Japanese GP qualifying results: Rosberg clinches pole
Mercedes drivers never give up. Bottas in third.
Nico Rosberg leads his teammate by only two tenth and gets his well deserved pole position. Another Mercedes-powered teammates Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa are in third and fours respecively.
Both Ferrari made it to get into Q3, but it's only fifth for Fernando Alonso whose future still remains in doubt and 10th for his teammate Kimi Raikkonen.
Daniel Ricciardo once again in front of four times world champion. P6 for Daniel, P9 for Sebastian and McLaren drivers between them.
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
| 1 | 6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 01:33.671 | 01:32.950 | 01:32.506 | 13 |
| 2 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 01:33.611 | 01:32.982 | 01:32.703 | 13 |
| 3 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Mercedes | 01:34.301 | 01:33.443 | 01:33.128 | 16 |
| 4 | 19 | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 01:34.483 | 01:33.551 | 01:33.527 | 16 |
| 5 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 01:34.497 | 01:34.675 | 01:33.740 | 16 |
| 6 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 01:35.593 | 01:34.466 | 01:34.075 | 17 |
| 7 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren-Mercedes | 01:34.930 | 01:34.229 | 01:34.242 | 16 |
| 8 | 22 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 01:35.150 | 01:34.648 | 01:34.317 | 17 |
| 9 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 01:35.517 | 01:34.784 | 01:34.432 | 17 |
| 10 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 01:34.984 | 01:34.771 | 01:34.548 | 16 |
| 11 | 25 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Renault | 01:35.155 | 01:34.984 | 14 | |
| 12 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Force India-Mercedes | 01:35.439 | 01:35.089 | 13 | |
| 13 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat | STR-Renault | 01:35.210 | 01:35.092 | 13 | |
| 14 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 01:35.000 | 01:35.099 | 13 | |
| 15 | 99 | Adrian Sutil | Sauber-Ferrari | 01:35.736 | 01:35.364 | 14 | |
| 16 | 21 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 01:35.308 | 01:35.681 | 14 | |
| 17 | 13 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus-Renault | 01:35.917 | 9 | ||
| 18 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 01:35.984 | 10 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Caterham-Renault | 01:36.813 | 6 | ||
| 20 | 17 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Ferrari | 01:36.943 | 8 | ||
| 21 | 10 | Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham-Renault | 01:37.015 | 9 | ||
| 22 | 4 | Max Chilton | Marussia-Ferrari | 01:37.481 | 8 |
For the complete results, visit our Formula One result pages.
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