Countdown to
000d 00h 00m 00s2008 Belgian Grand Prix
| P | No | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap | Avg Speed | Laps | |
| 1 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:48.454 | 232.489 | 21 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:48.504 | 0.050 | 232.382 | 16 | |
| 3 | 23 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:48.740 | 0.286 | 231.878 | 19 | |
| 4 | 22 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:48.805 | 0.351 | 231.739 | 17 | |
| 5 | 1 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:49.328 | 0.874 | 230.631 | 10 | |
| 6 | 7 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:49.405 | 0.951 | 230.468 | 17 | |
| 7 | 15 | Sebastian Vettel | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:49.427 | 0.973 | 230.422 | 29 | |
| 8 | 20 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Ferrari | 1:49.585 | 1.131 | 230.090 | 22 | |
| 9 | 11 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:49.715 | 1.261 | 229.817 | 23 | |
| 10 | 3 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber-BMW | 1:49.725 | 1.271 | 229.796 | 22 | |
| 11 | 4 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber-BMW | 1:49.875 | 1.421 | 229.483 | 22 | |
| 12 | 9 | David Coulthard | Red Bull-Renault | 1:49.922 | 1.468 | 229.384 | 20 | |
| 13 | 14 | Sébastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:49.948 | 1.494 | 229.330 | 20 | |
| 14 | 12 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:50.281 | 1.827 | 228.638 | 24 | |
| 15 | 8 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1:50.364 | 1.910 | 228.466 | 20 | |
| 16 | 21 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India-Ferrari | 1:50.740 | 2.286 | 227.690 | 11 | |
| 17 | 16 | Jenson Button | Honda | 1:50.925 | 2.471 | 227.310 | 19 | |
| 18 | 17 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 1:51.238 | 2.784 | 226.671 | 22 | |
| 19 | 6 | Nelson Piquet jr. | Renault | 1:51.334 | 2.880 | 226.475 | 19 | |
| 20 | 10 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1:51.640 | 3.186 | 225.855 | 7 |