Malaysian GP - Saturday - Qualifying Session Results
| Saturday Qualifying Session | ||||
| POS | DRIVER | NATIONALITY | ENTRANT | TIME |
| 1. | Jenson Button | Britain | Brawn GP-Mercedes | 1:35.181 |
| 2. | Jarno Trulli | Italy | Toyota | 1:35.273 |
| 3. | Timo Glock | Germany | Toyota | 1:35.690 |
| 4. | Nico Rosberg | Germany | Williams-Toyota | 1:35.750 |
| 5. | Mark Webber | Australia | Red Bull-Renault | 1:35.797 |
| 6. | Robert Kubica | Poland | BMW Sauber | 1:36.106 |
| 7. | Kimi Raikkonen | Finland | Ferrari | 1:36.170 |
| 8. | Rubens Barrichello | Brazil | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:35.651** |
| 9. | Fernando Alonso | Spain | Renault | 1:37.659 |
| 10. | Nick Heidfeld | Germany | BMW Sauber | 1:34.769 |
| 11. | Kazuki Nakajima | Japan | Williams-Toyota | 1:34.788 |
| 12. | Lewis Hamilton | Britain | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:34.905 |
| 13. | Sebastian Vettel | Germany | Red Bull-Renault | 1:35.518* |
| 14. | Heikki Kovalainen | Finland | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:34.924 |
| 15. | Sebastien Bourdais | France | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:35.431 |
| 16. | Felipe Massa | Brazil | Ferrari | 1:35.642 |
| 17. | Nelson Piquet | Brazil | Renault | 1:35.708 |
| 18. | Giancarlo Fisichella | Italy | Force India-Mercedes | 1:35.908 |
| 19. | Adrian Sutil | Germany | Force India-Mercedes | 1:35.951 |
| 20. | Sebastien Buemi | Switzerland | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:36.107 |
| * Vettel given 10 grid place penalty for accident in Australia. | ||||
| ** Barrichello given 5 grid place penalty for gearbox change. | ||||
