Pit Lane F1
Round 16 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2023-09-24
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) took pole for the 2023 Japanese Grand Prix with a 1:28.877 lap.
Oscar Piastri (McLaren) joined the front row, 0.581s shy of pole, with Lando Norris (McLaren) third on the grid. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Liam Lawson (AlphaTauri) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.683s — pole to P10 — with Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:29.878 | 1:29.964 | 1:28.877 | 1:28.877 |
| 2 | 81Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 1:30.439 | 1:30.122 | 1:29.458 | +0.581 |
| 3 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:30.063 | 1:30.296 | 1:29.493 | +0.616 |
| 4 |
| 16Charles Leclerc |
| Ferrari |
| 1:30.393 |
| 1:29.940 |
| 1:29.542 |
| +0.665 |
| 5 | 11Sergio PĂ©rez | Red Bull | 1:30.652 | 1:29.965 | 1:29.650 | +0.773 |
| 6 | 55Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:30.651 | 1:30.067 | 1:29.850 | +0.973 |
| 7 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:30.811 | 1:30.040 | 1:29.908 | +1.031 |
| 8 | 63George Russell | Mercedes | 1:30.811 | 1:30.268 | 1:30.219 | +1.342 |
| 9 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:30.733 | 1:30.204 | 1:30.303 | +1.426 |
| 10 | 14Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 1:30.971 | 1:30.465 | 1:30.560 | +1.683 |
| 11 | 30Liam Lawson | AlphaTauri | 1:30.425 | 1:30.508 | — | +1.631 |
| 12 | 10Pierre Gasly | Alpine F1 Team | 1:30.843 | 1:30.509 | — | +1.632 |
| 13 | 23Alexander Albon | Williams | 1:30.941 | 1:30.537 | — | +1.660 |
| 14 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:30.960 | 1:30.586 | — | +1.709 |
| 15 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:30.976 | 1:30.665 | — | +1.788 |
| 16 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 1:31.049 | — | — | +2.172 |
| 17 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:31.181 | — | — | +2.304 |
| 18 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Haas F1 Team | 1:31.299 | — | — | +2.422 |
| 19 | 24Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 1:31.398 | — | — | +2.521 |
| 20 | 2Logan Sargeant | Williams | — | — | — | — |