Japanese Grand Prix
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren-Honda | 1:17.712 | 1:16.665 | |
| 2 | Alain Prost | McLaren-Honda | 1:17.403 | 1:17.624 | 0.738 |
| 3 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi-Ford | 1:18.043 | 1:17.623 | 0.958 |
| 4 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton-Ford | 1:18.271 | 1:17.762 | 1.097 |
| 5 | Thierry Boutsen | Williams-Renault | 1:17.791 | 1:18.586 | 1.126 |
| 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams-Renault | 1:18.636 | 1:17.827 | 1.162 |
| 7 | Nigel Mansell | Ferrari | 1:19.525 | 1:18.313 | 1.648 |
| 8 | Stefano Modena | Brabham-Judd | 1:18.750 | 1:20.076 | 2.085 |
| 9 | Andrea de Cesaris | Dallara-Ford | 1:18.828 | 1:19.487 | 2.163 |
| 10 | Alex Caffi | Dallara-Ford | 1:18.857 | 1:18.899 | 2.192 |
| 11 | Nicola Larini | Osella-Ford | 1:19.305 | 1:19.110 | 2.445 |
| 12 | Martin Brundle | Brabham-Judd | 1:19.136 | 1:19.428 | 2.471 |
| 13 | Emanuele Pirro | Benetton-Ford | 1:19.710 | 1:19.217 | 2.552 |
| 14 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 1:19.238 | 1:20.615 | 2.573 |
| 15 | Jean Alesi | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:19.363 | 1:19.259 | 2.594 |
| 16 | Ivan Capelli | March-Judd | 1:19.269 | 1:19.294 | 2.604 |
| 17 | JJ Lehto | Onyx-Ford | 1:20.767 | 1:19.309 | 2.644 |
| 18 | Nelson Piquet | Lotus-Judd | 1:19.392 | 1:20.622 | 2.727 |
| 19 | Philippe Alliot | Lola-Lamborghini | 1:19.568 | 1:19.579 | 2.903 |
| 20 | Derek Warwick | Arrows-Ford | 1:19.599 | 1:19.622 | 2.934 |
| 21 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Osella-Ford | 1:19.691 | 1:20.718 | 3.026 |
| 22 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows-Ford | 1:19.922 | 1:21.206 | 3.257 |
| 23 | Satoru Nakajima | Lotus-Judd | 1:20.066 | 1:20.333 | 3.401 |
| 24 | Olivier Grouillard | Ligier-Ford | 1:21.882 | 1:20.073 | 3.408 |
| 25 | Mauricio Gugelmin | March-Judd | 1:20.191 | 1:20.260 | 3.526 |
| 26 | René Arnoux | Ligier-Ford | 1:20.872 | 1:20.391 | 3.726 |
| 27 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:20.428 | 1:20.451 | 3.763 |
| 28 | Luis Perez-Sala | Minardi-Ford | 1:20.633 | 1:20.866 | 3.968 |
| 29 | Bertrand Gachot | Rial-Ford | 1:22.267 | 1:24.913 | 5.602 |
| 30 | Pierre-Henri Raphanel | Rial-Ford | 1:22.305 | 1:22.391 | 5.640 |
| 1 | Alain Prost | 76 | 6,6,6,2,9,0,9,9,6,3,6,9,6,4,0,0 | |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna | 60 | 0,9,9,9,0,0,0,0,9,6,9,0,0,9,0,0 | |
| ▲ | 3 | Riccardo Patrese | 40 | 0,0,0,6,6,6,4,0,3,0,0,3,0,2,6,4 |
| ▼ | 4 | Nigel Mansell | 38 | 9,0,0,0,0,0,6,6,4,9,4,0,0,0,0,0 |
| 5 | Thierry Boutsen | 37 | 0,3,0,0,1,9,0,0,0,4,3,4,0,0,4,9 | |
| 6 | Alessandro Nannini | 32 | 1,4,0,3,0,0,0,4,0,0,2,0,3,0,9,6 | |
| 7 | Gerhard Berger | 21 | 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,9,6,0,0 | |
| 8 | Nelson Piquet | 12 | 0,0,0,0,0,3,0,3,2,1,0,0,0,0,3,0 | |
| 9 | Jean Alesi | 8 | 0,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,2,0,3,0,0 | |
| 10 | Derek Warwick | 7 | 2,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,1,0 | |
| 11 | Eddie Cheever | 6 | 0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0 | |
| Michele Alboreto | 6 | 0,0,2,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 | ||
| Stefan Johansson | 6 | 0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0 | ||
| 14 | Johnny Herbert | 5 | 3,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 | |
| ▲ | Pierluigi Martini | 5 | 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,1 | |
| ▼ | 16 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 4 | 4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 |
| ▼ | Stefano Modena | 4 | 0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 | |
| ▼ | Andrea de Cesaris | 4 | 0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 | |
| ▼ | Alex Caffi | 4 | 0,0,3,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 | |
| ▼ | Martin Brundle | 4 | 0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,2,0 | |
| ▲ | 21 | Satoru Nakajima | 3 | 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3 |
| Christian Danner | 3 | 0,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 | ||
| ▲ | 23 | Emanuele Pirro | 2 | 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2 |
| ▼ | René Arnoux | 2 | 0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 | |
| ▼ | Jonathan Palmer | 2 | 0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0 | |
| ▼ | 26 | Olivier Grouillard | 1 | 0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 |
| ▼ | Philippe Alliot | 1 | 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0 | |
| ▼ | Luis Perez-Sala | 1 | 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 | |
| ▼ | Gabriele Tarquini | 1 | 0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 |
| 1 | McLaren-Honda | 141 | 6,15,15,11,9,0,9,9,15,9,15,9,6,13,0,0 | |
| 2 | Williams-Renault | 77 | 0,3,0,6,7,15,4,0,3,4,3,7,0,2,10,13 | |
| 3 | Ferrari | 59 | 9,0,0,0,0,0,6,6,4,9,4,6,9,6,0,0 | |
| 4 | Benetton-Ford | 39 | 4,4,0,3,2,0,0,4,0,0,2,0,3,0,9,8 | |
| 5 | Tyrrell-Ford | 16 | 0,1,2,4,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,2,1,3,0,0 | |
| ▲ | 6 | Lotus-Judd | 15 | 0,0,0,0,0,3,0,3,2,1,0,0,0,0,3,3 |
| ▼ | 7 | Arrows-Ford | 13 | 2,2,0,0,4,0,0,0,1,2,1,0,0,0,1,0 |
| 8 | Dallara-Ford | 8 | 0,0,3,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 | |
| Brabham-Judd | 8 | 0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,2,0 | ||
| 10 | Onyx-Ford | 6 | 0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0 | |
| ▲ | Minardi-Ford | 6 | 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,1 | |
| 12 | March-Judd | 4 | 4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 | |
| 13 | Rial-Ford | 3 | 0,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 | |
| Ligier-Ford | 3 | 0,0,0,0,0,2,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 | ||
| 15 | AGS-Ford | 1 | 0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 | |
| Lola-Lamborghini | 1 | 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0 |