Round 8 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2009-06-21
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) took pole for the 2009 British Grand Prix with a 1:19.509 lap.
Rubens Barrichello (Brawn) joined the front row, 0.347s shy of pole, with Mark Webber (Red Bull) third on the grid. Fernando Alonso (Renault) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Felipe Massa (Ferrari) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.232s — pole to P10 — with Fernando Alonso (Renault) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:18.685 | 1:18.119 | 1:19.509 | 1:19.509 |
| 2 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn | 1:19.325 | 1:18.335 | 1:19.856 | +0.347 |
| 3 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:18.674 | 1:18.209 | 1:19.868 | +0.359 |
| 4 |
| Jarno Trulli |
| Toyota |
| 1:18.886 |
| 1:18.240 |
| 1:20.091 |
| +0.582 |
| 5 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 1:18.530 | 1:18.575 | 1:20.216 | +0.707 |
| 6 | 22Jenson Button | Brawn | 1:18.957 | 1:18.663 | 1:20.289 | +0.780 |
| 7 | 6Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:19.228 | 1:18.591 | 1:20.361 | +0.852 |
| 8 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:19.198 | 1:18.791 | 1:20.490 | +0.981 |
| 9 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:19.010 | 1:18.566 | 1:20.715 | +1.206 |
| 10 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:19.167 | 1:18.761 | 1:20.741 | +1.232 |
| 11 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:19.148 | 1:18.927 | — | — |
| 12 | 88Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:19.730 | 1:19.308 | — | — |
| 13 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 1:19.732 | 1:19.353 | — | — |
| 14 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | 1:19.555 | 1:19.392 | — | — |
| 15 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:19.559 | 1:19.448 | — | — |
| 16 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 1:19.802 | — | — | +0.293 |
| 17 | Sébastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso | 1:19.898 | — | — | +0.389 |
| 18 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:19.909 | — | — | +0.400 |
| 19 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:19.917 | — | — | +0.408 |
| 20 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:20.236 | — | — | +0.727 |