Pit Lane F1
Ronda 17 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2002-10-13
Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) firmó la pole del Japanese Grand Prix de 2002 con un crono de 1:31.317.
Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari) completó la primera fila a 0.432s de la pole, con David Coulthard (McLaren) tercero en parrilla. Jenson Button (Renault) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Jarno Trulli (Renault) se quedó fuera por 0.118s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 2.112s — de la pole a P10 — con Jenson Button (Renault) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:31.317 | — | — | 1:31.317 |
| 2 | Rubens Barrichello | Ferrari | 1:31.749 | — | — | +0.432 |
| 3 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:32.088 | — | — | +0.771 |
| 4 |
| McLaren |
| 1:32.197 |
| — |
| — |
| +0.880 |
| 5 | Ralf Schumacher | Williams | 1:32.444 | — | — | +1.127 |
| 6 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Williams | 1:32.507 | — | — | +1.190 |
| 7 | Takuma Sato | Jordan | 1:33.090 | — | — | +1.773 |
| 8 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Jordan | 1:33.276 | — | — | +1.959 |
| 9 | Jacques Villeneuve | BAR | 1:33.349 | — | — | +2.032 |
| 10 | 22Jenson Button | Renault | 1:33.429 | — | — | +2.112 |
| 11 | Jarno Trulli | Renault | 1:33.547 | — | — | +2.230 |
| 12 | Nick Heidfeld | Sauber | 1:33.553 | — | — | +2.236 |
| 13 | Mika Salo | Toyota | 1:33.742 | — | — | +2.425 |
| 14 | Eddie Irvine | Jaguar | 1:33.915 | — | — | +2.598 |
| 15 | 19Felipe Massa | Sauber | 1:33.979 | — | — | +2.662 |
| 16 | Olivier Panis | BAR | 1:34.192 | — | — | +2.875 |
| 17 | Pedro de la Rosa | Jaguar | 1:34.227 | — | — | +2.910 |
| 18 | Allan McNish | Toyota | 1:35.191 | — | — | +3.874 |
| 19 | Mark Webber | Minardi | 1:35.958 | — | — | +4.641 |
| 20 | Alex Yoong | Minardi | 1:36.267 | — | — | +4.950 |