Round 5 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2009-05-10
Jenson Button (Brawn) took pole for the 2009 Spanish Grand Prix with a 1:20.527 lap.
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) joined the front row, 0.133s shy of pole, with Rubens Barrichello (Brawn) third on the grid. Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Kazuki Nakajima (Williams) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.158s — pole to P10 — with Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22Jenson Button | Brawn | 1:20.707 | 1:20.192 | 1:20.527 | 1:20.527 |
| 2 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:20.715 | 1:20.220 | 1:20.660 | +0.133 |
| 3 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn | 1:20.808 | 1:19.954 | 1:20.762 | +0.235 |
| 19Felipe Massa |
| Ferrari |
| 1:20.484 |
| 1:20.149 |
| 1:20.934 |
| +0.407 |
| 5 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:20.689 | 1:20.007 | 1:21.049 | +0.522 |
| 6 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:20.877 | 1:20.107 | 1:21.247 | +0.720 |
| 7 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:21.189 | 1:20.420 | 1:21.254 | +0.727 |
| 8 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:21.186 | 1:20.509 | 1:21.392 | +0.865 |
| 9 | 6Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:20.745 | 1:20.256 | 1:22.558 | +2.031 |
| 10 | 88Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:20.931 | 1:20.408 | 1:22.685 | +2.158 |
| 11 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 1:20.818 | 1:20.531 | — | +0.004 |
| 12 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | 1:21.128 | 1:20.604 | — | +0.077 |
| 13 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:21.095 | 1:20.676 | — | +0.149 |
| 14 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:20.991 | 1:20.805 | — | +0.278 |
| 15 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:21.033 | 1:21.067 | — | +0.540 |
| 16 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:21.291 | — | — | +0.764 |
| 17 | Sébastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso | 1:21.300 | — | — | +0.773 |
| 18 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 1:21.675 | — | — | +1.148 |
| 19 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:21.742 | — | — | +1.215 |
| 20 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 1:22.204 | — | — | +1.677 |