Japan: Complete Qualifying times

By Phil Huff
October 3 2009

An eventful qualifying session in Suzuka, that saw the red flag come out three times, saw Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel take pole position ahead of Toyota's Jarno Trulli and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton. Brawn GP's Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button ended fifth and seventh, but the stewards may yet change all that...

Pos		Driver	Team	Round 1	Round 2	Final
1		Vettel	Red Bull	1:30.883	1:30.341	1:32.160
2		Trulli	Toyota	1:31.063	1:30.737	1:32.220
3		Hamilton	McLaren	1:30.917	1:30.627	1:32.395
4		Sutil	Force India	1:31.386	1:31.222	1:32.466
5		Barrichello	Brawn GP	1:31.272	1:31.055	1:32.660
6		Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:31.501	1:31.260	1:32.945
7		Button	Brawn GP	1:31.041	1:30.880	1:32.962
8		Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:31.228	1:31.052	1:32.980
9		Kovalainen	McLaren	1:31.499	1:31.223	No time
10		Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:31.196	1:31.103	No time
11		Rosberg	Williams	1:31.286	1:31.482
12		Alonso	Renault	1:31.401	1:31.638
13		Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:31.417	1:32.341
14		Glock	Toyota	1:31.550	No time
15		Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:31.571	No time
16		Fisichella	Ferrari	1:31.704
17		Nakajima	Williams	1:31.718
18		Grosjean	Renault	1:32.073
19		Liuzzi	Force India	1:32.087
20		Webber	Red Bull	No time