Round 12 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2009-08-30
Giancarlo Fisichella (Force India) took pole for the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix with a 1:46.308 lap.
Jarno Trulli (Toyota) joined the front row, 0.087s shy of pole, with Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber) third on the grid. Nico Rosberg (Williams) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Adrian Sutil (Force India) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.054s — pole to P10 — with Nico Rosberg (Williams) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 1:45.102 | 1:44.667 | 1:46.308 | 1:46.308 |
| 2 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:45.140 | 1:44.503 | 1:46.395 | +0.087 |
| 3 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:45.566 | 1:44.709 | 1:46.500 | +0.192 |
| 4 |
| Brawn |
| 1:45.237 |
| 1:44.834 |
| 1:46.513 |
| +0.205 |
| 5 | 88Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:45.655 | 1:44.557 | 1:46.586 | +0.278 |
| 6 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:45.579 | 1:44.953 | 1:46.633 | +0.325 |
| 7 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:45.450 | 1:44.877 | 1:46.677 | +0.369 |
| 8 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:45.372 | 1:44.592 | 1:46.761 | +0.453 |
| 9 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:45.350 | 1:44.924 | 1:46.788 | +0.480 |
| 10 | 6Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:45.486 | 1:45.047 | 1:47.362 | +1.054 |
| 11 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:45.239 | 1:45.119 | — | — |
| 12 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:45.767 | 1:45.122 | — | — |
| 13 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:45.707 | 1:45.136 | — | — |
| 14 | 22Jenson Button | Brawn | 1:45.761 | 1:45.251 | — | — |
| 15 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 1:45.705 | 1:45.259 | — | — |
| 16 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:45.951 | — | — | — |
| 17 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:46.302 | — | — | — |
| 18 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 1:46.307 | — | — | — |
| 19 | 8Romain Grosjean | Renault | 1:46.359 | — | — | +0.051 |
| 20 | Luca Badoer | Ferrari | 1:46.957 | — | — | +0.649 |