Ronda 2 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2011-04-10
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) firmó la pole del Malaysian Grand Prix de 2011 con un crono de 1:34.870.
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) completó la primera fila a 0.104s de la pole, con Mark Webber (Red Bull) tercero en parrilla. Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) se quedó fuera por 0.215s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 1.950s — 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 | 1:37.468 | 1:35.934 | 1:34.870 | 1:34.870 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:36.861 | 1:35.852 | 1:34.974 | +0.104 |
| 3 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:37.924 | 1:36.080 | 1:35.179 | +0.309 |
| 4 |
| 22Jenson Button |
| McLaren |
| 1:37.033 |
| 1:35.569 |
| 1:35.200 |
| +0.330 |
| 5 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:36.897 | 1:36.320 | 1:35.802 | +0.932 |
| 6 | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 1:37.224 | 1:36.811 | 1:36.124 | +1.254 |
| 7 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:36.744 | 1:36.557 | 1:36.251 | +1.381 |
| 8 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:37.210 | 1:36.642 | 1:36.324 | +1.454 |
| 9 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:37.316 | 1:36.388 | 1:36.809 | +1.939 |
| 10 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:36.994 | 1:36.691 | 1:36.820 | +1.950 |
| 11 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:36.904 | 1:37.035 | — | +2.165 |
| 12 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:37.693 | 1:37.160 | — | +2.290 |
| 13 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:37.677 | 1:37.347 | — | +2.477 |
| 14 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:38.045 | 1:37.370 | — | +2.500 |
| 15 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:38.163 | 1:37.496 | — | +2.626 |
| 16 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:37.759 | 1:37.528 | — | +2.658 |
| 17 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:37.693 | 1:37.593 | — | +2.723 |
| 18 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:38.276 | — | — | +3.406 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:38.645 | — | — | +3.775 |
| 20 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:38.791 | — | — | +3.921 |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:40.648 | — | — | +5.778 |
| 22 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Virgin | 1:41.001 | — | — | +6.131 |
| 23 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT | 1:41.549 | — | — | +6.679 |
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:42.574 | — | — | +7.704 |