Pit Lane F1
Round 15 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2013-10-13
Mark Webber (Red Bull) took pole for the 2013 Japanese Grand Prix with a 1:30.915 lap.
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) joined the front row, 0.174s shy of pole, with Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) third on the grid. Jenson Button (McLaren) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Sergio PĂ©rez (McLaren) missed the cut by 0.162s.
Q3 was settled inside 0.912s — pole to P10 — with Jenson Button (McLaren) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:32.271 | 1:31.513 | 1:30.915 | 1:30.915 |
| 2 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:32.397 | 1:31.290 | 1:31.089 | +0.174 |
| 3 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:32.340 | 1:31.636 | 1:31.253 | +0.338 |
| 8Romain Grosjean |
| Lotus F1 |
| 1:31.824 |
| 1:31.565 |
| 1:31.365 |
| +0.450 |
| 5 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:31.994 | 1:31.668 | 1:31.378 | +0.463 |
| 6 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:32.244 | 1:31.764 | 1:31.397 | +0.482 |
| 7 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Sauber | 1:32.465 | 1:31.848 | 1:31.644 | +0.729 |
| 8 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:32.371 | 1:31.828 | 1:31.665 | +0.750 |
| 9 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 1:32.377 | 1:31.662 | 1:31.684 | +0.769 |
| 10 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:32.606 | 1:31.838 | 1:31.827 | +0.912 |
| 11 | 11Sergio Pérez | McLaren | 1:32.718 | 1:31.989 | — | +1.074 |
| 12 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:32.286 | 1:31.992 | — | +1.077 |
| 13 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:32.613 | 1:32.013 | — | +1.098 |
| 14 | 21Esteban Gutiérrez | Sauber | 1:32.673 | 1:32.063 | — | +1.148 |
| 15 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:32.875 | 1:32.093 | — | +1.178 |
| 16 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:32.804 | 1:32.485 | — | +1.570 |
| 17 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:32.890 | — | — | +1.975 |
| 18 | 25Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:33.357 | — | — | +2.442 |
| 19 | 4Max Chilton | Marussia | 1:34.320 | — | — | +3.405 |
| 20 | Charles Pic | Caterham | 1:34.556 | — | — | +3.641 |
| 21 | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham | 1:34.879 | — | — | +3.964 |
| 22 | 17Jules Bianchi | Marussia | 1:34.958 | — | — | +4.043 |