Etapa 3 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 2010-04-04
Mark Webber (Red Bull) cravou a pole do Malaysian Grand Prix de 2010 com uma volta de 1:49.327.
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) completou a primeira fila a 1.346s da pole, com Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) em terceiro no grid. Vitantonio Liuzzi (Force India) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto Vitaly Petrov (Renault) ficou de fora por —s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de 2.927s — da pole ao P10 — com Vitantonio Liuzzi (Force India) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:51.886 | 1:48.210 | 1:49.327 | 1:49.327 |
| 2 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:52.560 | 1:47.417 | 1:50.673 | +1.346 |
| 3 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:47.632 | 1:46.828 | 1:50.789 | +1.462 |
| 4 |
| 99Adrian Sutil |
| Force India |
| 1:49.479 |
| 1:47.085 |
| 1:50.914 |
| +1.587 |
| 5 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Williams | 1:49.664 | 1:47.346 | 1:51.001 | +1.674 |
| 6 | 88Robert Kubica | Renault | 1:46.283 | 1:46.951 | 1:51.051 | +1.724 |
| 7 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:50.301 | 1:48.371 | 1:51.511 | +2.184 |
| 8 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:52.239 | 1:48.400 | 1:51.717 | +2.390 |
| 9 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:48.467 | 1:47.792 | 1:51.767 | +2.440 |
| 10 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India | 1:49.922 | 1:48.238 | 1:52.254 | +2.927 |
| 11 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:47.952 | 1:48.760 | — | — |
| 12 | Pedro de la Rosa | Sauber | 1:47.153 | 1:48.771 | — | — |
| 13 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:48.945 | 1:49.207 | — | — |
| 14 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:48.655 | 1:49.464 | — | +0.137 |
| 15 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:52.875 | 1:52.270 | — | +2.943 |
| 16 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:52.398 | 1:52.520 | — | +3.193 |
| 17 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:52.211 | — | — | +2.884 |
| 18 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:52.884 | — | — | +3.557 |
| 19 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:53.044 | — | — | +3.717 |
| 20 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:53.050 | — | — | +3.723 |
| 21 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:53.283 | — | — | +3.956 |
| 22 | Karun Chandhok | HRT | 1:56.299 | — | — | +6.972 |
| 23 | Bruno Senna | HRT | 1:57.269 | — | — | +7.942 |
| 24 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin | 1:59.977 | — | — | +10.650 |