Japanese Grand Prix
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 1:17.267 | 1:18.142 | |
| 2 | Alain Prost | McLaren-TAG | 1:18.200 | 1:17.967 | 0.700 |
| 3 | Nelson Piquet | Williams-Honda | 1:18.017 | 1:18.176 | 0.750 |
| 4 | Ayrton Senna | Lotus-Honda | 1:18.508 | 1:18.488 | 1.221 |
| 5 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton-Ford | 1:18.943 | 1:18.523 | 1.256 |
| 6 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 1:18.578 | 1:19.612 | 1.311 |
| 7 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams-Honda | 1:19.507 | 1:18.813 | 1.546 |
| 8 | Stefan Johansson | McLaren-TAG | 1:19.761 | 1:18.826 | 1.559 |
| 9 | Teo Fabi | Benetton-Ford | 1:19.461 | 1:20.301 | 2.194 |
| 10 | Andrea de Cesaris | Brabham-BMW | 1:19.768 | 1:19.590 | 2.323 |
| 11 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows-Megatron | 1:20.187 | 1:21.592 | 2.920 |
| 12 | Derek Warwick | Arrows-Megatron | 1:20.638 | 1:20.837 | 3.371 |
| 13 | Alessandro Nannini | Minardi-Motori Moderni | 1:20.701 | 1:21.523 | 3.434 |
| 14 | Satoru Nakajima | Lotus-Honda | 1:21.708 | 1:20.891 | 3.624 |
| 15 | Stefano Modena | Brabham-BMW | 1:21.887 | 1:21.014 | 3.747 |
| 16 | Martin Brundle | Zakspeed | 1:22.224 | 1:21.483 | 4.216 |
| 17 | Philippe Alliot | Lola-Ford | 1:21.888 | 1:22.846 | 4.621 |
| 18 | Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:21.971 | 1:22.434 | 4.704 |
| 19 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:22.315 | 1:22.087 | 4.820 |
| 20 | René Arnoux | Ligier-Megatron | 1:24.833 | 1:22.303 | 5.036 |
| 21 | Yannick Dalmas | Lola-Ford | 1:25.021 | 1:22.650 | 5.383 |
| 22 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Ligier-Megatron | 1:22.689 | 1:24.652 | 5.422 |
| 23 | Ivan Capelli | March-Ford | 1:22.698 | 1:22.704 | 5.431 |
| 24 | Christian Danner | Zakspeed | 1:23.046 | 1:22.736 | 5.469 |
| 25 | Roberto Moreno | AGS-Ford | 1:23.659 | 1:24.149 | 6.392 |
| 26 | Adrián Campos | Minardi-Motori Moderni | 1:25.760 | 1:24.121 | 6.854 |
| DNQ | Alex Caffi | Osella-Alfa Romeo | 1:25.872 | 1:27.331 | 8.605 |
| 1 | Nelson Piquet | 73 | 6,0,0,6,6,6,6,9,9,6,9,4,3,6,0,0 | |
| 2 | Nigel Mansell | 61 | 1,9,0,0,2,9,9,0,0,9,4,0,9,9,0,0 | |
| 3 | Ayrton Senna | 57 | 0,6,0,9,9,3,4,4,6,2,6,0,2,0,6,0 | |
| 4 | Alain Prost | 46 | 9,0,9,0,4,4,0,0,4,1,0,9,6,0,0,0 | |
| ▲ | 5 | Gerhard Berger | 36 | 3,0,0,3,3,0,0,0,0,0,3,6,0,0,9,9 |
| ▼ | 6 | Stefan Johansson | 30 | 4,3,6,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,1,2,4,0,4,0 |
| ▲ | 7 | Michele Alboreto | 17 | 0,4,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,6 |
| ▼ | 8 | Thierry Boutsen | 16 | 2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,3,2,0,0,0,2,4 |
| ▼ | 9 | Teo Fabi | 12 | 0,0,0,0,0,2,1,0,0,4,0,3,0,2,0,0 |
| 10 | Eddie Cheever | 8 | 0,0,3,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,3,0,0 | |
| ▲ | 11 | Jonathan Palmer | 7 | 0,0,0,2,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3 |
| Satoru Nakajima | 7 | 0,1,2,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0 | ||
| ▼ | 13 | Riccardo Patrese | 6 | 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,4,0,0 |
| ▼ | 14 | Andrea de Cesaris | 4 | 0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 |
| ▼ | Philippe Streiff | 4 | 0,0,0,0,0,1,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 | |
| 16 | Derek Warwick | 3 | 0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 | |
| Philippe Alliot | 3 | 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0 | ||
| 18 | Martin Brundle | 2 | 0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 | |
| 19 | Ivan Capelli | 1 | 0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 | |
| René Arnoux | 1 | 0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 | ||
| ▲ | Roberto Moreno | 1 | 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1 |
| 1 | Williams-Honda | 137 | 7,9,0,6,8,15,15,9,9,15,13,4,12,15,0,0 | |
| 2 | McLaren-TAG | 76 | 13,3,15,0,4,4,0,6,4,1,1,11,10,0,4,0 | |
| 3 | Lotus-Honda | 64 | 0,7,2,9,9,3,7,4,6,2,6,0,2,0,7,0 | |
| 4 | Ferrari | 53 | 3,4,0,7,3,0,0,0,0,0,3,6,0,0,12,15 | |
| 5 | Benetton-Ford | 28 | 2,0,0,0,0,2,1,0,3,7,2,3,0,2,2,4 | |
| ▲ | 6 | Tyrrell-Ford | 11 | 0,0,0,2,0,1,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3 |
| Arrows-Megatron | 11 | 0,0,3,0,1,0,2,0,1,0,0,1,0,3,0,0 | ||
| ▼ | 8 | Brabham-BMW | 10 | 0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,4,0,0 |
| 9 | Lola-Ford | 3 | 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0 | |
| 10 | Zakspeed | 2 | 0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 | |
| 11 | Ligier-Megatron | 1 | 0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 | |
| ▲ | AGS-Ford | 1 | 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1 | |
| March-Ford | 1 | 0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 |