Ronda 15 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2014-10-05
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) firmó la pole del Japanese Grand Prix de 2014 con un crono de 1:32.506.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) completó la primera fila a 0.197s de la pole, con Valtteri Bottas (Williams) tercero en parrilla. Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Jean-Éric Vergne (Toro Rosso) se quedó fuera por 0.436s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 2.042s — de la pole a P10 — con Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:33.671 | 1:32.950 | 1:32.506 | 1:32.506 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:33.611 | 1:32.982 | 1:32.703 | +0.197 |
| 3 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:34.301 | 1:33.443 | 1:33.128 | +0.622 |
| 4 |
| 19Felipe Massa |
| Williams |
| 1:34.483 |
| 1:33.551 |
| 1:33.527 |
| +1.021 |
| 5 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:34.497 | 1:33.675 | 1:33.740 | +1.234 |
| 6 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:35.593 | 1:34.466 | 1:34.075 | +1.569 |
| 7 | 20Kevin Magnussen | McLaren | 1:34.930 | 1:34.229 | 1:34.242 | +1.736 |
| 8 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:35.150 | 1:34.648 | 1:34.317 | +1.811 |
| 9 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:35.517 | 1:34.784 | 1:34.432 | +1.926 |
| 10 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:34.984 | 1:34.771 | 1:34.548 | +2.042 |
| 11 | 25Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:35.155 | 1:34.984 | — | +2.478 |
| 12 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:35.439 | 1:35.089 | — | +2.583 |
| 13 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:35.210 | 1:35.092 | — | +2.586 |
| 14 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:35.000 | 1:35.099 | — | +2.593 |
| 15 | 99Adrian Sutil | Sauber | 1:35.736 | 1:35.364 | — | +2.858 |
| 16 | 21Esteban Gutiérrez | Sauber | 1:35.308 | 1:35.681 | — | +3.175 |
| 17 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Lotus F1 | 1:35.917 | — | — | +3.411 |
| 18 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:35.984 | — | — | +3.478 |
| 19 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Caterham | 1:36.813 | — | — | +4.307 |
| 20 | 17Jules Bianchi | Marussia | 1:36.943 | — | — | +4.437 |
| 21 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham | 1:37.015 | — | — | +4.509 |
| 22 | 4Max Chilton | Marussia | 1:37.481 | — | — | +4.975 |