Pit Lane F1
Round 18 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2022-10-09
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) took pole for the 2022 Japanese Grand Prix with a 1:29.304 lap.
Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.010s shy of pole, with Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) third on the grid. Lando Norris (McLaren) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.699s — pole to P10 — with Lando Norris (McLaren) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:30.224 | 1:30.346 | 1:29.304 | 1:29.304 |
| 2 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:30.402 | 1:30.486 | 1:29.314 | +0.010 |
| 3 | 55Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:30.336 | 1:30.444 | 1:29.361 | +0.057 |
| 4 |
| 11Sergio Pérez |
| Red Bull |
| 1:30.622 |
| 1:29.925 |
| 1:29.709 |
| +0.405 |
| 5 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:30.696 | 1:30.357 | 1:30.165 | +0.861 |
| 6 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:30.906 | 1:30.443 | 1:30.261 | +0.957 |
| 7 | 14Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 1:30.603 | 1:30.343 | 1:30.322 | +1.018 |
| 8 | 63George Russell | Mercedes | 1:30.865 | 1:30.465 | 1:30.389 | +1.085 |
| 9 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:31.256 | 1:30.656 | 1:30.554 | +1.250 |
| 10 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:30.881 | 1:30.473 | 1:31.003 | +1.699 |
| 11 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1:30.880 | 1:30.659 | — | +1.355 |
| 12 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 1:31.226 | 1:30.709 | — | +1.405 |
| 13 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:31.130 | 1:30.808 | — | +1.504 |
| 14 | 24Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 1:30.894 | 1:30.953 | — | +1.649 |
| 15 | 47Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 1:31.152 | 1:31.439 | — | +2.135 |
| 16 | 23Alexander Albon | Williams | 1:31.311 | — | — | +2.007 |
| 17 | 10Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:31.322 | — | — | +2.018 |
| 18 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:31.352 | — | — | +2.048 |
| 19 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:31.419 | — | — | +2.115 |
| 20 | 6Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:31.511 | — | — | +2.207 |