Round 18 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2008-11-02
Felipe Massa (Ferrari) took pole for the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix with a 1:12.368 lap.
Jarno Trulli (Toyota) joined the front row, 0.369s shy of pole, with Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) third on the grid. Timo Glock (Toyota) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Nelson Piquet Jr. (Renault) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.862s — pole to P10 — with Timo Glock (Toyota) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:11.830 | 1:11.875 | 1:12.368 | 1:12.368 |
| 2 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:12.226 | 1:12.107 | 1:12.737 | +0.369 |
| 3 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:12.083 | 1:11.950 | 1:12.825 | +0.457 |
| 44Lewis Hamilton |
| McLaren |
| 1:12.213 |
| 1:11.856 |
| 1:12.830 |
| +0.462 |
| 5 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 1:12.366 | 1:11.768 | 1:12.917 | +0.549 |
| 6 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:12.214 | 1:12.090 | 1:12.967 | +0.599 |
| 7 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Toro Rosso | 1:12.390 | 1:11.845 | 1:13.082 | +0.714 |
| 8 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:12.371 | 1:12.026 | 1:13.297 | +0.929 |
| 9 | Sébastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso | 1:12.498 | 1:12.075 | 1:14.105 | +1.737 |
| 10 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:12.223 | 1:11.909 | 1:14.230 | +1.862 |
| 11 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | 1:12.348 | 1:12.137 | — | — |
| 12 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:12.409 | 1:12.289 | — | — |
| 13 | 88Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:12.381 | 1:12.300 | — | — |
| 14 | David Coulthard | Red Bull | 1:12.690 | 1:12.717 | — | +0.349 |
| 15 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 1:12.548 | 1:13.139 | — | +0.771 |
| 16 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 1:12.800 | — | — | +0.432 |
| 17 | 22Jenson Button | Honda | 1:12.810 | — | — | +0.442 |
| 18 | 6Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:13.002 | — | — | +0.634 |
| 19 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 1:13.426 | — | — | +1.058 |
| 20 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:13.508 | — | — | +1.140 |