Round 10 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2009-07-26
Fernando Alonso (Renault) took pole for the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix with a 1:21.569 lap.
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) joined the front row, 0.038s shy of pole, with Mark Webber (Red Bull) third on the grid. Felipe Massa (Ferrari) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Sébastien Buemi (Toro Rosso) missed the cut by 0.179s.
Q3 was settled inside —s — pole to P10 — with Felipe Massa (Ferrari) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:21.313 | 1:20.826 | 1:21.569 | 1:21.569 |
| 2 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:21.178 | 1:20.604 | 1:21.607 | +0.038 |
| 3 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:20.964 | 1:20.358 | 1:21.741 | +0.172 |
| 44Lewis Hamilton |
| McLaren |
| 1:20.842 |
| 1:20.465 |
| 1:21.839 |
| +0.270 |
| 5 | 6Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:20.793 | 1:20.862 | 1:21.890 | +0.321 |
| 6 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 1:21.659 | 1:20.807 | 1:22.095 | +0.526 |
| 7 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:21.500 | 1:20.647 | 1:22.468 | +0.899 |
| 8 | 22Jenson Button | Brawn | 1:21.471 | 1:20.707 | 1:22.511 | +0.942 |
| 9 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 1:21.407 | 1:20.570 | 1:22.835 | +1.266 |
| 10 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:21.420 | 1:20.823 | — | — |
| 11 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:21.571 | 1:21.002 | — | — |
| 12 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:21.416 | 1:21.082 | — | — |
| 13 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn | 1:21.558 | 1:21.222 | — | — |
| 14 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:21.584 | 1:21.242 | — | — |
| 15 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | 1:21.278 | 1:21.389 | — | — |
| 16 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:21.738 | — | — | +0.169 |
| 17 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 1:21.807 | — | — | +0.238 |
| 18 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:21.868 | — | — | +0.299 |
| 19 | 88Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:21.901 | — | — | +0.332 |
| 20 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:22.359 | — | — | +0.790 |