Pit Lane F1
Round 1 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2009-03-29
Jenson Button (Brawn) took pole for the 2009 Australian Grand Prix with a 1:26.202 lap.
Rubens Barrichello (Brawn) joined the front row, 0.303s shy of pole, with Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) third on the grid. Mark Webber (Red Bull) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.044s — pole to P10 — with Mark Webber (Red Bull) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22Jenson Button | Brawn | 1:25.211 | 1:24.855 | 1:26.202 | 1:26.202 |
| 2 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn | 1:25.006 | 1:24.783 | 1:26.505 | +0.303 |
| 3 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:25.938 | 1:25.121 | 1:26.830 | +0.628 |
| 88Robert Kubica |
| BMW Sauber |
| 1:25.922 |
| 1:25.152 |
| 1:26.914 |
| +0.712 |
| 5 | 6Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:25.846 | 1:25.123 | 1:26.973 | +0.771 |
| 6 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:25.499 | 1:25.281 | 1:26.975 | +0.773 |
| 7 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:25.844 | 1:25.319 | 1:27.033 | +0.831 |
| 8 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:26.194 | 1:25.265 | 1:27.127 | +0.925 |
| 9 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:25.899 | 1:25.380 | 1:27.163 | +0.961 |
| 10 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:25.427 | 1:25.241 | 1:27.246 | +1.044 |
| 11 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:25.827 | 1:25.504 | — | — |
| 12 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:26.026 | 1:25.605 | — | — |
| 13 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 1:26.074 | 1:25.607 | — | — |
| 14 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 1:26.184 | 1:25.726 | — | — |
| 15 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:26.454 | — | — | +0.252 |
| 16 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:26.503 | — | — | +0.301 |
| 17 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | 1:26.598 | — | — | +0.396 |
| 18 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 1:26.677 | — | — | +0.475 |
| 19 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:26.742 | — | — | +0.540 |
| 20 | Sébastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso | 1:26.964 | — | — | +0.762 |