Ronda 16 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2011-10-16
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) firmó la pole del Korean Grand Prix de 2011 con un crono de 1:35.820.
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) completó la primera fila a 0.222s de la pole, con Jenson Button (McLaren) tercero en parrilla. Adrian Sutil (Force India) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso) se quedó fuera por 0.096s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 2.399s — de la pole a P10 — con Adrian Sutil (Force India) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:37.525 | 1:36.526 | 1:35.820 | 1:35.820 |
| 2 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:39.093 | 1:37.285 | 1:36.042 | +0.222 |
| 3 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:37.929 | 1:37.302 | 1:36.126 | +0.306 |
| 4 |
| Mark Webber |
| Red Bull |
| 1:39.071 |
| 1:37.292 |
| 1:36.468 |
| +0.648 |
| 5 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:38.670 | 1:37.313 | 1:36.831 | +1.011 |
| 6 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:38.393 | 1:37.352 | 1:36.980 | +1.160 |
| 7 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:38.426 | 1:37.892 | 1:37.754 | +1.934 |
| 8 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:38.378 | 1:38.186 | 1:38.124 | +2.304 |
| 9 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:38.549 | 1:38.254 | — | +2.434 |
| 10 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:38.789 | 1:38.219 | — | +2.399 |
| 11 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:39.392 | 1:38.315 | — | +2.495 |
| 12 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:38.502 | 1:38.354 | — | +2.534 |
| 13 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:39.352 | 1:38.508 | — | +2.688 |
| 14 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:39.464 | 1:38.775 | — | +2.955 |
| 15 | Bruno Senna | Renault | 1:39.316 | 1:38.791 | — | +2.971 |
| 16 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:39.436 | 1:39.189 | — | +3.369 |
| 17 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:39.097 | 1:39.443 | — | +3.623 |
| 18 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:39.538 | — | — | +3.718 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:40.522 | — | — | +4.702 |
| 20 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:41.101 | — | — | +5.281 |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:42.091 | — | — | +6.271 |
| 22 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Virgin | 1:43.483 | — | — | +7.663 |
| 23 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT | 1:43.758 | — | — | +7.938 |
| 24 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | HRT | — | — | — | — |