Etapa 8 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 2009-06-21
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) cravou a pole do British Grand Prix de 2009 com uma volta de 1:19.509.
Rubens Barrichello (Brawn) completou a primeira fila a 0.347s da pole, com Mark Webber (Red Bull) em terceiro no grid. Fernando Alonso (Renault) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto Felipe Massa (Ferrari) ficou de fora por —s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de 1.232s — da pole ao P10 — com Fernando Alonso (Renault) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:18.685 | 1:18.119 | 1:19.509 | 1:19.509 |
| 2 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn | 1:19.325 | 1:18.335 | 1:19.856 | +0.347 |
| 3 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:18.674 | 1:18.209 | 1:19.868 | +0.359 |
| Jarno Trulli |
| Toyota |
| 1:18.886 |
| 1:18.240 |
| 1:20.091 |
| +0.582 |
| 5 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 1:18.530 | 1:18.575 | 1:20.216 | +0.707 |
| 6 | 22Jenson Button | Brawn | 1:18.957 | 1:18.663 | 1:20.289 | +0.780 |
| 7 | 6Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:19.228 | 1:18.591 | 1:20.361 | +0.852 |
| 8 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:19.198 | 1:18.791 | 1:20.490 | +0.981 |
| 9 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:19.010 | 1:18.566 | 1:20.715 | +1.206 |
| 10 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:19.167 | 1:18.761 | 1:20.741 | +1.232 |
| 11 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:19.148 | 1:18.927 | — | — |
| 12 | 88Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:19.730 | 1:19.308 | — | — |
| 13 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 1:19.732 | 1:19.353 | — | — |
| 14 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | 1:19.555 | 1:19.392 | — | — |
| 15 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:19.559 | 1:19.448 | — | — |
| 16 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 1:19.802 | — | — | +0.293 |
| 17 | Sébastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso | 1:19.898 | — | — | +0.389 |
| 18 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:19.909 | — | — | +0.400 |
| 19 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:19.917 | — | — | +0.408 |
| 20 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:20.236 | — | — | +0.727 |