Ronda 18 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2008-11-02
Felipe Massa (Ferrari) firmó la pole del Brazilian Grand Prix de 2008 con un crono de 1:12.368.
Jarno Trulli (Toyota) completó la primera fila a 0.369s de la pole, con Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) tercero en parrilla. Timo Glock (Toyota) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Nelson Piquet Jr. (Renault) se quedó fuera por —s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 1.862s — de la pole a P10 — con Timo Glock (Toyota) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:11.830 | 1:11.875 | 1:12.368 | 1:12.368 |
| 2 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:12.226 | 1:12.107 | 1:12.737 | +0.369 |
| 3 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:12.083 | 1:11.950 | 1:12.825 | +0.457 |
| 4 |
| 44Lewis Hamilton |
| McLaren |
| 1:12.213 |
| 1:11.856 |
| 1:12.830 |
| +0.462 |
| 5 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 1:12.366 | 1:11.768 | 1:12.917 | +0.549 |
| 6 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:12.214 | 1:12.090 | 1:12.967 | +0.599 |
| 7 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Toro Rosso | 1:12.390 | 1:11.845 | 1:13.082 | +0.714 |
| 8 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:12.371 | 1:12.026 | 1:13.297 | +0.929 |
| 9 | Sébastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso | 1:12.498 | 1:12.075 | 1:14.105 | +1.737 |
| 10 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:12.223 | 1:11.909 | 1:14.230 | +1.862 |
| 11 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | 1:12.348 | 1:12.137 | — | — |
| 12 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:12.409 | 1:12.289 | — | — |
| 13 | 88Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:12.381 | 1:12.300 | — | — |
| 14 | David Coulthard | Red Bull | 1:12.690 | 1:12.717 | — | +0.349 |
| 15 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 1:12.548 | 1:13.139 | — | +0.771 |
| 16 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 1:12.800 | — | — | +0.432 |
| 17 | 22Jenson Button | Honda | 1:12.810 | — | — | +0.442 |
| 18 | 6Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:13.002 | — | — | +0.634 |
| 19 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 1:13.426 | — | — | +1.058 |
| 20 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:13.508 | — | — | +1.140 |