Round 13 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2010-08-29
Mark Webber (Red Bull) took pole for the 2010 Belgian Grand Prix with a 1:45.778 lap.
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) joined the front row, 0.085s shy of pole, with Robert Kubica (Renault) third on the grid. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) missed the cut by 0.433s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.663s — pole to P10 — with Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:57.352 | 1:47.253 | 1:45.778 | 1:45.778 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:56.706 | 1:46.211 | 1:45.863 | +0.085 |
| 3 | 88Robert Kubica | Renault | 1:56.041 | 1:47.320 | 1:46.100 | +0.322 |
| 5Sebastian Vettel |
| Red Bull |
| 1:58.487 |
| 1:47.245 |
| 1:46.127 |
| +0.349 |
| 5 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:57.981 | 1:46.790 | 1:46.206 | +0.428 |
| 6 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:58.323 | 1:47.322 | 1:46.314 | +0.536 |
| 7 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:55.757 | 1:47.797 | 1:46.602 | +0.824 |
| 8 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:58.730 | 1:47.292 | 1:46.659 | +0.881 |
| 9 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Williams | 1:55.442 | 1:47.821 | 1:47.053 | +1.275 |
| 10 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:57.023 | 1:47.544 | 1:47.441 | +1.663 |
| 11 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:56.313 | 1:47.874 | — | +2.096 |
| 12 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:54.826 | 1:47.885 | — | +2.107 |
| 13 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:58.944 | 1:48.267 | — | +2.489 |
| 14 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India | 2:01.102 | 1:48.680 | — | +2.902 |
| 15 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 2:00.386 | 1:49.209 | — | +3.431 |
| 16 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 2:01.343 | 1:50.980 | — | +5.202 |
| 17 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 2:01.316 | 1:52.049 | — | +6.271 |
| 18 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 2:01.491 | — | — | +15.713 |
| 19 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 2:02.284 | — | — | +16.506 |
| 20 | Bruno Senna | HRT | 2:03.612 | — | — | +17.834 |
| 21 | Sakon Yamamoto | HRT | 2:03.941 | — | — | +18.163 |
| 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | Sauber | 2:05.294 | — | — | +19.516 |
| 23 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin | 2:18.754 | — | — | +32.976 |
| 24 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | — | — | — | — |