2015 F1 Round 17 Mexican Grand Prix Qualifying – Rosberg takes pole, Button misses qualifying

Rosberg took pole for the Mexican Grand Prix on October 31 with a Q3 lap of 1:19.480. Hamilton was second, 0.188 seconds behind, with Vettel third.

Hamilton initially led Q1 on medium tyres. Once the soft-tyre runs began, Vettel and Rosberg successively improved the fastest time of the session.

Alonso was 16th, Nasr 17th, Rossi 18th and Stevens 19th. Button’s car was not repaired in time, so he did not take part in qualifying and had no official classification entry.

In Q2, Hamilton set a 1:19.829, closely followed by Vettel and Rosberg. Sainz, Grosjean, Maldonado, Ericsson and Räikkönen did not progress to Q3.

Räikkönen was affected by a brake problem during qualifying and spun at Turn 1. He still recorded a Q2 time and was classified 15th.

On the first Q3 runs, Rosberg led Hamilton with a 1:19.690. He improved again to 1:19.480 on his second timed attempt.

Hamilton finished second and Vettel third. Kvyat and Ricciardo were fourth and fifth, while Williams drivers Bottas and Massa took sixth and seventh.

Verstappen was eighth, Pérez ninth and Hülkenberg tenth. Alonso and Räikkönen also had grid penalties, which affected their starting positions and left the session classification unchanged.