Pit Lane F1
Round 17 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2019-10-13
Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) took pole for the 2019 Japanese Grand Prix with a 1:27.064 lap.
Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.189s shy of pole, with Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) third on the grid. Romain Grosjean (Haas F1 Team) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Antonio Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.277s — pole to P10 — with Romain Grosjean (Haas F1 Team) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:28.988 | 1:28.174 | 1:27.064 | 1:27.064 |
| 2 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:28.405 | 1:28.179 | 1:27.253 | +0.189 |
| 3 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:28.896 | 1:27.688 | 1:27.293 | +0.229 |
| 4 |
| 44Lewis Hamilton |
| Mercedes |
| 1:28.735 |
| 1:27.826 |
| 1:27.302 |
| +0.238 |
| 5 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:28.754 | 1:28.499 | 1:27.851 | +0.787 |
| 6 | 23Alexander Albon | Red Bull | 1:29.351 | 1:28.156 | 1:27.851 | +0.787 |
| 7 | 55Carlos Sainz | McLaren | 1:29.018 | 1:28.577 | 1:28.304 | +1.240 |
| 8 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:28.873 | 1:28.571 | 1:28.464 | +1.400 |
| 9 | 10Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:29.411 | 1:28.779 | 1:28.836 | +1.772 |
| 10 | 8Romain Grosjean | Haas F1 Team | 1:29.572 | 1:29.144 | 1:29.341 | +2.277 |
| 11 | 99Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:29.604 | 1:29.254 | — | +2.190 |
| 12 | 18Lance Stroll | Racing Point | 1:29.594 | 1:29.345 | — | +2.281 |
| 13 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 1:29.636 | 1:29.358 | — | +2.294 |
| 14 | 26Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:29.723 | 1:29.563 | — | +2.499 |
| 15 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 1:29.619 | 1:30.112 | — | +3.048 |
| 16 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | 1:29.822 | — | — | +2.758 |
| 17 | 11Sergio Pérez | Racing Point | 1:30.344 | — | — | +3.280 |
| 18 | 63George Russell | Williams | 1:30.364 | — | — | +3.300 |
| 19 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | 88Robert Kubica | Williams | — | — | — | — |