Three penalties has shaken the grid up a little with both Ferraris taking ten-place grid drops for engine changes, whilst Valtteri Bottas will take a five-place drop for changing his gearbox.
The Williams driver suffered unexpected suspension damage at the end of qualifying which will require a gearbox change to repair ahead of the race.
Sebastian Vettel will start 14th, having qualified fifth, whilst Kimi Raikkonen qualified eighth and will drop to 18th.
2015 United States Grand Prix (Race Grid):
| # | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
| 01 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:56.824 | – |
| 02 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:56.929 | 0.105 |
| 03 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:57.969 | 1.145 |
| 04 | Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull | 1:58.434 | 1.610 |
| 05 | Sergio Perez | Force India | 1:59.210 | 2.386 |
| 06 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India | 1:59.333 | 2.509 |
| 07 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:59.999 | 3.175 |
| 08 | Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso | 2:00.199 | 3.375 |
| 09 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 2:00.265 | 3.441 |
| 10 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | 2:00.595 | 3.771 |
| 11 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 2:01.193 | 4.369 |
| 12 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus | 2:01.601 | 4.780 |
| 15 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 2:02.212 | |
| 14 | Sebastian Vettel** | Ferrari | 1:58.596 | 1.772 |
| 15 | Valtteri Bottas* | Williams | 2:00.334 | 3.510 |
| 16 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 2:03.194 | |
| 17 | Alexander Rossi | Marussia | 2:04.176 | |
| 18 | Kimi Raikkonen** | Ferrari | 1:59.703 | 2.879 |
| 19 | Will Stevens | Marussia | 2:04.526 | |
| 20 | Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 2:07.304 |
* – 5-place grid penalty | ** – 10-place grid penalty
