Round 15 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2010-09-26
Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) took pole for the 2010 Singapore Grand Prix with a 1:45.390 lap.
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) joined the front row, 0.067s shy of pole, with Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) third on the grid. Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.494s — pole to P10 — with Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:46.541 | 1:45.809 | 1:45.390 | 1:45.390 |
| 2 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:46.960 | 1:45.561 | 1:45.457 | +0.067 |
| 3 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:48.296 | 1:46.042 | 1:45.571 | +0.181 |
| 4 |
| 22Jenson Button |
| McLaren |
| 1:48.032 |
| 1:46.490 |
| 1:45.944 |
| +0.554 |
| 5 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:47.088 | 1:45.908 | 1:45.977 | +0.587 |
| 6 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:48.183 | 1:47.019 | 1:46.236 | +0.846 |
| 7 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:48.554 | 1:46.783 | 1:46.443 | +1.053 |
| 8 | 88Robert Kubica | Renault | 1:47.657 | 1:46.949 | 1:46.593 | +1.203 |
| 9 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:48.425 | 1:47.160 | 1:46.702 | +1.312 |
| 10 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:48.908 | 1:47.559 | 1:47.884 | +2.494 |
| 11 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:48.127 | 1:47.666 | — | +2.276 |
| 12 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Williams | 1:47.984 | 1:47.674 | — | +2.284 |
| 13 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:48.906 | 1:48.165 | — | +2.775 |
| 14 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:49.063 | 1:48.502 | — | +3.112 |
| 15 | Nick Heidfeld | Sauber | 1:48.696 | 1:48.557 | — | +3.167 |
| 16 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:48.496 | 1:48.899 | — | +3.509 |
| 17 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India | 1:48.988 | 1:48.961 | — | +3.571 |
| 18 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:50.271 | — | — | +4.881 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:50.915 | — | — | +5.525 |
| 20 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin | 1:51.107 | — | — | +5.717 |
| 21 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:51.641 | — | — | +6.251 |
| 22 | Christian Klien | HRT | 1:52.946 | — | — | +7.556 |
| 23 | Bruno Senna | HRT | 1:54.174 | — | — | +8.784 |
| 24 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | — | — | — | — |