Etapa 2 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 2009-04-05
Jenson Button (Brawn) cravou a pole do Malaysian Grand Prix de 2009 com uma volta de 1:35.181.
Jarno Trulli (Toyota) completou a primeira fila a 0.092s da pole, com Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) em terceiro no grid. Fernando Alonso (Renault) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber) ficou de fora por —s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de 2.478s — da pole ao P10 — com Fernando Alonso (Renault) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22Jenson Button | Brawn | 1:35.058 | 1:33.784 | 1:35.181 | 1:35.181 |
| 2 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:34.745 | 1:33.990 | 1:35.273 | +0.092 |
| 3 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:34.935 | 1:34.276 | 1:35.518 | +0.337 |
| 4 |
| Rubens Barrichello |
| Brawn |
| 1:34.681 |
| 1:34.387 |
| 1:35.651 |
| +0.470 |
| 5 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:34.907 | 1:34.258 | 1:35.690 | +0.509 |
| 6 | 6Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:35.083 | 1:34.547 | 1:35.750 | +0.569 |
| 7 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:35.027 | 1:34.222 | 1:35.797 | +0.616 |
| 8 | 88Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:35.166 | 1:34.562 | 1:36.106 | +0.925 |
| 9 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:35.476 | 1:34.456 | 1:36.170 | +0.989 |
| 10 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:35.260 | 1:34.706 | 1:37.659 | +2.478 |
| 11 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:35.110 | 1:34.769 | — | — |
| 12 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 1:35.341 | 1:34.788 | — | — |
| 13 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:35.280 | 1:34.905 | — | — |
| 14 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 1:35.023 | 1:34.924 | — | — |
| 15 | Sébastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso | 1:35.507 | 1:35.431 | — | +0.250 |
| 16 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:35.642 | — | — | +0.461 |
| 17 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | 1:35.708 | — | — | +0.527 |
| 18 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 1:35.908 | — | — | +0.727 |
| 19 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:35.951 | — | — | +0.770 |
| 20 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:36.107 | — | — | +0.926 |