Víťazom kvalifikácie na VC Číny 2010 sa stal Nemec Sebastian Vettel na Red Bulle, z prvého radu s ním odštartuje tímový kolega Mark Webber. Fernando Alonso odštartuje tretí!
Výsledky kvalifikácie:
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:36,317 | 1:35,280 | 1:34,558 | - |
| 2 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:35,978 | 1:35,100 | 1:34,806 | 0,248 |
| 3 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:35,987 | 1:35,235 | 1:34,913 | 0,355 |
| 4 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes GP | 1:35,952 | 1:35,134 | 1:34,923 | 0,365 |
| 5 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:36,122 | 1:35,443 | 1:34,979 | 0,421 |
| 6 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:35,641 | 1:34,928 | 1:35,034 | 0,476 |
| 7 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:36,076 | 1:35,290 | 1:35,180 | 0,622 |
| 8 | Robert Kubica | Renault | 1:36,348 | 1:35,550 | 1:35,364 | 0,806 |
| 9 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes GP | 1:36,484 | 1:35,715 | 1:35,646 | 1,088 |
| 10 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:36,671 | 1:35,665 | 1:35,963 | 1,405 |
| 11 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1:36,664 | 1:35,748 | ||
| 12 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 1:36,618 | 1:36,047 | ||
| 13 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:36,793 | 1:36,149 | ||
| 14 | Vitalij Petrov | Renault | 1:37,031 | 1:36,311 | ||
| 15 | Kamuj Kobajaši | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 1:37,044 | 1:36,422 | ||
| 16 | Nico Hülkenberg | Williams-Cosworth | 1:37,049 | 1:36,647 | ||
| 17 | Pedro de la Rosa | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 1:37,050 | 1:37,020 | ||
| 18 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 1:37,161 | |||
| 19 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:39,278 | |||
| 20 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Cosworth | 1:39,399 | |||
| 21 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Cosworth | 1:39,520 | |||
| 22 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:39,783 | |||
| 23 | Bruno Senna | HRT-Cosworth | 1:40,469 | |||
| 24 | Karun Chandhok | HRT-Cosworth | 1:40,578 |