Pit Lane F1
Round 18 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2010-11-07
Nico HĂĽlkenberg (Williams) took pole for the 2010 Brazilian Grand Prix with a 1:14.470 lap.
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) joined the front row, 1.049s shy of pole, with Mark Webber (Red Bull) third on the grid. Vitaly Petrov (Renault) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Jenson Button (McLaren) missed the cut by 1.632s.
Q3 was settled inside 3.186s — pole to P10 — with Vitaly Petrov (Renault) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Williams | 1:20.050 | 1:19.144 | 1:14.470 | 1:14.470 |
| 2 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:19.160 | 1:18.691 | 1:15.519 | +1.049 |
| 3 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:19.025 | 1:18.516 | 1:15.637 | +1.167 |
| 44Lewis Hamilton |
| McLaren |
| 1:19.931 |
| 1:18.921 |
| 1:15.747 |
| +1.277 |
| 5 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:18.987 | 1:19.010 | 1:15.989 | +1.519 |
| 6 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:19.799 | 1:18.925 | 1:16.203 | +1.733 |
| 7 | 88Robert Kubica | Renault | 1:19.249 | 1:18.877 | 1:16.552 | +2.082 |
| 8 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:19.879 | 1:18.923 | 1:16.925 | +2.455 |
| 9 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:19.778 | 1:19.200 | 1:17.101 | +2.631 |
| 10 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:20.189 | 1:19.153 | 1:17.656 | +3.186 |
| 11 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:19.905 | 1:19.288 | — | +4.818 |
| 12 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:19.741 | 1:19.385 | — | +4.915 |
| 13 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:20.153 | 1:19.486 | — | +5.016 |
| 14 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:20.158 | 1:19.581 | — | +5.111 |
| 15 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:20.096 | 1:19.847 | — | +5.377 |
| 16 | Nick Heidfeld | Sauber | 1:20.174 | 1:19.899 | — | +5.429 |
| 17 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India | 1:20.592 | 1:20.357 | — | +5.887 |
| 18 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:20.830 | — | — | +6.360 |
| 19 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:22.130 | — | — | +7.660 |
| 20 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:22.250 | — | — | +7.780 |
| 21 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:22.378 | — | — | +7.908 |
| 22 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin | 1:22.810 | — | — | +8.340 |
| 23 | Christian Klien | HRT | 1:23.083 | — | — | +8.613 |
| 24 | Bruno Senna | HRT | 1:23.796 | — | — | +9.326 |