
Hülkenberg was eleventh, Kvyat twelfth and Ericsson thirteenth, all missing out on Q3. Verstappen did not run in Q2 in order to save tyres, while Räikkönen was classified fourteenth.
Hamilton established an advantage on the first Q3 runs with a 1:47.449, then improved his pole lap to a 1:47.197. Rosberg also improved to a 1:47.655 but remained behind his team-mate.
Bottas was third with a 1:48.537 and Grosjean fourth on a 1:48.561. Pérez took fifth, Ricciardo sixth, Massa seventh and Maldonado eighth. The fastest laps from third to eighth were separated by only about 0.217 seconds.
Vettel was only ninth, with Sainz tenth. Although Grosjean qualified fourth, a gearbox change meant he would start the race further back.
| Position | No. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:48.908 | 1:48.024 | 1:47.197 | 16 |
| 2 | 6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:48.923 | 1:47.955 | 1:47.655 | 17 |
| 3 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:49.026 | 1:49.044 | 1:48.537 | 19 |
| 4 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | 1:49.353 | 1:48.981 | 1:48.561 | 17 |
| 5 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:49.006 | 1:48.792 | 1:48.599 | 16 |
| 6 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:49.664 | 1:49.042 | 1:48.639 | 17 |
| 7 | 19 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:49.688 | 1:48.806 | 1:48.685 | 15 |
| 8 | 13 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus | 1:49.568 | 1:48.956 | 1:48.754 | 17 |
| 9 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:49.264 | 1:48.761 | 1:48.825 | 17 |
| 10 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 1:49.109 | 1:49.065 | 1:49.771 | 12 |
| 11 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:49.499 | 1:49.121 | — | 12 |
| 12 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull | 1:49.469 | 1:49.228 | — | 11 |
| 13 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:49.523 | 1:49.586 | — | 12 |
| 14 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:49.288 | DNF | — | 8 |
| 15 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso | 1:49.831 | DNF | — | 10 |
| 16 | 12 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 1:49.952 | — | — | 6 |
| 17 | 22 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:50.978 | — | — | 6 |
| 18 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:51.420 | — | — | 6 |
| 19 | 28 | Will Stevens | Marussia | 1:52.948 | — | — | 6 |
| 20 | 98 | Roberto Merhi | Marussia | 1:53.099 | — | — | 7 |
