Pit Lane F1
Round 14 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2015-09-27
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) took pole for the 2015 Japanese Grand Prix with a 1:32.584 lap.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.076s shy of pole, with Valtteri Bottas (Williams) third on the grid. Daniil Kvyat (Red Bull) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Nico HĂĽlkenberg (Force India) missed the cut by 0.189s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.617s — pole to P10 — with Daniil Kvyat (Red Bull) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |