Pit Lane F1
Ronda 3 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2009-04-19
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) firmó la pole del Chinese Grand Prix de 2009 con un crono de 1:36.184.
Fernando Alonso (Renault) completó la primera fila a 0.197s de la pole, con Mark Webber (Red Bull) tercero en parrilla. Sébastien Buemi (Toro Rosso) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber) se quedó fuera por —s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 3.137s — de la pole a P10 — con Sébastien Buemi (Toro Rosso) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:36.565 | 1:35.130 | 1:36.184 | 1:36.184 |
| 2 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:36.443 | 1:35.803 | 1:36.381 | +0.197 |
| 3 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:35.751 | 1:35.173 | 1:36.466 | +0.282 |
| 4 |
| Rubens Barrichello |
| Brawn |
| 1:35.701 |
| 1:35.503 |
| 1:36.493 |
| +0.309 |
| 5 | 22Jenson Button | Brawn | 1:35.533 | 1:35.556 | 1:36.532 | +0.348 |
| 6 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:36.308 | 1:35.645 | 1:36.835 | +0.651 |
| 7 | 6Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:35.941 | 1:35.809 | 1:37.397 | +1.213 |
| 8 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:36.137 | 1:35.856 | 1:38.089 | +1.905 |
| 9 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:35.776 | 1:35.740 | 1:38.595 | +2.411 |
| 10 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:36.284 | 1:35.965 | 1:39.321 | +3.137 |
| 11 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:36.525 | 1:35.975 | — | — |
| 12 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 1:36.646 | 1:36.032 | — | — |
| 13 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:36.178 | 1:36.033 | — | — |
| 14 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:36.364 | 1:36.066 | — | — |
| 15 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 1:36.673 | 1:36.193 | — | +0.009 |
| 16 | Sébastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso | 1:36.906 | — | — | +0.722 |
| 17 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | 1:36.908 | — | — | +0.724 |
| 18 | 88Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:36.966 | — | — | +0.782 |
| 19 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:37.669 | — | — | +1.485 |
| 20 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 1:37.672 | — | — | +1.488 |