Etapa 17 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 2010-10-24
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) cravou a pole do Korean Grand Prix de 2010 com uma volta de 1:35.585.
Mark Webber (Red Bull) completou a primeira fila a 0.074s da pole, com Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) em terceiro no grid. Rubens Barrichello (Williams) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto Nico Hülkenberg (Williams) ficou de fora por 0.622s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de 1.413s — da pole ao P10 — com Rubens Barrichello (Williams) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:37.123 | 1:36.074 | 1:35.585 | 1:35.585 |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:37.373 | 1:36.039 | 1:35.659 | +0.074 |
| 3 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:37.144 | 1:36.287 | 1:35.766 | +0.181 |
| 4 |
| 44Lewis Hamilton |
| McLaren |
| 1:37.113 |
| 1:36.197 |
| 1:36.062 |
| +0.477 |
| 5 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:37.708 | 1:36.791 | 1:36.535 | +0.950 |
| 6 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:37.515 | 1:36.169 | 1:36.571 | +0.986 |
| 7 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:38.123 | 1:37.064 | 1:36.731 | +1.146 |
| 8 | 88Robert Kubica | Renault | 1:37.703 | 1:37.179 | 1:36.824 | +1.239 |
| 9 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:37.980 | 1:37.077 | 1:36.950 | +1.365 |
| 10 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:38.257 | 1:37.511 | 1:36.998 | +1.413 |
| 11 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Williams | 1:38.115 | 1:37.620 | — | +2.035 |
| 12 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:38.429 | 1:37.643 | — | +2.058 |
| 13 | Nick Heidfeld | Sauber | 1:38.171 | 1:37.715 | — | +2.130 |
| 14 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:38.572 | 1:37.783 | — | +2.198 |
| 15 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:38.174 | 1:37.799 | — | +2.214 |
| 16 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:38.583 | 1:37.853 | — | +2.268 |
| 17 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:38.621 | 1:38.594 | — | +3.009 |
| 18 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India | 1:38.955 | — | — | +3.370 |
| 19 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:40.521 | — | — | +4.936 |
| 20 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:40.748 | — | — | +5.163 |
| 21 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:41.768 | — | — | +6.183 |
| 22 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin | 1:42.325 | — | — | +6.740 |
| 23 | Sakon Yamamoto | HRT | 1:42.444 | — | — | +6.859 |
| 24 | Bruno Senna | HRT | 1:43.283 | — | — | +7.698 |