Pit Lane F1
Round 17 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2016-10-09
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) took pole for the 2016 Japanese Grand Prix with a 1:30.647 lap.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) joined the front row, 0.013s shy of pole, with Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) third on the grid. Esteban Gutiérrez (Haas F1 Team) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Valtteri Bottas (Williams) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.900s — pole to P10 — with Esteban Gutiérrez (Haas F1 Team) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:31.858 | 1:30.714 | 1:30.647 | 1:30.647 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:32.218 | 1:31.129 | 1:30.660 | +0.013 |
| 3 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:31.674 | 1:31.406 | 1:30.949 | +0.302 |
| 4 |
| 5Sebastian Vettel |
| Ferrari |
| 1:31.659 |
| 1:31.227 |
| 1:31.028 |
| +0.381 |
| 5 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:32.487 | 1:31.489 | 1:31.178 | +0.531 |
| 6 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:32.538 | 1:31.719 | 1:31.240 | +0.593 |
| 7 | 11Sergio PĂ©rez | Force India | 1:32.682 | 1:32.237 | 1:31.961 | +1.314 |
| 8 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:32.458 | 1:32.176 | 1:31.961 | +1.314 |
| 9 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Force India | 1:32.448 | 1:32.200 | 1:32.142 | +1.495 |
| 10 | 21Esteban Gutiérrez | Haas F1 Team | 1:32.620 | 1:32.155 | 1:32.547 | +1.900 |
| 11 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:32.383 | 1:32.315 | — | +1.668 |
| 12 | 19Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:32.562 | 1:32.380 | — | +1.733 |
| 13 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:32.645 | 1:32.623 | — | +1.976 |
| 14 | 55Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 1:32.789 | 1:32.685 | — | +2.038 |
| 15 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:32.819 | 1:32.689 | — | +2.042 |
| 16 | 30Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 1:32.796 | 1:32.807 | — | +2.160 |
| 17 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:32.851 | — | — | +2.204 |
| 18 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Renault | 1:33.023 | — | — | +2.376 |
| 19 | 9Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:33.222 | — | — | +2.575 |
| 20 | 12Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 1:33.332 | — | — | +2.685 |
| 21 | 31Esteban Ocon | Manor Marussia | 1:33.353 | — | — | +2.706 |
| 22 | 94Pascal Wehrlein | Manor Marussia | 1:33.561 | — | — | +2.914 |