Massa took another pole position in Turkey, the third in a row. He had done it also in 2006 and 2007, when he had also won the race afterwards.

However this weekend, the qualification showed an improvement for the McLaren team as its drivers managed to drive faster than the other Ferrari driver, the world champion, Kimi Raikkonen, with Kovalainen being faster than his teammate, Lewis Hamilton, who couldn't avoid mistakes once more. Kubica and Webber completed the top six places.

Super Aguri did not take part in this qualification session so the eliminating cars has been 5 during each session as opposed to 6 until the last race.

The qualification results are as follows :

01 F. Massa Ferrari 1:27.617
02 H. Kovalainen McLaren 1:27.808
03 L. Hamilton McLaren 1:27.923
04 K. Räikkönen Ferrari 1:27.936
05 R. Kubica BMW 1:28.390
06 M. Webber Red Bull 1:28.417
07 F. Alonso Renault 1:28.422
08 J. Trulli Toyota 1:28.836
09 N. Heidfeld BMW 1:28.882
10 D. Coulthard Red Bull 1:29.959
11 N. Rosberg Williams 1:27.012
12 R. Barrichello Honda 1:27.219
13 J. Button Honda 1:27.298
14 S. Vettel Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:27.412
15 T. Glock Toyota 1:27.806
16 K. Nakajima Williams 1:27.547
17 N. Piquet jr. Renault 1:27.568
18 S. Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:27.568
19 G. Fisichella Force India F1 1:27.807
20 A. Sutil Force India F1 1:28.325