Etapa 15 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 1994-11-06
Michael Schumacher (Benetton) cravou a pole do Japanese Grand Prix de 1994 com uma volta de 1:37.209.
Damon Hill (Williams) completou a primeira fila a 0.487s da pole, com Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Sauber) em terceiro no grid. Rubens Barrichello (Jordan) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto Gerhard Berger (Ferrari) ficou de fora por 0.037s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de 1.324s — da pole ao P10 — com Rubens Barrichello (Jordan) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Schumacher | Benetton | 1:37.209 | — | — | 1:37.209 |
| 2 | Damon Hill | Williams | 1:37.696 | — | — | +0.487 |
| 3 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Sauber | 1:37.742 | — | — | +0.533 |
| 4 | Nigel Mansell |
| Williams |
| 1:37.768 |
| — |
| — |
| +0.559 |
| 5 | Johnny Herbert | Benetton | 1:37.828 | — | — | +0.619 |
| 6 | Eddie Irvine | Jordan | 1:37.880 | — | — | +0.671 |
| 7 | Jean Alesi | Ferrari | 1:37.907 | — | — | +0.698 |
| 8 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:37.998 | — | — | +0.789 |
| 9 | Martin Brundle | McLaren | 1:38.076 | — | — | +0.867 |
| 10 | Rubens Barrichello | Jordan | 1:38.533 | — | — | +1.324 |
| 11 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 1:38.570 | — | — | +1.361 |
| 12 | Gianni Morbidelli | Footwork | 1:39.030 | — | — | +1.821 |
| 13 | Mark Blundell | Tyrrell | 1:39.266 | — | — | +2.057 |
| 14 | Ukyo Katayama | Tyrrell | 1:39.462 | — | — | +2.253 |
| 15 | Jyrki Järvilehto | Sauber | 1:39.483 | — | — | +2.274 |
| 16 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 1:39.548 | — | — | +2.339 |
| 17 | Alessandro Zanardi | Team Lotus | 1:39.721 | — | — | +2.512 |
| 18 | Christian Fittipaldi | Footwork | 1:39.868 | — | — | +2.659 |
| 19 | Olivier Panis | Ligier | 1:40.042 | — | — | +2.833 |
| 20 | Franck Lagorce | Ligier | 1:40.577 | — | — | +3.368 |
| 21 | Michele Alboreto | Minardi | 1:40.652 | — | — | +3.443 |
| 22 | Érik Comas | Larrousse | 1:40.978 | — | — | +3.769 |
| 23 | Hideki Noda | Larrousse | 1:40.990 | — | — | +3.781 |
| 24 | David Brabham | Simtek | 1:41.659 | — | — | +4.450 |
| 25 | Mika Salo | Team Lotus | 1:41.805 | — | — | +4.596 |
| 26 | Taki Inoue | Simtek | 1:45.004 | — | — | +7.795 |