Pit Lane F1
Ronda 15 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2009-10-04
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) firmó la pole del Japanese Grand Prix de 2009 con un crono de 1:32.160.
Jarno Trulli (Toyota) completó la primera fila a 0.060s de la pole, con Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) tercero en parrilla. Sébastien Buemi (Toro Rosso) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Nico Rosberg (Williams) se quedó fuera por 0.379s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de —s — de la pole a P10 — con Sébastien Buemi (Toro Rosso) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:30.883 | 1:30.341 | 1:32.160 | 1:32.160 |
| 2 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:31.063 | 1:30.737 | 1:32.220 | +0.060 |
| 3 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:30.917 | 1:30.627 | 1:32.395 | +0.235 |
| 4 |
| 99Adrian Sutil |
| Force India |
| 1:31.386 |
| 1:31.222 |
| 1:32.466 |
| +0.306 |
| 5 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn | 1:31.272 | 1:31.055 | 1:32.660 | +0.500 |
| 6 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:31.501 | 1:31.260 | 1:32.945 | +0.785 |
| 7 | 22Jenson Button | Brawn | 1:31.041 | 1:30.880 | 1:32.962 | +0.802 |
| 8 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:31.288 | 1:31.052 | 1:32.980 | +0.820 |
| 9 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 1:31.499 | 1:31.223 | — | — |
| 10 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:31.196 | 1:31.103 | — | — |
| 11 | 6Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:31.286 | 1:31.482 | — | — |
| 12 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:31.401 | 1:31.638 | — | — |
| 13 | 88Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:31.417 | 1:32.341 | — | +0.181 |
| 14 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:31.550 | — | — | — |
| 15 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:31.571 | — | — | — |
| 16 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Ferrari | 1:31.704 | — | — | — |
| 17 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 1:31.718 | — | — | — |
| 18 | 8Romain Grosjean | Renault | 1:32.073 | — | — | — |
| 19 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India | 1:32.087 | — | — | — |
| 20 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | — | — | — | — |