Pit Lane F1
Round 3 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2009-04-19
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) took pole for the 2009 Chinese Grand Prix with a 1:36.184 lap.
Fernando Alonso (Renault) joined the front row, 0.197s shy of pole, with Mark Webber (Red Bull) third on the grid. Sébastien Buemi (Toro Rosso) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 3.137s — pole to P10 — with Sébastien Buemi (Toro Rosso) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:36.565 | 1:35.130 | 1:36.184 | 1:36.184 |
| 2 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:36.443 | 1:35.803 | 1:36.381 | +0.197 |
| 3 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:35.751 | 1:35.173 | 1:36.466 | +0.282 |
| Rubens Barrichello |
| Brawn |
| 1:35.701 |
| 1:35.503 |
| 1:36.493 |
| +0.309 |
| 5 | 22Jenson Button | Brawn | 1:35.533 | 1:35.556 | 1:36.532 | +0.348 |
| 6 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:36.308 | 1:35.645 | 1:36.835 | +0.651 |
| 7 | 6Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:35.941 | 1:35.809 | 1:37.397 | +1.213 |
| 8 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:36.137 | 1:35.856 | 1:38.089 | +1.905 |
| 9 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:35.776 | 1:35.740 | 1:38.595 | +2.411 |
| 10 | SĂ©bastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:36.284 | 1:35.965 | 1:39.321 | +3.137 |
| 11 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:36.525 | 1:35.975 | — | — |
| 12 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 1:36.646 | 1:36.032 | — | — |
| 13 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:36.178 | 1:36.033 | — | — |
| 14 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:36.364 | 1:36.066 | — | — |
| 15 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 1:36.673 | 1:36.193 | — | +0.009 |
| 16 | Sébastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso | 1:36.906 | — | — | +0.722 |
| 17 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | 1:36.908 | — | — | +0.724 |
| 18 | 88Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:36.966 | — | — | +0.782 |
| 19 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:37.669 | — | — | +1.485 |
| 20 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 1:37.672 | — | — | +1.488 |