Pit Lane F1
Round 12 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2008-08-24
Felipe Massa (Ferrari) took pole for the 2008 European Grand Prix with a 1:38.989 lap.
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) joined the front row, 0.210s shy of pole, with Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber) third on the grid. Sébastien Bourdais (Toro Rosso) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Kazuki Nakajima (Williams) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.761s — pole to P10 — with Sébastien Bourdais (Toro Rosso) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:38.176 | 1:37.859 | 1:38.989 | 1:38.989 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:38.464 | 1:37.954 | 1:39.199 | +0.210 |
| 3 | 88Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:38.347 | 1:38.050 | 1:39.392 | +0.403 |
| 4 |
| 7Kimi Räikkönen |
| Ferrari |
| 1:38.703 |
| 1:38.229 |
| 1:39.488 |
| +0.499 |
| 5 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 1:38.656 | 1:38.120 | 1:39.937 | +0.948 |
| 6 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Toro Rosso | 1:38.141 | 1:37.842 | 1:40.142 | +1.153 |
| 7 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:37.948 | 1:37.928 | 1:40.309 | +1.320 |
| 8 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:38.738 | 1:37.859 | 1:40.631 | +1.642 |
| 9 | 6Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:38.595 | 1:38.336 | 1:40.721 | +1.732 |
| 10 | SĂ©bastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso | 1:38.622 | 1:38.417 | 1:40.750 | +1.761 |
| 11 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 1:38.667 | 1:38.428 | — | — |
| 12 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:38.268 | 1:38.435 | — | — |
| 13 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:38.532 | 1:38.499 | — | — |
| 14 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:38.559 | 1:38.515 | — | — |
| 15 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | 1:38.787 | 1:38.744 | — | — |
| 16 | 22Jenson Button | Honda | 1:38.880 | — | — | — |
| 17 | David Coulthard | Red Bull | 1:39.235 | — | — | +0.246 |
| 18 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 1:39.268 | — | — | +0.279 |
| 19 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 1:39.811 | — | — | +0.822 |
| 20 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:39.943 | — | — | +0.954 |