Round 2 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2008-03-23
Felipe Massa (Ferrari) took pole for the 2008 Malaysian Grand Prix with a 1:35.748 lap.
Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.482s shy of pole, with Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren) third on the grid. Timo Glock (Toyota) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Jenson Button (Honda) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 3.908s — pole to P10 — with Timo Glock (Toyota) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:35.347 | 1:34.412 | 1:35.748 | 1:35.748 |
| 2 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:35.645 | 1:34.188 | 1:36.230 | +0.482 |
| 3 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 1:35.227 | 1:34.759 | 1:36.613 | +0.865 |
| 44Lewis Hamilton |
| McLaren |
| 1:35.392 |
| 1:34.627 |
| 1:36.709 |
| +0.961 |
| 5 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:35.205 | 1:34.960 | 1:36.711 | +0.963 |
| 6 | 88Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:35.794 | 1:34.811 | 1:36.727 | +0.979 |
| 7 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:35.729 | 1:34.648 | 1:36.753 | +1.005 |
| 8 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:35.440 | 1:34.967 | 1:37.009 | +1.261 |
| 9 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:35.983 | 1:35.140 | 1:38.450 | +2.702 |
| 10 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:35.891 | 1:35.000 | 1:39.656 | +3.908 |
| 11 | 22Jenson Button | Honda | 1:35.847 | 1:35.208 | — | — |
| 12 | David Coulthard | Red Bull | 1:36.058 | 1:35.408 | — | — |
| 13 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | 1:36.074 | 1:35.562 | — | — |
| 14 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 1:36.198 | 1:35.622 | — | — |
| 15 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Toro Rosso | 1:36.111 | 1:35.648 | — | — |
| 16 | 6Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:35.843 | 1:35.670 | — | — |
| 17 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 1:36.240 | — | — | +0.492 |
| 18 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 1:36.388 | — | — | +0.640 |
| 19 | Sébastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso | 1:36.677 | — | — | +0.929 |
| 20 | Takuma Sato | Super Aguri | 1:37.087 | — | — | +1.339 |
| 21 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:37.101 | — | — | +1.353 |
| 22 | Anthony Davidson | Super Aguri | 1:37.481 | — | — | +1.733 |