Pit Lane F1
Round 2 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2010-03-28
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) took pole for the 2010 Australian Grand Prix with a 1:23.919 lap.
Mark Webber (Red Bull) joined the front row, 0.116s shy of pole, with Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) third on the grid. Adrian Sutil (Force India) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.117s — pole to P10 — with Adrian Sutil (Force India) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:24.774 | 1:24.096 | 1:23.919 | 1:23.919 |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:25.286 | 1:24.276 | 1:24.035 | +0.116 |
| 3 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:25.082 | 1:24.335 | 1:24.111 | +0.192 |
| 22Jenson Button |
| McLaren |
| 1:24.897 |
| 1:24.531 |
| 1:24.675 |
| +0.756 |
| 5 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:25.548 | 1:25.010 | 1:24.837 | +0.918 |
| 6 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:24.788 | 1:24.788 | 1:24.884 | +0.965 |
| 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:25.351 | 1:24.871 | 1:24.927 | +1.008 |
| 8 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:25.702 | 1:25.085 | 1:25.217 | +1.298 |
| 9 | 88Robert Kubica | Renault | 1:25.588 | 1:25.122 | 1:25.372 | +1.453 |
| 10 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:25.504 | 1:25.046 | 1:26.036 | +2.117 |
| 11 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:25.046 | 1:25.184 | — | +1.265 |
| 12 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:26.061 | 1:25.638 | — | +1.719 |
| 13 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India | 1:26.170 | 1:25.743 | — | +1.824 |
| 14 | Pedro de la Rosa | Sauber | 1:26.089 | 1:25.747 | — | +1.828 |
| 15 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Williams | 1:25.866 | 1:25.748 | — | +1.829 |
| 16 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:26.251 | 1:25.777 | — | +1.858 |
| 17 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:26.095 | 1:26.089 | — | +2.170 |
| 18 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:26.471 | — | — | +2.552 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:28.797 | — | — | +4.878 |
| 20 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:29.111 | — | — | +5.192 |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:29.592 | — | — | +5.673 |
| 22 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin | 1:30.185 | — | — | +6.266 |
| 23 | Bruno Senna | HRT | 1:30.526 | — | — | +6.607 |
| 24 | Karun Chandhok | HRT | 1:30.613 | — | — | +6.694 |