Pit Lane F1
Round 18 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2005-10-09
Ralf Schumacher (Toyota) took pole for the 2005 Japanese Grand Prix with a 1:46.106 lap.
Jenson Button (BAR) joined the front row, 0.035s shy of pole, with Giancarlo Fisichella (Renault) third on the grid. Felipe Massa (Sauber) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Narain Karthikeyan (Jordan) missed the cut by 0.440s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.172s — pole to P10 — with Felipe Massa (Sauber) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ralf Schumacher | Toyota | 1:46.106 | — | — | 1:46.106 |
| 2 | 22Jenson Button | BAR | 1:46.141 | — | — | +0.035 |
| 3 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Renault | 1:46.276 | — | — | +0.170 |
| 4 |
| Red Bull |
| 1:46.464 |
| — |
| — |
| +0.358 |
| 5 | Takuma Sato | BAR | 1:46.841 | — | — | +0.735 |
| 6 | David Coulthard | Red Bull | 1:46.892 | — | — | +0.786 |
| 7 | Mark Webber | Williams | 1:47.233 | — | — | +1.127 |
| 8 | Jacques Villeneuve | Sauber | 1:47.440 | — | — | +1.334 |
| 9 | Rubens Barrichello | Ferrari | 1:48.248 | — | — | +2.142 |
| 10 | 19Felipe Massa | Sauber | 1:48.278 | — | — | +2.172 |
| 11 | Narain Karthikeyan | Jordan | 1:48.718 | — | — | +2.612 |
| 12 | Antônio Pizzonia | Williams | 1:48.898 | — | — | +2.792 |
| 13 | Christijan Albers | Minardi | 1:50.843 | — | — | +4.737 |
| 14 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:52.676 | — | — | +6.570 |
| 15 | Robert Doornbos | Minardi | 1:52.894 | — | — | +6.788 |
| 16 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:54.667 | — | — | +8.561 |
| 17 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | McLaren | 2:02.309 | — | — | +16.203 |
| 18 | Juan Pablo Montoya | McLaren | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Tiago Monteiro | Jordan | — | — | — | — |