Etapa 5 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 2010-05-09
Mark Webber (Red Bull) cravou a pole do Spanish Grand Prix de 2010 com uma volta de 1:19.995.
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) completou a primeira fila a 0.106s da pole, com Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) em terceiro no grid. Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto Adrian Sutil (Force India) ficou de fora por 0.001s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de 1.989s — da pole ao P10 — com Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:21.412 | 1:20.655 | 1:19.995 | 1:19.995 |
| 2 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:21.680 | 1:20.772 | 1:20.101 | +0.106 |
| 3 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:21.723 | 1:21.415 | 1:20.829 | +0.834 |
| 4 |
| 14Fernando Alonso |
| Ferrari |
| 1:21.957 |
| 1:21.549 |
| 1:20.937 |
| +0.942 |
| 5 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:21.915 | 1:21.168 | 1:20.991 | +0.996 |
| 6 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:22.528 | 1:21.557 | 1:21.294 | +1.299 |
| 7 | 88Robert Kubica | Renault | 1:22.488 | 1:21.599 | 1:21.353 | +1.358 |
| 8 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:22.419 | 1:21.867 | 1:21.408 | +1.413 |
| 9 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:22.564 | 1:21.841 | 1:21.585 | +1.590 |
| 10 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:22.577 | 1:21.725 | 1:21.984 | +1.989 |
| 11 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:22.628 | 1:21.985 | — | +1.990 |
| 12 | Pedro de la Rosa | Sauber | 1:22.211 | 1:22.026 | — | +2.031 |
| 13 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Williams | 1:22.857 | 1:22.131 | — | +2.136 |
| 14 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:22.976 | 1:22.139 | — | +2.144 |
| 15 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:22.699 | 1:22.191 | — | +2.196 |
| 16 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:22.593 | 1:22.207 | — | +2.212 |
| 17 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India | 1:23.084 | 1:22.854 | — | +2.859 |
| 18 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:23.125 | — | — | +3.130 |
| 19 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:24.674 | — | — | +4.679 |
| 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:24.748 | — | — | +4.753 |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:25.475 | — | — | +5.480 |
| 22 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin | 1:25.556 | — | — | +5.561 |
| 23 | Karun Chandhok | HRT | 1:26.750 | — | — | +6.755 |
| 24 | Bruno Senna | HRT | 1:27.122 | — | — | +7.127 |