Podcast # 217 is on the air!
Lewis Hamilton gets pole!
Fernando gets P2!
The Kimster with P3 Massa P4!!!
Vettel with P9!…Well done!
Spyker has sold for 88 Million Euro’s
| Japan qualifying breakdown | Session 1 | Session 2 | Session 3 | ||||||||
| Pos | Driver | Team | Pos | Time | Lap | Pos | Time | Lap | Pos | Time | Lap |
| 1. | Hamilton | McLaren | 4. | 1:25.489 | 10 | 1. | 1:24.753 | 9 | 1. | 1:25.368 | 11 |
| 2. | Alonso | McLaren | 2. | 1:25.379 | 6 | 2. | 1:24.806 | 10 | 2. | 1:25.438 | 11 |
| 3. | Raikkonen | Ferrari | 3. | 1:25.390 | 10 | 3. | 1:24.988 | 8 | 3. | 1:25.516 | 11 |
| 4. | Massa | Ferrari | 1. | 1:25.359 | 8 | 4. | 1:25.049 | 10 | 4. | 1:25.765 | 11 |
| 5. | Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 6. | 1:25.971 | 10 | 5. | 1:25.248 | 9 | 5. | 1:26.505 | 11 |
| 6. | Rosberg | Williams | 9. | 1:26.579 | 11 | 9. | 1:25.816 | 11 | 6. | 1:26.728 | 11 |
| 7. | Button | Honda | 10. | 1:26.614 | 10 | 6. | 1:25.454 | 10 | 7. | 1:26.913 | 11 |
| 8. | Webber | Red Bull | 5. | 1:25.970 | 10 | 8. | 1:25.535 | 8 | 8. | 1:26.914 | 11 |
| 9. | Vettel | Toro Rosso | 7. | 1:26.025 | 11 | 10. | 1:25.909 | 11 | 9. | 1:26.973 | 11 |
| 10. | Kubica | BMW Sauber | 8. | 1:26.300 | 11 | 7. | 1:25.530 | 11 | 10. | 1:27.225 | 11 |
| 11. | Fisichella | Renault | 13. | 1:26.909 | 7 | 11. | 1:26.033 | 10 | |||
| 12. | Kovalainen | Renault | 15. | 1:27.223 | 7 | 12. | 1:26.232 | 10 | |||
| 13. | Coulthard | Red Bull | 12. | 1:26.904 | 11 | 13. | 1:26.247 | 10 | |||
| 14. | Trulli | Toyota | 11. | 1:26.711 | 11 | 14. | 1:26.253 | 10 | |||
| 15. | Liuzzi | Toro Rosso | 16. | 1:27.234 | 11 | 15. | 1:26.948 | 11 | |||
| 16. | R.Schumacher | Toyota | 14. | 1:27.191 | 10 | 16. | 0 | ||||
| 17. | Barrichello | Honda | 17. | 1:27.323 | 10 | ||||||
| 18. | Wurz | Williams | 18. | 1:27.454 | 10 | ||||||
| 19. | Davidson | Super Aguri | 19. | 1:27.564 | 10 | ||||||
| 20. | Sutil | Spyker | 20. | 1:28.628 | 10 | ||||||
| 21. | Sato | Super Aguri | 21. | 1:28.792 | 10 | ||||||
| 22. | Yamamoto | Spyker | 22. | 1:29.668 | 10 | ||||||