Pit Lane F1
Round 16 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2007-10-07
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) took pole for the 2007 Chinese Grand Prix with a 1:35.908 lap.
Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.136s shy of pole, with Felipe Massa (Ferrari) third on the grid. Jenson Button (Honda) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Vitantonio Liuzzi (Toro Rosso) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 3.377s — pole to P10 — with Jenson Button (Honda) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:35.798 | 1:35.898 | 1:35.908 | 1:35.908 |
| 2 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:35.692 | 1:35.381 | 1:36.044 | +0.136 |
| 3 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:35.792 | 1:35.796 | 1:36.221 | +0.313 |
| 4 |
| 14Fernando Alonso |
| McLaren |
| 1:35.809 |
| 1:35.845 |
| 1:36.576 |
| +0.668 |
| 5 | David Coulthard | Red Bull | 1:36.930 | 1:36.252 | 1:37.619 | +1.711 |
| 6 | Ralf Schumacher | Toyota | 1:37.135 | 1:36.709 | 1:38.013 | +2.105 |
| 7 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:37.199 | 1:36.602 | 1:38.153 | +2.245 |
| 8 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:36.737 | 1:36.217 | 1:38.455 | +2.547 |
| 9 | 88Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:36.309 | 1:36.116 | 1:38.472 | +2.564 |
| 10 | 22Jenson Button | Honda | 1:37.092 | 1:36.771 | 1:39.285 | +3.377 |
| 11 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Toro Rosso | 1:37.047 | 1:36.862 | — | +0.954 |
| 12 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:37.209 | 1:36.959 | — | +1.051 |
| 13 | Heikki Kovalainen | Renault | 1:37.225 | 1:36.991 | — | +1.083 |
| 14 | Anthony Davidson | Super Aguri | 1:37.203 | 1:37.247 | — | +1.339 |
| 15 | 6Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:37.144 | 1:37.483 | — | +1.575 |
| 16 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 1:37.251 | — | — | +1.343 |
| 17 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Toro Rosso | 1:37.006 | 1:36.891 | — | +0.983 |
| 18 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Renault | 1:37.290 | — | — | +1.382 |
| 19 | Alexander Wurz | Williams | 1:37.456 | — | — | +1.548 |
| 20 | Takuma Sato | Super Aguri | 1:38.218 | — | — | +2.310 |
| 21 | 99Adrian Sutil | Spyker | 1:38.668 | — | — | +2.760 |
| 22 | Sakon Yamamoto | Spyker | 1:39.336 | — | — | +3.428 |