F1 qualifying stats
Qualifying results
| # | Driver | BRA | SMR | BEL | MCO | DET | FRA | GBR | DEU | HUN | AUT | ITA | PRT | ESP | MEX | JPN | AUS | Avg. | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (GBR) Nigel Mansell (Williams) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1.80 | 1 | |
| 2 | (BRA) Nelson Piquet (Williams) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2.69 | 1 |
| 3 | (BRA) Ayrton Senna (Lotus) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 4.06 | 1 |
| 4 | (FRA) Alain Prost (McLaren) | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4.38 | 2 |
| 5 | (AUT) Gerhard Berger (Ferrari) | 7 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4.81 | 1 |
| 6 | (BEL) Thierry Boutsen (Benetton) | 6 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6.25 | 3 |
| 7 | (ITA) Michele Alboreto (Ferrari) | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 6.31 | 4 |
| 8 | (ITA) Teo Fabi (Benetton) | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 7.56 | 4 |
| 9 | (ITA) Riccardo Patrese (Brabham, Williams) | 11 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9.19 | 7 |
| 10 | (SWE) Stefan Johansson (McLaren) | 10 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 9.94 | 7 |
| 11 | (GBR) Derek Warwick (Arrows) | 8 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 11.31 | 8 |
| 12 | (USA) Eddie Cheever (Arrows) | 14 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11.63 | 6 |
| 13 | (ITA) Andrea de Cesaris (Brabham) | 13 | 15 | 13 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 12.06 | 7 |
| 14 | (ITA) Stefano Modena (Brabham) | 15 | 15.00 | 15 | |||||||||||||||
| 15 | (JPN) Satoru Nakajima (Lotus) | 12 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 24 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 15.13 | 12 |
| 16 | (ITA) Alessandro Nannini (Minardi) | 15 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 15.81 | 13 |
| 17 | (FRA) Rene Arnoux (Ligier) | 14 | 16 | 22 | 21 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 16.80 | 12 | |
| 18 | (GBR) Martin Brundle (Zakspeed) | 19 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 17.12 | 13 |
| 19 | (DEU) Christian Danner (Zakspeed) | 17 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 22 | 17 | 17 | 24 | 18.93 | 16 | |
| 20 | (FRA) Philippe Alliot (Lola) | 23 | 22 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 22 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 24 | 19 | 17 | 20.27 | 15 | |
| 21 | (GBR) Jonathan Palmer (Tyrrell) | 18 | 25 | 24 | 15 | 13 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 16 | 24 | 22 | 24 | 16 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 20.50 | 13 |
| 22 | (ITA) Piercarlo Ghinzani (Ligier) | 20 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 17 | 17 | 25 | 18 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 25 | 22 | 20.71 | 17 | ||
| 23 | (ESP) Adrian Campos (Minardi) | 16 | 18 | 19 | 24 | 25 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 24 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 19 | 22 | 26 | 20.88 | 16 |
| 24 | (FRA) Philippe Streiff (Tyrrell) | 20 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 14 | 25 | 22 | 22 | 14 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 15 | 25 | 26 | 18 | 21.19 | 14 |
| 25 | (ITA) Ivan Capelli (March) | 23 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 18 | 23 | 25 | 22 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 21.88 | 18 |
| 26 | (FRA) Yannick Dalmas (Lola) | 23 | 23 | 21 | 22.33 | 21 | |||||||||||||
| 27 | (ITA) Alex Caffi (Osella) | 21 | 21 | 26 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 26 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 27 | 22.56 | 16 |
| 27 | (FRA) Pascal Fabre (AGS) | 22 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 27 | 25.64 | 22 | ||
| 29 | (BRA) Roberto Moreno (AGS) | 27 | 25 | 26.00 | 25 | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | (ITA) Nicola Larini (Coloni) | 27 | 26 | 26.50 | 26 | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | (CHE) Franco Forini (Osella) | 26 | 26 | 28 | 26.67 | 26 | |||||||||||||
| 32 | (ITA) Gabriele Tarquini (Osella) | 27 | 27.00 | 27 | |||||||||||||||
| # | Driver | BRA | SMR | BEL | MCO | DET | FRA | GBR | DEU | HUN | AUT | ITA | PRT | ESP | MEX | JPN | AUS | Avg. | Best |
Table key
- Did not qualify