Pit Lane F1
Round 17 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2004-10-10
Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) took pole for the 2004 Japanese Grand Prix with a 1:33.542 lap.
Ralf Schumacher (Williams) joined the front row, 0.490s shy of pole, with Mark Webber (Jaguar) third on the grid. Olivier Panis (Toyota) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Fernando Alonso (Renault) missed the cut by 0.243s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.878s — pole to P10 — with Olivier Panis (Toyota) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:33.542 | — | — | 1:33.542 |
| 2 | Ralf Schumacher | Williams | 1:34.032 | — | — | +0.490 |
| 3 | Mark Webber | Jaguar | 1:34.571 | — | — | +1.029 |
| 4 | Takuma Sato |
| BAR |
| 1:34.897 |
| — |
| — |
| +1.355 |
| 5 | 22Jenson Button | BAR | 1:35.157 | — | — | +1.615 |
| 6 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:35.213 | — | — | +1.671 |
| 7 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Sauber | 1:36.136 | — | — | +2.594 |
| 8 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:36.156 | — | — | +2.614 |
| 9 | Jacques Villeneuve | Renault | 1:36.274 | — | — | +2.732 |
| 10 | Olivier Panis | Toyota | 1:36.420 | — | — | +2.878 |
| 11 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:36.663 | — | — | +3.121 |
| 12 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | McLaren | 1:36.820 | — | — | +3.278 |
| 13 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Williams | 1:37.653 | — | — | +4.111 |
| 14 | Christian Klien | Jaguar | 1:38.258 | — | — | +4.716 |
| 15 | Rubens Barrichello | Ferrari | 1:38.637 | — | — | +5.095 |
| 16 | Nick Heidfeld | Jordan | 1:41.953 | — | — | +8.411 |
| 17 | Timo Glock | Jordan | 1:43.533 | — | — | +9.991 |
| 18 | Gianmaria Bruni | Minardi | 1:48.069 | — | — | +14.527 |
| 19 | Zsolt Baumgartner | Minardi | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | 19Felipe Massa | Sauber | — | — | — | — |