Pit Lane F1
Round 17 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2009-11-01
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) took pole for the 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with a 1:40.948 lap.
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) joined the front row, 0.667s shy of pole, with Mark Webber (Red Bull) third on the grid. Sébastien Buemi (Toro Rosso) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.765s — pole to P10 — with Sébastien Buemi (Toro Rosso) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:39.873 | 1:39.695 | 1:40.948 | 1:40.948 |
| 2 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:40.666 | 1:39.984 | 1:41.615 | +0.667 |
| 3 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:40.667 | 1:40.272 | 1:41.726 | +0.778 |
| Rubens Barrichello |
| Brawn |
| 1:40.574 |
| 1:40.421 |
| 1:41.786 |
| +0.838 |
| 5 | 22Jenson Button | Brawn | 1:40.378 | 1:40.148 | 1:41.892 | +0.944 |
| 6 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:40.517 | 1:40.373 | 1:41.897 | +0.949 |
| 7 | 88Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:40.520 | 1:40.545 | 1:41.992 | +1.044 |
| 8 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:40.558 | 1:40.635 | 1:42.343 | +1.395 |
| 9 | 6Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:40.842 | 1:40.661 | 1:42.583 | +1.635 |
| 10 | SĂ©bastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:40.908 | 1:40.430 | 1:42.713 | +1.765 |
| 11 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:41.100 | 1:40.726 | — | — |
| 12 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Toyota | 1:41.035 | 1:40.777 | — | — |
| 13 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 1:40.808 | 1:40.983 | — | +0.035 |
| 14 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 1:41.096 | 1:41.148 | — | +0.200 |
| 15 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:41.503 | 1:41.689 | — | +0.741 |
| 16 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:41.667 | — | — | +0.719 |
| 17 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India | 1:41.701 | — | — | +0.753 |
| 18 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:41.836 | — | — | +0.888 |
| 19 | 8Romain Grosjean | Renault | 1:41.950 | — | — | +1.002 |
| 20 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Ferrari | 1:42.184 | — | — | +1.236 |