Nico Rosberg was the fastest man on the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez as morning pacesetter Max Verstappen crashed out at the beginning of the session.
The Mercedes driver was a quarter of a second clear of Red Bull’s Daniil Kvyat, who was followed by teammate Daniel Ricciardo.
Lewis Hamilton had to settle with fourth fastest time as Sebastian Vettel closed the top five for Ferrari.
| Nr. | Driver | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 06 - Nico Rosberg | Mercedes AMG Petronas | 01:21.531 |
| 2 | | 26 - Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull Renault | 01:21.776 |
| 3 | | 03 - Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Renault | 01:21.868 |
| 4 | | 44 - Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes AMG Petronas | 01:21.961 |
| 5 | | 05 - Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 01:21.984 |
| 6 | | 07 - Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 01:22.399 |
| 7 | | 77 - Valtteri Bottas | Williams Mercedes | 01:22.721 |
| 8 | | 14 - Fernando Alonso | McLaren Honda | 01:22.993 |
| 9 | | 22 - Jenson Button | McLaren Honda | 01:23.109 |
| 10 | | 19 - Felipe Massa | Williams Mercedes | 01:23.289 |
| 11 | | 27 - Nico Hulkenberg | Force India Mercedes | 01:23.290 |
| 12 | | 13 - Pastor Maldonado | Lotus Mercedes | 01:23.363 |
| 13 | | 55 - Carlos Sainz | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 01:23.364 |
| 14 | | 12 - Felipe Nasr | Sauber Ferrari | 01:23.430 |
| 15 | | 11 - Sergio Perez | Force India Mercedes | 01:23.597 |
| 16 | | 08 - Romain Grosjean | Lotus Mercedes | 01:23.614 |
| 17 | | 09 - Marcus Ericsson | Sauber Ferrari | 01:24.533 |
| 18 | | 53 - Alexander Rossi | Manor Ferrari | 01:25.940 |
| 19 | | 28 - Will Stevens | Manor Ferrari | 01:26.968 |
| 20 | | 33 - Max Verstappen | Scuderia Toro Rosso | no time |
