Ronda 18 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2022-10-09
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) firmó la pole del Japanese Grand Prix de 2022 con un crono de 1:29.304.
Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) completó la primera fila a 0.010s de la pole, con Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) tercero en parrilla. Lando Norris (McLaren) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) se quedó fuera por —s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 1.699s — de la pole a P10 — con Lando Norris (McLaren) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:30.224 | 1:30.346 | 1:29.304 | 1:29.304 |
| 2 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:30.402 | 1:30.486 | 1:29.314 | +0.010 |
| 3 | 55Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:30.336 | 1:30.444 | 1:29.361 | +0.057 |
| 4 |
| 11Sergio Pérez |
| Red Bull |
| 1:30.622 |
| 1:29.925 |
| 1:29.709 |
| +0.405 |
| 5 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:30.696 | 1:30.357 | 1:30.165 | +0.861 |
| 6 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:30.906 | 1:30.443 | 1:30.261 | +0.957 |
| 7 | 14Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 1:30.603 | 1:30.343 | 1:30.322 | +1.018 |
| 8 | 63George Russell | Mercedes | 1:30.865 | 1:30.465 | 1:30.389 | +1.085 |
| 9 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:31.256 | 1:30.656 | 1:30.554 | +1.250 |
| 10 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:30.881 | 1:30.473 | 1:31.003 | +1.699 |
| 11 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1:30.880 | 1:30.659 | — | +1.355 |
| 12 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 1:31.226 | 1:30.709 | — | +1.405 |
| 13 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:31.130 | 1:30.808 | — | +1.504 |
| 14 | 24Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 1:30.894 | 1:30.953 | — | +1.649 |
| 15 | 47Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 1:31.152 | 1:31.439 | — | +2.135 |
| 16 | 23Alexander Albon | Williams | 1:31.311 | — | — | +2.007 |
| 17 | 10Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:31.322 | — | — | +2.018 |
| 18 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:31.352 | — | — | +2.048 |
| 19 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:31.419 | — | — | +2.115 |
| 20 | 6Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:31.511 | — | — | +2.207 |