Pit Lane F1
Round 1 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2010-03-14
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) took pole for the 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix with a 1:54.101 lap.
Felipe Massa (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.141s shy of pole, with Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) third on the grid. Adrian Sutil (Force India) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Rubens Barrichello (Williams) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.208s — pole to P10 — with Adrian Sutil (Force India) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:55.029 | 1:53.883 | 1:54.101 | 1:54.101 |
| 2 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:55.313 | 1:54.331 | 1:54.242 | +0.141 |
| 3 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:54.612 | 1:54.172 | 1:54.608 | +0.507 |
| 4 |
| 44Lewis Hamilton |
| McLaren |
| 1:55.341 |
| 1:54.707 |
| 1:55.217 |
| +1.116 |
| 5 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:55.463 | 1:54.682 | 1:55.241 | +1.140 |
| 6 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:55.298 | 1:54.318 | 1:55.284 | +1.183 |
| 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:55.593 | 1:55.105 | 1:55.524 | +1.423 |
| 8 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:55.715 | 1:55.168 | 1:55.672 | +1.571 |
| 9 | 88Robert Kubica | Renault | 1:55.511 | 1:54.963 | 1:55.885 | +1.784 |
| 10 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:55.213 | 1:54.996 | 1:56.309 | +2.208 |
| 11 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:55.969 | 1:55.330 | — | +1.229 |
| 12 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India | 1:55.628 | 1:55.623 | — | +1.522 |
| 13 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Williams | 1:56.375 | 1:55.857 | — | +1.756 |
| 14 | Pedro de la Rosa | Sauber | 1:56.428 | 1:56.237 | — | +2.136 |
| 15 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:56.189 | 1:56.265 | — | +2.164 |
| 16 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:56.541 | 1:56.270 | — | +2.169 |
| 17 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:56.167 | 1:56.619 | — | +2.518 |
| 18 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:57.071 | — | — | +2.970 |
| 19 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:59.728 | — | — | +5.627 |
| 20 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:59.852 | — | — | +5.751 |
| 21 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 2:00.313 | — | — | +6.212 |
| 22 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin | 2:00.587 | — | — | +6.486 |
| 23 | Bruno Senna | HRT | 2:03.204 | — | — | +9.103 |
| 24 | Karun Chandhok | HRT | 2:04.904 | — | — | +10.803 |