By Phil Huff
August 23 2008
Qualifying for tomorrow's European Grand Prix, held at Valencia's new street circuit, proved disappointing for Honda Racing F1, with Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello lining up in 16th and 20th place respectively. Up front, Felipe Massa set pole, leading Lewis Hamilton and Robert Kubica. Here's the complete times...
| Pos | Driver | Team | Round 1 | Round 2 | Final | |
| 1 | Massa | Ferrari | 1:38.176 | 1:37.859 | 1:38.989 | |
| 2 | Hamilton | McLaren | 1:38.464 | 1:37.954 | 1:39.199 | |
| 3 | Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:38.347 | 1:38.050 | 1:39.392 | |
| 4 | Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1:38.703 | 1:38.229 | 1:39.488 | |
| 5 | Kovalainen | McLaren | 1:38.656 | 1:38.120 | 1:39.937 | |
| 6 | Vettel | Toro Rosso | 1:38.141 | 1:37.842 | 1:40.142 | |
| 7 | Trulli | Toyota | 1:37.948 | 1:37.928 | 1:40.309 | |
| 8 | Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:38.738 | 1:37.859 | 1:40.631 | |
| 9 | Rosberg | Williams | 1:38.595 | 1:38.336 | 1:40.721 | |
| 10 | Bourdais | Toro Rosso | 1:38.622 | 1:38.417 | 1:40.750 | |
| 11 | Nakajima | Williams | 1:38.667 | 1:38.428 | ||
| 12 | Alonso | Renault | 1:38.268 | 1:38.435 | ||
| 13 | Glock | Toyota | 1:38.532 | 1:38.499 | ||
| 14 | Webber | Red Bull | 1:38.559 | 1:38.515 | ||
| 15 | Piquet | Renault | 1:38.787 | 1:38.744 | ||
| 16 | Button | Honda | 1:38.880 | |||
| 17 | Coulthard | Red Bull | 1:39.235 | |||
| 18 | Fisichella | Force India | 1:39.268 | |||
| 19 | Sutil | Force India | 1:39.811 | |||
| 20 | Barrichello | Honda | 1:39.943 |
