Round 5 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2008-05-11
Felipe Massa (Ferrari) took pole for the 2008 Turkish Grand Prix with a 1:27.617 lap.
Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren) joined the front row, 0.191s shy of pole, with Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) third on the grid. David Coulthard (Red Bull) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Nico Rosberg (Williams) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.342s — pole to P10 — with David Coulthard (Red Bull) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:25.994 | 1:26.192 | 1:27.617 | 1:27.617 |
| 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 1:26.736 | 1:26.290 | 1:27.808 | +0.191 |
| 3 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:26.192 | 1:26.477 | 1:27.923 | +0.306 |
| 7Kimi Räikkönen |
| Ferrari |
| 1:26.457 |
| 1:26.050 |
| 1:27.936 |
| +0.319 |
| 5 | 88Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:26.761 | 1:26.129 | 1:28.390 | +0.773 |
| 6 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:26.773 | 1:26.466 | 1:28.417 | +0.800 |
| 7 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:26.836 | 1:26.522 | 1:28.422 | +0.805 |
| 8 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:26.695 | 1:26.822 | 1:28.836 | +1.219 |
| 9 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:27.107 | 1:27.607 | 1:28.882 | +1.265 |
| 10 | David Coulthard | Red Bull | 1:26.939 | 1:26.520 | 1:29.959 | +2.342 |
| 11 | 6Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:27.367 | 1:27.012 | — | — |
| 12 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 1:27.355 | 1:27.219 | — | — |
| 13 | 22Jenson Button | Honda | 1:27.428 | 1:27.298 | — | — |
| 14 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Toro Rosso | 1:27.442 | 1:27.412 | — | — |
| 15 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:26.614 | 1:27.806 | — | +0.189 |
| 16 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 1:27.547 | — | — | — |
| 17 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | 1:27.568 | — | — | — |
| 18 | Sébastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso | 1:27.621 | — | — | +0.004 |
| 19 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 1:27.807 | — | — | +0.190 |
| 20 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:28.325 | — | — | +0.708 |