Pit Lane F1
Round 3 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2010-04-04
Mark Webber (Red Bull) took pole for the 2010 Malaysian Grand Prix with a 1:49.327 lap.
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) joined the front row, 1.346s shy of pole, with Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) third on the grid. Vitantonio Liuzzi (Force India) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Vitaly Petrov (Renault) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.927s — pole to P10 — with Vitantonio Liuzzi (Force India) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:51.886 | 1:48.210 | 1:49.327 | 1:49.327 |
| 2 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:52.560 | 1:47.417 | 1:50.673 | +1.346 |
| 3 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:47.632 | 1:46.828 | 1:50.789 | +1.462 |
| 99Adrian Sutil |
| Force India |
| 1:49.479 |
| 1:47.085 |
| 1:50.914 |
| +1.587 |
| 5 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Williams | 1:49.664 | 1:47.346 | 1:51.001 | +1.674 |
| 6 | 88Robert Kubica | Renault | 1:46.283 | 1:46.951 | 1:51.051 | +1.724 |
| 7 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:50.301 | 1:48.371 | 1:51.511 | +2.184 |
| 8 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:52.239 | 1:48.400 | 1:51.717 | +2.390 |
| 9 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:48.467 | 1:47.792 | 1:51.767 | +2.440 |
| 10 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India | 1:49.922 | 1:48.238 | 1:52.254 | +2.927 |
| 11 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:47.952 | 1:48.760 | — | — |
| 12 | Pedro de la Rosa | Sauber | 1:47.153 | 1:48.771 | — | — |
| 13 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:48.945 | 1:49.207 | — | — |
| 14 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:48.655 | 1:49.464 | — | +0.137 |
| 15 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:52.875 | 1:52.270 | — | +2.943 |
| 16 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:52.398 | 1:52.520 | — | +3.193 |
| 17 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:52.211 | — | — | +2.884 |
| 18 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:52.884 | — | — | +3.557 |
| 19 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:53.044 | — | — | +3.717 |
| 20 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:53.050 | — | — | +3.723 |
| 21 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:53.283 | — | — | +3.956 |
| 22 | Karun Chandhok | HRT | 1:56.299 | — | — | +6.972 |
| 23 | Bruno Senna | HRT | 1:57.269 | — | — | +7.942 |
| 24 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin | 1:59.977 | — | — | +10.650 |