Pit Lane F1
Ronda 15 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2011-10-09
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) firmó la pole del Japanese Grand Prix de 2011 con un crono de 1:30.466.
Jenson Button (McLaren) completó la primera fila a 0.009s de la pole, con Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) tercero en parrilla. Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Adrian Sutil (Force India) se quedó fuera por 0.083s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 1.914s — de la pole a P10 — con Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:33.051 | 1:31.424 | 1:30.466 | 1:30.466 |
| 2 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:32.947 | 1:31.434 | 1:30.475 | +0.009 |
| 3 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:32.843 | 1:31.139 | 1:30.617 | +0.151 |
| 4 |
| 19Felipe Massa |
| Ferrari |
| 1:33.235 |
| 1:31.909 |
| 1:30.804 |
| +0.338 |
| 5 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:32.817 | 1:31.612 | 1:30.886 | +0.420 |
| 6 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:33.135 | 1:31.576 | 1:31.156 | +0.690 |
| 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:33.748 | 1:32.116 | — | +1.650 |
| 8 | Bruno Senna | Renault | 1:33.359 | 1:32.297 | — | +1.831 |
| 9 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:32.877 | 1:32.245 | — | +1.779 |
| 10 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:32.626 | 1:32.380 | — | +1.914 |
| 11 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:32.761 | 1:32.463 | — | +1.997 |
| 12 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:33.499 | 1:32.746 | — | +2.280 |
| 13 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:33.921 | 1:33.079 | — | +2.613 |
| 14 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:33.781 | 1:33.224 | — | +2.758 |
| 15 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:33.064 | 1:33.227 | — | +2.761 |
| 16 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:35.111 | 1:33.427 | — | +2.961 |
| 17 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:34.704 | — | — | +4.238 |
| 18 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:35.454 | — | — | +4.988 |
| 19 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:35.514 | — | — | +5.048 |
| 20 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Virgin | 1:36.439 | — | — | +5.973 |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:36.507 | — | — | +6.041 |
| 22 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | HRT | 1:37.846 | — | — | +7.380 |
| 23 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT | — | — | — | — |