Round 11 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2010-07-25
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) took pole for the 2010 German Grand Prix with a 1:13.791 lap.
Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.002s shy of pole, with Felipe Massa (Ferrari) third on the grid. Nico Hülkenberg (Williams) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.548s — pole to P10 — with Nico Hülkenberg (Williams) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:15.152 | 1:14.249 | 1:13.791 | 1:13.791 |
| 2 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:14.808 | 1:14.081 | 1:13.793 | +0.002 |
| 3 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:15.216 | 1:14.478 | 1:14.290 | +0.499 |
| 4 |
| Mark Webber |
| Red Bull |
| 1:15.334 |
| 1:14.340 |
| 1:14.347 |
| +0.556 |
| 5 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:15.823 | 1:14.716 | 1:14.427 | +0.636 |
| 6 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:15.505 | 1:14.488 | 1:14.566 | +0.775 |
| 7 | 88Robert Kubica | Renault | 1:15.736 | 1:14.835 | 1:15.079 | +1.288 |
| 8 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:16.398 | 1:14.698 | 1:15.109 | +1.318 |
| 9 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:16.178 | 1:15.018 | 1:15.179 | +1.388 |
| 10 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Williams | 1:16.387 | 1:14.943 | 1:15.339 | +1.548 |
| 11 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:16.084 | 1:15.026 | — | +1.235 |
| 12 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:15.951 | 1:15.084 | — | +1.293 |
| 13 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:16.521 | 1:15.307 | — | +1.516 |
| 14 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:16.220 | 1:15.467 | — | +1.676 |
| 15 | Pedro de la Rosa | Sauber | 1:16.450 | 1:15.550 | — | +1.759 |
| 16 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:16.664 | 1:15.588 | — | +1.797 |
| 17 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:16.029 | 1:15.974 | — | +2.183 |
| 18 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:17.583 | — | — | +3.792 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:18.300 | — | — | +4.509 |
| 20 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:18.343 | — | — | +4.552 |
| 21 | Bruno Senna | HRT | 1:18.592 | — | — | +4.801 |
| 22 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India | 1:18.952 | — | — | +5.161 |
| 23 | Sakon Yamamoto | HRT | 1:19.844 | — | — | +6.053 |
| 24 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin | — | — | — | — |