Fernando Alonso vybojoval na maďarskom okruhu Hungaroring svoju prvú pole position od roku 2007, vo víťazstvo v nedeľňajších pretekoch ale neverí. Podľa Španiela treba hľadať favoritov v tíme Red Bull Racing.
Výsledky kvalifikácie na VC Maďarska:
| 1 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:21,313 | 1:20,826 | 1:21,569 | - |
| 2 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:21,178 | 1:20,604 | 1:21,607 | + 0,038 |
| 3 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:20,964 | 1:20,358 | 1:21,741 | + 0,172 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:20,842 | 1:20,465 | 1:21,839 | + 0,270 |
| 5 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:20,793 | 1:20,862 | 1:21,890 | + 0,321 |
| 6 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:21,659 | 1:20,807 | 1:22,095 | + 0,526 |
| 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:21,500 | 1:20,647 | 1:22,468 | + 0,899 |
| 8 | Jenson Button | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:21,471 | 1:20,707 | 1:22,511 | + 0,942 |
| 9 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1:21,407 | 1:20,570 | 1:22,835 | + 1,266 |
| 10 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:21,420 | 1:20,823 | ||
| 11 | Sébastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:21,571 | 1:21,002 | ||
| 12 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:21,416 | 1:21,082 | ||
| 13 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:21,558 | 1:21,222 | ||
| 14 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:21,584 | 1:21,242 | ||
| 15 | Nelson Piquet | Renault | 1:21,278 | 1:21,389 | ||
| 16 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:21,738 | |||
| 17 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India-Mercedes | 1:21,807 | |||
| 18 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:21,868 | |||
| 19 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:21,901 | |||
| 20 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 1:22,359 |
