Countdown to
2010 Bahrain Grand Prix
000d 00h 00m 00s2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
| P | No | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap | % | Avg Speed | Laps | |
| 1 | 1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:40.948 | 100.0 | 198.066 | 20 | ||
| 2 | 15 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1:41.615 | 0.667 | 100.7 | 196.766 | 21 | |
| 3 | 14 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1:41.726 | 0.778 | 100.8 | 196.552 | 21 | |
| 4 | 23 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:41.786 | 0.838 | 100.8 | 196.436 | 24 | |
| 5 | 22 | Jenson Button | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:41.892 | 0.944 | 100.9 | 196.231 | 25 | |
| 6 | 9 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:41.897 | 0.949 | 100.9 | 196.222 | 24 | |
| 7 | 5 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber-BMW | 1:41.992 | 1.044 | 101.0 | 196.039 | 25 | |
| 8 | 6 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber-BMW | 1:42.343 | 1.395 | 101.4 | 195.367 | 24 | |
| 9 | 16 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:42.583 | 1.635 | 101.6 | 194.909 | 25 | |
| 10 | 12 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:42.713 | 1.765 | 101.7 | 194.663 | 27 | |
| 11 | 4 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:40.726 | -0.222 | 99.8 | 198.503 | 20 | |
| 12 | 10 | Kamui Kobayashi | Toyota | 1:40.777 | -0.171 | 99.8 | 198.402 | 17 | |
| 13 | 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:40.983 | 0.035 | 100.0 | 197.998 | 16 | |
| 14 | 17 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1:41.148 | 0.200 | 100.2 | 197.675 | 18 | |
| 15 | 11 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:41.689 | 0.741 | 100.7 | 196.623 | 19 | |
| 16 | 7 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:41.667 | 0.719 | 100.7 | 196.666 | 12 | |
| 17 | 21 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 1:41.701 | 0.753 | 100.7 | 196.600 | 10 | |
| 18 | 20 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:41.863 | 0.915 | 100.9 | 196.287 | 10 | |
| 19 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Renault | 1:41.950 | 1.002 | 101.0 | 196.120 | 12 | |
| 20 | 3 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Ferrari | 1:42.184 | 1.236 | 101.2 | 195.671 | 12 |