Pit Lane F1
Round 2 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2009-04-05
Jenson Button (Brawn) took pole for the 2009 Malaysian Grand Prix with a 1:35.181 lap.
Jarno Trulli (Toyota) joined the front row, 0.092s shy of pole, with Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) third on the grid. Fernando Alonso (Renault) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.478s — pole to P10 — with Fernando Alonso (Renault) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22Jenson Button | Brawn | 1:35.058 | 1:33.784 | 1:35.181 | 1:35.181 |
| 2 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:34.745 | 1:33.990 | 1:35.273 | +0.092 |
| 3 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:34.935 | 1:34.276 | 1:35.518 | +0.337 |
| Rubens Barrichello |
| Brawn |
| 1:34.681 |
| 1:34.387 |
| 1:35.651 |
| +0.470 |
| 5 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:34.907 | 1:34.258 | 1:35.690 | +0.509 |
| 6 | 6Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:35.083 | 1:34.547 | 1:35.750 | +0.569 |
| 7 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:35.027 | 1:34.222 | 1:35.797 | +0.616 |
| 8 | 88Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:35.166 | 1:34.562 | 1:36.106 | +0.925 |
| 9 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:35.476 | 1:34.456 | 1:36.170 | +0.989 |
| 10 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:35.260 | 1:34.706 | 1:37.659 | +2.478 |
| 11 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:35.110 | 1:34.769 | — | — |
| 12 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 1:35.341 | 1:34.788 | — | — |
| 13 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:35.280 | 1:34.905 | — | — |
| 14 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 1:35.023 | 1:34.924 | — | — |
| 15 | Sébastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso | 1:35.507 | 1:35.431 | — | +0.250 |
| 16 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:35.642 | — | — | +0.461 |
| 17 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | 1:35.708 | — | — | +0.527 |
| 18 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 1:35.908 | — | — | +0.727 |
| 19 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:35.951 | — | — | +0.770 |
| 20 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:36.107 | — | — | +0.926 |