Round 11 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2008-08-03
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) took pole for the 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix with a 1:20.899 lap.
Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren) joined the front row, 0.241s shy of pole, with Felipe Massa (Ferrari) third on the grid. Nelson Piquet Jr. (Renault) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Sebastian Vettel (Toro Rosso) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.472s — pole to P10 — with Nelson Piquet Jr. (Renault) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:19.376 | 1:19.473 | 1:20.899 | 1:20.899 |
| 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 1:19.945 | 1:19.480 | 1:21.140 | +0.241 |
| 3 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:19.578 | 1:19.068 | 1:21.191 | +0.292 |
| 88Robert Kubica |
| BMW Sauber |
| 1:20.053 |
| 1:19.776 |
| 1:21.281 |
| +0.382 |
| 5 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:19.980 | 1:19.246 | 1:21.326 | +0.427 |
| 6 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:20.006 | 1:19.546 | 1:21.516 | +0.617 |
| 7 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:20.229 | 1:19.816 | 1:21.698 | +0.799 |
| 8 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:20.073 | 1:20.046 | 1:21.732 | +0.833 |
| 9 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:19.942 | 1:19.486 | 1:21.767 | +0.868 |
| 10 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | 1:20.583 | 1:20.131 | 1:22.371 | +1.472 |
| 11 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Toro Rosso | 1:20.157 | 1:20.144 | — | — |
| 12 | 22Jenson Button | Honda | 1:20.888 | 1:20.332 | — | — |
| 13 | David Coulthard | Red Bull | 1:20.505 | 1:20.502 | — | — |
| 14 | Sébastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso | 1:20.640 | 1:20.963 | — | +0.064 |
| 15 | 6Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:20.748 | — | — | — |
| 16 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:21.045 | — | — | +0.146 |
| 17 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 1:21.085 | — | — | +0.186 |
| 18 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 1:21.332 | — | — | +0.433 |
| 19 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 1:21.670 | — | — | +0.771 |
| 20 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:22.113 | — | — | +1.214 |