Etapa 1 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 2009-03-29
Jenson Button (Brawn) cravou a pole do Australian Grand Prix de 2009 com uma volta de 1:26.202.
Rubens Barrichello (Brawn) completou a primeira fila a 0.303s da pole, com Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) em terceiro no grid. Mark Webber (Red Bull) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber) ficou de fora por —s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de 1.044s — da pole ao P10 — com Mark Webber (Red Bull) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22Jenson Button | Brawn | 1:25.211 | 1:24.855 | 1:26.202 | 1:26.202 |
| 2 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn | 1:25.006 | 1:24.783 | 1:26.505 | +0.303 |
| 3 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:25.938 | 1:25.121 | 1:26.830 | +0.628 |
| 4 |
| 88Robert Kubica |
| BMW Sauber |
| 1:25.922 |
| 1:25.152 |
| 1:26.914 |
| +0.712 |
| 5 | 6Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:25.846 | 1:25.123 | 1:26.973 | +0.771 |
| 6 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:25.499 | 1:25.281 | 1:26.975 | +0.773 |
| 7 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:25.844 | 1:25.319 | 1:27.033 | +0.831 |
| 8 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:26.194 | 1:25.265 | 1:27.127 | +0.925 |
| 9 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:25.899 | 1:25.380 | 1:27.163 | +0.961 |
| 10 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:25.427 | 1:25.241 | 1:27.246 | +1.044 |
| 11 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:25.827 | 1:25.504 | — | — |
| 12 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:26.026 | 1:25.605 | — | — |
| 13 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 1:26.074 | 1:25.607 | — | — |
| 14 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 1:26.184 | 1:25.726 | — | — |
| 15 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:26.454 | — | — | +0.252 |
| 16 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:26.503 | — | — | +0.301 |
| 17 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | 1:26.598 | — | — | +0.396 |
| 18 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 1:26.677 | — | — | +0.475 |
| 19 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:26.742 | — | — | +0.540 |
| 20 | Sébastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso | 1:26.964 | — | — | +0.762 |