Ronda 15 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2013-10-13
Mark Webber (Red Bull) firmó la pole del Japanese Grand Prix de 2013 con un crono de 1:30.915.
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) completó la primera fila a 0.174s de la pole, con Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) tercero en parrilla. Jenson Button (McLaren) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Sergio Pérez (McLaren) se quedó fuera por 0.162s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 0.912s — de la pole a P10 — con Jenson Button (McLaren) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:32.271 | 1:31.513 | 1:30.915 | 1:30.915 |
| 2 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:32.397 | 1:31.290 | 1:31.089 | +0.174 |
| 3 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:32.340 | 1:31.636 | 1:31.253 | +0.338 |
| 4 |
| 8Romain Grosjean |
| Lotus F1 |
| 1:31.824 |
| 1:31.565 |
| 1:31.365 |
| +0.450 |
| 5 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:31.994 | 1:31.668 | 1:31.378 | +0.463 |
| 6 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:32.244 | 1:31.764 | 1:31.397 | +0.482 |
| 7 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Sauber | 1:32.465 | 1:31.848 | 1:31.644 | +0.729 |
| 8 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:32.371 | 1:31.828 | 1:31.665 | +0.750 |
| 9 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 1:32.377 | 1:31.662 | 1:31.684 | +0.769 |
| 10 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:32.606 | 1:31.838 | 1:31.827 | +0.912 |
| 11 | 11Sergio Pérez | McLaren | 1:32.718 | 1:31.989 | — | +1.074 |
| 12 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:32.286 | 1:31.992 | — | +1.077 |
| 13 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:32.613 | 1:32.013 | — | +1.098 |
| 14 | 21Esteban Gutiérrez | Sauber | 1:32.673 | 1:32.063 | — | +1.148 |
| 15 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:32.875 | 1:32.093 | — | +1.178 |
| 16 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:32.804 | 1:32.485 | — | +1.570 |
| 17 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:32.890 | — | — | +1.975 |
| 18 | 25Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:33.357 | — | — | +2.442 |
| 19 | 4Max Chilton | Marussia | 1:34.320 | — | — | +3.405 |
| 20 | Charles Pic | Caterham | 1:34.556 | — | — | +3.641 |
| 21 | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham | 1:34.879 | — | — | +3.964 |
| 22 | 17Jules Bianchi | Marussia | 1:34.958 | — | — | +4.043 |