Round 9 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2010-06-27
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) took pole for the 2010 European Grand Prix with a 1:37.587 lap.
Mark Webber (Red Bull) joined the front row, 0.075s shy of pole, with Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) third on the grid. Vitaly Petrov (Renault) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Sébastien Buemi (Toro Rosso) missed the cut by 0.063s.
Q3 was settled inside 0.936s — pole to P10 — with Vitaly Petrov (Renault) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:38.324 | 1:38.015 | 1:37.587 | 1:37.587 |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:38.549 | 1:38.041 | 1:37.662 | +0.075 |
| 3 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:38.697 | 1:38.158 | 1:37.969 | +0.382 |
| 14Fernando Alonso |
| Ferrari |
| 1:38.472 |
| 1:38.179 |
| 1:38.075 |
| +0.488 |
| 5 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:38.657 | 1:38.046 | 1:38.127 | +0.540 |
| 6 | 88Robert Kubica | Renault | 1:38.132 | 1:38.062 | 1:38.137 | +0.550 |
| 7 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:38.360 | 1:38.399 | 1:38.210 | +0.623 |
| 8 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Williams | 1:38.843 | 1:38.523 | 1:38.428 | +0.841 |
| 9 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:38.449 | 1:38.326 | 1:38.428 | +0.841 |
| 10 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:39.004 | 1:38.552 | 1:38.523 | +0.936 |
| 11 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:39.096 | 1:38.586 | — | +0.999 |
| 12 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:38.752 | 1:38.627 | — | +1.040 |
| 13 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:39.021 | 1:38.851 | — | +1.264 |
| 14 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India | 1:38.969 | 1:38.884 | — | +1.297 |
| 15 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:38.994 | 1:39.234 | — | +1.647 |
| 16 | Pedro de la Rosa | Sauber | 1:39.003 | 1:39.264 | — | +1.677 |
| 17 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:39.128 | 1:39.458 | — | +1.871 |
| 18 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:39.343 | — | — | +1.756 |
| 19 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:40.658 | — | — | +3.071 |
| 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:40.882 | — | — | +3.295 |
| 21 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin | 1:42.086 | — | — | +4.499 |
| 22 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:42.140 | — | — | +4.553 |
| 23 | Karun Chandhok | HRT | 1:42.600 | — | — | +5.013 |
| 24 | Bruno Senna | HRT | 1:42.851 | — | — | +5.264 |