For the BMW WilliamsF1 team qualifying for the Brazilian Grand Prix would produce a disappointing result for the team with Mark Webber and Antonio Pizzonia in fourteenth and fifteenth grid positions.

The session would see Giancarlo Fisichella lead the first group of drivers, followed by Sato, Michael Schumacher, Coulthard and Trulli. Giancarlo would start his lap and would set a time of 18.4 for the first sector. His second sector was a 37.1 and he would cross the line with a time of 1m:12.558. Next out should have been Sato but the Japanese driver would not start his run returning to his garage. This was due to his ten grid place penalty for hitting Michael Schumacher in the Belgian Grand Prix.

Michael would start his lap and was faster than Fisichella in the first sector. He would lose time in the second and would finish with a time of 1m:12.76 to move into second. David Coulthard would starts his qualifying lap and the opening sector would see him a quarter of a second off the pace. The rest of his lap would see him lose further time to go third fastest, 1m:13.844, 1.286 seconds behind Fisichella. The last driver in the first group was Trulli and the Toyota driver would lose two tenths after the first two sectors. He would finish with a time of 1m:13.041 to be third. It was reported that Trulli would lose ten grid positions due to an engine change.

The next group would be lead out by BMW WilliamsF1's Antonio Pizzonia. He would be followed by Montoya, Doornbos, Albers, and Karthikeyan. Antonio would start his lap and was a tenth down on Fisichella's time in the opening sector. He would lose seven tenths in the second to finish with a time of 1m:13.581 to be in fourth. Montoya was next out and he was fastest in the first sector. He would continue this in the rest of his lap and would take provisional pole with a time of 1m:12.145. His time was faster than he went in the earlier practice sessions.

The Minardi of Doornbos would start its lap but he would spin his car at Turn 12. He would continue but would abort his run returning to his pit without having set a time. Team-mate Albers was next out and would finish his lap with a time of 1m:14.763, 2.613 seconds slower than Montoya. Karthikeyan would start his lap and was two seconds off Montoya's pace after the second sector. He would finish with a time of 1m:14.520 to move into seventh. The order was Montoya, Fisichella, Trulli, Pizzonia, Coulthard, Karthikeyan, Albers, Sato and Doornbos.

The third group would be made up of Massa, Klein, Monteiro, Ralf Schumacher, and Villeneuve. Massa would leave the pits and would start his run. He was two tenths down after sector one. He would lose another half a second in the second sector to finish with a time of 1m:13.151 to move into fifth. Klein was next out and the Austrian was just a tenth down in sector one. He would lose four tenths in the second to finish in third with a time of 1m:12.889. This was five places ahead of team-mate Coulthard.

Monteiro was next out and the Jordan driver would finish a considerable margin ahead of his team-mate with a time of 1m:13.387 to be in seventh. Ralf Schumacher was next out and he would be three tenths down after sector one. He was a nearly a second slower in the final two sectors. He would finish with a time of 1m:13.285 to be in seventh. The last driver of this group Jacques Villeneuve would start his lap and was three tenths down after sector one. He would lose further time in his lap to finish in eighth, 1m:13.372.

The final group would see Barrichello out first followed by Webber, Button, Alonso, and Raikkonen. Rubens would exit the pits and would start his run. His opening sector would be just a tenth down. His second sector would see him lose a considerable amount of time. He would complete his lap with a time of 1m:13.183 to be in seventh. Now it was Mark's turn and his opening sector would see him lose four tenths. He would lose another seven tenths in the second. His final sector would see him lose further time to finish with a time of 1m:13.538 to be in eleventh just ahead of team-mate Pizzonia.

Button was next and was close to Montoya's first sector time. He was only a few tenths down after the second and would finish with a time of 1m:12.696 to move into third. Now it was the turn of championship leader Alonso. The Spaniard was fastest in the opening sector. He would repeat this in the second. He would cross the line with a time of 1m:11.988 to move ahead of Montoya. Would Kimi be able to beat this time? On his first sector the Finn would lose seven tenths after a lock up at The Senna S curve. He would not be able to make up this lost time in the rest of his lap finishing with a time of 1m:12.781 to finish in a disappointing fifth for the McLaren driver.