Pit Lane F1
Round 16 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2009-10-18
Rubens Barrichello (Brawn) took pole for the 2009 Brazilian Grand Prix with a 1:19.576 lap.
Mark Webber (Red Bull) joined the front row, 0.092s shy of pole, with Adrian Sutil (Force India) third on the grid. Fernando Alonso (Renault) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Kamui Kobayashi (Toyota) missed the cut by 0.538s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.846s — pole to P10 — with Fernando Alonso (Renault) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn | 1:24.100 | 1:21.659 | 1:19.576 | 1:19.576 |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:24.722 | 1:20.803 | 1:19.668 | +0.092 |
| 3 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:24.447 | 1:20.753 | 1:19.912 | +0.336 |
| 4 |
| Jarno Trulli |
| Toyota |
| 1:24.621 |
| 1:20.635 |
| 1:20.097 |
| +0.521 |
| 5 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:23.047 | 1:21.378 | 1:20.168 | +0.592 |
| 6 | SĂ©bastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:24.591 | 1:20.701 | 1:20.250 | +0.674 |
| 7 | 6Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:22.828 | 1:20.368 | 1:20.326 | +0.750 |
| 8 | 88Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:23.072 | 1:21.147 | 1:20.631 | +1.055 |
| 9 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 1:23.161 | 1:20.427 | 1:20.674 | +1.098 |
| 10 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:24.842 | 1:21.657 | 1:21.422 | +1.846 |
| 11 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Toyota | 1:24.335 | 1:21.960 | — | +2.384 |
| 12 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:24.773 | 1:22.231 | — | +2.655 |
| 13 | 8Romain Grosjean | Renault | 1:24.394 | 1:22.477 | — | +2.901 |
| 14 | 22Jenson Button | Brawn | 1:24.297 | 1:22.504 | — | +2.928 |
| 15 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India | 1:24.645 | — | — | +5.069 |
| 16 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:25.009 | — | — | +5.433 |
| 17 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 1:25.052 | — | — | +5.476 |
| 18 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:25.192 | — | — | +5.616 |
| 19 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:25.515 | — | — | +5.939 |
| 20 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Ferrari | 1:40.703 | — | — | +21.127 |