Pit Lane F1
Round 15 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2007-09-30
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) took pole for the 2007 Japanese Grand Prix with a 1:25.368 lap.
Fernando Alonso (McLaren) joined the front row, 0.070s shy of pole, with Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) third on the grid. Giancarlo Fisichella (Renault) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Heikki Kovalainen (Renault) missed the cut by 0.199s.
Q3 was settled inside 0.665s — pole to P10 — with Giancarlo Fisichella (Renault) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:25.489 | 1:24.753 | 1:25.368 | 1:25.368 |
| 2 | 14Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:25.379 | 1:24.806 | 1:25.438 | +0.070 |
| 3 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:25.390 | 1:24.988 | 1:25.516 | +0.148 |
| 4 |
| 19Felipe Massa |
| Ferrari |
| 1:25.359 |
| 1:25.049 |
| 1:25.765 |
| +0.397 |
| 5 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:25.971 | 1:25.248 | 1:26.505 | +1.137 |
| 6 | 22Jenson Button | Honda | 1:26.614 | 1:25.454 | 1:26.913 | +1.545 |
| 7 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:25.970 | 1:25.535 | 1:26.914 | +1.546 |
| 8 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Toro Rosso | 1:26.025 | 1:25.909 | 1:26.973 | +1.605 |
| 9 | 88Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:26.300 | 1:25.530 | 1:27.225 | +1.857 |
| 10 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Renault | 1:26.909 | 1:26.033 | — | +0.665 |
| 11 | Heikki Kovalainen | Renault | 1:27.223 | 1:26.232 | — | +0.864 |
| 12 | David Coulthard | Red Bull | 1:26.904 | 1:26.247 | — | +0.879 |
| 13 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:26.711 | 1:26.253 | — | +0.885 |
| 14 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Toro Rosso | 1:27.234 | 1:26.948 | — | +1.580 |
| 15 | Ralf Schumacher | Toyota | 1:27.191 | — | — | +1.823 |
| 16 | 6Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:26.579 | 1:25.816 | 1:26.728 | +1.360 |
| 17 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 1:27.323 | — | — | +1.955 |
| 18 | Alexander Wurz | Williams | 1:27.454 | — | — | +2.086 |
| 19 | Anthony Davidson | Super Aguri | 1:27.564 | — | — | +2.196 |
| 20 | 99Adrian Sutil | Spyker | 1:28.628 | — | — | +3.260 |
| 21 | Takuma Sato | Super Aguri | 1:28.762 | — | — | +3.394 |
| 22 | Sakon Yamamoto | Spyker | 1:29.668 | — | — | +4.300 |