Round 12 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2010-08-01
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) took pole for the 2010 Hungarian Grand Prix with a 1:18.773 lap.
Mark Webber (Red Bull) joined the front row, 0.411s shy of pole, with Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) third on the grid. Nico Hülkenberg (Williams) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Jenson Button (McLaren) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.937s — pole to P10 — with Nico Hülkenberg (Williams) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:20.417 | 1:19.573 | 1:18.773 | 1:18.773 |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:21.132 | 1:19.531 | 1:19.184 | +0.411 |
| 3 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:21.278 | 1:20.237 | 1:19.987 | +1.214 |
| 19Felipe Massa |
| Ferrari |
| 1:21.299 |
| 1:20.857 |
| 1:20.331 |
| +1.558 |
| 5 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:21.455 | 1:20.877 | 1:20.499 | +1.726 |
| 6 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:21.212 | 1:20.811 | 1:21.082 | +2.309 |
| 7 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:21.558 | 1:20.797 | 1:21.229 | +2.456 |
| 8 | 88Robert Kubica | Renault | 1:21.159 | 1:20.867 | 1:21.328 | +2.555 |
| 9 | Pedro de la Rosa | Sauber | 1:21.891 | 1:21.273 | 1:21.411 | +2.638 |
| 10 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Williams | 1:21.598 | 1:21.275 | 1:21.710 | +2.937 |
| 11 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:21.422 | 1:21.292 | — | +2.519 |
| 12 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:21.478 | 1:21.331 | — | +2.558 |
| 13 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:22.080 | 1:21.517 | — | +2.744 |
| 14 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:21.840 | 1:21.630 | — | +2.857 |
| 15 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:21.982 | 1:21.897 | — | +3.124 |
| 16 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India | 1:21.789 | 1:21.927 | — | +3.154 |
| 17 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:21.978 | 1:21.998 | — | +3.225 |
| 18 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:22.222 | — | — | +3.449 |
| 19 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:24.050 | — | — | +5.277 |
| 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:24.120 | — | — | +5.347 |
| 21 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:24.199 | — | — | +5.426 |
| 22 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin | 1:25.118 | — | — | +6.345 |
| 23 | Bruno Senna | HRT | 1:26.391 | — | — | +7.618 |
| 24 | Sakon Yamamoto | HRT | 1:26.453 | — | — | +7.680 |