JAPAN Grand Prix 2023: qualifying
| pos | no | driver | q1 | q2 | q3 | laps |
| 1 | 1 | Verstappen | 1:29.878 | 1:29.964 | 1:28.877 | 12 |
| 2 | 81 | Piastri | 1:30.439 | 1:30.122 | 1:29.458 | 14 |
| 3 | 4 | Norris | 1:30.063 | 1:30.296 | 1:29.493 | 12 |
| 4 | 16 | Leclerc | 1:30.393 | 1:29.940 | 1:29.542 | 14 |
| 5 | 11 | Perez | 1:30.652 | 1:29.965 | 1:29.650 | 18 |
| 6 | 55 | Sainz | 1:30.651 | 1:30.067 | 1:29.850 | 14 |
| 7 | 44 | Hamilton | 1:30.811 | 1:30.040 | 1:29.908 | 18 |
| 8 | 63 | Russell | 1:30.811 | 1:30.268 | 1:30.219 | 15 |
| 9 | 22 | Tsunoda | 1:30.733 | 1:30.204 | 1:30.303 | 18 |
| 10 | 14 | Alonso | 1:30.971 | 1:30.465 | 1:30.560 | 15 |
| 11 | 40 | Lawson | 1:30.425 | 1:30.508 | | 16 |
| 12 | 10 | Gasly | 1:30.843 | 1:30.509 | | 12 |
| 13 | 23 | Albon | 1:30.941 | 1:30.537 | | 12 |
| 14 | 31 | Ocon | 1:30.960 | 1:30.586 | | 12 |
| 15 | 20 | Magnussen | 1:30.976 | 1:30.665 | | 9 |
| 16 | 77 | Bottas | 1:31.049 | | | 5 |
| 17 | 18 | Stroll | 1:31.181 | | | 7 |
| 18 | 27 | Hulkenberg | 1:31.299 | | | 6 |
| 19 | 24 | Zhou | 1:31.398 | | | 6 |
| NC | 2 | Sargeant | DNF | | | 2 |