Pit Lane F1
Etapa 16 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 2010-10-10
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) cravou a pole do Japanese Grand Prix de 2010 com uma volta de 1:30.785.
Mark Webber (Red Bull) completou a primeira fila a 0.068s da pole, com Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) em terceiro no grid. Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto Nick Heidfeld (Sauber) ficou de fora por 0.341s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de 1.061s — da pole ao P10 — com Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:32.035 | 1:31.184 | 1:30.785 | 1:30.785 |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:32.476 | 1:31.241 | 1:30.853 | +0.068 |
| 3 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:32.809 | 1:31.523 | 1:31.169 | +0.384 |
| 4 |
| 88Robert Kubica |
| Renault |
| 1:32.808 |
| 1:32.042 |
| 1:31.231 |
| +0.446 |
| 5 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:32.555 | 1:31.819 | 1:31.352 | +0.567 |
| 6 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:32.636 | 1:31.763 | 1:31.378 | +0.593 |
| 7 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:32.238 | 1:31.886 | 1:31.494 | +0.709 |
| 8 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:32.361 | 1:31.874 | 1:31.535 | +0.750 |
| 9 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Williams | 1:32.211 | 1:31.926 | 1:31.559 | +0.774 |
| 10 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:32.513 | 1:32.073 | 1:31.846 | +1.061 |
| 11 | Nick Heidfeld | Sauber | 1:33.011 | 1:32.187 | — | +1.402 |
| 12 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:32.721 | 1:32.321 | — | +1.536 |
| 13 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:32.849 | 1:32.422 | — | +1.637 |
| 14 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:32.783 | 1:32.427 | — | +1.642 |
| 15 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:33.186 | 1:32.659 | — | +1.874 |
| 16 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:33.471 | 1:33.071 | — | +2.286 |
| 17 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India | 1:33.216 | 1:33.154 | — | +2.369 |
| 18 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:33.568 | — | — | +2.783 |
| 19 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:35.346 | — | — | +4.561 |
| 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:35.464 | — | — | +4.679 |
| 21 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin | 1:36.265 | — | — | +5.480 |
| 22 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:36.332 | — | — | +5.547 |
| 23 | Bruno Senna | HRT | 1:37.270 | — | — | +6.485 |
| 24 | Sakon Yamamoto | HRT | 1:37.365 | — | — | +6.580 |