Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) a été le plus rapide de la première séance d’essais libres en Malaisie. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) est 2e. Les Ferrari suivent. Fernando Alonso (McLaren) a devancé les Red Bull avec le 5e temps.
| Pos |
No |
Pilote |
Équipe |
Temps |
Écart |
Tours |
| 1 |
6 |
Nico Rosberg |
Mercedes |
1:35.227 |
|
25 |
| 2 |
44 |
Lewis Hamilton |
Mercedes |
1:35.721 |
+0.494s |
25 |
| 3 |
7 |
Kimi Räikkönen |
Ferrari |
1:36.315 |
+1.088s |
16 |
| 4 |
5 |
Sebastian Vettel |
Ferrari |
1:36.331 |
+1.104s |
18 |
| 5 |
14 |
Fernando Alonso |
McLaren Honda |
1:36.510 |
+1.283s |
18 |
| 6 |
3 |
Daniel Ricciardo |
Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer |
1:36.753 |
+1.526s |
27 |
| 7 |
33 |
Max Verstappen |
Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer |
1:36.973 |
+1.746s |
26 |
| 8 |
27 |
Nico Hulkenberg |
Force India Mercedes |
1:37.513 |
+2.286s |
26 |
| 9 |
11 |
Sergio Perez |
Force India Mercedes |
1:37.601 |
+2.374s |
27 |
| 10 |
22 |
Jenson Button |
McLaren Honda |
1:37.613 |
+2.386s |
20 |
| 11 |
26 |
Daniil Kvyat |
Toro Rosso Ferrari |
1:37.847 |
+2.620s |
29 |
| 12 |
77 |
Valtteri Bottas |
Williams Mercedes |
1:37.861 |
+2.634s |
17 |
| 13 |
8 |
Romain Grosjean |
Haas Ferrari |
1:37.886 |
+2.659s |
22 |
| 14 |
21 |
Esteban Gutierrez |
Haas Ferrari |
1:37.921 |
+2.694s |
20 |
| 15 |
55 |
Carlos Sainz |
Toro Rosso Ferrari |
1:38.055 |
+2.828s |
25 |
| 16 |
12 |
Felipe Nasr |
Sauber Ferrari |
1:38.184 |
+2.957s |
18 |
| 17 |
9 |
Marcus Ericsson |
Sauber Ferrari |
1:38.313 |
+3.086s |
20 |
| 18 |
19 |
Felipe Massa |
Williams Mercedes |
1:38.339 |
+3.112s |
24 |
| 19 |
30 |
Jolyon Palmer |
Renault |
1:39.148 |
+3.921s |
23 |
| 20 |
31 |
Esteban Ocon |
MRT Mercedes |
1:40.036 |
+4.809s |
28 |
| 21 |
94 |
Pascal Wehrlein |
MRT Mercedes |
1:40.627 |
+5.400s |
26 |
| 22 |
20 |
Kevin Magnussen |
Renault |
|
|
2 |
