Countdown to
000d 00h 00m 00s2008 Monaco Grand Prix
| P | No | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap | % | Avg Speed | Laps | |
| 1 | 2 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:15.787 | 100.0 | 158.655 | 20 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:15.815 | 0.028 | 100.0 | 158.597 | 19 | |
| 3 | 22 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:15.839 | 0.052 | 100.1 | 158.546 | 20 | |
| 4 | 23 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:16.165 | 0.378 | 100.5 | 157.868 | 25 | |
| 5 | 4 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber-BMW | 1:16.171 | 0.384 | 100.5 | 157.855 | 18 | |
| 6 | 7 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:16.548 | 0.761 | 101.0 | 157.078 | 24 | |
| 7 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:16.852 | 1.065 | 101.4 | 156.457 | 20 | |
| 8 | 11 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:17.203 | 1.416 | 101.9 | 155.745 | 21 | |
| 9 | 10 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1:17.343 | 1.556 | 102.1 | 155.463 | 19 | |
| 10 | 9 | David Coulthard | Red Bull-Renault | No Time | 18 | ||||
| 11 | 12 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:15.907 | 0.120 | 100.2 | 158.404 | 16 | |
| 12 | 16 | Jenson Button | Honda | 1:16.101 | 0.314 | 100.4 | 158.001 | 13 | |
| 13 | 3 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber-BMW | 1:16.455 | 0.668 | 100.9 | 157.269 | 14 | |
| 14 | 8 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1:16.479 | 0.692 | 100.9 | 157.220 | 16 | |
| 15 | 17 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 1:16.537 | 0.750 | 101.0 | 157.100 | 12 | |
| 16 | 14 | Sébastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:16.806 | 1.019 | 101.3 | 156.550 | 9 | |
| 17 | 6 | Nelson Piquet jr. | Renault | 1:16.933 | 1.146 | 101.5 | 156.292 | 8 | |
| 18 | 15 | Sebastian Vettel | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:16.955 | 1.168 | 101.5 | 156.247 | 11 | |
| 19 | 20 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Ferrari | 1:17.225 | 1.438 | 101.9 | 155.701 | 12 | |
| 20 | 21 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India-Ferrari | 1:17.823 | 2.036 | 102.7 | 154.504 | 8 |