Manche 12 — chronos Q1, Q2 et Q3 - 2011-08-28
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) a signé la pole position du Belgian Grand Prix 2011 en 1:48.298.
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) complète la première ligne à 0.432s de la pole, avec Mark Webber (Red Bull) troisième sur la grille. Vitaly Petrov (Renault) entrait en Q3 en P10, tandis que Sébastien Buemi (Toro Rosso) a manqué la coupure pour 12.389s.
La Q3 s'est jouée dans un mouchoir de 4.005s — de la pole à la P10 — Vitaly Petrov (Renault) bouclant le top 10.
| Pos | Pilote | Écurie | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Écart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 2:03.029 | 2:03.317 | 1:48.298 | 1:48.298 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 2:03.008 | 2:02.823 | 1:48.730 | +0.432 |
| 3 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 2:02.827 | 2:03.302 | 1:49.376 | +1.078 |
| 4 |
| 19Felipe Massa |
| Ferrari |
| 2:05.834 |
| 2:04.507 |
| 1:50.256 |
| +1.958 |
| 5 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 2:05.091 | 2:03.723 | 1:50.552 | +2.254 |
| 6 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 2:05.419 | 2:04.561 | 1:50.773 | +2.475 |
| 7 | Bruno Senna | Renault | 2:05.047 | 2:04.452 | 1:51.121 | +2.823 |
| 8 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 2:04.450 | 2:02.768 | 1:51.251 | +2.953 |
| 9 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 2:06.284 | 2:04.625 | 1:51.374 | +3.076 |
| 10 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 2:05.292 | 2:03.466 | 1:52.303 | +4.005 |
| 11 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 2:04.744 | 2:04.692 | — | +16.394 |
| 12 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 2:07.194 | 2:04.757 | — | +16.459 |
| 13 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 2:01.813 | 2:05.150 | — | +16.852 |
| 14 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 2:05.720 | 2:07.349 | — | +19.051 |
| 15 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 2:06.000 | 2:07.777 | — | +19.479 |
| 16 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 2:05.621 | 2:08.106 | — | +19.808 |
| 17 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 2:06.780 | 2:08.354 | — | +20.056 |
| 18 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 2:07.758 | — | — | +19.460 |
| 19 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 2:08.773 | — | — | +20.475 |
| 20 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 2:09.566 | — | — | +21.268 |
| 21 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Virgin | 2:11.601 | — | — | +23.303 |
| 22 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT | 2:11.616 | — | — | +23.318 |
| 23 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | HRT | 2:13.077 | — | — | +24.779 |