Etapa 14 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 2015-09-27
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) cravou a pole do Japanese Grand Prix de 2015 com uma volta de 1:32.584.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) completou a primeira fila a 0.076s da pole, com Valtteri Bottas (Williams) em terceiro no grid. Daniil Kvyat (Red Bull) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto Nico Hülkenberg (Force India) ficou de fora por 0.189s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de 1.617s — da pole ao P10 — com Daniil Kvyat (Red Bull) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:33.015 | 1:32.632 | 1:32.584 | 1:32.584 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:32.844 | 1:32.789 | 1:32.660 | +0.076 |
| 3 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:34.326 | 1:33.416 | 1:33.024 | +0.440 |
| 4 |
| 5Sebastian Vettel |
| Ferrari |
| 1:34.431 |
| 1:33.844 |
| 1:33.245 |
| +0.661 |
| 5 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:34.744 | 1:33.377 | 1:33.337 | +0.753 |
| 6 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:34.171 | 1:33.361 | 1:33.347 | +0.763 |
| 7 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:34.399 | 1:34.153 | 1:33.497 | +0.913 |
| 8 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:34.398 | 1:34.278 | 1:33.967 | +1.383 |
| 9 | 11Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:35.001 | 1:34.174 | — | +1.590 |
| 10 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull | 1:34.646 | 1:34.201 | — | +1.617 |
| 11 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:35.328 | 1:34.390 | — | +1.806 |
| 12 | 55Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 1:34.873 | 1:34.453 | — | +1.869 |
| 13 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Lotus F1 | 1:34.796 | 1:34.497 | — | +1.913 |
| 14 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:35.467 | 1:34.785 | — | +2.201 |
| 15 | 3Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso | 1:34.522 | — | — | +1.938 |
| 16 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:35.664 | — | — | +3.080 |
| 17 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:35.673 | — | — | +3.089 |
| 18 | 12Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 1:35.760 | — | — | +3.176 |
| 19 | 28Will Stevens | Manor Marussia | 1:38.783 | — | — | +6.199 |
| 20 | 53Alexander Rossi | Manor Marussia | 1:47.114 | — | — | +14.530 |