Event: Japanese Grand Prix
Track: Suzuka Circuit
Weather: 24°C dry & overcast
Tarmac: 32°C dry
Humidity: 86%
Nico Rosberg scored his 30th pole position today. He could hold of his Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton with 0,013 sec. Rosberg will start from first grid slot for tomorrows 2016 Japanese Grand Prix and leads their qualifying standing to 9-8.
Kimi Raikkonen was 3rd fastest today for Ferrari and out-qualified his team mate Vettel againt to also lead their qualifying score to 9-8. Both Red Bull drivers will start from for 5th and 6th place tomorrow.
Qualifying results 2016 Japanese F1 GP
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
| 1 | 6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 01:31.858 | 01:30.714 | 01:30.647 |
| 2 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 01:32.218 | 01:31.129 | 01:30.660 |
| 3 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 01:31.674 | 01:31.406 | 01:30.949 |
| 4 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 01:31.659 | 01:31.227 | 01:31.028 |
| 5 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 01:32.487 | 01:31.489 | 01:31.178 |
| 6 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 01:32.538 | 01:31.719 | 01:31.240 |
| 7 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Force India | 01:32.682 | 01:32.237 | 01:31.961 |
| 8 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas | 01:32.458 | 01:32.176 | 01:31.961 |
| 9 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 01:32.448 | 01:32.155 | 01:32.142 |
| 10 | 21 | Esteban Gutierrez | Haas | 01:32.620 | 01:32.155 | 01:32.547 |
| 11 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 01:32.383 | 01:32.315 | |
| 12 | 19 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 01:32.562 | 01:32.380 | |
| 13 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 01:32.645 | 01:32.623 | |
| 14 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 01:32.789 | 01:32.685 | |
| 15 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 01:32.819 | 01:32.689 | |
| 16 | 30 | Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 01:32.796 | 01:32.807 | |
| 17 | 22 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 01:32.851 | ||
| 18 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Renault | 01:33.023 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 01:33.222 | ||
| 20 | 12 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 01:33.332 | ||
| 21 | 45 | Esteban Ocon | Manor | 01:33.353 | ||
| 22 | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein | Manor | 01:33.561 |
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