Japanese Grand Prix
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren-Honda | 1:15.671 | 1:15.692 | |
| 2 | Gerhard Berger | McLaren-Honda | 1:17.431 | 1:16.244 | 0.573 |
| 3 | Nigel Mansell | Ferrari | 1:17.294 | 1:16.352 | 0.681 |
| 4 | Alain Prost | Ferrari | 1:16.365 | 1:17.021 | 0.694 |
| 5 | Jean Alesi | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:16.837 | 1:17.246 | 1.166 |
| 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams-Renault | 1:17.156 | 1:17.449 | 1.485 |
| 7 | Nelson Piquet | Benetton-Ford | 1:17.640 | 1:17.173 | 1.502 |
| 8 | Roberto Moreno | Benetton-Ford | 1:17.437 | 1:18.089 | 1.766 |
| 9 | Thierry Boutsen | Williams-Renault | 1:17.596 | 1:18.112 | 1.925 |
| 10 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi-Ford | 1:18.235 | 1:17.827 | 2.156 |
| 11 | Derek Warwick | Lotus-Lamborghini | 1:19.579 | 1:18.351 | 2.680 |
| 12 | Nicola Larini | Ligier-Ford | 1:19.567 | 1:18.730 | 3.059 |
| 13 | Satoru Nakajima | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:18.738 | 1:19.066 | 3.067 |
| 14 | Ivan Capelli | Leyton House-Judd | 1:19.341 | 1:18.843 | 3.172 |
| 15 | Andrea de Cesaris | Dallara-Ford | 1:19.107 | 1:18.858 | 3.187 |
| 16 | Mauricio Gugelmin | Leyton House-Judd | 1:19.804 | 1:18.860 | 3.189 |
| 17 | Stefano Modena | Brabham-Judd | 1:19.861 | 1:18.886 | 3.215 |
| 18 | Johnny Herbert | Lotus-Lamborghini | 1:19.091 | 1:19.185 | 3.420 |
| 19 | Philippe Alliot | Ligier-Ford | 1:19.202 | 1:19.835 | 3.531 |
| 20 | Gianni Morbidelli | Minardi-Ford | 1:19.408 | 1:19.347 | 3.676 |
| 21 | Emanuele Pirro | Dallara-Ford | 1:19.476 | 1:19.609 | 3.805 |
| 22 | Olivier Grouillard | Osella-Ford | 1:21.047 | 1:19.722 | 4.051 |
| 23 | Éric Bernard | Lola-Lamborghini | 1:21.489 | 1:19.858 | 4.187 |
| 24 | Aguri Suzuki | Lola-Lamborghini | 1:19.970 | 1:20.235 | 4.299 |
| 25 | David Brabham | Brabham-Judd | 1:20.846 | 1:20.218 | 4.547 |
| 26 | Gabriele Tarquini | AGS-Ford | 1:21.222 | 1:20.296 | 4.625 |
| DNQ | Michele Alboreto | Arrows-Ford | 1:20.630 | 1:20.545 | 4.874 |
| DNQ | Yannick Dalmas | AGS-Ford | 1:21.342 | 1:20.570 | 4.899 |
| DNQ | Alex Caffi | Arrows-Ford | 1:21.101 | 1:21.609 | 5.430 |
| DNQ | Bertrand Gachot | Coloni-Ford | 1:23.135 | 1:23.975 | 7.464 |
| 1 | Ayrton Senna | 78 | 9,4,0,9,9,0,4,4,9,6,9,9,6,0,0,0 | |
| 2 | Alain Prost | 71 | 0,9,3,0,2,9,9,9,3,0,6,6,4,9,0,4 | |
| ▲ | 3 | Nelson Piquet | 43 | 3,1,2,0,6,1,3,2,0,4,2,0,2,0,9,9 |
| Gerhard Berger | 43 | 0,6,6,4,3,4,2,0,4,0,4,4,3,0,0,3 | ||
| ▲ | 5 | Nigel Mansell | 37 | 0,3,0,0,4,6,0,0,0,0,0,3,9,6,0,6 |
| ▼ | 6 | Thierry Boutsen | 34 | 4,2,0,3,0,2,0,6,1,9,0,0,0,3,2,2 |
| 7 | Riccardo Patrese | 23 | 0,0,9,0,0,0,1,0,2,3,0,2,0,2,3,1 | |
| 8 | Alessandro Nannini | 21 | 0,0,4,0,0,3,0,0,6,0,3,0,1,4,0,0 | |
| 9 | Jean Alesi | 13 | 6,0,1,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 | |
| 10 | Roberto Moreno | 6 | 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0 | |
| Ivan Capelli | 6 | 0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 | ||
| Aguri Suzuki | 6 | 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,4,0 | ||
| 13 | Éric Bernard | 5 | 0,0,0,1,0,0,0,3,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0 | |
| 14 | Derek Warwick | 3 | 0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0 | |
| Satoru Nakajima | 3 | 1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,1,0 | ||
| 16 | Alex Caffi | 2 | 0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 | |
| Stefano Modena | 2 | 2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 | ||
| 18 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 1 | 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0 |
| 1 | McLaren-Honda | 121 | 9,10,6,13,12,4,6,4,13,6,13,13,9,0,0,3 | |
| 2 | Ferrari | 110 | 0,12,3,0,6,15,9,9,3,0,6,9,13,15,0,10 | |
| 3 | Benetton-Ford | 71 | 3,1,6,0,6,4,3,2,6,4,5,0,3,4,15,9 | |
| 4 | Williams-Renault | 57 | 4,2,9,3,0,2,1,6,3,12,0,2,0,5,5,3 | |
| 5 | Tyrrell-Ford | 16 | 7,0,1,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,1,0 | |
| 6 | Lola-Lamborghini | 11 | 0,0,0,1,0,0,0,4,0,1,0,0,0,1,4,0 | |
| 7 | Leyton House-Judd | 7 | 0,0,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0 | |
| 8 | Lotus-Lamborghini | 3 | 0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0 | |
| 9 | Arrows-Ford | 2 | 0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 | |
| Brabham-Judd | 2 | 2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 |