Round 7 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2009-06-07
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) took pole for the 2009 Turkish Grand Prix with a 1:28.316 lap.
Jenson Button (Brawn) joined the front row, 0.105s shy of pole, with Rubens Barrichello (Brawn) third on the grid. Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.041s — pole to P10 — with Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:27.330 | 1:27.016 | 1:28.316 | 1:28.316 |
| 2 | 22Jenson Button | Brawn | 1:27.355 | 1:27.230 | 1:28.421 | +0.105 |
| 3 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn | 1:27.371 | 1:27.418 | 1:28.579 | +0.263 |
| Mark Webber |
| Red Bull |
| 1:27.466 |
| 1:27.416 |
| 1:28.613 |
| +0.297 |
| 5 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:27.529 | 1:27.195 | 1:28.666 | +0.350 |
| 6 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:27.556 | 1:27.387 | 1:28.815 | +0.499 |
| 7 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:27.508 | 1:27.349 | 1:28.858 | +0.542 |
| 8 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:27.988 | 1:27.473 | 1:29.075 | +0.759 |
| 9 | 6Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:27.517 | 1:27.418 | 1:29.191 | +0.875 |
| 10 | 88Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:27.788 | 1:27.455 | 1:29.357 | +1.041 |
| 11 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:27.795 | 1:27.521 | — | — |
| 12 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 1:27.691 | 1:27.629 | — | — |
| 13 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:28.160 | 1:27.795 | — | — |
| 14 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 1:28.199 | 1:28.207 | — | — |
| 15 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:28.278 | 1:28.391 | — | +0.075 |
| 16 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:28.318 | — | — | +0.002 |
| 17 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | 1:28.582 | — | — | +0.266 |
| 18 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:28.708 | — | — | +0.392 |
| 19 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 1:28.717 | — | — | +0.401 |
| 20 | Sébastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso | 1:28.918 | — | — | +0.602 |