Nico Rosberg snatched a dramatic home pole at Hockenheim on Saturday, beating Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton by just 0.1s despite being restricted to a single run in the final Q3 shootout.
| Pos. | Piloto | Equipo | Tiempo |
| 1 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:14.363 |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:14.470 |
| 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing | 1:14.726 |
| 4 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | 1:14.834 |
| 5 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1:15.142 |
| 6 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:15.315 |
| 7 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India | 1:15.510 |
| 8 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:15.530 |
| 9 | Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:15.537 |
| 10 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:15.615 |
| 11 | Esteban Gutiérrez | Haas | 1:15.883 |
| 12 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:15.909 |
| 13 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Toro Rosso | 1:15.989 |
| 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:16.041 |
| 15 | Romain Grosjean | Haas | 1:16.086 |
| 16 | Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1:16.665 |
| 17 | Kevin Magnussen | Renault | 1:16.716 |
| 18 | Pascal Wehrlein | Manor | 1:16.717 |
| 19 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:16.876 |
| 20 | Rio Haryanto | Manor | 1:16.977 |
| 21 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 1:17.123 |
| 22 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:17.238 |
