Pit Lane F1
Round 16 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2008-10-12
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) took pole for the 2008 Japanese Grand Prix with a 1:18.404 lap.
Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.240s shy of pole, with Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren) third on the grid. Sébastien Bourdais (Toro Rosso) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while David Coulthard (Red Bull) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.763s — pole to P10 — with Sébastien Bourdais (Toro Rosso) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:18.071 | 1:17.462 | 1:18.404 | 1:18.404 |
| 2 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:18.160 | 1:17.733 | 1:18.644 | +0.240 |
| 3 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 1:18.220 | 1:17.360 | 1:18.821 | +0.417 |
| 14Fernando Alonso |
| Renault |
| 1:18.290 |
| 1:17.871 |
| 1:18.852 |
| +0.448 |
| 5 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:18.110 | 1:17.287 | 1:18.874 | +0.470 |
| 6 | 88Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:18.684 | 1:17.931 | 1:18.979 | +0.575 |
| 7 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:18.501 | 1:17.541 | 1:19.026 | +0.622 |
| 8 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:17.945 | 1:17.670 | 1:19.118 | +0.714 |
| 9 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Toro Rosso | 1:18.559 | 1:17.714 | 1:19.638 | +1.234 |
| 10 | SĂ©bastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso | 1:18.593 | 1:18.102 | 1:20.167 | +1.763 |
| 11 | David Coulthard | Red Bull | 1:18.303 | 1:18.187 | — | — |
| 12 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | 1:18.300 | 1:18.274 | — | — |
| 13 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:18.372 | 1:18.354 | — | — |
| 14 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 1:18.640 | 1:18.594 | — | +0.190 |
| 15 | 6Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:18.740 | 1:18.672 | — | +0.268 |
| 16 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:18.835 | — | — | +0.431 |
| 17 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 1:18.882 | — | — | +0.478 |
| 18 | 22Jenson Button | Honda | 1:19.100 | — | — | +0.696 |
| 19 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:19.163 | — | — | +0.759 |
| 20 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 1:19.910 | — | — | +1.506 |