Round 7 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2010-05-30
Mark Webber (Red Bull) took pole for the 2010 Turkish Grand Prix with a 1:26.295 lap.
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) joined the front row, 0.138s shy of pole, with Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) third on the grid. Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Adrian Sutil (Force India) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.827s — pole to P10 — with Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:27.500 | 1:26.818 | 1:26.295 | 1:26.295 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:27.667 | 1:27.013 | 1:26.433 | +0.138 |
| 3 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:27.067 | 1:26.729 | 1:26.760 | +0.465 |
| 22Jenson Button |
| McLaren |
| 1:27.555 |
| 1:27.277 |
| 1:26.781 |
| +0.486 |
| 5 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:27.756 | 1:27.438 | 1:26.857 | +0.562 |
| 6 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:27.649 | 1:27.141 | 1:26.952 | +0.657 |
| 7 | 88Robert Kubica | Renault | 1:27.766 | 1:27.426 | 1:27.039 | +0.744 |
| 8 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:27.993 | 1:27.200 | 1:27.082 | +0.787 |
| 9 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:27.620 | 1:27.387 | 1:27.430 | +1.135 |
| 10 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:28.158 | 1:27.434 | 1:28.122 | +1.827 |
| 11 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:27.951 | 1:27.525 | — | +1.230 |
| 12 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:27.857 | 1:27.612 | — | +1.317 |
| 13 | Pedro de la Rosa | Sauber | 1:28.147 | 1:27.879 | — | +1.584 |
| 14 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:28.534 | 1:28.273 | — | +1.978 |
| 15 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:28.336 | 1:28.392 | — | +2.097 |
| 16 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:28.460 | 1:28.540 | — | +2.245 |
| 17 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Williams | 1:28.227 | 1:28.841 | — | +2.546 |
| 18 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India | 1:28.958 | — | — | +2.663 |
| 19 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:30.237 | — | — | +3.942 |
| 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:30.519 | — | — | +4.224 |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:30.744 | — | — | +4.449 |
| 22 | Bruno Senna | HRT | 1:31.266 | — | — | +4.971 |
| 23 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin | 1:31.989 | — | — | +5.694 |
| 24 | Karun Chandhok | HRT | 1:32.060 | — | — | +5.765 |