Japanese Grand Prix
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren-Honda | 1:18.332 | 1:17.748 | |
| 2 | Alain Prost | McLaren-Honda | 1:18.179 | 1:17.880 | 0.132 |
| 3 | Nigel Mansell | Williams-Judd | 1:19.427 | 1:19.508 | 1.679 |
| 4 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 1:20.019 | 1:19.517 | 1.769 |
| 5 | Nelson Piquet | Lotus-Honda | 1:20.477 | 1:19.535 | 1.787 |
| 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams-Judd | 1:19.925 | 1:19.998 | 2.177 |
| 7 | Derek Warwick | Arrows-Megatron | 1:20.086 | 1:20.495 | 2.338 |
| 8 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton-Ford | 1:20.331 | 1:20.182 | 2.434 |
| 9 | Ivan Capelli | March-Judd | 1:21.136 | 1:20.459 | 2.711 |
| 10 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton-Ford | 1:21.114 | 1:20.486 | 2.738 |
| 11 | Alex Caffi | Dallara-Ford | 1:20.781 | 1:20.881 | 3.033 |
| 12 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 1:20.844 | 1:20.964 | 3.096 |
| 13 | Satoru Nakajima | Lotus-Honda | 1:21.542 | 1:20.852 | 3.104 |
| 14 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi-Ford | 1:21.905 | 1:21.133 | 3.385 |
| 15 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial-Ford | 1:21.944 | 1:21.164 | 3.416 |
| 16 | Philippe Streiff | AGS-Ford | 1:22.170 | 1:21.262 | 3.514 |
| 17 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:21.959 | 1:21.307 | 3.559 |
| 18 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows-Megatron | 1:21.393 | 1:21.514 | 3.645 |
| 19 | Mauricio Gugelmin | March-Judd | 1:21.871 | 1:21.554 | 3.806 |
| 20 | Stefano Modena | EuroBrun-Ford | 1:21.972 | 1:21.856 | 4.108 |
| 21 | Luis Perez-Sala | Minardi-Ford | 1:23.022 | 1:21.893 | 4.145 |
| 22 | Stefan Johansson | Ligier-Judd | 1:23.417 | 1:21.988 | 4.240 |
| 23 | René Arnoux | Ligier-Judd | 1:23.547 | 1:22.028 | 4.280 |
| 24 | Philippe Alliot | Lola-Ford | 1:22.420 | 1:22.211 | 4.463 |
| 25 | Oscar Larrauri | EuroBrun-Ford | 1:23.413 | 1:22.213 | 4.465 |
| 26 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Zakspeed | 1:22.348 | 1:22.271 | 4.523 |
| 27 | Gabriele Tarquini | Coloni-Ford | 1:23.650 | 1:22.393 | 4.645 |
| 28 | Julian Bailey | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:23.530 | 1:22.529 | 4.781 |
| 29 | Pierre-Henri Raphanel | Lola-Ford | 1:23.393 | 1:22.733 | 4.985 |
| 30 | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | 1:24.221 | 1:23.025 | 5.277 |
| 1 | Ayrton Senna | 90 | 0,9,0,6,9,9,6,9,9,9,9,0,1,3,9,6 | |
| 2 | Alain Prost | 87 | 9,6,9,9,6,6,9,0,6,6,6,0,9,9,6,9 | |
| 3 | Gerhard Berger | 41 | 6,2,6,4,0,0,3,0,4,3,0,9,0,1,3,0 | |
| 4 | Thierry Boutsen | 27 | 0,3,0,0,4,4,0,0,1,4,0,1,4,0,4,2 | |
| 5 | Michele Alboreto | 24 | 2,0,4,3,0,0,4,0,3,0,0,6,2,0,0,0 | |
| 6 | Nelson Piquet | 22 | 4,4,0,0,3,0,2,2,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,4 | |
| ▲ | 7 | Ivan Capelli | 17 | 0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,2,0,4,2,6,0,0,1 |
| Derek Warwick | 17 | 3,0,3,2,0,0,0,1,0,0,2,3,3,0,0,0 | ||
| 9 | Nigel Mansell | 12 | 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0 | |
| Alessandro Nannini | 12 | 0,1,0,0,0,0,1,4,0,0,0,0,0,4,2,0 | ||
| ▲ | 11 | Riccardo Patrese | 8 | 0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,2,1,3 |
| ▼ | 12 | Eddie Cheever | 6 | 0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,4,0,0,0,0 |
| ▼ | 13 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 5 | 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0 |
| ▼ | Jonathan Palmer | 5 | 0,0,2,0,1,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 | |
| 15 | Andrea de Cesaris | 3 | 0,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 | |
| 16 | Pierluigi Martini | 1 | 0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 | |
| Satoru Nakajima | 1 | 1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 |
| 1 | McLaren-Honda | 199 | 9,15,9,15,15,15,15,9,15,15,15,0,10,12,15,15 | |
| 2 | Ferrari | 65 | 8,2,10,7,0,0,7,0,7,3,0,15,2,1,3,0 | |
| 3 | Benetton-Ford | 39 | 0,4,0,0,4,4,1,4,1,4,0,1,4,4,6,2 | |
| ▲ | 4 | Lotus-Honda | 23 | 5,4,0,0,3,0,2,2,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,4 |
| Arrows-Megatron | 23 | 3,0,3,3,0,0,0,1,0,0,3,7,3,0,0,0 | ||
| ▼ | 6 | March-Judd | 22 | 0,0,0,0,2,0,0,3,2,2,4,2,6,0,0,1 |
| 7 | Williams-Judd | 20 | 0,0,1,0,0,0,0,6,0,1,0,0,0,8,1,3 | |
| 8 | Tyrrell-Ford | 5 | 0,0,2,0,1,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 | |
| 9 | Rial-Ford | 3 | 0,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 | |
| 10 | Minardi-Ford | 1 | 0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 |