| Grandprix: Kinas Grand Prix Session navn: 3. Frie træning Dato: 18/4 2009 | 
Bemærk! Det angivne dæk viser hvilken compound som køreren har sat den pågældende tid på.
| P. | Kører | Team | Dæk | Tid | Forskel | Omg | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Nico Rosberg | Williams Racing | B | 1:36.133 | + 0.000 | 17 | 
| 2. | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | B | 1:36.272 | + 0.139 | 22 | 
| 3. | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren Formula 1 Team | B | 1:36.330 | + 0.197 | 17 | 
| 4. | Jenson Button | Brawn GP | B | 1:36.463 | + 0.330 | 16 | 
| 5. | Nelson Piquet Jr | Renault | B | 1:36.464 | + 0.331 | 16 | 
| 6. | Felipe Massa | Scuderia Ferrari | B | 1:36.528 | + 0.395 | 18 | 
| 7. | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren Formula 1 Team | B | 1:36.547 | + 0.414 | 13 | 
| 8. | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams Racing | B | 1:36.560 | + 0.427 | 17 | 
| 9. | Kimi Räikkönen | Scuderia Ferrari | B | 1:36.568 | + 0.435 | 17 | 
| 10. | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn GP | B | 1:36.642 | + 0.509 | 17 | 
| 11. | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | B | 1:36.702 | + 0.569 | 14 | 
| 12. | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | B | 1:36.742 | + 0.609 | 14 | 
| 13. | Sébastien Buemi | Scuderia Toro Rosso | B | 1:36.742 | + 0.609 | 16 | 
| 14. | Sébastien Bourdais | Scuderia Toro Rosso | B | 1:36.834 | + 0.701 | 17 | 
| 15. | Mark Webber | Oracle Red Bull Racing | B | 1:37.330 | + 1.197 | 7 | 
| 16. | Sebastian Vettel | Oracle Red Bull Racing | B | 1:37.349 | + 1.216 | 6 | 
| 17. | Adrian Sutil | Force India | B | 1:37.534 | + 1.401 | 17 | 
| 18. | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | B | 1:37.732 | + 1.599 | 18 | 
| 19. | Fernando Alonso | Renault | B | 1:38.003 | + 1.870 | 0 | 
| 20. | Timo Glock | Toyota | B | 1:39.110 | + 2.977 | 7 |