Round 5 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2010-05-09
Mark Webber (Red Bull) took pole for the 2010 Spanish Grand Prix with a 1:19.995 lap.
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) joined the front row, 0.106s shy of pole, with Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) third on the grid. Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Adrian Sutil (Force India) missed the cut by 0.001s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.989s — pole to P10 — with Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:21.412 | 1:20.655 | 1:19.995 | 1:19.995 |
| 2 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:21.680 | 1:20.772 | 1:20.101 | +0.106 |
| 3 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:21.723 | 1:21.415 | 1:20.829 | +0.834 |
| 14Fernando Alonso |
| Ferrari |
| 1:21.957 |
| 1:21.549 |
| 1:20.937 |
| +0.942 |
| 5 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:21.915 | 1:21.168 | 1:20.991 | +0.996 |
| 6 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:22.528 | 1:21.557 | 1:21.294 | +1.299 |
| 7 | 88Robert Kubica | Renault | 1:22.488 | 1:21.599 | 1:21.353 | +1.358 |
| 8 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:22.419 | 1:21.867 | 1:21.408 | +1.413 |
| 9 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:22.564 | 1:21.841 | 1:21.585 | +1.590 |
| 10 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:22.577 | 1:21.725 | 1:21.984 | +1.989 |
| 11 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:22.628 | 1:21.985 | — | +1.990 |
| 12 | Pedro de la Rosa | Sauber | 1:22.211 | 1:22.026 | — | +2.031 |
| 13 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Williams | 1:22.857 | 1:22.131 | — | +2.136 |
| 14 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:22.976 | 1:22.139 | — | +2.144 |
| 15 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:22.699 | 1:22.191 | — | +2.196 |
| 16 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:22.593 | 1:22.207 | — | +2.212 |
| 17 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India | 1:23.084 | 1:22.854 | — | +2.859 |
| 18 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:23.125 | — | — | +3.130 |
| 19 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:24.674 | — | — | +4.679 |
| 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:24.748 | — | — | +4.753 |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:25.475 | — | — | +5.480 |
| 22 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin | 1:25.556 | — | — | +5.561 |
| 23 | Karun Chandhok | HRT | 1:26.750 | — | — | +6.755 |
| 24 | Bruno Senna | HRT | 1:27.122 | — | — | +7.127 |