Pit Lane F1
Round 4 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2010-04-18
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) took pole for the 2010 Chinese Grand Prix with a 1:34.558 lap.
Mark Webber (Red Bull) joined the front row, 0.250s shy of pole, with Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) third on the grid. Adrian Sutil (Force India) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Rubens Barrichello (Williams) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.405s — pole to P10 — with Adrian Sutil (Force India) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:36.317 | 1:35.280 | 1:34.558 | 1:34.558 |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:35.978 | 1:35.100 | 1:34.808 | +0.250 |
| 3 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:35.987 | 1:35.235 | 1:34.913 | +0.355 |
| 6Nico Rosberg |
| Mercedes |
| 1:35.952 |
| 1:35.134 |
| 1:34.923 |
| +0.365 |
| 5 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:36.122 | 1:35.443 | 1:34.979 | +0.421 |
| 6 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:35.641 | 1:34.928 | 1:35.034 | +0.476 |
| 7 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:36.076 | 1:35.290 | 1:35.180 | +0.622 |
| 8 | 88Robert Kubica | Renault | 1:36.348 | 1:35.550 | 1:35.364 | +0.806 |
| 9 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:36.484 | 1:35.715 | 1:35.646 | +1.088 |
| 10 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:36.671 | 1:35.665 | 1:35.963 | +1.405 |
| 11 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:36.664 | 1:35.748 | — | +1.190 |
| 12 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:36.618 | 1:36.047 | — | +1.489 |
| 13 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:36.793 | 1:36.149 | — | +1.591 |
| 14 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:37.031 | 1:36.311 | — | +1.753 |
| 15 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:37.044 | 1:36.422 | — | +1.864 |
| 16 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Williams | 1:37.049 | 1:36.647 | — | +2.089 |
| 17 | Pedro de la Rosa | Sauber | 1:37.050 | 1:37.020 | — | +2.462 |
| 18 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India | 1:37.161 | — | — | +2.603 |
| 19 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:39.278 | — | — | +4.720 |
| 20 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:39.399 | — | — | +4.841 |
| 21 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:39.520 | — | — | +4.962 |
| 22 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin | 1:39.783 | — | — | +5.225 |
| 23 | Bruno Senna | HRT | 1:40.469 | — | — | +5.911 |
| 24 | Karun Chandhok | HRT | 1:40.578 | — | — | +6.020 |