Etapa 11 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 2009-08-23
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) cravou a pole do European Grand Prix de 2009 com uma volta de 1:39.489.
Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren) completou a primeira fila a 0.043s da pole, com Rubens Barrichello (Brawn) em terceiro no grid. Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber) ficou de fora por —s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de 1.023s — da pole ao P10 — com Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:38.649 | 1:38.182 | 1:39.489 | 1:39.489 |
| 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 1:38.816 | 1:38.230 | 1:39.532 | +0.043 |
| 3 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn | 1:39.019 | 1:38.076 | 1:39.563 | +0.074 |
| 5Sebastian Vettel |
| Red Bull |
| 1:39.295 |
| 1:38.273 |
| 1:39.789 |
| +0.300 |
| 5 | 22Jenson Button | Brawn | 1:38.531 | 1:38.601 | 1:39.821 | +0.332 |
| 6 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:38.843 | 1:38.782 | 1:40.144 | +0.655 |
| 7 | 6Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:39.039 | 1:38.346 | 1:40.185 | +0.696 |
| 8 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:39.155 | 1:38.717 | 1:40.236 | +0.747 |
| 9 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:38.983 | 1:38.625 | 1:40.239 | +0.750 |
| 10 | 88Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:38.806 | 1:38.747 | 1:40.512 | +1.023 |
| 11 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:39.032 | 1:38.826 | — | — |
| 12 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:39.145 | 1:38.846 | — | — |
| 13 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:39.459 | 1:38.991 | — | — |
| 14 | 8Romain Grosjean | Renault | 1:39.322 | 1:39.040 | — | — |
| 15 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:38.912 | 1:39.514 | — | +0.025 |
| 16 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 1:39.531 | — | — | +0.042 |
| 17 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 1:39.795 | — | — | +0.306 |
| 18 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:39.807 | — | — | +0.318 |
| 19 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:39.925 | — | — | +0.436 |
| 20 | Luca Badoer | Ferrari | 1:41.413 | — | — | +1.924 |