Manche 17 — chronos Q1, Q2 et Q3 - 2011-10-30
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) a signé la pole position du Indian Grand Prix 2011 en 1:24.178.
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) complète la première ligne à 0.296s de la pole, avec Mark Webber (Red Bull) troisième sur la grille. Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso) entrait en Q3 en P10, tandis que Vitaly Petrov (Renault) a manqué la coupure pour —s.
La Q3 s'est jouée dans un mouchoir de 2.141s — de la pole à la P10 — Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso) bouclant le top 10.
| Pos | Pilote | Écurie | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Écart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:26.218 | 1:24.657 | 1:24.178 | 1:24.178 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:26.563 | 1:25.019 | 1:24.474 | +0.296 |
| 3 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:26.473 | 1:25.282 | 1:24.508 | +0.330 |
| 4 |
| 14Fernando Alonso |
| Ferrari |
| 1:26.774 |
| 1:25.158 |
| 1:24.519 |
| +0.341 |
| 5 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:26.225 | 1:25.299 | 1:24.950 | +0.772 |
| 6 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:27.012 | 1:25.522 | 1:25.122 | +0.944 |
| 7 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:26.364 | 1:25.555 | 1:25.451 | +1.273 |
| 8 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:26.271 | 1:26.140 | — | +1.962 |
| 9 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:26.608 | 1:26.161 | — | +1.983 |
| 10 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:26.557 | 1:26.319 | — | +2.141 |
| 11 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:26.189 | 1:26.319 | — | +2.141 |
| 12 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:26.790 | 1:26.337 | — | +2.159 |
| 13 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:26.864 | 1:26.503 | — | +2.325 |
| 14 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:26.829 | 1:26.537 | — | +2.359 |
| 15 | Bruno Senna | Renault | 1:26.766 | 1:26.651 | — | +2.473 |
| 16 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:27.479 | 1:27.247 | — | +3.069 |
| 17 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:27.249 | 1:27.562 | — | +3.384 |
| 18 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:27.876 | — | — | +3.698 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:28.565 | — | — | +4.387 |
| 20 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:28.752 | — | — | +4.574 |
| 21 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | HRT | 1:30.216 | — | — | +6.038 |
| 22 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:30.238 | — | — | +6.060 |
| 23 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Virgin | 1:30.866 | — | — | +6.688 |
| 24 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:34.046 | — | — | +9.868 |