2016 FORMULA 1 EMIRATES JAPANESE GRAND PRIX
| pos | driver | team | q1 | q2 | q3 | laps | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nico Rosberg | ROS | Mercedes | 1:31.858 | 1:30.714 | 1:30.647 | 13 |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | HAM | Mercedes | 1:32.218 | 1:31.129 | 1:30.660 | 13 |
| 3 | Kimi Räikkönen | RAI | Ferrari | 1:31.674 | 1:31.406 | 1:30.949 | 12 |
| 4 | Sebastian Vettel | VET | Ferrari | 1:31.659 | 1:31.227 | 1:31.028 | 12 |
| 5 | Max Verstappen | VER | Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer | 1:32.487 | 1:31.489 | 1:31.178 | 14 |
| 6 | Daniel Ricciardo | RIC | Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer | 1:32.538 | 1:31.719 | 1:31.240 | 14 |
| 7 | Sergio Perez | PER | Force India Mercedes | 1:32.682 | 1:32.237 | 1:31.961 | 12 |
| 8 | Romain Grosjean | GRO | Haas Ferrari | 1:32.458 | 1:32.176 | 1:31.961 | 17 |
| 9 | Nico Hulkenberg | HUL | Force India Mercedes | 1:32.448 | 1:32.200 | 1:32.142 | 12 |
| 10 | Esteban Gutierrez | GUT | Haas Ferrari | 1:32.620 | 1:32.155 | 1:32.547 | 15 |
| 11 | Valtteri Bottas | BOT | Williams Mercedes | 1:32.383 | 1:32.315 | 11 | |
| 12 | Felipe Massa | MAS | Williams Mercedes | 1:32.562 | 1:32.380 | 11 | |
| 13 | Daniil Kvyat | KVY | Toro Rosso Ferrari | 1:32.645 | 1:32.623 | 11 | |
| 14 | Carlos Sainz | SAI | Toro Rosso Ferrari | 1:32.789 | 1:32.685 | 12 | |
| 15 | Fernando Alonso | ALO | McLaren Honda | 1:32.819 | 1:32.689 | 12 | |
| 16 | Jolyon Palmer | PAL | Renault | 1:32.796 | 1:32.807 | 12 | |
| 17 | Jenson Button | BUT | McLaren Honda | 1:32.851 | 6 | ||
| 18 | Kevin Magnussen | MAG | Renault | 1:33.023 | 6 | ||
| 19 | Marcus Ericsson | ERI | Sauber Ferrari | 1:33.222 | 7 | ||
| 20 | Felipe Nasr | NAS | Sauber Ferrari | 1:33.332 | 7 | ||
| 21 | Esteban Ocon | OCO | MRT Mercedes | 1:33.353 | 9 | ||
| 22 | Pascal Wehrlein | WEH | MRT Mercedes | 1:33.561 | 9 |