Ronda 16 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2017-10-08
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) firmó la pole del Japanese Grand Prix de 2017 con un crono de 1:27.319.
Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) completó la primera fila a 0.332s de la pole, con Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) tercero en parrilla. Fernando Alonso (McLaren) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Stoffel Vandoorne (McLaren) se quedó fuera por —s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 3.368s — de la pole a P10 — con Fernando Alonso (McLaren) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:29.047 | 1:27.819 | 1:27.319 | 1:27.319 |
| 2 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:29.332 | 1:28.543 | 1:27.651 | +0.332 |
| 3 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:29.352 | 1:28.225 | 1:27.791 | +0.472 |
| 4 |
| 3Daniel Ricciardo |
| Red Bull |
| 1:29.475 |
| 1:28.935 |
| 1:28.306 |
| +0.987 |
| 5 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:29.181 | 1:28.747 | 1:28.332 | +1.013 |
| 6 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:29.163 | 1:29.079 | 1:28.498 | +1.179 |
| 7 | 31Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:30.115 | 1:29.199 | 1:29.111 | +1.792 |
| 8 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:29.696 | 1:29.343 | 1:29.260 | +1.941 |
| 9 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:30.352 | 1:29.687 | 1:29.480 | +2.161 |
| 10 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:30.525 | 1:29.749 | 1:30.687 | +3.368 |
| 11 | 2Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:30.654 | 1:29.778 | — | +2.459 |
| 12 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 1:30.252 | 1:29.879 | — | +2.560 |
| 13 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:30.774 | 1:29.972 | — | +2.653 |
| 14 | 30Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1:30.516 | 1:30.022 | — | +2.703 |
| 15 | 55Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 1:30.565 | 1:30.413 | — | +3.094 |
| 16 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:30.849 | — | — | +3.530 |
| 17 | 10Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:31.317 | — | — | +3.998 |
| 18 | 18Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:31.409 | — | — | +4.090 |
| 19 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:31.597 | — | — | +4.278 |
| 20 | 94Pascal Wehrlein | Sauber | 1:31.885 | — | — | +4.566 |