Round 8 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2010-06-13
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) took pole for the 2010 Canadian Grand Prix with a 1:15.105 lap.
Mark Webber (Red Bull) joined the front row, 0.268s shy of pole, with Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) third on the grid. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Rubens Barrichello (Williams) missed the cut by 0.363s.
Q3 was settled inside 0.966s — pole to P10 — with Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:15.889 | 1:15.528 | 1:15.105 | 1:15.105 |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:16.423 | 1:15.692 | 1:15.373 | +0.268 |
| 3 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:16.129 | 1:15.556 | 1:15.420 | +0.315 |
| 14Fernando Alonso |
| Ferrari |
| 1:16.171 |
| 1:15.597 |
| 1:15.435 |
| +0.330 |
| 5 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:16.371 | 1:15.742 | 1:15.520 | +0.415 |
| 6 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India | 1:17.086 | 1:16.171 | 1:15.648 | +0.543 |
| 7 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:16.673 | 1:16.314 | 1:15.688 | +0.583 |
| 8 | 88Robert Kubica | Renault | 1:16.370 | 1:15.682 | 1:15.715 | +0.610 |
| 9 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:16.495 | 1:16.295 | 1:15.881 | +0.776 |
| 10 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:16.350 | 1:16.001 | 1:16.071 | +0.966 |
| 11 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:16.880 | 1:16.434 | — | +1.329 |
| 12 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Williams | 1:16.770 | 1:16.438 | — | +1.333 |
| 13 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:16.598 | 1:16.492 | — | +1.387 |
| 14 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:16.569 | 1:16.844 | — | +1.739 |
| 15 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:17.356 | 1:16.928 | — | +1.823 |
| 16 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:17.027 | 1:17.029 | — | +1.924 |
| 17 | Pedro de la Rosa | Sauber | 1:17.611 | 1:17.384 | — | +2.279 |
| 18 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:18.019 | — | — | +2.914 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:18.237 | — | — | +3.132 |
| 20 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:18.698 | — | — | +3.593 |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:18.941 | — | — | +3.836 |
| 22 | Bruno Senna | HRT | 1:19.484 | — | — | +4.379 |
| 23 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin | 1:19.675 | — | — | +4.570 |
| 24 | Karun Chandhok | HRT | 1:27.757 | — | — | +12.652 |