Pit Lane F1
Ronda 3 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2011-04-17
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) firmó la pole del Chinese Grand Prix de 2011 con un crono de 1:33.706.
Jenson Button (McLaren) completó la primera fila a 0.715s de la pole, con Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) tercero en parrilla. Vitaly Petrov (Renault) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Adrian Sutil (Force India) se quedó fuera por 0.725s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 1.443s — de la pole a P10 — con Vitaly Petrov (Renault) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:35.674 | 1:34.776 | 1:33.706 | 1:33.706 |
| 2 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:35.924 | 1:34.662 | 1:34.421 | +0.715 |
| 3 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:36.091 | 1:34.486 | 1:34.463 | +0.757 |
| 4 |
| 6Nico Rosberg |
| Mercedes |
| 1:35.272 |
| 1:35.850 |
| 1:34.670 |
| +0.964 |
| 5 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:35.389 | 1:35.165 | 1:35.119 | +1.413 |
| 6 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:35.478 | 1:35.437 | 1:35.145 | +1.439 |
| 7 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:36.133 | 1:35.563 | 1:36.158 | +2.452 |
| 8 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:35.702 | 1:35.858 | 1:36.190 | +2.484 |
| 9 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:36.110 | 1:35.500 | 1:36.203 | +2.497 |
| 10 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:35.370 | 1:35.149 | — | +1.443 |
| 11 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:36.092 | 1:35.874 | — | +2.168 |
| 12 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:36.046 | 1:36.053 | — | +2.347 |
| 13 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:36.147 | 1:36.236 | — | +2.530 |
| 14 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:35.508 | 1:36.457 | — | +2.751 |
| 15 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:35.911 | 1:36.465 | — | +2.759 |
| 16 | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 1:35.910 | 1:36.611 | — | +2.905 |
| 17 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:36.121 | 1:36.956 | — | +3.250 |
| 18 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:36.468 | — | — | +2.762 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:37.894 | — | — | +4.188 |
| 20 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:38.318 | — | — | +4.612 |
| 21 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Virgin | 1:39.119 | — | — | +5.413 |
| 22 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:39.708 | — | — | +6.002 |
| 23 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT | 1:40.212 | — | — | +6.506 |
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:40.445 | — | — | +6.739 |