Pit Lane F1
Round 16 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2010-10-10
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) took pole for the 2010 Japanese Grand Prix with a 1:30.785 lap.
Mark Webber (Red Bull) joined the front row, 0.068s shy of pole, with Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) third on the grid. Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Nick Heidfeld (Sauber) missed the cut by 0.341s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.061s — pole to P10 — with Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 HĂĽlkenberg | 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 |