Round 6 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2009-05-24
Jenson Button (Brawn) took pole for the 2009 Monaco Grand Prix with a 1:14.902 lap.
Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.025s shy of pole, with Rubens Barrichello (Brawn) third on the grid. Kazuki Nakajima (Williams) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Sébastien Buemi (Toro Rosso) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.442s — pole to P10 — with Kazuki Nakajima (Williams) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22Jenson Button | Brawn | 1:15.210 | 1:15.016 | 1:14.902 | 1:14.902 |
| 2 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:15.746 | 1:14.514 | 1:14.927 | +0.025 |
| 3 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn | 1:15.425 | 1:14.829 | 1:15.077 | +0.175 |
| 5Sebastian Vettel |
| Red Bull |
| 1:15.915 |
| 1:14.879 |
| 1:15.271 |
| +0.369 |
| 5 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:15.340 | 1:15.001 | 1:15.437 | +0.535 |
| 6 | 6Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:15.094 | 1:14.846 | 1:15.455 | +0.553 |
| 7 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 1:15.495 | 1:14.809 | 1:15.516 | +0.614 |
| 8 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:15.260 | 1:14.825 | 1:15.653 | +0.751 |
| 9 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:15.898 | 1:15.200 | 1:16.009 | +1.107 |
| 10 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 1:15.930 | 1:15.579 | 1:17.344 | +2.442 |
| 11 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:15.834 | 1:15.833 | — | +0.931 |
| 12 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | 1:16.013 | 1:15.837 | — | +0.935 |
| 13 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 1:16.063 | 1:16.146 | — | +1.244 |
| 14 | Sébastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso | 1:16.120 | 1:16.281 | — | +1.379 |
| 15 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:16.248 | 1:16.545 | — | +1.643 |
| 16 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:16.264 | — | — | +1.362 |
| 17 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:16.264 | — | — | +1.362 |
| 18 | 88Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:16.405 | — | — | +1.503 |
| 19 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:16.548 | — | — | +1.646 |
| 20 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:16.788 | — | — | +1.886 |