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Sprancenatul are prima sansa
Vettel în pole-position pentru cursă, Alonso în pole-position pentru titlul la piloţi.
Clasamentul complet în calificările pentru Marele Premiu al statului Abu Dhabi:
| Nr. | Pilot | Echipa | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
| 1. | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1:40.318 | 1:39.874 | 1:39.394 |
| 2. | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:40.335 | 1:40.119 | 1:39.425 |
| 3. | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:40.170 | 1:40.311 | 1:39.792 |
| 4. | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:40.877 | 1:40.014 | 1:39.823 |
| 5. | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1:40.690 | 1:40.074 | 1:39.925 |
| 6. | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:40.942 | 1:40.323 | 1:40.202 |
| 7. | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1:40.904 | 1:40.476 | 1:40.203 |
| 8. | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes GP | 1:41.222 | 1:40.452 | 1:40.516 |
| 9. | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes GP | 1:40.231 | 1:40.060 | 1:40.589 |
| 10. | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:41.018 | 1:40.658 | 1:40.901 |
| 11. | Robert Kubica | Renault | 1:41.336 | 1:40.780 | |
| 12. | Kamui Kobayashi | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 1:41.015 | 1:40.783 | |
| 13. | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:41.473 | 1:40.914 | |
| 14. | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 1:41.409 | 1:41.113 | |
| 15. | Nico Hulkenberg | Williams-Cosworth | 1:41.015 | 1:41.418 | |
| 16. | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 1:41.681 | 1:41.642 | |
| 17. | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 1:41.707 | 1:41.738 | |
| 18. | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:41.824 | ||
| 19. | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Cosworth | 1:43.516 | ||
| 20. | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Cosworth | 1:43.712 | ||
| 21. | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:44.095 | ||
| 22. | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:44.510 | ||
| 23. | Bruno Senna | HRT-Cosworth | 1:45.085 | ||
| 24. | Christian Klien | HRT-Cosworth | 1:45.296 |