Round 10 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2010-07-11
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) took pole for the 2010 British Grand Prix with a 1:29.615 lap.
Mark Webber (Red Bull) joined the front row, 0.143s shy of pole, with Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) third on the grid. Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Adrian Sutil (Force India) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.815s — pole to P10 — with Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:30.841 | 1:30.480 | 1:29.615 | 1:29.615 |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:30.858 | 1:30.114 | 1:29.758 | +0.143 |
| 3 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:30.997 | 1:30.700 | 1:30.426 | +0.811 |
| 44Lewis Hamilton |
| McLaren |
| 1:31.297 |
| 1:31.118 |
| 1:30.556 |
| +0.941 |
| 5 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:31.626 | 1:31.085 | 1:30.625 | +1.010 |
| 6 | 88Robert Kubica | Renault | 1:31.680 | 1:31.344 | 1:31.040 | +1.425 |
| 7 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:31.313 | 1:31.010 | 1:31.172 | +1.557 |
| 8 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:31.424 | 1:31.126 | 1:31.175 | +1.560 |
| 9 | Pedro de la Rosa | Sauber | 1:31.533 | 1:31.327 | 1:31.274 | +1.659 |
| 10 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:32.058 | 1:31.022 | 1:31.430 | +1.815 |
| 11 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:31.109 | 1:31.399 | — | +1.784 |
| 12 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:31.851 | 1:31.421 | — | +1.806 |
| 13 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Williams | 1:32.144 | 1:31.635 | — | +2.020 |
| 14 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:31.435 | 1:31.699 | — | +2.084 |
| 15 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India | 1:32.226 | 1:31.708 | — | +2.093 |
| 16 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:31.638 | 1:31.796 | — | +2.181 |
| 17 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:31.901 | 1:32.012 | — | +2.397 |
| 18 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:32.430 | — | — | +2.815 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:34.405 | — | — | +4.790 |
| 20 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:34.775 | — | — | +5.160 |
| 21 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:34.864 | — | — | +5.249 |
| 22 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin | 1:35.212 | — | — | +5.597 |
| 23 | Karun Chandhok | HRT | 1:36.576 | — | — | +6.961 |
| 24 | Sakon Yamamoto | HRT | 1:36.968 | — | — | +7.353 |