Ronda 18 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2011-11-13
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) firmó la pole del Abu Dhabi Grand Prix de 2011 con un crono de 1:38.481.
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) completó la primera fila a 0.141s de la pole, con Jenson Button (McLaren) tercero en parrilla. Paul di Resta (Force India) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Sergio Pérez (Sauber) se quedó fuera por 0.460s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 1.933s — de la pole a P10 — con Paul di Resta (Force India) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:40.478 | 1:38.516 | 1:38.481 | 1:38.481 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:39.782 | 1:38.434 | 1:38.622 | +0.141 |
| 3 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:40.227 | 1:39.097 | 1:38.631 | +0.150 |
| 4 |
| Mark Webber |
| Red Bull |
| 1:40.167 |
| 1:38.821 |
| 1:38.858 |
| +0.377 |
| 5 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:41.380 | 1:39.058 | 1:39.058 | +0.577 |
| 6 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:41.592 | 1:39.623 | 1:39.695 | +1.214 |
| 7 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:41.120 | 1:39.420 | 1:39.773 | +1.292 |
| 8 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:42.605 | 1:40.554 | 1:40.662 | +2.181 |
| 9 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:40.595 | 1:40.205 | 1:40.768 | +2.287 |
| 10 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:41.064 | 1:40.414 | — | +1.933 |
| 11 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:41.311 | 1:40.874 | — | +2.393 |
| 12 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:40.955 | 1:40.919 | — | +2.438 |
| 13 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:41.737 | 1:41.009 | — | +2.528 |
| 14 | Bruno Senna | Renault | 1:41.391 | 1:41.079 | — | +2.598 |
| 15 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:41.386 | 1:41.162 | — | +2.681 |
| 16 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:41.613 | 1:41.240 | — | +2.759 |
| 17 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:42.258 | 1:41.760 | — | +3.279 |
| 18 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:42.979 | — | — | +4.498 |
| 19 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:43.884 | — | — | +5.403 |
| 20 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:44.515 | — | — | +6.034 |
| 21 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | HRT | 1:44.641 | — | — | +6.160 |
| 22 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Virgin | 1:44.699 | — | — | +6.218 |
| 23 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT | 1:45.159 | — | — | +6.678 |