Výsledky 3. tréningu na VC Abú Zabí:
| 1 | Jenson Button | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:40,625 | - | 21 | |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:40,627 | + 0,002 | 18 | |
| 3 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:40,907 | + 0,282 | 20 | |
| 4 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:40,934 | + 0,309 | 22 | |
| 5 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:41,241 | + 0,616 | 18 | |
| 6 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:41,263 | + 0,638 | 20 | |
| 7 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:41,310 | + 0,685 | 23 | |
| 8 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:41,322 | + 0,697 | 20 | |
| 9 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:41,372 | + 0,747 | 22 | |
| 10 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:41,373 | + 0,748 | 23 | |
| 11 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1:41,403 | + 0,778 | 19 | |
| 12 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:41,478 | + 0,853 | 22 | |
| 13 | Kamui Kobayashi | Toyota | 1:41,499 | + 0,874 | 24 | |
| 14 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 1:41,675 | + 1,050 | 20 | |
| 15 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1:41,682 | + 1,057 | 15 | |
| 16 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:41,897 | + 1,272 | 19 | |
| 17 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1:42,156 | + 1,531 | 21 | |
| 18 | Romain Grosjean | Renault | 1:42,213 | + 1,588 | 19 | |
| 19 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Ferrari | 1:42,351 | + 1,726 | 23 | |
| 20 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso-Ferrari |
