Round 15 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2008-09-28
Felipe Massa (Ferrari) took pole for the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix with a 1:44.801 lap.
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) joined the front row, 0.664s shy of pole, with Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) third on the grid. Kazuki Nakajima (Williams) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Jarno Trulli (Toyota) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.746s — pole to P10 — with Kazuki Nakajima (Williams) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:44.519 | 1:44.014 | 1:44.801 | 1:44.801 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:44.501 | 1:44.932 | 1:45.465 | +0.664 |
| 3 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:44.282 | 1:44.232 | 1:45.617 | +0.816 |
| 4 |
| 88Robert Kubica |
| BMW Sauber |
| 1:44.740 |
| 1:44.519 |
| 1:45.779 |
| +0.978 |
| 5 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 1:44.311 | 1:44.207 | 1:45.873 | +1.072 |
| 6 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:45.548 | 1:44.520 | 1:45.964 | +1.163 |
| 7 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Toro Rosso | 1:45.042 | 1:44.261 | 1:46.244 | +1.443 |
| 8 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:45.184 | 1:44.441 | 1:46.328 | +1.527 |
| 9 | 6Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:45.103 | 1:44.429 | 1:46.611 | +1.810 |
| 10 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 1:45.127 | 1:44.826 | 1:47.547 | +2.746 |
| 11 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:45.642 | 1:45.038 | — | +0.237 |
| 12 | 22Jenson Button | Honda | 1:45.660 | 1:45.133 | — | +0.332 |
| 13 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:45.493 | 1:45.212 | — | +0.411 |
| 14 | David Coulthard | Red Bull | 1:46.028 | 1:45.298 | — | +0.497 |
| 15 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:44.971 | — | — | +0.170 |
| 16 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | 1:46.037 | — | — | +1.236 |
| 17 | Sébastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso | 1:46.389 | — | — | +1.588 |
| 18 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 1:46.583 | — | — | +1.782 |
| 19 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:47.940 | — | — | +3.139 |
| 20 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | — | — | — | — |