Pit Lane F1
Round 16 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 1995-10-29
Michael Schumacher (Benetton) took pole for the 1995 Japanese Grand Prix with a 1:38.023 lap.
Jean Alesi (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.865s shy of pole, with Mika Häkkinen (McLaren) third on the grid. Rubens Barrichello (Jordan) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Olivier Panis (Ligier) missed the cut by 0.457s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.358s — pole to P10 — with Rubens Barrichello (Jordan) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Schumacher | Benetton | 1:38.023 | — | — | 1:38.023 |
| 2 | Jean Alesi | Ferrari | 1:38.888 | — | — | +0.865 |
| 3 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:38.954 | — | — | +0.931 |
| 4 | Damon Hill |
| Williams |
| 1:39.032 |
| — |
| — |
| +1.009 |
| 5 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 1:39.040 | — | — | +1.017 |
| 6 | David Coulthard | Williams | 1:39.155 | — | — | +1.132 |
| 7 | Eddie Irvine | Jordan | 1:39.621 | — | — | +1.598 |
| 8 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Sauber | 1:40.010 | — | — | +1.987 |
| 9 | Johnny Herbert | Benetton | 1:40.349 | — | — | +2.326 |
| 10 | Rubens Barrichello | Jordan | 1:40.381 | — | — | +2.358 |
| 11 | Olivier Panis | Ligier | 1:40.838 | — | — | +2.815 |
| 12 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell | 1:41.355 | — | — | +3.332 |
| 13 | Aguri Suzuki | Ligier | 1:41.592 | — | — | +3.569 |
| 14 | Ukyo Katayama | Tyrrell | 1:41.977 | — | — | +3.954 |
| 15 | Gianni Morbidelli | Footwork | 1:42.059 | — | — | +4.036 |
| 16 | Karl Wendlinger | Sauber | 1:42.912 | — | — | +4.889 |
| 17 | Pedro Lamy | Minardi | 1:43.102 | — | — | +5.079 |
| 18 | Luca Badoer | Minardi | 1:43.542 | — | — | +5.519 |
| 19 | Taki Inoue | Footwork | 1:44.074 | — | — | +6.051 |
| 20 | Andrea Montermini | Pacific | 1:46.097 | — | — | +8.074 |
| 21 | Pedro Diniz | Forti | 1:46.654 | — | — | +8.631 |
| 22 | Roberto Moreno | Forti | 1:48.267 | — | — | +10.244 |
| 23 | Bertrand Gachot | Pacific | 1:48.289 | — | — | +10.266 |
| 24 | Mark Blundell | McLaren | 16:42.640 | — | — | +904.617 |