Etapa 16 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 2009-10-18
Rubens Barrichello (Brawn) cravou a pole do Brazilian Grand Prix de 2009 com uma volta de 1:19.576.
Mark Webber (Red Bull) completou a primeira fila a 0.092s da pole, com Adrian Sutil (Force India) em terceiro no grid. Fernando Alonso (Renault) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto Kamui Kobayashi (Toyota) ficou de fora por 0.538s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de 1.846s — da pole ao P10 — com Fernando Alonso (Renault) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn | 1:24.100 | 1:21.659 | 1:19.576 | 1:19.576 |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:24.722 | 1:20.803 | 1:19.668 | +0.092 |
| 3 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:24.447 | 1:20.753 | 1:19.912 | +0.336 |
| Jarno Trulli |
| Toyota |
| 1:24.621 |
| 1:20.635 |
| 1:20.097 |
| +0.521 |
| 5 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:23.047 | 1:21.378 | 1:20.168 | +0.592 |
| 6 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:24.591 | 1:20.701 | 1:20.250 | +0.674 |
| 7 | 6Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:22.828 | 1:20.368 | 1:20.326 | +0.750 |
| 8 | 88Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:23.072 | 1:21.147 | 1:20.631 | +1.055 |
| 9 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 1:23.161 | 1:20.427 | 1:20.674 | +1.098 |
| 10 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:24.842 | 1:21.657 | 1:21.422 | +1.846 |
| 11 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Toyota | 1:24.335 | 1:21.960 | — | +2.384 |
| 12 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:24.773 | 1:22.231 | — | +2.655 |
| 13 | 8Romain Grosjean | Renault | 1:24.394 | 1:22.477 | — | +2.901 |
| 14 | 22Jenson Button | Brawn | 1:24.297 | 1:22.504 | — | +2.928 |
| 15 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India | 1:24.645 | — | — | +5.069 |
| 16 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:25.009 | — | — | +5.433 |
| 17 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 1:25.052 | — | — | +5.476 |
| 18 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:25.192 | — | — | +5.616 |
| 19 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:25.515 | — | — | +5.939 |
| 20 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Ferrari | 1:40.703 | — | — | +21.127 |