Japans GP - Kvalifikation
Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, satte som den mest naturlige ting, en ubesværet poletid, i lørdagens kvalifikation til det Japanske Grand Prix. Som for at vise hvor meget banen passer til Red Bull, fulgte Mark Webber efter med anden hurtigste, der dog lå et kvart sekund efter.

Pl	#	Kører	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Omg
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1:32,608	1:31,501	1:30,839	11
2	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	1:32,951	1:31,950	1:31,090	15
3	3	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:33,077	1:31,772	1:31,290	14
4	14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:32,042	1:31,886	1:31,700	16
5	10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	1:32,029	1:31,988	1:31,898	20
6	15	Sergio Perez	Sauber	1:32,147	1:32,169	1:32,022	20
7	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:32,459	1:31,833	1:32,114	17
8	9	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	1:32,221	1:31,826	1:32,208	18
9	4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:33,061	1:32,121	1:32,327	17
10	12	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	1:32,828	1:32,272		12
11	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:32,946	1:32,293		12
12	11	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:32,898	1:32,327		14
13	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:33,349	1:32,469		10
14	18	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:32,834	1:32,512		11
15	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:33,015	1:32,625		16
16	16	Daniel Ricciardo	STR	1:33,059	1:32,954		14
17	17	Jean-Eric Vergne	STR	1:33,370	1:33,368		14
18	19	Bruno Senna	Williams	1:33,405			8
19	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	1:34,657			6
20	24	Timo Glock	Marussia	1:35,213			8
21	22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	1:35,385			6
22	25	Charles Pic	Marussia	1:35,429			8
23	21	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	1:35,432			8
24	23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	1:36,734			6

Grid
Rykker vi rundt på deltagerne, for at tage højde for diverse strafplaceringer, bliver grid-placeringerne som nedenstående. Michael Schumacher fik 10 pladsers straf, for at køre op bag i Vergne under Singapores GP. Jenson Button og Nicolas Hülkenberg får 5 placeringers straf, for at skifte gearkasse uden for skemaet. Og endelig får Jean-Eric Vergne tre placeringers straf, for at blokere for Senna under Q1.

Pl	#	Kører	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Omg
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1:32,608	1:31,501	1:30,839	11
2	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	1:32,951	1:31,950	1:31,090	15
3	14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:32,042	1:31,886	1:31,700	16
4	10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	1:32,029	1:31,988	1:31,898	20
5	15	Sergio Perez	Sauber	1:32,147	1:32,169	1:32,022	20
6	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:32,459	1:31,833	1:32,114	17
7	9	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	1:32,221	1:31,826	1:32,208	18
8	3	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:33,077	1:31,772	1:31,290	14
9	4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:33,061	1:32,121	1:32,327	17
10	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:32,946	1:32,293		12
11	11	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:32,898	1:32,327		14
12	18	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:32,834	1:32,512		11
13	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:33,015	1:32,625		16
14	16	Daniel Ricciardo	STR	1:33,059	1:32,954		14
15	12	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	1:32,828	1:32,272		12
16	19	Bruno Senna	Williams	1:33,405			8
17	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	1:34,657			6
18	24	Timo Glock	Marussia	1:35,213			8
19	17	Jean-Eric Vergne	STR	1:33,370	1:33,368		14
20	22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	1:35,385			6
21	25	Charles Pic	Marussia	1:35,429			8
22	21	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	1:35,432			8
23	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:33,349	1:32,469		10
24	23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	1:36,734			6