Etapa 19 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 2010-11-14
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) cravou a pole do Abu Dhabi Grand Prix de 2010 com uma volta de 1:39.394.
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) completou a primeira fila a 0.031s da pole, com Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) em terceiro no grid. Vitaly Petrov (Renault) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto Robert Kubica (Renault) ficou de fora por —s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de 1.507s — da pole ao P10 — com Vitaly Petrov (Renault) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:40.318 | 1:39.874 | 1:39.394 | 1:39.394 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:40.335 | 1:40.119 | 1:39.425 | +0.031 |
| 3 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:40.170 | 1:40.311 | 1:39.792 | +0.398 |
| 4 |
| 22Jenson Button |
| McLaren |
| 1:40.877 |
| 1:40.014 |
| 1:39.823 |
| +0.429 |
| 5 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:40.690 | 1:40.074 | 1:39.925 | +0.531 |
| 6 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:40.942 | 1:40.323 | 1:40.202 | +0.808 |
| 7 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:40.904 | 1:40.476 | 1:40.203 | +0.809 |
| 8 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:41.222 | 1:40.452 | 1:40.516 | +1.122 |
| 9 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:40.231 | 1:40.060 | 1:40.589 | +1.195 |
| 10 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:41.018 | 1:40.658 | 1:40.901 | +1.507 |
| 11 | 88Robert Kubica | Renault | 1:41.336 | 1:40.780 | — | +1.386 |
| 12 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:41.045 | 1:40.783 | — | +1.389 |
| 13 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:41.473 | 1:40.914 | — | +1.520 |
| 14 | Nick Heidfeld | Sauber | 1:41.409 | 1:41.113 | — | +1.719 |
| 15 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Williams | 1:41.015 | 1:41.418 | — | +2.024 |
| 16 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India | 1:41.681 | 1:41.642 | — | +2.248 |
| 17 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:41.707 | 1:41.738 | — | +2.344 |
| 18 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:41.824 | — | — | +2.430 |
| 19 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:43.516 | — | — | +4.122 |
| 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:43.712 | — | — | +4.318 |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:44.095 | — | — | +4.701 |
| 22 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin | 1:44.510 | — | — | +5.116 |
| 23 | Bruno Senna | HRT | 1:45.085 | — | — | +5.691 |
| 24 | Christian Klien | HRT | 1:45.296 | — | — | +5.902 |