Round 9 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2009-07-12
Mark Webber (Red Bull) took pole for the 2009 German Grand Prix with a 1:32.230 lap.
Rubens Barrichello (Brawn) joined the front row, 0.127s shy of pole, with Jenson Button (Brawn) third on the grid. Nelson Piquet Jr. (Renault) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber) missed the cut by 7.507s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.573s — pole to P10 — with Nelson Piquet Jr. (Renault) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:31.257 | 1:38.038 | 1:32.230 | 1:32.230 |
| 2 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn | 1:31.482 | 1:34.455 | 1:32.357 | +0.127 |
| 3 | 22Jenson Button | Brawn | 1:31.568 | 1:39.032 | 1:32.473 | +0.243 |
| 4 |
| 5Sebastian Vettel |
| Red Bull |
| 1:31.430 |
| 1:39.504 |
| 1:32.480 |
| +0.250 |
| 5 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:31.473 | 1:39.149 | 1:32.616 | +0.386 |
| 6 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 1:31.881 | 1:40.826 | 1:33.859 | +1.629 |
| 7 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:32.015 | 1:36.740 | 1:34.316 | +2.086 |
| 8 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:31.600 | 1:41.708 | 1:34.574 | +2.344 |
| 9 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:31.869 | 1:41.730 | 1:34.710 | +2.480 |
| 10 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | 1:32.128 | 1:35.737 | 1:34.803 | +2.573 |
| 11 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:31.771 | 1:42.310 | — | +10.080 |
| 12 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:31.302 | 1:42.318 | — | +10.088 |
| 13 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 1:31.884 | 1:42.500 | — | +10.270 |
| 14 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:31.760 | 1:42.771 | — | +10.541 |
| 15 | 6Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:31.598 | 1:42.859 | — | +10.629 |
| 16 | 88Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:32.190 | — | — | — |
| 17 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:32.251 | — | — | +0.021 |
| 18 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 1:32.402 | — | — | +0.172 |
| 19 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:32.423 | — | — | +0.193 |
| 20 | Sébastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso | 1:33.559 | — | — | +1.329 |