Pit Lane F1
Round 19 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2010-11-14
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) took pole for the 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with a 1:39.394 lap.
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) joined the front row, 0.031s shy of pole, with Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) third on the grid. Vitaly Petrov (Renault) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Robert Kubica (Renault) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.507s — pole to P10 — with Vitaly Petrov (Renault) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:40.318 | 1:39.874 | 1:39.394 | 1:39.394 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:40.335 | 1:40.119 | 1:39.425 | +0.031 |
| 3 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:40.170 | 1:40.311 | 1:39.792 | +0.398 |
| 4 |
| 22Jenson Button |
| McLaren |
| 1:40.877 |
| 1:40.014 |
| 1:39.823 |
| +0.429 |
| 5 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:40.690 | 1:40.074 | 1:39.925 | +0.531 |
| 6 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:40.942 | 1:40.323 | 1:40.202 | +0.808 |
| 7 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:40.904 | 1:40.476 | 1:40.203 | +0.809 |
| 8 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:41.222 | 1:40.452 | 1:40.516 | +1.122 |
| 9 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:40.231 | 1:40.060 | 1:40.589 | +1.195 |
| 10 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:41.018 | 1:40.658 | 1:40.901 | +1.507 |
| 11 | 88Robert Kubica | Renault | 1:41.336 | 1:40.780 | — | +1.386 |
| 12 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:41.045 | 1:40.783 | — | +1.389 |
| 13 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:41.473 | 1:40.914 | — | +1.520 |
| 14 | Nick Heidfeld | Sauber | 1:41.409 | 1:41.113 | — | +1.719 |
| 15 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Williams | 1:41.015 | 1:41.418 | — | +2.024 |
| 16 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India | 1:41.681 | 1:41.642 | — | +2.248 |
| 17 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:41.707 | 1:41.738 | — | +2.344 |
| 18 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:41.824 | — | — | +2.430 |
| 19 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:43.516 | — | — | +4.122 |
| 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:43.712 | — | — | +4.318 |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:44.095 | — | — | +4.701 |
| 22 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin | 1:44.510 | — | — | +5.116 |
| 23 | Bruno Senna | HRT | 1:45.085 | — | — | +5.691 |
| 24 | Christian Klien | HRT | 1:45.296 | — | — | +5.902 |