Etapa 9 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 2008-07-06
Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren) cravou a pole do British Grand Prix de 2008 com uma volta de 1:21.049.
Mark Webber (Red Bull) completou a primeira fila a 0.505s da pole, com Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) em terceiro no grid. Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto David Coulthard (Red Bull) ficou de fora por 0.386s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de —s — da pole ao P10 — com Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 1:19.957 | 1:19.597 | 1:21.049 | 1:21.049 |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:20.982 | 1:19.710 | 1:21.554 | +0.505 |
| 3 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:20.370 | 1:19.971 | 1:21.706 | +0.657 |
| 44Lewis Hamilton |
| McLaren |
| 1:20.288 |
| 1:19.537 |
| 1:21.835 |
| +0.786 |
| 5 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:21.022 | 1:19.802 | 1:21.873 | +0.824 |
| 6 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:20.998 | 1:19.992 | 1:22.029 | +0.980 |
| 7 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | 1:20.818 | 1:20.115 | 1:22.491 | +1.442 |
| 8 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Toro Rosso | 1:20.318 | 1:20.109 | 1:23.251 | +2.202 |
| 9 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:20.676 | 1:20.086 | 1:23.305 | +2.256 |
| 10 | 88Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:20.444 | 1:19.788 | — | — |
| 11 | David Coulthard | Red Bull | 1:21.224 | 1:20.174 | — | — |
| 12 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:20.893 | 1:20.274 | — | — |
| 13 | Sébastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso | 1:20.584 | 1:20.531 | — | — |
| 14 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:21.145 | 1:20.601 | — | — |
| 15 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 1:21.407 | 1:21.112 | — | +0.063 |
| 16 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 1:21.512 | — | — | +0.463 |
| 17 | 22Jenson Button | Honda | 1:21.631 | — | — | +0.582 |
| 18 | 6Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:21.668 | — | — | +0.619 |
| 19 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:21.786 | — | — | +0.737 |
| 20 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 1:21.885 | — | — | +0.836 |