Tím Red Bull Racing splnil na okruhu Silverstone rolu favorita a v kvalifikácii na Veľkú cenu Veľkej Británie získal zásluhou Sebastiana Vettela pole position.
Výsledky kvalifikácie:
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:18,685 | 1:18,119 | 1:19,509 | - | |
| 2 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:19,325 | 1:18,335 | 1:19,856 | + 0,347 | |
| 3 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:18,674 | 1:18,209 | 1:19,868 | + 0,359 | |
| 4 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:18,886 | 1:18,240 | 1:20,091 | + 0,582 | |
| 5 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1:18,530 | 1:18,575 | 1:20,216 | + 0,707 | |
| 6 | Jenson Button | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:18,957 | 1:18,663 | 1:20,289 | + 0,780 | |
| 7 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:19,228 | 1:18,591 | 1:20,361 | + 0,852 | |
| 8 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:19,198 | 1:18,791 | 1:20,490 | + 0,981 | |
| 9 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:19,010 | 1:18,566 | 1:20,715 | + 1,206 | |
| 10 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:19,167 | 1:18,761 | 1:20,741 | + 1,232 | |
| 11 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:19,148 | 1:18,927 | |||
| 12 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:19,730 | 1:19,308 | |||
| 13 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:19,732 | 1:19,353 | |||
| 14 | Nelson Piquet | Renault | 1:19,555 | 1:19,392 | |||
| 15 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:19,559 | 1:19,448 | |||
| 16 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India-Mercedes | 1:19,802 | ||||
| 17 | Sébastien Bourdais | STR-Ferrari | 1:19,898 | ||||
| 18 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:19,909 | ||||
| 19 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:19,917 | ||||
| 20 | Sébastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:20,236 |
