Sebastian Vettel catch that Red Bull’s fastest Formula One car at the instant after the fight for pole position for the Bahrain GP 2010.
| Position | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | laps |
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Redbull | 1:55:029 | 1:53:883 | 1:54:101 | 14 |
| 2 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:55:313 | 1:54:331 | 1:54:242 | 16 |
| 3 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:54:612 | 1:54:172 | 1:54:608 | 20 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:55:341 | 1:54:707 | 1:55:217 | 19 |
| 5 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:55:463 | 1:54:682 | 1:55:241 | 13 |
| 6 | Mark Webber | Redbull | 1:55:298 | 1:54:318 | 1:55:284 | 13 |
| 7 | M Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:55:593 | 1:55:105 | 1:55:524 | 15 |
| 8 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:55:715 | 1:55:168 | 1:55:672 | 17 |
| 9 | Robert Kubica | Renault | 1:55:511 | 1:54:963 | 1:55:885 | 17 |
| 10 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:55:213 | 1:54:996 | 1:56:309 | 16 |
| 11 | R Barrichello | Williams | 1:55:969 | 1:55:330 | 12 | |
| 12 | V Liuzzi | Force India | 1:55:628 | 1:55:653 | 13 | |
| 13 | Nico Hulkenberg | Williams | 1:56:375 | 1:55:857 | 14 | |
| 14 | Pedro de la Rosa | BMW | 1:56:428 | 1:56:237 | 13 | |
| 15 | S Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:56:189 | 1:56:265 | 14 | |
| 16 | Kamui Kobayashi | BMW | 1:56:561 | 1:56:270 | 13 | |
| 17 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:56:167 | 1:56:619 | 14 | |
| 18 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:57:071 | 6 | ||
| 19 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:59:728 | 7 | ||
| 20 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus F1 | 1:59:852 | 6 | ||
| 21 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus F1 | 2:00:313 | 7 | ||
| 22 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin | 2:00:587 | 7 | ||
| 23 | Bruno Senna | HRT | 2:03:240 | 6 | ||
| 24 | Karun Chandhok | HRT | 2:04:904 | 7 |
