Round 8 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2008-06-22
Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) took pole for the 2008 French Grand Prix with a 1:16.449 lap.
Felipe Massa (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.041s shy of pole, with Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) 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 1.147s — pole to P10 — with Timo Glock (Toyota) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:15.133 | 1:15.161 | 1:16.449 | 1:16.449 |
| 2 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:15.024 | 1:15.041 | 1:16.490 | +0.041 |
| 3 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:15.634 | 1:15.293 | 1:16.693 | +0.244 |
| 4 |
| 14Fernando Alonso |
| Renault |
| 1:15.754 |
| 1:15.483 |
| 1:16.840 |
| +0.391 |
| 5 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:15.521 | 1:15.362 | 1:16.920 | +0.471 |
| 6 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 1:15.965 | 1:15.639 | 1:16.944 | +0.495 |
| 7 | 88Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:15.687 | 1:15.723 | 1:17.037 | +0.588 |
| 8 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:16.020 | 1:15.488 | 1:17.233 | +0.784 |
| 9 | David Coulthard | Red Bull | 1:15.802 | 1:15.654 | 1:17.426 | +0.977 |
| 10 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:15.727 | 1:15.558 | 1:17.596 | +1.147 |
| 11 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | 1:15.848 | 1:15.770 | — | — |
| 12 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:16.006 | 1:15.786 | — | — |
| 13 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Toro Rosso | 1:15.918 | 1:15.816 | — | — |
| 14 | Sébastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso | 1:16.072 | 1:16.045 | — | — |
| 15 | 6Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:16.085 | 1:16.235 | — | — |
| 16 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 1:16.243 | — | — | — |
| 17 | 22Jenson Button | Honda | 1:16.306 | — | — | — |
| 18 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 1:16.330 | — | — | — |
| 19 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 1:16.971 | — | — | +0.522 |
| 20 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:17.053 | — | — | +0.604 |