Ferrari's Felipe Massa loves Istanbul Park. After taking his first pole and his first win here last year, he grabbed pole again on Saturday afternoon by a hair from McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, and their respective team mates were third and fourth.
After the switch to medium tyres and minimal fuel loads, it was Hamilton who set the final pace with 1m 27.373s, but just as McLaren were celebrating, Massa came barrelling out of the last turn to depose him with 1m 27.329s.
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Q3 | Laps | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:27.329 | 18 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:27.373 | 17 | ||
| 3 | 6 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:27.546 | 18 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:27.574 | 17 | ||
| 5 | 10 | Robert Kubica | BMW | 1:27.722 | 17 | ||
| 6 | 9 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW | 1:28.037 | 17 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Heikki Kovalainen | Renault | 1:28.491 | 24 | ||
| 8 | 16 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:28.501 | 20 | ||
| 9 | 12 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:28.740 | 24 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Renault | 1:29.322 | 24 | ||
| 11 | 23 | Anthony Davidson | Super Aguri-Honda | 12 | |||
| 12 | 15 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 12 | |||
| 13 | 14 | David Coulthard | Red Bull-Renault | 12 | |||
| 14 | 8 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 12 | |||
| 15 | 7 | Jenson Button | Honda | 12 | |||
| 16 | 17 | Alexander Wurz | Williams-Toyota | 14 | |||
| 17 | 18 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | STR-Ferrari | 9 | |||
| 18 | 11 | Ralf Schumacher | Toyota | 7 | |||
| 19 | 22 | Takuma Sato | Super Aguri-Honda | 8 | |||
| 20 | 19 | Sebastian Vettel | STR-Ferrari | 6 | |||
| 21 | 20 | Adrian Sutil | Spyker-Ferrari | 9 | |||
| 22 | 21 | Sakon Yamamoto | Spyker-Ferrari | 7 |
