Etapa 4 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 2010-04-18
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) cravou a pole do Chinese Grand Prix de 2010 com uma volta de 1:34.558.
Mark Webber (Red Bull) completou a primeira fila a 0.250s da pole, com Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) em terceiro no grid. Adrian Sutil (Force India) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto Rubens Barrichello (Williams) ficou de fora por —s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de 1.405s — da pole ao P10 — com Adrian Sutil (Force India) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:36.317 | 1:35.280 | 1:34.558 | 1:34.558 |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:35.978 | 1:35.100 | 1:34.808 | +0.250 |
| 3 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:35.987 | 1:35.235 | 1:34.913 | +0.355 |
| 4 |
| 6Nico Rosberg |
| Mercedes |
| 1:35.952 |
| 1:35.134 |
| 1:34.923 |
| +0.365 |
| 5 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:36.122 | 1:35.443 | 1:34.979 | +0.421 |
| 6 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:35.641 | 1:34.928 | 1:35.034 | +0.476 |
| 7 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:36.076 | 1:35.290 | 1:35.180 | +0.622 |
| 8 | 88Robert Kubica | Renault | 1:36.348 | 1:35.550 | 1:35.364 | +0.806 |
| 9 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:36.484 | 1:35.715 | 1:35.646 | +1.088 |
| 10 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:36.671 | 1:35.665 | 1:35.963 | +1.405 |
| 11 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:36.664 | 1:35.748 | — | +1.190 |
| 12 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:36.618 | 1:36.047 | — | +1.489 |
| 13 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:36.793 | 1:36.149 | — | +1.591 |
| 14 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:37.031 | 1:36.311 | — | +1.753 |
| 15 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:37.044 | 1:36.422 | — | +1.864 |
| 16 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Williams | 1:37.049 | 1:36.647 | — | +2.089 |
| 17 | Pedro de la Rosa | Sauber | 1:37.050 | 1:37.020 | — | +2.462 |
| 18 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India | 1:37.161 | — | — | +2.603 |
| 19 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:39.278 | — | — | +4.720 |
| 20 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:39.399 | — | — | +4.841 |
| 21 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:39.520 | — | — | +4.962 |
| 22 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin | 1:39.783 | — | — | +5.225 |
| 23 | Bruno Senna | HRT | 1:40.469 | — | — | +5.911 |
| 24 | Karun Chandhok | HRT | 1:40.578 | — | — | +6.020 |