Round 14 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2010-09-12
Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) took pole for the 2010 Italian Grand Prix with a 1:21.962 lap.
Jenson Button (McLaren) joined the front row, 0.122s shy of pole, with Felipe Massa (Ferrari) third on the grid. Rubens Barrichello (Williams) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Adrian Sutil (Force India) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.366s — pole to P10 — with Rubens Barrichello (Williams) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:22.646 | 1:22.297 | 1:21.962 | 1:21.962 |
| 2 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:23.085 | 1:22.354 | 1:22.084 | +0.122 |
| 3 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:22.421 | 1:22.610 | 1:22.293 | +0.331 |
| 4 |
| Mark Webber |
| Red Bull |
| 1:23.431 |
| 1:22.706 |
| 1:22.433 |
| +0.471 |
| 5 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:22.830 | 1:22.394 | 1:22.623 | +0.661 |
| 6 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:23.235 | 1:22.701 | 1:22.675 | +0.713 |
| 7 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:23.529 | 1:23.055 | 1:23.027 | +1.065 |
| 8 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Williams | 1:23.516 | 1:22.989 | 1:23.037 | +1.075 |
| 9 | 88Robert Kubica | Renault | 1:23.234 | 1:22.880 | 1:23.039 | +1.077 |
| 10 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:23.695 | 1:23.142 | 1:23.328 | +1.366 |
| 11 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:23.493 | 1:23.199 | — | +1.237 |
| 12 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:23.840 | 1:23.388 | — | +1.426 |
| 13 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:24.273 | 1:23.659 | — | +1.697 |
| 14 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:23.744 | 1:23.681 | — | +1.719 |
| 15 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:24.086 | 1:23.819 | — | +1.857 |
| 16 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:24.083 | 1:23.919 | — | +1.957 |
| 17 | Pedro de la Rosa | Sauber | 1:24.442 | 1:24.044 | — | +2.082 |
| 18 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:25.540 | — | — | +3.578 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:25.742 | — | — | +3.780 |
| 20 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India | 1:25.774 | — | — | +3.812 |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:25.934 | — | — | +3.972 |
| 22 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin | 1:25.974 | — | — | +4.012 |
| 23 | Bruno Senna | HRT | 1:26.847 | — | — | +4.885 |
| 24 | Sakon Yamamoto | HRT | 1:27.020 | — | — | +5.058 |